27 Aug
2004
27 Aug
'04
12:12 a.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.
>>
Go to a decent Harvest Festival [there are many on the East coast US]!
While peanut butter is much more common at the southern ones, it can be
found further north. A completely different taste, but as pointed out, it
seperates almost immediately and does not "look good".