Peanut Butter

[BruceMuzz]

Do you like peanut butter?

Many Americans do.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects and controls the purity of peanut butter sold in America.

They have determined that producing pure peanut butter, free of foreign substances and objects, is "economically inconvenient".

So the standards for American Peanut Butter allow for "food defects".

When the FDA inspects Peanut Butter, they count the number of insect parts in a standard 100 Gram serving.

If they find 30 insect parts or less in that serving, it is perfectly OK to eat.

If they find 31 insect parts or more, the peanut butter is unfit for human consumption and must be discarded.

Your tax dollars at work.......................

[lenquixote66]

There was or is a restaurant in NYC that only sold peanut butter items.

[yarramar]

I used to buy peanut butter from a shop where they would ask whether you would like crunchy or smooth before they switched on the grinder. 

It was pretty good.

[MBP&O2/O]

The one I use shows ingredients of

99.5% peanuts

0.5% salt

 

No palm oil or additives ...

 

No room for bugs then 😁

[shipgeeks]

We do, and crunchy only.  I grew up on peanut butter sandwiches.  Never heard of putting jelly on, too, until I was in college.  My mother was strictly a one-ingredient sandwich maker, cheese OR ham OR peanut butter.

When I lived in Australia it was called peanut paste, at the insistence of the dairy board.  I bought mine at a shop that would grind it on the spot, into the container you provided.  Good stuff.

[BruceMuzz]

15 hours ago, MBP&O2/O said:

The one I use shows ingredients of

99.5% peanuts

0.5% salt

 

No palm oil or additives ...

 

No room for bugs then 😁

The FDA does not require the insect parts to be listed as ingredients.

You get them free of charge.

[MBP&O2/O]

11 hours ago, shipgeeks said:

We do, and crunchy only.  I grew up on peanut butter sandwiches.  Never heard of putting jelly on, too, until I was in college.  My mother was strictly a one-ingredient sandwich maker, cheese OR ham OR peanut butter.

I add banana 🙂

[shipgeeks]

2 hours ago, MBP&O2/O said:

I add banana 🙂

I tried that once, and tried PB&J once; did not like either.  I do like a celery stick with PB, though.

I read somewhere that peanut butter is the preferred snack/energy food among the Rockettes.

[lenquixote66]

I grew up on PB and J.

[Harters]

On 8/15/2023 at 6:55 AM, BruceMuzz said:

Do you like peanut butter?

Many Americans do.

I'm not American but, yes, I like peanut butter in moderation. I have tried it as Americans seem to often eat it, with jelly , but that's definitely not to my taste. Of course, I'm referring there to American jelly, not what we Britons would call jelly. That would be an even more unpleasant concoction. 

 

I have it on toast as a snack but, most usually, I use it to make satay sauce for Indonesian or Malaysian grills or as a dressing for a gado gado salad. 

[Lois R]

I love peanut butter🙂

[yarramar]

On 8/19/2023 at 7:44 AM, shipgeeks said:

When I lived in Australia it was called peanut paste, at the insistence of the dairy board.

I had never heard of that so I looked it up. Apparently it was called peanut paste in Qld WA & SA. Also as you said because of the dairy board, however that was 1929-1930!

[shipgeeks]

7 hours ago, yarramar said:

I had never heard of that so I looked it up. Apparently it was called peanut paste in Qld WA & SA. Also as you said because of the dairy board, however that was 1929-1930!

I was in NSW, between 1969 and 1982.  I'm not quite as old as the 1930 rules! But thank you for the additional information.

[Hlitner]

If you want to gross out folks you might publish the rules for hot dogs :).

[NE John]

Many Brits avoid PB like the plague but it’s a favorite of mine. PB and Nutella are a perfect match. 
In the US, get organic Valencia type PB, even the smooth version is good. Hopefully less insects too. 

[lahlah57]

To post only peanut butter seems a bit prejudicial. 

