Julie Bove wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Steve Freides wrote:
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>> Steve Freides wrote:
>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> I had to buy a new jar of peanut butter because mine was expiring.
>>>>>> But now every day there are at least two new recalls for peanut
>>>>>> butter or a peanut containing product. I am afraid to eat what I
>>>>>> have!
>>>>> It's not hard to make your own nut butters - we haven't bought any in
>>>>> years here. I haven't heard any recalls for raw or dry-roasted
>>>>> nuts. I use all dry-roasted, unsalted from TJ's.
>>>>>
>>>>> As mentioned many times here by me, I like a mixture of mostly
>>>>> almonds with a bit of peanuts and a bit of cashews thrown in,
>>>>> roughly 3/4 almonds, 1/8 each of peanuts and cashews. As a matter
>>>>> of fact, time for me to go eat some right now - it's delicious and
>>>>> nutritious.
>>>>>
>>>>> -S-
>>>> I've just gotta say here, many of you people really make a simple
>>>> peanut butter sandwich way more difficult than necessary. For God's
>>>> sake. Buy Jif and enjoy once in awhile. Notice how all the
>>>> "healthy" things are being recalled.
>>>
>>>
>>> But I _like_ my homemade nut butter - I eat it almost every day and
>>> probably go through a jar a week by myself.
>>>
>>>> I bought "organic PB" once. What a joke. You had to stir in the oil
>>>> each time and also store it in the fridge. Have any of you ever
>>>> really tried to stir cold and hard peanut butter to mix in the oil?
>>>> One time was enough of that nonsense for me.
>>> Settling is an interesting thing - my homemade stuff never settles enough
>>> for me to notice except if I take it with me somewhere, e.g., on a car
>>> ride that's a few hours long. By the time I get there, I can see that
>>> the jostling has started to separate the oil and the solids.
>>>
>>> I've never refrigerated my stuff - can't see why I would as it keeps just
>>> fine on the counter for as long as it takes us to eat it here.
>>>
>>>> In my teasing mode, maybe this ng should be renamed to
>>>> rec.food.anal.cooking lol!
>>> I'm convinced that almonds are great for you and I'm not convinced that
>>> peanuts, which aren't even nuts, are all that great in terms of health.
>>> That's why I made mine mostly almonds then played around until I had a
>>> combination that I liked the taste of.
>>>
>>> I think there's a whole interesting, and probably flamed-filled,
>>> discussion to be had on why we eat what we eat. Some folks will say, no
>>> doubt, that all they care about is that their food tastes good and who
>>> cares if it's good for you or not. I am definitely not in that camp.
>>> It's nutrition, it's sustenance, and knowing how good for me or not
>>> someithing is really matters to my enjoyment of eating it, probably
>>> because I've found that eating better makes me feel better and feeling
>>> good long-term always trumps the transient pleasure of how something
>>> tastes.
>>>
>>> All of which is my way of saying that store-bought peanut butter may
>>> taste better than my homemade mostly-almond butter, but not by enough
>>> that I'm going to eat it.
>>>
>>> Just my opinion, your mileage may vary and all that.
>> Coincidentally, in the interim, I thought I'd try almond butter mixed with
>> flax and pumpkin seeds. I dunno how it will compare tastewise, but it
>> will probably be more healthful, without the possible aflatoxins. Oh
>> great, Dr, Weil says that aflatoxins have also been found in pecans,
>> pistachios and walnuts... and other things.
>
> Really? Lovely. My favorite nut of late has been the hazelnut. Kind of
> hard to find them though. Most places don't seem to sell them. I did get
> them in bulk at Winco today. They are fine but I really hate buying bulk
> nuts because you just never know how old they are or if they cleaned the bin
> out well before filling it.
>
>
Yes, really. But peanuts hold a higher risk. I don't THINK I
saw hazelnuts, which I love, mentioned. Almonds were mentioned.

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