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Post by ganews on Sept 14, 2016 8:00:21 GMT -5
I regularly shop at the hippie mart for my bulk granola and spices, but I only buy cheapo store-brand crunchy peanut butter. Oh well. I think I always wanted Peter Pan brand as a kid because I loved the Disney movie, but I seriously doubt my parents ever got it.
The only time I clearly recall having Jif was at someone else's house. It had an extremely off, stale flavor, like it was made from shells instead of nuts. I'm sure it's not normally like that, but I've never had any other peanut butter of any origin that tasted that way.
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 14, 2016 8:50:25 GMT -5
Based on the poll results so far it's not just you and choosy moms! (It's the molasses I tell you!) UPDATE: I have a jar of Aldi "natural" peanut butter in my pantry that I've been enjoying, and just for s'n'gs I checked the ingredients list-- MOLASSES! (And palm oil, which is not great.) Palm oil isn't great, but I'd take it over hydrogenated vegetable or soy oil. And like those it will make your peanut butter not separate out like the just peanuts and salt stuff. But forget all that, how's it taste?! |
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 14, 2016 8:52:16 GMT -5
Not that's these brands are corporately different than BigAg nut butters, but Santa Cruz (owned by Smuckers/General Mills) and MaraNatha (not BigAg-owned but corporately distributed by The Hain Celestial Group and Christianity-inspired [Oh, Jesus! Come Back Soon!]) are my peanut butters. I only rarely visit the grinding station at the "Co-Op" PCC which I am the Football of the Sea regularly lionizes in daBox. And that's mostly for almond butter. Fake Middle Class, you're so expensive with your litany of choices. Yoga! Pilates! Help me untwist from this bind. [Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've read and comprehended the Buddhist aphorisms about the naysayer and anger. No schooling necessary. Re-tooling brain patterns required.] To wit, I am a regular P'B'n'J kinda guy, skewing crunchy but tolerant and accepting of creamy. An ersatz Epstein I am. Though with the kind of single-mindedness I'm bawling with here one might call me a Rorschach, which rhymes with Horschach. Kotter, be praised! Based on this write up I clearly need to eat more Christianity inspired condiments. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 14, 2016 8:59:36 GMT -5
Palm oil isn't great, but I'd take it over hydrogenated vegetable or soy oil. And like those it will make your peanut butter not separate out like the just peanuts and salt stuff. But forget all that, how's it taste?! Pretty darn good, actually! Extremely similar to Jif. I put "natural" in scare quotes because the ingredients list is more than peanuts and salt. It is pretty short, though: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, palm oil, salt, molasses. No preservatives (though I don't know if regular store-bought Frankenbutters have preservatives in them, either). The taste of Jif without the trans fats? You've just given me a new mission in life. |
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Post by I am the Football of the Sea on Sept 14, 2016 12:03:29 GMT -5
almond butter bitches
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 14, 2016 15:41:30 GMT -5
People, can we get back on topic here? The almond butter poll is still being designed. (I'm a fan too though) |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Sept 14, 2016 16:06:10 GMT -5
"Natural" is neither a brand nor the same as creamy vs crunchy. I like Trader Joe's natural creamy, but I also think PBCo is pretty great. I think it's fair to say it's a style though. Skippy's has a natural, so does Jiff, etc. Yeah there's natural creamy and natural crunchy, but the common denominator is they lack hydrogenated oil and usually have one or two ingredients (peanuts, salt). I guess I could have broken it down to natural creamy and natural crunchy, but, well I didn't. Skippy Natural Creamy is my jam! I eat it straight out of the jar.
Though I suspect they are lying about it being natural as it isn't that nasty hippie tasting oily mess that traditional "natural" PB is.
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Post by heroboy on Sept 14, 2016 16:13:19 GMT -5
In Canada, Skippy used to add in not only Sugar, but Icing Sugar as well. Definitely top of the heap for teenaged me.
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 14, 2016 18:12:42 GMT -5
I think it's fair to say it's a style though. Skippy's has a natural, so does Jiff, etc. Yeah there's natural creamy and natural crunchy, but the common denominator is they lack hydrogenated oil and usually have one or two ingredients (peanuts, salt). I guess I could have broken it down to natural creamy and natural crunchy, but, well I didn't. Skippy Natural Creamy is my jam! I eat it straight out of the jar.
Though I suspect they are lying about it being natural as it isn't that nasty hippie tasting oily mess that traditional "natural" PB is.
It's natural in the sense that they stabilize it with palm oil (solid at room temp) rather than hydrogenated vegetable or soybean oil. So less processed, and no trans fats. I've also had it (my wife won't eat the oil separating kind) and found it pretty damn good. (Though I wish they'd make it without the added sugar) |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Sept 15, 2016 10:14:17 GMT -5
Skippy Natural Creamy is my jam! I eat it straight out of the jar.
Though I suspect they are lying about it being natural as it isn't that nasty hippie tasting oily mess that traditional "natural" PB is.
It's natural in the sense that they stabilize it with palm oil (solid at room temp) rather than hydrogenated vegetable or soybean oil. So less processed, and no trans fats. I've also had it (my wife won't eat the oil separating kind) and found it pretty damn good. (Though I wish they'd make it without the added sugar) Even with the sugar it's not that much (in an evil shit sense). A one and a half teaspoon serving (about what I'll usually have) has just one net carb for instance. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Sept 15, 2016 11:51:34 GMT -5
When I feel like getting fat I buy crunchy Adams-brand natural peanut butter, which is very popular here in the NWUSA. It's of the needs-stirring-and-refrigerating variety, and is too expensive. The rest of the time, because I weigh too much already, I do not buy peanut butter.
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Post by dＬᵒ on Sept 18, 2016 0:21:39 GMT -5
m.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vZcFOwgOkI don't care really, and I think I never get 'natural' because I'm too lazy to deal with it and I'm sure who ever I live with hates it. Also my parents have a real weird deep hate for chunky, so after moving out that's what I ate as a small act of rebellion.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Sept 18, 2016 13:37:21 GMT -5
But then it's COLD! Yuck city. I could see that working if you primarily cook or bake with peanut butter, but for sandwiches? No way. I put my peanut butter on toast. It melts pretty quickly. I agree that you are having a princess and pea problem.  I read this as "a princess and pee problem", and it made me wonder about the park urologist at Disneyland. As for peanut butter, while I like it, I don't eat or buy it often enough to know which brand is my favorite. I do like crunchy sometimes, and creamy sometimes, and don't often get "natural" versions. I remember many years ago, reading an article in Consumers Report rating peanut butter. It compared Skippy, Peter Pan, and Jif, and it gave two of those brands top marks, and just carpet bombed the third. It was weird, and really brutal. It made me wonder if one of those companies had killed the author's grandmother or something. The thing that bugs me is that I can't remember which brand caught all that wrath, and I've never been to locate that article again. |
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