In one recipe they ask for a half-cup of butter. In the next, they ask for 8 tablespoons. Then they turn around and demand one stick of butter. And the whole time, they're asking for the same thing! In this country, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters or sticks.Each pound is two cups of butter. Each quarter-pound stick is 8 tablespoons or a half a cup.Each tablespoon is 1/2 ounce. (So to answer your question, a half pound of butter is one cup.) To thwart the wicked aims of those recipe writers once and for all, we present the following fool-proof.n this country, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters or sticks. Each pound is two cups of butter. Each quarter-pound stick is 8 tablespoons or a half a cup. Each tablespoon is 1/2 ounce.
Some diseases such as Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis cause uncontrollable shaking of hands or hand tremor as there is destruction of the nerve tissue. Stroke, head injury, excessive stress, strong emotions, physical exhaustion may also cause uncontrollable shaking of hands or hand tremor.
There are a couple different reasons for tremor in the hands. First, if your are fatigued, sometimes this comes out in the muscles as a tremor. It can be worsened by caffeine, such as coffee or soda. Fatigue alone as a cause of muscle shaking would be unusual just in the mornings, however, as one would think that that is when you would be at your least fatigued. A second cause would be essential tremor. This is a relatively benign neurological condition of unknown cause in which a part of the body (usually the hands) shakes, primarily when trying to perform an action as opposed to when at rest. Essential tremor is also worsened by caffeine, like a fatigue tremor. There are several medications which can be used effectively to decrease the severity of essential tremor. Other causes of tremor would be unlikely in a young man, but still need to be ruled out by your doctor.