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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Thursday Night Dinner Plans? 12/12/2024
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:39:57 -0000 (UTC)
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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:
>
>>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:
>>>
>>>>Sure, if googling for "natural peanut butter" means "generally
>>>>available":
>>>>
>>>>Smucker's Creamy Natural
>>> That's a good one. I'd buy it.
>>>
>>>>Crazy Richard's Creamy Natural
>>> Also great. Also available at Walmart.
>>>
>>>>Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Creamy
>>> Good, maybe less available
>>>
>>>>And some store brands:
>>>>
>>>>Whole Foods 365
>>>>Kirkland Signature Organic
>>>
>>> Yes, organic is always a solution
>>>
>>>>The words "peanut butter" have been elided from the product names
>>>>because I'm a lazy typist.
>>>>
>>>>I don't eat very much peanut butter, just a few times per year.  I
>>>>buy Jif, just as my mother did.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>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.
>
> 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.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton