"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> What's really weird and artificial is JELLO.

Gee, it's sweetened, flavored gelatin - what's
"weird and artificial" about that?

I think this thread is going to show more about peoples'
irrational attitudes toward food than much of anything
about the food itself.

Bob M.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> What's really weird and artificial is JELLO.

Gee, it's sweetened, flavored gelatin - what's
"weird and artificial" about that?

I think this thread is going to show more about peoples'
irrational attitudes toward food than much of anything
about the food itself.

Bob M.

Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> Andy wrote:
> >
> > Has got to currently go to Pringle Prints. The awful same-shaped chips with
> > trivia pursuit-type questions on them. Just what the kids need, a coal-tar
> > dye education.
>
> How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> sandwiches?
>
> nancy

Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.

Steve

In article >,
"Chloe" > wrote:

> I saw a TV segment on the stuff. They basically roll out regular peanut
> butter--just like what you buy in a jar--and wrap it up like they do the
> individual cheese things. I don't eat much peanut butter, but if I did I
> think I'd actually appreciate the convenience even though the slices may
> look disgusting. Although they probably wouldn't make my short list of
> overprocessed food, that rubbery cheese food or worse yet, cheese "product"
> that even the law prohibits the manufacturers from calling food sure would,
> though.

Ah. I had a vision of some peanut butter product with the consistency of
single-slice American cheese. Still, I don't see any added convenience
in unwrapping a "slice" of peanut butter versus dipping the knife into
jar. If it's transportation, how do you keep the peanut butter slice
from getting squished and leaking all over the place?

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In article >,
"Chloe" > wrote:

> I saw a TV segment on the stuff. They basically roll out regular peanut
> butter--just like what you buy in a jar--and wrap it up like they do the
> individual cheese things. I don't eat much peanut butter, but if I did I
> think I'd actually appreciate the convenience even though the slices may
> look disgusting. Although they probably wouldn't make my short list of
> overprocessed food, that rubbery cheese food or worse yet, cheese "product"
> that even the law prohibits the manufacturers from calling food sure would,
> though.

Ah. I had a vision of some peanut butter product with the consistency of
single-slice American cheese. Still, I don't see any added convenience
in unwrapping a "slice" of peanut butter versus dipping the knife into
jar. If it's transportation, how do you keep the peanut butter slice
from getting squished and leaking all over the place?

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Steve the Sauropodman wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in message

> > How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> > sandwiches?

> Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.

I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.

nancy

Steve the Sauropodman wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in message

> > How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> > sandwiches?

> Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.

WAIT! Let me try again. They are like large peanut butter and jelly
ravioli, if that makes any sense. No crust, just ? bread crimped
around the edges.

nancy

Steve the Sauropodman wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in message

> > How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> > sandwiches?

> Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.

WAIT! Let me try again. They are like large peanut butter and jelly
ravioli, if that makes any sense. No crust, just ? bread crimped
around the edges.

nancy

Scott wrote:
> In article >,
> "Chloe" > wrote:
>
>
>>I saw a TV segment on the stuff. They basically roll out regular peanut
>>butter--just like what you buy in a jar--and wrap it up like they do the
>>individual cheese things. I don't eat much peanut butter, but if I did I
>>think I'd actually appreciate the convenience even though the slices may
>>look disgusting. Although they probably wouldn't make my short list of
>>overprocessed food, that rubbery cheese food or worse yet, cheese "product"
>>that even the law prohibits the manufacturers from calling food sure would,
>>though.
>
>
> Ah. I had a vision of some peanut butter product with the consistency of
> single-slice American cheese. Still, I don't see any added convenience
> in unwrapping a "slice" of peanut butter versus dipping the knife into
> jar. If it's transportation, how do you keep the peanut butter slice
> from getting squished and leaking all over the place?
>

Plasticisers. HTH :-)

Bob

Our pal zxcvbob > wrote:
> Scott wrote:

<snip>

> > Ah. I had a vision of some peanut butter product with the consistency of
> > single-slice American cheese. Still, I don't see any added convenience
> > in unwrapping a "slice" of peanut butter versus dipping the knife into
> > jar. If it's transportation, how do you keep the peanut butter slice
> > from getting squished and leaking all over the place?
> >
>
> Plasticisers. HTH :-)

Euuuwwww...


