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Default A sandwich from my childhood


"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 05 Aug 2009 01:52:09p, Jean B. told us...
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:02 -0500, Omelet > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> cybercat wrote:
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:27:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>

>>
>> 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.


I don't like peanuts at all. They are not 'nuts' which is probably the
reason I don't like them. I do however, like nuts