Peanut Butter

Kate Connally said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

I always buy the natural style. When I lived in So. Cal. I
bought Laura Scudder's. Here in Pgh. I get Smucker's. Always
smooth. I totally detest pieces of peanut in my butter. I don't
like nuts in lots of things that leave them moist and not
crispy and crunchy. Crunchy style peanut butter is a misnomer
as the pieces of peanut are not crunchy at all!!! I don't like
nuts in cakes or pies and especially in ice cream and in candies
like filled chocolates with creamy center. I will eat nuts
in chocolate or in brittle or toffee or even in caramel.
Anyway, that's why I never eat "crunchy" peanut butter.

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I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy Albertson's
store brand crunchy.

I sure miss Laura Scudder's since I moved back to Pgh.
Smucker's is pretty good but Laura's was a little better.

I'm a "Peter Pan" fan. <shrug> It's what I grew up with.

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Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

I always buy the natural style. When I lived in So. Cal. I
bought Laura Scudder's. Here in Pgh. I get Smucker's. Always
smooth. I totally detest pieces of peanut in my butter. I don't
like nuts in lots of things that leave them moist and not
crispy and crunchy. Crunchy style peanut butter is a misnomer
as the pieces of peanut are not crunchy at all!!! I don't like
nuts in cakes or pies and especially in ice cream and in candies
like filled chocolates with creamy center. I will eat nuts
in chocolate or in brittle or toffee or even in caramel.
Anyway, that's why I never eat "crunchy" peanut butter.

Quoted message said:

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy Albertson's
store brand crunchy.

I sure miss Laura Scudder's since I moved back to Pgh.
Smucker's is pretty good but Laura's was a little better.

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Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Natch. Except that I don't eat it out of the jar.
I pretty much only cook with it. And when I make Gado
Gado I sometimes buy peanuts and grind them myself. Other
times, when I'm too lazy I just use bought.

Kate

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On Mon 31 Jan 2005 10:16:56p, MareCat wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy.

Ditto (except I get the creamy version). Or Smuckers all-natural.

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Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Yep.

Mary

Actually, IIRC, Laura Scudder is produced by Smuckers. Regardless, they're
both good, and I can't tell them apart.

Wayne

Hmmm? I didn't know that. Well, maybe my thinking
that Laura's is a little better is just in my fading
memory of my Calif. days.
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
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notbob said:

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Skippy Super Crunch. 'Cause that's just the way it is.

Yep! ....scrapped right out of the jar with a big ol' celery stick.

nb

I never could get too excited about celery with peanut butter.
I like both and they're not horrible together but they just
don't do anything for me. However, I discovered a much
better combo once at a party my sister threw where she served
celery and peanut butter but also had chips and bean dip.
Now that's another combo that leaves me cold. Chips and
salsa, yes; chips and bean dip, no. So I asked her if she
had any celery left and she did so I got the plain celery
and dipped it in the bean dip. Yum! That's a great
combination.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
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On Mon 31 Jan 2005 10:07:48p, kalanamak wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Adam's smooth "stir", as opposed to "no stir". I mostly make sauces.
Last night I stirred some into a carrot, onion and green bean soup with
some curry. Very good soup. If I put this (unsweetened) stuff on toast,
I put some apricot preserves in with it, or cinnamon sugar.
blacksalt

Is Adam's a local or regional brand? I've not seen it before.

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 12:17:46a, Damsel in dis Dress wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

Skippy Super Crunch. 'Cause that's just the way it is.

Carol

That used to be my favorite and I still like it. I switched to Laura Scudder
to reduce the sugar.

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 01:12:12a, notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

Skippy Super Crunch. 'Cause that's just the way it is.

Yep! ....scrapped right out of the jar with a big ol' celery stick.

nb

A winning combination! One of my favorite snacks (because I think it's
healthy). :-)

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 02:42:49a, Rhonda Anderson wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or
crunchy?

Don't know how much the brand would mean to you as I'm in Australia, but
I buy Sanitarium Natural. It contains only roasted peanuts - no added
sugar, salt or oil. Crunchy!!! No matter what brand peanut butter I've
purchased (used to buy Kraft, and then [censored] Smith - an Aussie company -
until I decided to go down the no added sugar/salt route) it's always
been crunchy.

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I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy
Albertson's store brand crunchy.

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Yep. Don't use peanut butter a lot in cooking - mainly for some peanut
butter cookies that I love and have been making for years. I try not to
make them too often, and take them into work if I do, because otherwise I
would sit down and eat the whole batch. The recipe is from a book called
Kitchen Wizard It's aimed at kids, and I think I ordered this book
through the book club at school. The recipes are all related to well
known stories. These biscuits are in the Huckleberry Fin Raft Picnic
section and are called Playin' Hookey Cookies. They're realllllly good.

Playin' Hookey Cookies - Deborah Jarvis

125g soft butter
125g crunchy peanut butter
125g granulated sugar
125g brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
150g self raising flour
50g crushed or chopped peanuts (optional - but I always add)

Cream butter and peanut butter till light and fluffy
Add sugars gradually.
Beat in egg and vanilla
Mix in sifted flour and crushed nuts if using.

roll dough into small balls about the size of walnuts. Place on baking
tray about 5cm apart. Flatten with floured fork. Bake just above the
centre of 180C (350F) oven for 10 - 12 minutes. Let cookies sit on tray
for a couple of minutes (they're very soft when straight out of oven)
then remove with palette knife and cool on rack.

Those look like good cookies, Rhonda! Gotta keep that recipe.

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 06:17:35a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or
crunchy?

When I lived in Bangkok my best friend's father wasn't supposed to eat PB
(cholesterol? not sure, it was 1969 - did they know about cholesterol back
then?). He'd take a knife and scrape out the center of the jar but make it
look like it was still filled.

The only time I ever heard of Laura Scudder's peanut butter was in the film
'Meet Joe Black'. Don't think I've ever seen it in a store down here.

I prefer Peter Pan crunchy... on toast 🙂

Jill

Do you have Smucker's Peanut Butter in Memphis? It's the same as Laura
Scudder's.

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 07:58:08a, Ross Reid wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand?

We used to use President's Choice all natural until they did something
to radically change the taste. Took back a couple of jars then emailed
the company to ask what had changed. They said nothing had changed
but, you can't fool my taste buds. After all, PB is one of my five
main food groups! We now use Adams 100% Natural. Like the PC Brand,
it's the old fashioned kind where you have to mix in the oil.

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Why?

Because it tastes great and there is NO added sugar.

Quoted message said:

Smooth or crunchy?

Creamy

Quoted message said:

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy
Albertson's store brand crunchy.

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Yes.
Ross.
To email, remove the "obvious" from my address.

I prefer the natural type, too, but I've enver seen Adam's in our stores
here in central AZ.

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 09:55:46a, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or
crunchy?

I always buy the natural style. When I lived in So. Cal. I
bought Laura Scudder's. Here in Pgh. I get Smucker's. Always
smooth. I totally detest pieces of peanut in my butter. I don't
like nuts in lots of things that leave them moist and not
crispy and crunchy. Crunchy style peanut butter is a misnomer
as the pieces of peanut are not crunchy at all!!! I don't like
nuts in cakes or pies and especially in ice cream and in candies
like filled chocolates with creamy center. I will eat nuts
in chocolate or in brittle or toffee or even in caramel.
Anyway, that's why I never eat "crunchy" peanut butter.

Quoted message said:

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy
Albertson's store brand crunchy.

I sure miss Laura Scudder's since I moved back to Pgh.
Smucker's is pretty good but Laura's was a little better.

According to something I read quite a while ago, Smucker's and Laura
Scudder's are the same. Dunno about now.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Natch. Except that I don't eat it out of the jar.
I pretty much only cook with it. And when I make Gado
Gado I sometimes buy peanuts and grind them myself. Other
times, when I'm too lazy I just use bought.

Kate

Wayne

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 09:57:52a, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Mon 31 Jan 2005 10:16:56p, MareCat wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or
> crunchy?
>
> I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy.

