What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
in your opinions?

On Sun 12 Feb 2006 06:38:00a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ed?

> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?

For me it would be Laura Scudder or Smuckers natural chunky peanut butter.
Skippy Super Chunk would be a runnerup.

Having said that, you'll probably get as many answers as there are people
here. <g>

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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"Ed" > wrote in message
news:2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru...
> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?
>

Shoots, I haven't had peanut butter since I was in high school - over 20
years ago.

kili

The best peanut butter isn't. It's cashew butter. Homemade in the
food processor, though it does take a little while. Pair with homemade
strawberry freezer jam or seedless black raspberry preserves.

Whadja hafta go bring up the subject for? Now I gotta get a container
of cashew butter from the freezer and make one.......

Best -- Terry

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 12 Feb 2006 06:38:00a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ed?
>
> > What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> > in your opinions?
>
> For me it would be Laura Scudder or Smuckers natural chunky peanut butter.
> Skippy Super Chunk would be a runnerup.
>
> Having said that, you'll probably get as many answers as there are people
> here. <g>

Heh. I have never heard of Laura Scudder or Smuckers - OTOH I have
heard of Skippy - we get that here too - not bad stuff.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz) - who is not going to ask where Ed lives

"Ed" > wrote in message
news:2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru...
> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly in
> your opinions?
>

Skippy super chunk. Been eating is for close to 60 years.

Ed wrote:
> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?

Anything "natural", preferably chunky with no aflatoxin.

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:38:00 -0500, Ed > wrote:

>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>in your opinions?

go down to the grocery store and look at the shelf holding the jars of
Peanut Butter. Three or four manufacturers seem to dominate the
market. I have tasted other brands but none of them compare with my
favorite which is a top name brand that only "choosy mother's choose"!

by the way, I want to share a method of making peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches that I learned from my ex-wife...and my current wife just
loves the way I make these! You just take a fork and stir together the
peanut butter and grape jelly blending it well...then spread it on the
bread. Yum!

Bill :-)

On Sun 12 Feb 2006 06:58:07a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Edwin
Pawlowski?

>
> "Ed" > wrote in message
> news:2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru...
>> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly in
>> your opinions?
>>
>
> Skippy super chunk. Been eating is for close to 60 years.

Skippy, maybe, but they haven't been making super chunk nearly that long.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:53:46 -0500, Bill >
wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:38:00 -0500, Ed > wrote:
>
>>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>>in your opinions?
>
>go down to the grocery store and look at the shelf holding the jars of
>Peanut Butter. Three or four manufacturers seem to dominate the
>market. I have tasted other brands but none of them compare with my
>favorite which is a top name brand that only "choosy mother's choose"!
>
>by the way, I want to share a method of making peanut butter and jelly
>sandwiches that I learned from my ex-wife...and my current wife just
>loves the way I make these! You just take a fork and stir together the
>peanut butter and grape jelly blending it well...then spread it on the
>bread. Yum!
>
>Bill :-)
>
Bill.. Are you the one shown in south central North Carolina?
Chuck (in SC)

"kilikini" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Ed" > wrote in message
> news:2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru...
>> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>> in your opinions?
>>
>
> Shoots, I haven't had peanut butter since I was in high school - over 20
> years ago.
>
> kili
>
Me neither -- but I've tried different brands of peanut butter over the
years and even food processored peanuts, but I'll only eat it once and not
try anymore until DH brings something new home; but recently Costco have
their Kirkland name on some organic peanut butter. (people who like chunky
wouldn't like this) Costco also has some multi-grain Milton's brand
crackers (no hydrogenated fat and delicious) and I must confess I have to
have for a snack now almost everyday a peanut butter and cracker afternoon
snack. Sometimes I will add a half-teaspoon of blue-berry jelly, yum, yum.
Dee Dee

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> The best peanut butter isn't. It's cashew butter. Homemade in the
> food processor, though it does take a little while. Pair with homemade
> strawberry freezer jam or seedless black raspberry preserves.
>
> Whadja hafta go bring up the subject for? Now I gotta get a container
> of cashew butter from the freezer and make one.......
>
> Best -- Terry

I have a quart of raw cashews in the freezer. Do you toast them before you
food-process?
Thanks,
Dee

In article <2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru>, Ed >
wrote:

> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?
>

Laura Scudders.

The only "pure" stuff on the market, no added crap......

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
.19:

> On Sun 12 Feb 2006 06:58:07a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> Edwin Pawlowski?
>>
>> "Ed" > wrote in message
>> news:2006021208380016807-radicale@mailru...
>>> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and
>>> Jelly in your opinions?
>>>
>>
>> Skippy super chunk. Been eating is for close to 60 years.
>
> Skippy, maybe, but they haven't been making super chunk nearly
> that long.

