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A sandwich from my childhood
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 05 Aug 2009 01:52:09p, Jean B. told us...
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>> sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:02 -0500, Omelet > wrote:
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>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> cybercat wrote:
>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:27:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Banana sandwiches
>>>>>>>> don't forget the peanut butter!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and peanut butter & dill pickles.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or peanut butter and honey... the list goes on. Peanut butter is a
>>>>>>>> wonderful springboard. <happy sigh>
>>>>>>> I am not quite sure how I tell you this.. but I don't like peanut
>>>>>>> butter auuughhhhh! I'm hit! but, but.. it's greasy and
>>>>>>> lumpy.....................
>>>> Huh? What brand have you tried? I buy peanut butter mostly for
>>>> poisoning the local Norway rats by mixing it with pelleted bait to get
>>>> them to eat it up faster (less time spent doing carcass patrol in the
>>>> mornings once they start dying) but the generic smooth peanut butter I
>>>> purchase is smooth as silk. Almost like a peanut butter frosting.
>>>>
>>>> It's delicious but I'm still avoiding eating fattening stuff like that.
>>> She probably buys that yucky "natural" stuff... the kind you have to
>>> stir and keep in the refrigerator after it's opened. Hubby bought
>>> some, thinking he was doing me a favor. *Hated* it. Yuck. Cold,
>>> natural, unsalted peanut butter sucks. I want my salt and sugar too.
>>>
>> I don't need the sweetness, but I do like the salt. In fact, I
>> usually mix in more salt now, since I have to stir it anyway. I
>> used to prefer Wild Oats' organic chunky PB. Now my daughter
>> prefers Trader Joe's (unfortunately, their only organic chunky PB
>> is made from Valencia peanuts). I have just discovered Teddie's
>> natural, which is rather good but undersalted. I recently bought
>> their PB that contains flax seeds too, but I haven't yet tried it.
>> Unfortunately that isn't ultra-chunky.
>>
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> What's wrong with Valencia peanuts? Something we should all know?
>
I just don't like them. I don't think they have much flavor.
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Jean B.
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