We would all be surprised of all manufactured , packaged and mass produced food items everywhere and anywhere and the tid bits that have snuck in without  a soul even knowing.

Please let us all not be naive but acknowledge and eat, drink and be merry!!! Especially on our next cruise!

[Seamus6]

On 8/15/2023 at 1:55 AM, BruceMuzz said:

Do you like peanut butter?

Many Americans do.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects and controls the purity of peanut butter sold in America.

They have determined that producing pure peanut butter, free of foreign substances and objects, is "economically inconvenient".

So the standards for American Peanut Butter allow for "food defects".

When the FDA inspects Peanut Butter, they count the number of insect parts in a standard 100 Gram serving.

If they find 30 insect parts or less in that serving, it is perfectly OK to eat.

If they find 31 insect parts or more, the peanut butter is unfit for human consumption and must be discarded.

Your tax dollars at work.......................

 

This is not unique to peanut butter or to the US FDA; similar standards are in many countries that inspect food and have food standards.

[Harters]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:15 PM, Harters said:

I use it to make satay sauce

A co-incidence that this thread comes to life today, as I have just made a sauce to go with grilled pork tonight. This lot, mixed

 

125ml coconut milk

3tbsp peanut butter

2tsp brown sugar

1tbsp dark soy sauce

1tbsp fish sauce

1 lime juiced

 

 

 

 

[kluv2cruz]

As this is a cruise critic thread, I will tie pb in with cruising.
 

While on a recent Celebrity cruise with an overnight stop in Kona (tender port), we turned left from the dock and explored a different area, day 1. Went to an excellent coffee shop HiCO. Had a very amazing iced Haupia Latte. HIGHLY recommend! Look up what Haupia is… had Haupia pie on an Oahu North Shore Food tour a few year’s previous and it was yummy.

 

 

On their menu they had “Thai spring toast”, that looked like $9 for peanut butter toast. That’s ridiculous, I thought!

 

 

But… it got me thinking.

So day 2, my cruise buddy didn’t feel the love of the very hot Kona weather so stayed on the ship. I went for a LOVELY extremely hot walk exploring the “Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area”, specifically the “Maka’eo Walking Path”.

 

 

Very hot. I couldn’t stop sweating (I had a hat, lots of sunscreen, and water). So, I decided I NEEDED another iced Haupia latte and maybe, just maybe, I would spend $9 on peanut butter toast!
 

 

HOLY MOLEY - it’s fantastic!

 

I’ve since recreated it twice at home and not exactly as good, but here are my tips. Use good sturdy bread. See how thick theirs is? Use good crunchy thick pb. Slice cucumber as thin as possible lengthwise in ribbons. I made pickled red onion (googled it), but didn’t also use regular onion. Chili garlic is a commercial Vietnamese bottled sauce - I have rooster brand. It’s not killer spicy. Just yummy so there is quite a bit on there. Fresh cilantro leaves (yum). The one thing I couldn’t figure out and I asked the staff but the server wasn’t real sure… looks like crushed Doritos! But server said “chili garlic”, so I’ve interpreted as dried garlic. I fried thin slices of fresh garlic at a low heat til crunchy. Lastly a drizzle back and forth artistically of sriracha.

 

Let me know if you try it and what you think!

 

Or… head to the big island on a cruise!

 

[lenquixote66]

I have nut butter every day at breakfast.Today was almond butter.Tomorrow will be pistachio butter or macadamia butter or cashew butter.Saturday is always peanut butter.

[Harters]

I remember stopping overnight somewhere in coastal Mississippi and going in to the sports bar (and restaurant) next to the hotel for dinner. They had peanut butter as a burger topping which I'd not seen before. Had to try it. And it was very tasty. Surprise, surprise. 

 

Dessert was a Mississippi Mud Pie which I'd heard of but never come across before. It was OK but I'd be in no rush to try it again. Just too sickly sweet for me. 

Edited July 2 by Harters