I Have A Peice Of Bread With Peanut Butter On It

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='08 April 2010 - 05:40 PM' timestamp='1270766450' post='2089553']
Shucks, Luthien was right, now I wish I'd taken pictures.
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Shoulda listened to her.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='08 April 2010 - 08:17 PM' timestamp='1270768672' post='2089580']
Shoulda listened to her.
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Agreed.

1st Rule of Being Asian: Take pictures of EVERY THING. (Well... everything within reason and morality that is. [IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/vulcan.gif[/IMG] )

However, I do not advocate wearing the fanny pack when doing so.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Hilde' date='08 April 2010 - 05:10 PM' timestamp='1270764607' post='2089527']
That explains it then. I'm not Dutch or American. I've never even been outside of Europe or in Dutchia.

When the dancing banana first came out I wanted to try this mysterious peanut butter jelly thing, so I went to google to look for recipes. Yeah I actually did that. So I found out I needed peanut butter and jam. I already had some jam so I went out to buy some peanut butter. I didn't like that stuff at all. That was a Norwegian brand.

So this other time I went to Sweden and in this huge food store I found an American aisle with imported stuff like mountain dew, pop tarts and fruit loops. There I found an american brand jar of peanut butter it was called something short, like jif or something. I wasnæt a huge fan of that either. Maybe I'll find a third brand some other time I'm at that store and try it.

But so far I really can't understand why this stuff is so beaver dam popular. Why? Tell me why. Nothing to write home about or put on a banana costume and dance for at all.



The reason I say I'm not sure after these experiences is that I don't feel like I have done enough research about this. I mean, I've only tried two brands.
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I think the reason for your feeling this way is that peanut butter may be like herring--if you don't grow up eating it, you can't see the attraction. For most of us growing up in the U.S., peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were a staple food.

One problem, too, is that processed peanut butter in jars usually isn't the best. At some health food (and other) stores in the U.S., they have machines that crush the peanuts right there, so the peanut butter is very fresh and has no preservatives. Also, as an adult, I've come to appreciate other variations such as cashew butter and macadamia nut butter.

So, don't give up your quest, but don't be surprised if you never LOVE peanut butter. I feel the same way about herring.

[Hilde]

Now let me tell you something about me. A tale of woe. Growing up I almost never had fish! Just because my stupid doesn't like it or the smell of it. So we can only eat it while he's away!

I also weren't allowed to eat chocolate spread. And my mom banned glitter. Banned glitter, did you hear that!

now I eat many types of fishies and I really like it.

But yeah, in this case I'm open minded I may or may not like peanut butter. All I know is I don't like the stuff I've tasted so far.

I like the nutrageous bars though.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Hilde' date='08 April 2010 - 06:47 PM' timestamp='1270770473' post='2089600']
Now let me tell you something about me. A tale of woe. Growing up I almost never had fish! Just because my stupid doesn't like it or the smell of it. So we can only eat it while he's away!

I also weren't allowed to eat chocolate spread. And my mom banned glitter. Banned glitter, did you hear that!

now I eat many types of fishies and I really like it.

But yeah, in this case I'm open minded I may or may not like peanut butter. All I know is I don't like the stuff I've tasted so far.

I like the nutrageous bars though.
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Obviously, my herring example was not a good one. I thought Scandinavians grew up eating a lot of fish, especially herring. It shows my U.S. ignorance. Sorry about that.

BTW--Why did your mom ban glitter? Well, except for the fact it can make a mess.

Actually, I rarely eat peanut butter except in Reese's Peanut Butter cups--a truly excellent kind of candy bar. I find peanut butter too dry and it sticks to the roof of my mouth. In all the time I've lived alone, I don't think I've ever bought peanut butter (but have bought cashew butter and macadamia nut butter). I think at least part of that is that I have no children. When there are children in the house, parents eat peanut butter, too. (I think. I'm sure someone will post right after this and tell me I'm wrong! LOL)

[Hilde]

Usually we do, especially by the coast naturally. It's just my dad ruining it for me.

Yes it was the mess factor.

They sell reese's cups and the like in well assorted stores and import stores and I really like them.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Hilde' date='08 April 2010 - 09:06 PM' timestamp='1270771593' post='2089608']
Usually we do, especially by the coast naturally. It's just my dad ruining it for me.

