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Default A sandwich from my childhood

On Thu 06 Aug 2009 02:09:45a, Ophelia told us...

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> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>> 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:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

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> 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


True, they are legumes not nuts, but I like them just the same.

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