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Why Peanut Butter Is Awesome and Amazing
pjmedia ^ | Dec. 19, 2014 | Arlene Becker Zarmi

Posted on 12/20/2014 3:18:41 PM PST by PROCON

One of my husband ‘s favorite sandwiches is peanut butter and a pickle on rye. Elvis Presley liked his peanut butter sandwiches with banana and bacon, and Hemingway liked thick onion slices in his. Ninety-four percent of American households have a jar on hand. The stuff lasts forever, so in a nuclear war situation you can always rely on it for sustenance. It can be stored safely unrefrigerated for two years.

I, on the other hand, have a love/hate relationship with it, and if I do ever eat it, I do so in the traditional manner, as a solo spread or with its mate, jelly! At other times, I abhor the stuff and, even when scrounging around for something to eat, will bypass it.

I had always thought that peanut butter was as American as apple pie and mom and was never eaten before we Americans took over from the British. Not true. It was actually an Aztec dish, but eaten as a paste, not a spread. I bet they didn’t eat it with jelly either, or put it into their kids’ lunch boxes.

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Skippy or Jif? or ?



I've always been a Skippy person, loved peanut butter since I was a kid.

I do like a peanut butter and dill pickle sammich from time to time.

1 posted on 12/20/2014 3:18:41 PM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

PB and bacon


2 posted on 12/20/2014 3:21:03 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: PROCON

Thank you, George Washington Carver.

Funny how blacks who actually make real contributions never seem to get mentioned during “Black History Month.”


3 posted on 12/20/2014 3:21:05 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

Skippy Super Chunk in the nuts.
I like to put a pat or two of butter, and some grainola
on it too.


4 posted on 12/20/2014 3:21:20 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: PROCON

5 posted on 12/20/2014 3:21:31 PM PST by EEGator
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To: PROCON

Peanut butter and jalapeno bread and butter pickle chips on rye is my go to.


6 posted on 12/20/2014 3:22:37 PM PST by FlJoePa
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To: PROCON

After spending a fortune on Greenies pill pockets for my dogs medication, I happened along peanut butter as an emergency substitute. My dog loves it and the pill goes down nice and easy.


7 posted on 12/20/2014 3:22:59 PM PST by centurion316
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To: PROCON

Isn’t awesome to me; used to be until it started tearing my stomach up.


8 posted on 12/20/2014 3:23:24 PM PST by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: PROCON

Right now I have 4 jars of Planters Crunchy. Bought it cheap from Amazon. IMHO the best peanut butter.


9 posted on 12/20/2014 3:23:50 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: FlJoePa

Jalapeno peppers stuffed with peanut butter is killer too.


10 posted on 12/20/2014 3:24:14 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: FlJoePa

Where do you get these jalapeno bread and butter pickle chips? Sounds great.


11 posted on 12/20/2014 3:24:23 PM PST by Kackikat ('If it walks like a traitor, acts like a traitor, then by God it's a traitor.')
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To: PROCON

fresh ground is the best. But I did just make sunken kisses cookies with Jif. They’re okay but then I make oatmeal cookies and they are the best. I make them with dried cranberries instead of raisins. Yum. Finally I made chocolate chip and they’re okay but I find them boring.


12 posted on 12/20/2014 3:24:40 PM PST by Mercat ("The sisters did not want to save the world. Someone already had.")
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To: PROCON

I like JIF

This what I don’t understand why in certain school district they ban it or busted anybody who eat peanut butter

Here in SO CAL we got nanny state

I love fix peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Norm jelly that I get from Norms restaurants


13 posted on 12/20/2014 3:25:07 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: EEGator

By chance do you drive a Prius? :-)


14 posted on 12/20/2014 3:25:34 PM PST by PROCON (Merry CHRISTmas!!)
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To: PROCON

Parker’s peanut butter is the best we have ever had.


15 posted on 12/20/2014 3:26:00 PM PST by Octar
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To: dfwgator

Never seem to get streets named after them, either.


16 posted on 12/20/2014 3:26:12 PM PST by 9thLife
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To: PROCON

17 posted on 12/20/2014 3:27:11 PM PST by EEGator
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To: PROCON

18 posted on 12/20/2014 3:27:20 PM PST by moose07 ( Santa's a Scotsman! Too many Pies ,not enough exercise ,of course he's one of us!)
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To: tet68

Hey Tet (and Freepers),

Here’s a new twist -

On rye, rub a clove of garlic on toast before putting on the peanut butter....been eating this since I was a kid. It’s yummy!


19 posted on 12/20/2014 3:28:17 PM PST by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopter)
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Have to try that.


20 posted on 12/20/2014 3:29:43 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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