Yes it was the mess factor.

They sell reese's cups and the like in well assorted stores and import stores and I really like them.
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Perhaps try adding a bit of powdered/confectioners sugar to your peanut butter. That makes it taste *kinda* like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Oh, by the way, the actual peanut butter manufactured by Reese's tastes NOTHING like their peanut butter cups.

I greatly enjoy peanut butter, BUT when you buy Reese's peanut butter in the plastic jar expecting it to taste like the peanut butter in the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups... well, let's just say it was a VERY sad day indeed.

FAIL.

[Nihil Obstat]

Do you guys normally eat sweetened or unsweetened peanut butter?
(If it doesn't say, it's almost always sweetened.)

[Laudate_Dominum]

Apparently these are the ingredients.

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Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, corn syrup solids, soy lecithin, TBHQ), peanuts, sugar, dextrose, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat & contains 2% or less of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (plam kernel and palm oil), salt, wheat flour, cornstarch, vegetable oil (cocoa butter, palm, palm kernel, shea, sunflower and/or safflower oil), whey, TBHQ, soy lecithin, leavening (sodium bicarbonate & sodium aluminium phosphate), vanillin.
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Sugar is listed several times (sugar, corn syrup solids, sugar again, dextrose) which suggests to me that this could be the issue. Based on the nutrition label a 42g peanut butter cup contains 21g of sugar. This means that the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup is 50% sugar! Many brands of peanut butter do not have any added sugar, but it seems that the crappier brands do add a good bit of sugar.

Jif creamy peanut butter: roasted peanuts and sugar. Contains 2% or less of: molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (rapeseed and soybean), mono and diglycerides, salt.

However, this sugary peanut butter still does not come close to the peanut butter cup when you look at the nutrition label. Only 3g of sugar per 32g serving. I think is safe to generalize and say that big brand peanut butters are going to be less than 15% sugar, possibly below 10%. I would estimate that adding sugar to your peanut butter, to around 30% or more, may approximate the peanut butter cup filling. You could probably make several small batches ranging from 20% to 50% sugar and see how it compared. Just a thought anyway. In my world consuming reese's peanut butter cups is quite illogical under normal circumstances.

[Hilde]

It's good to have a scientific analysis of this L_D. Thank you.

[Nihil Obstat]

I always used to eat unsweetened peanut butter, but since I'm trying to gain weight I switched to sweetened.
Nice flavour. Especially when it's melted on a bagel.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='08 April 2010 - 10:16 PM' timestamp='1270775787' post='2089669']
Do you guys normally eat sweetened or unsweetened peanut butter?
(If it doesn't say, it's almost always sweetened.)
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I usually eat unsweetened natural peanut butter. Mmmmmm....

However, I must admit, my favorite nut butter is unsweetened almond butter.

[Ed Normile]

If ya got some bread with P-nut butter on it, slap some damson plum jam on it and enjoy! I was in a school in Buckeye Lake Ohio as a child for once and the favored foodstuff on the menu for all the little Buckeye lakeians was P-nut butter and pickle sammitches. I tried one and actually barfed, it was the most vile abuse of P-nut butter I have ever experienced, these were not even sweet pickles, dill pickle slices, but all the kids liked them, every other friday I would trade mine for anything I could get off another kid.

ed

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Ed Normile' date='09 April 2010 - 12:22 AM' timestamp='1270783333' post='2089737']
If ya got some bread with P-nut butter on it, slap some damson plum jam on it and enjoy! I was in a school in Buckeye Lake Ohio as a child for once and the favored foodstuff on the menu for all the little Buckeye lakeians was P-nut butter and pickle sammitches. I tried one and actually barfed, it was the most vile abuse of P-nut butter I have ever experienced, these were not even sweet pickles, dill pickle slices, but all the kids liked them, every other friday I would trade mine for anything I could get off another kid.

ed
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Ritz cracker + Peanut Butter + Dill Pickle Slice = YUM.

My best friend made these once and I was beyond skeptical and yes, even a tad disturbed. (However, I am generally open to trying a new food at least once.)

To say the least, I am now fan of this rather odd concoction.

The Ritz cracker makes it, I tell you.