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Our pal zxcvbob > wrote:
> Scott wrote:

<snip>

> > Ah. I had a vision of some peanut butter product with the consistency of
> > single-slice American cheese. Still, I don't see any added convenience
> > in unwrapping a "slice" of peanut butter versus dipping the knife into
> > jar. If it's transportation, how do you keep the peanut butter slice
> > from getting squished and leaking all over the place?
> >
>
> Plasticisers. HTH :-)

Euuuwwww...


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Our pal wrote:
> Steve the Sauropodman wrote:
> >
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message
>
> > > How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> > > sandwiches?
>
> > Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.
>
> I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.

Uncrustables -- the lack of crust is a selling point. Small Child
likes them, but I think they're kind of silly...


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Our pal wrote:
> Steve the Sauropodman wrote:
> >
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message
>
> > > How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
> > > sandwiches?
>
> > Frozen PB & J? I must be living a sheltered life...I've never heard of 'em.
>
> I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.

Uncrustables -- the lack of crust is a selling point. Small Child
likes them, but I think they're kind of silly...


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previously in rfc, Nancy Young > wrote:

>
> I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.
>


Not food, but I look away and cringe when that toenail commercial comes
on....the little yellow fungus guys... *shudder*

-Claudia

previously in rfc, Nancy Young > wrote:

>
> I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.
>


Not food, but I look away and cringe when that toenail commercial comes
on....the little yellow fungus guys... *shudder*

-Claudia

CJB wrote:
>
> previously in rfc, Nancy Young > wrote:

> > I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> > ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.

> Not food, but I look away and cringe when that toenail commercial comes
> on....the little yellow fungus guys... *shudder*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! There are only a few commercials
that I race to change the channel; that is one of them. Disgusting.
Other is Huntington school where the mother comes screeching into
the room, ANOTHER BAD REPORT CARD???!!!!!!!!!!! We tried grounding
you, we tried ...

Hideous.

nancy (the little fungus things make me ill)

CJB wrote:
>
> previously in rfc, Nancy Young > wrote:

> > I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> > ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.

> Not food, but I look away and cringe when that toenail commercial comes
> on....the little yellow fungus guys... *shudder*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! There are only a few commercials
that I race to change the channel; that is one of them. Disgusting.
Other is Huntington school where the mother comes screeching into
the room, ANOTHER BAD REPORT CARD???!!!!!!!!!!! We tried grounding
you, we tried ...

Hideous.

nancy (the little fungus things make me ill)

Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
>sandwiches?

I win: Frozen deep-fried PB&J sandwiches.


--Blair
"Wait. Isn't that how they
make the Moon Pie?"

Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>How about those Lunchables or those frozen peanut butter and jelly
>sandwiches?

I win: Frozen deep-fried PB&J sandwiches.


--Blair
"Wait. Isn't that how they
make the Moon Pie?"

Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

fina wrote:

> Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

Carbs have 4 calories per gram. Fats have 9 calories per gram.
Goomba

fina wrote:

> Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

Carbs have 4 calories per gram. Fats have 9 calories per gram.
Goomba

Our pal Goomba38 > wrote:
> fina wrote:

> > Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?
>
> Carbs have 4 calories per gram. Fats have 9 calories per gram.

It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...


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Our pal Goomba38 > wrote:
> fina wrote:

> > Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?
>
> Carbs have 4 calories per gram. Fats have 9 calories per gram.

It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...


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(fina) wrote in message . com>...
> Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

From a randomly googled website:

http://www.oc.edu/staff/phil.heffing...odCalories.htm

Peanut butter: 166 cal/oz
Jams and Jellies: 80 cal/oz

So, yeah, twice as much. I'd wager I do a 2/1 ratio of PB to J, so
that doubles the double.

Of course, the Peanut butter brings along lots of nutrition that is
missing in the Jelly, so the quality of the calories are different.

