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View Poll Results: Which peanut butter is your favorite? Jelly or no jelly? Check as many as you wish.
Smooth 71 40.80%
Crunchy 86 49.43%
natural/organic, the kind that separates 47 27.01%
With jelly 51 29.31%
Without jelly 47 27.01%
I don't like peanut butter! 13 7.47%
None of these choices apply for me. 2 1.15%
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Old 08-06-2016, 11:44 AM   #41
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When I was young, PB (crunchy, of course) was used to fill the groove in a stalk of celery. I was ridiculously anal about exactly filling the groove, but it was my favorite snack.
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Crunchy PBJ w/mustard is basic for me. Add a banana and it's at another level.
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I would have voted for crunchy, but the DW only wants smooth, so that's what she buys and that is what I'm forced to eat...unless I was to get off my butt and go buy some myself.
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I would have voted for crunchy, but the DW only wants smooth, so that's what she buys and that is what I'm forced to eat...unless I was to get off my butt and go buy some myself.
Keep some roasted peanuts or almonds, or other nut of choice on hand. Smash some up with the side of a knife on a cutting board (like smashing garlic). Add that to the creamy for some added crunch and flavor.

I guess it is easier to add crunchy bits than to try to separate them out! The onus is on you to keep peace in the family!

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It had better have peanuts and salt and nothing else. Preferably organic. I don't want no sweeteners or partially hydrogenated crap to keep it from separating.

Favorite - Sata Cruz Dark Roast Crunchy.
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One of our favorites:

http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/kraft-al.../6000145830616

No (added) sodium
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Don't recall ever hearing that one! More lyrics here:

THE MARATHONS lyrics - Peanut Butter
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THE MARATHONS
"Peanut Butter"
(Bill Barnum / Martin Cooper / Cliff Goldsmith / Fred Smith)

There's a food goin' around that's a sticky sticky goo
(Peanut, peanut butter)
Oh well it tastes real good, but it's so hard to chew
(Peanut, peanut butter)
All my friends tell me that they dig it the most
(Peanut, peanut butter)
Early in the morning when they spread it on toast
(Peanut, peanut butter)
I like peanut butter, creamy peanut butter
Chunky peanut butter too

....

Well, I went to a dinner and what did they eat
(Peanut, peanut butter)
Ah-well, I took a big bite and it stuck to my teeth
(Peanut, peanut butter)
Now everybody look like they got the mumps
(Peanut, peanut butter)
Just-a eatin' peanut butter in-a great big hunks
(Peanut, peanut butter) ....
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Old 08-07-2016, 12:29 PM   #49
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PB ... best eaten with a spoon. PB on anything other than a plate is fattening.
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I hate peanut butter but love peanuts---go figure!
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When we lived in England, I learned that English people do not like peanut butter and consider it odd. Then again, they eat baked beans on toast, which sounds odd to an American. So it is all very much a matter of what you are used to.

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Peanut butter is an American phenomenon. Following is a sample list of a few countries that do not eat peanut butter, and I would say they are the norm and not the exception.

You Won't Believe How Hard It Is To Find Peanut Butter In These Countries

What's the origin of peanut butter? It was invented at the end of 19th century, but did not become popular until the Great Depression.

The History of Peanut Butter
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My local supermarket has two grinders available, one with a bin full of peanuts, the other with almonds.

You stick a plastic tub under the spout and hit the button to grind as much peanut or almond butter as you like into the tub, then weight and label it.

Pure peanuts or almonds, nothing else. Fantastic stuff.
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It had better have peanuts and salt and nothing else. Preferably organic. I don't want no sweeteners or partially hydrogenated crap to keep it from separating.

Favorite - Sata Cruz Dark Roast Crunchy.
I do wonder about the bolded part with regard to increased aflatoxin exposure*.
I used to make my own PB from raw Valencia/Spanish peanuts that I then roasted and ran through a Champion juicer , good stuff.... until the peanuts disappeared from the local shelves with the explanation of peanut allergy liability(?). Now it is Trader Joe's regular smooth.

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Organic crops which are not treated with fungicides may be more susceptible to contamination with aflatoxins.[12]
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Smooth. I do go the PB&J route as well but my 'J' is for Jam rather than Jelly and would be happy to have preserves as well as my fruit spread.
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Reminds me of a trip I went on once, a Mystery Bus Trip. Never again, probably because if you knew where they were taking you, you'd stay at home. We toured a peanut butter factory, a whistle factory, a soap factory, a post office, can't remember the rest. Also went to some legion hall for a meal and entertainment. It was a woman midget paying the accordion. And she liked polka music. Apparently this is all Columbus Ohio had to offer us at the time. A long way to go for nothing.
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I prefer Mr. Jiff crunchy on apples and also on waffles with other mixed nuts added in for extra crunchiness.
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Peanut butter and beer? I've heard of attempts by home brewers, but the oils kill the head (and can interfere with 'forced' carbonation by forming a CO2 barrier at the surface). I think there is some kind of de-fatted peanut grist available, but that just sounds wrong.

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There's stuff called PB2 that's powdered peanut butter...all the PB without the oil. My PB beer was not too good, but there's a commercial one called "Sweet Baby Jesus" that's supposed to be like a Reese's Cup. Those kinds of beers aren't close enough to beer for me, though.
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Where is the option for PB&F? Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Fluff, I used to love my Fluffernutters!
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My favorite sandwhich:

Peanut Butter, Jelly (Jalapeno if available), pickles, and Cholula on toasted bread.

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I like crunchy peanut butter (only peanuts and salt) spread on whole grain toast with a dollop of bitter orange marmalade. I also enjoy almond butter.
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