Ditto (except I get the creamy version). Or Smuckers all-natural.

>
> Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Yep.

Mary

Actually, IIRC, Laura Scudder is produced by Smuckers. Regardless,
they're both good, and I can't tell them apart.

Wayne

Hmmm? I didn't know that. Well, maybe my thinking
that Laura's is a little better is just in my fading
memory of my Calif. days.
Kate

Sorry, I didn't see your response until after I posted earlier. Well, ya
know, maybe both of them are a little different now. I've had some over
the past few months and, while I haven't done an A/B comparison, I couldn't
tell the difference. I'm positive that these manufacturers make changes to
their products and swear that they don't. :-)

Wayne

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If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

Jif reduced-fat smooth, 'cause that what Sam's has, and believe me,
the way my family goes through peanut butter, we NEED to buy it
in bulk. If anyone knows of a source selling the stuff in 55-gallon
drums, I'm all ears.

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Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Yes, if it lasts long enough...:-)

Bob M.

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If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy Albertson's
store brand crunchy.

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Wayne

Trader Joe's Crunchy

Dimitri

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 06:17:35a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or
crunchy?

The only time I ever heard of Laura Scudder's peanut butter was in
the film 'Meet Joe Black'. Don't think I've ever seen it in a store
down here.

I prefer Peter Pan crunchy... on toast 🙂

Jill

Do you have Smucker's Peanut Butter in Memphis? It's the same as
Laura Scudder's.

Wayne

Probably, Wayne. I don't actually hunt for peanut butter. One thing I
remember though, when my mom made chocolate chip cookies she'd add a couple
of Tbs. of smooth peanut butter to the dough - now *that* was good! Try it,
you'll like it! 😄 She used crunchy peanut butter in her PB cookies.

I make it sound like she's dead; she's not; she just doesn't make cookies
anymore. She turned 79 last Sunday 🙂

Jill

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 04:24:08 GMT, Hahabogus <[email hidden]>

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Curried Peanut Soup is very good.

So, you gonna post the recipe, or what? 😉 Maybe you already did,
farther down in the thread. I'm just scanning quickly before going
to bed. That sounds like wonderful soup, though, and I'd love to
try it!

It gave me the runs...Because it was so good, I ate 5 bowls of it,
probably 3 bowls too many.

Under no circumstances should you send me that recipe. I'm staying as
close to the powder room as possible today already.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

notbob said:

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Skippy Super Crunch. 'Cause that's just the way it is.

Yep! ....scrapped right out of the jar with a big ol' celery stick.

What about the raisins? You forgot the raisins!

Anyone remember the peanut butter with fake bacon in it?

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

"jmcquown" wrote in message

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When I lived in Bangkok my best friend's father wasn't supposed to
eat PB (cholesterol? not sure, it was 1969 - did they know about
cholesterol back then?). He'd take a knife and scrape out the
center of the jar but make it look like it was still filled.

Peanuts are vegetable... vegetables don't contain cholestedrol.

Peanuts are legumes. But I have no idea why he wasn't supposed to eat
peanut butter. I just know they'd find a jar of it that looked full but
wasn't 😉

Jill

Some people are actually allergic to peanut butter.

Dora

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 12:57:31p, Dimitri wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

I usually buy Laura Scudder Crunchy. If I can't get it, I buy Albertson's
store brand crunchy.

Do you cook with the same type you eat out of the jar?

Wayne

Trader Joe's Crunchy

Dimitri

Hmmm... Didn't know TJ's made one. I'll have to give it a try.

Wayne

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 12:17:46a, Damsel in dis Dress wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

If you don't make your own, what's your brand? Why? Smooth or crunchy?

Skippy Super Crunch. 'Cause that's just the way it is.

That used to be my favorite and I still like it. I switched to Laura Scudder
to reduce the sugar.

I figure I eat about a tablespoon per month, so I'm not too concerned about
the sugar content. But, damn, Skippy's Classic Peanut Butter Cookie recipe
is the best in the world! That's where the carb problems come in. 😉

And who's this Laura person? Is she trying to put the moves on my man?

Carol

--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_