26 Aug
2004
26 Aug
'04
5:26 p.m.
At 03:07 AM 8/25/2004, der Mouse wrote:
I did not, alas, find anything like real peanut butter
(which to me
means "ground-up peanuts", preferably ground up at the time and place
of sale - while a bit of salt is an acceptable adulteration, I draw the
line at anything further).
They suck out the peanut oil to sell it at a higher price
than the hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed or canola oil
they substitute in order to keep it solid at room temperature.
Real peanut butter separates on its own, requiring you
to stir it before consumption when you return from the store.
So it's also about laziness.
- John