Re: Thursday Night Dinner Plans? 12/12/2024

On 2024-12-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:41:28 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2024-12-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:36:13 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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Sure, if googling for "natural peanut butter" means "generally
available":
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Smucker's Creamy Natural

That's a good one. I'd buy it.
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Crazy Richard's Creamy Natural

Also great. Also available at Walmart.
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Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Creamy

Good, maybe less available
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And some store brands:
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Whole Foods 365
Kirkland Signature Organic

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Yes, organic is always a solution
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The words "peanut butter" have been elided from the product names
because I'm a lazy typist.
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I don't eat very much peanut butter, just a few times per year.  I
buy Jif, just as my mother did.

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The strange thing is that when you do a search at Walmart for peanut
butter, they bombard you mainly with crap brands. Maybe those are the
most popular ones, like Jif.

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Yes, they are.  The vast majority of Americans like their peanut
butter a little (or a lot) sweet, and they don't like to have to
stir in the oil.

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I just move a spoon through the stuff, from top to bottom and back up,
dump it on a slice of bread and spread it with a knife. Very easy. I
don't need palm oil or hydrogenated oil etc. Peanuts are oily enough
on their own.

In my investigations, I found that in the U.S., crappy peanut butter
is lower in fat than good peanut butter.  55% versus 70%, typically.
The USDA defines peanut butter to be no more than 55% fat.

I think they grind up the peanuts, take away the oil and sell it
for frying, then add solid fat back to the peanut meal.

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Cindy Hamilton