"Deborah G. Buckner" > wrote in message
...
> Dave Hill wrote:
> >
> > And by the way, for people who mentioned peanut butter--- most
store-bought
> > brands really don't need to be refrigerated. Really! And if you do
> > refrigerate peanut butter, just as some kind of obsessive thing, be very
> > careful about microwaving it to "make it soft". Many brands of peanut
> > butter use a foil seal. Unless you carefully remove every last molecule
of
> > foil when you first open the jar--- which is nearly impossible--- it can
> > spark and arc in the microwave. Peanut butter also burns easily.
>
> The Smuckers "all-natural" peanut butter label says to "refrigerate
> after opening." We put that in the microwave to soften it, but I don't
> think it has a foil seal around it. The sugary, preservative peanut
> butters (Jif, Peter Pan, etc.) stay in the cabinet and seem to last
forever.
>
> Deb

The main reason for refrigerating natural peanut butter is to prevent the
oil from seperating out again after it has been stirred up. I never put mine
in the fridge but have to stir it up a lot.

chrissy