Greg Zywicki

(fina) wrote in message . com>...
> Is Peanut butter higher in calories that jam?

From a randomly googled website:

http://www.oc.edu/staff/phil.heffing...odCalories.htm

Peanut butter: 166 cal/oz
Jams and Jellies: 80 cal/oz

So, yeah, twice as much. I'd wager I do a 2/1 ratio of PB to J, so
that doubles the double.

Of course, the Peanut butter brings along lots of nutrition that is
missing in the Jelly, so the quality of the calories are different.

Greg Zywicki

In article >,
(J.J. in WA) wrote:

> It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
> peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
> OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...

The carbs in the peanut butter aren't the issue--it's the naturally high
fat content of the peanuts that add the calories.

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In article >,
(J.J. in WA) wrote:

> It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
> peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
> OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...

The carbs in the peanut butter aren't the issue--it's the naturally high
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Our pal Scott > wrote:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
> > It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
> > peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
> > OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...
>
> The carbs in the peanut butter aren't the issue--it's the naturally high
> fat content of the peanuts that add the calories.

Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...


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Our pal Scott > wrote:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
> > It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
> > peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
> > OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...
>
> The carbs in the peanut butter aren't the issue--it's the naturally high
> fat content of the peanuts that add the calories.

Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...


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Our pal Scott > wrote:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
> > It depends on the peanut butter and jam in question -- a low-carb
> > peanut butter might have fewer calories than a full sugar jam. The
> > OPs best bet is to compare labels before buying...
>
> The carbs in the peanut butter aren't the issue--it's the naturally high
> fat content of the peanuts that add the calories.

Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...


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In article >,
(J.J. in WA) wrote:

> Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...

If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat content
is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the same--often
exactly the same. E.g.,
<http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
<http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>

Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.

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Scott > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
>> Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat
> content is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the
> same--often exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.
>

My own version of "reduced fat" peanut butter is made by taking a jar of
Laura Scudder's or Smucker's natural peanut butter, allow it to separate
as much as possible, and disposing of all the oil. I suppose I could
calculate how much fat and calories have been removed by measuring the
oil, but I've never bothered. It has to be lower in both than if the
oil was mixed back in. The flavor doesn't suffer a bit, but it can be a
little bit dry.

--
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Scott > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
>> Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat
> content is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the
> same--often exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.
>

My own version of "reduced fat" peanut butter is made by taking a jar of
Laura Scudder's or Smucker's natural peanut butter, allow it to separate
as much as possible, and disposing of all the oil. I suppose I could
calculate how much fat and calories have been removed by measuring the
oil, but I've never bothered. It has to be lower in both than if the
oil was mixed back in. The flavor doesn't suffer a bit, but it can be a
little bit dry.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

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*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

Scott > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
>> Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat
> content is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the
> same--often exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.
>

My own version of "reduced fat" peanut butter is made by taking a jar of
Laura Scudder's or Smucker's natural peanut butter, allow it to separate
as much as possible, and disposing of all the oil. I suppose I could
calculate how much fat and calories have been removed by measuring the
oil, but I've never bothered. It has to be lower in both than if the
oil was mixed back in. The flavor doesn't suffer a bit, but it can be a
little bit dry.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

unmunge as w-e-b

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

Our pal Scott > wrote:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:

> > Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat content
> is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the same--often
> exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.

I don't buy reduced fat peanut butter, so I wasn't aware of this.
I wonder what carbs they're replacing the fat with...


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Our pal Scott > wrote:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:

> > Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat content
> is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the same--often
> exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.

I don't buy reduced fat peanut butter, so I wasn't aware of this.
I wonder what carbs they're replacing the fat with...


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CJB > wrote in message >...
> previously in rfc, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm pretty sure they are called Crustables. I think it's so
> > ridiculous that I look away when the commercial comes on.
> >
>
>
> Not food, but I look away and cringe when that toenail commercial comes
> on....the little yellow fungus guys... *shudder*
>
> -Claudia

Hey, me too! I thought I was the only one who was so squeamish that
they couldn't bear to watch a commercial. But I have to change the
channel when that one comes on, it just grosses me out!

Applecandy