British equivalents please!

[Liney]

I have been given a wonderful cookbook but it is American and I'm not sure about a few things:
Are Graham Crackers like Digestives?
How many grams are in a 'stick' of butter?
What is bittersweet chocolate?
What is semisweet chocolate?

Many thanks.

[wired]

Graham crackers are similar to cream crackers
A stick = 1/2 pound or 250 grams
bittersweet = plain
and I assume semisweet is like milk chocolate.
Lakeland sell measures for american recipes.
I guessed for several years until an American moved next door,I used 30 gram of butter-no wonder my results weren't great!

[beryllium]

Graham crackers are like UK digestive biscuts, don't substitute for cream crackers.... imagine a cheesecake base with cream crackers?.....

[Jugglering]

I thought that Graham crackers were similar to (but not the same as) digestive biccies, that there were four sticks of butter to the pound but I have no idea about bittersweet and semisweet chocolate. Oh dear, time for me to check my details !

graham cracker

stick of butter

chocolate

[BBWCHATT]

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and like this - without the cinnamon

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A stick of butter is 1/4th (one fourth) of a pound.

[BBWCHATT]

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[BBWCHATT]

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[Liney]

Thanks for your answers everyone - extremely helpful. I've been using double butter portions for ages!