A knob (heh) of butter usually means about a walnut-sized lump.
How much is a “knob” of butter?
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January 30, 2007 at 5:50 pm
is that a shelled or an unshelled walnut size?
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March 9, 2007 at 11:25 pm
A whole shelled walnut-sized lump. Not an enormous one, just a normal-sized one.
November 28, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Use stick butter it is pre-measured. 1 and 1/2 tablespoon,
November 30, 2008 at 4:07 pm
well ive been using golf-ball sized knobs of butter, is that bad?
May 10, 2009 at 8:17 pm
is it?
February 2, 2012 at 9:50 am
yes if you are trying to lose weight
November 28, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Use stick butter it is pre-measured. 1 and 1/2 tablespoon,
June 26, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Yes its bad, i bet your the size of a house!!
April 21, 2012 at 6:10 pm
That’s just mean you hobnocker
December 21, 2014 at 7:21 am
Shouldn’t that be knobnocker?
October 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm
haaaaa
January 1, 2010 at 4:37 am
so really how big is that? and how do you measure that?
February 24, 2010 at 9:43 pm
i made some pasta tonight and it said too add two knobs of butter, i mean i wasn’t gonna do it the size of me cock for sure that would have been big) but for some reason i used to much ill use less next time. So how muchshall i use people what is a knob of butter?
June 12, 2012 at 3:16 pm
HAHAHA!!!!
July 3, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Fuck
February 12, 2011 at 5:35 pm
You should have ur mouth washed out with soap 😦
August 12, 2010 at 5:42 am
Hell with you british bastards. 😀
December 15, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Well we brought you soccer (as English only say football because they didn’t want to sound too “Amerinca”, true story), rock and roll, blues, country and western (and let’s face it music in general), oh yeah also your COVID vaccine, pennicilin, first on the moon, laser printer, mouse pads, personal computers, anything Apple, weed whacker, email, anit-lock brakes, video game consoles, cell phones, voicemail, microwave popcorn, electronic spreadsheet, 3D printing, disposable contact lenses, Hubble space scope, photoshop, Google, Adobe, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, wi-fi, human geno map.
Thank God you have Americans, oh wait, you don’t, you lost that war. Have a good day mate.
I think it’s better to ask what have the Brits done for us in the 20th or 21st century? Now why don’t you really just get on bored instead of being ignorant. You completely DESTROY that you you have ANY manners, by demeaning what we have actually brought to the world. This coming from a woman dating man in Britain (also we brought internate dating).
August 12, 2010 at 5:42 am
Hell with you british bastards. 😀
May 12, 2012 at 5:30 pm
How dare you not everyone has bad manners in fact good manners were born in Britain and let me guess where your from hmm America well what was made their macdonalds
July 18, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Don’t be rude. We’re not all raised by wolves in the States.
January 27, 2011 at 10:16 pm
i bet you got a tiny cock if its only the size of a knob
February 12, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Grow up Dude…..
February 14, 2011 at 2:22 am
walnut size piece of butter is around 2 Tablesoons
May 16, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Thank You. This American appreciates you taking time to answer.
July 18, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Seconded. This American had no idea what a “knob” of butter amounted to in our measurements, either. I’m making toad in the hole for my husband, who is British.
April 6, 2011 at 9:48 am
i have big cock
April 6, 2011 at 10:33 am
anonymous your a american you cant call us bastars your the american pric so suck out
May 30, 2013 at 4:38 pm
i hate you
July 22, 2011 at 8:23 am
Oh lawd, that was mature.
I generally look at the recipe in question and decide what the butter needs to be used for.
If it’s a baking recipe (pastries, cookies, cakes etc) I tend to add a bigger “knob” of butter using a normal dinner spoon.
If it’s just like a stirfry, stovetop recipe, then generally just a scoop of butter with a normal dinner spoon,
November 1, 2011 at 6:48 am
In cooking. You learn that a ‘knob of butter’ is the amount you use to make it taste right for your pallet! When it taste correct for you, that is the right amount! Simple.
In baking. It is very similar apart from you only know when it is the right amount after you have baked and tasted it. And you therefore remember till next time or write it down (recipes)
April 21, 2012 at 5:27 pm
I find this really helpful and yes british food is hard to swallow
April 21, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Although the ‘heh’after knob is totally dumb you armature
April 22, 2012 at 2:40 am
I ask ‘Bells’ purely because you have no command of the ENGLISH language, an ‘Armateur’ is either:
a. the part of an electric machine that includes the main current-carrying winding and in which the electromotive force is induced.
b. the pivoted part of an electric device, as a buzzer or relay, that is activated by a magnetic field.
c. the iron or steel applied across the poles of a permanent magnet to close it, or across the poles of an electromagnet to transmit a mechanical force.
d. the protective covering of an animal or plant, or any part serving for defense or offense.
e. a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax, or plaster figure is constructed.
[C15: from Latin armātūra armour, equipment, from armāre to furnish with equipment.
Yes from the 15th century before you stole our language and everything else you muppet.
I’d love to invite you around for food. Hopefully you’ll choke?
Feckin’ septic!
April 22, 2012 at 1:29 am
Who is the amateur you talk of ‘Bells’? Pray tell?
July 9, 2012 at 1:04 am
wtf reading this all sounds like people at my school fighting r u guys adults well u need to grow up and america is awesome coz theres like heaps of famous people and like yeah it rocks even though i live in new zealand i llllllllooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeee usa britian stinkz
July 9, 2012 at 1:06 am
so u can just shut ur mouth u old britain lady if ur a lady thats what u sound like so yeah well does anyone KNOW WHAT A KNOB IS SHIT!!!!!!!!!
July 9, 2012 at 1:06 am
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 2, 2013 at 5:47 pm
so i hear you like mudkips
March 6, 2013 at 2:45 pm
guys come on!!! the original question was about how much a knob of butter was not which is a better country. im a proud brit from a country where manners are important and reading the above comments from both sides of the atlantic is truly pathetic! I, as well as many other brits, love america and im actually visiting next week and if i encounter any of this kinda crap, my manners will go straight out the window. Stop being ignorant and get on with it!
May 24, 2013 at 5:59 pm
ok after seeing all the comments what the hell happend
May 26, 2013 at 12:02 am
In America, butter or margarine is sold in 1 pound boxes, 4 sticks to a box, so one stick is 1/4 pound, with a volume of 1/2 cup.
Each stick is usually wrapped in a paper with tablespoon markings, 8 tablespoons per stick.
Our measuring teaspoons are about 5 ml. Our measuring tablespoons equal 3 teaspoons.
December 17, 2013 at 6:57 pm
This is soooo funny. I came upon this site because I was trying to make bubble and squeak and honestly didn’t know what a knob of butter was. I guess I know now and also know how crazy both you Brits and we Americans are. Someone is so proud of the size of his member he can find any excuse to fit it into a conversation. God love us!
November 30, 2014 at 8:58 am
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March 1, 2015 at 3:59 pm
African or European knob?