Is peanut butter only sold by brand names in the US? Here, I would go
down to my local store and buy ground peanuts (either chunky or smooth)
and it's a damned sight better than any jar stuff as it has no added
sugar. All it is is peanuts, period.

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> Skippy super chunk. Been eating is for close to 60 years.
>
> Skippy, maybe, but they haven't been making super chunk nearly that long.
>

Chunk has been around that long. Super chunk maybe 15 or 20 years?

"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
>
> Is peanut butter only sold by brand names in the US? Here, I would go
> down to my local store and buy ground peanuts (either chunky or smooth)
> and it's a damned sight better than any jar stuff as it has no added
> sugar. All it is is peanuts, period.

There are about a half dozen major brand names. Skippy, Jiff, Smuckers, to
name a few and all have smooth, chunky, or some other variations such as
honey roasted. Only one in 25 stores may have a fresh ground right there
type.

"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
...
snip
> Is peanut butter only sold by brand names in the US? Here, I would go
> down to my local store and buy ground peanuts (either chunky or smooth)
> and it's a damned sight better than any jar stuff as it has no added
> sugar. All it is is peanuts, period.

In my city you would have to do that at a store that had a health food
section or at a health food store.
Janet

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
:

> "Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
> ...
> snip
>> Is peanut butter only sold by brand names in the US? Here, I
>> would go down to my local store and buy ground peanuts (either
>> chunky or smooth) and it's a damned sight better than any jar
>> stuff as it has no added sugar. All it is is peanuts, period.
>
> In my city you would have to do that at a store that had a health
> food section or at a health food store.

And? I mean, I ask because is it so much trouble to get additive free
peanut butter? We can even buy peanut butter in one or two brands in
the major stores that have oil separated on top so you have to mix it
and only salt added, but even that is too much additive for some
people.

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>in your opinions?

I always liked regular old smooth Skippy on Hillbilly bread with good
strawberry preserves. The stuff where you have the actual pieces of
strawberries in there. Peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwiches
were good when I was a kid, too. It's a weird combination but it's
always been one of my oddball favorites. That and a big glass of really
cold 2% milk and I'm in a good mood for hours.

"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
> :
snip
>> In my city you would have to do that at a store that had a health
>> food section or at a health food store.
>
> And? I mean, I ask because is it so much trouble to get additive free
> peanut butter? We can even buy peanut butter in one or two brands in
> the major stores that have oil separated on top so you have to mix it
> and only salt added, but even that is too much additive for some
> people.
Yes, additive-free peanut butter is available in jars in most stores. I
thought you were just asking about the availability of fresh-ground stuff.
Janet

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
:

> "Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
>> :
> snip
>>> In my city you would have to do that at a store that had a
>>> health food section or at a health food store.
>>
>> And? I mean, I ask because is it so much trouble to get additive
>> free peanut butter? We can even buy peanut butter in one or two
>> brands in the major stores that have oil separated on top so you
>> have to mix it and only salt added, but even that is too much
>> additive for some people.
> Yes, additive-free peanut butter is available in jars in most
> stores. I thought you were just asking about the availability of
> fresh-ground stuff.

Ok, sorry, I guess that wasn't entirely clear. My understanding is
that most peanut butter in jars is basically the same product but with
different levels of additives. Otherwise why discuss preferences?
Peanut butter essentially is peanut butter...or maybe it isn't? Is
that why some prefer one brand without additives to another brand
additives?

Personally I can't eat the stuff anymore as it has nasty effects on my
digestion but I do enjoy the taste very much.

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

Bill wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:38:00 -0500, Ed > wrote:
>
>> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>> in your opinions?
>
> favorite which is a top name brand that only "choosy mother's choose"!
>
> by the way, I want to share a method of making peanut butter and jelly
> sandwiches that I learned from my ex-wife...and my current wife just
> loves the way I make these! You just take a fork and stir together the
> peanut butter and grape jelly blending it well...then spread it on the
> bread. Yum!
>
> Bill :-)

Do they still sell that stuff (I forget the brand or what they called it)
that was pre-mixed with grape jelly?

Jill

On Sun 12 Feb 2006 11:53:26a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Michel
Boucher?

> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
> :
>
>> "Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
>>> :
>> snip
>>>> In my city you would have to do that at a store that had a health
>>>> food section or at a health food store.
>>>
>>> And? I mean, I ask because is it so much trouble to get additive
>>> free peanut butter? We can even buy peanut butter in one or two
>>> brands in the major stores that have oil separated on top so you
>>> have to mix it and only salt added, but even that is too much
>>> additive for some people.
>> Yes, additive-free peanut butter is available in jars in most
>> stores. I thought you were just asking about the availability of
>> fresh-ground stuff.
>
> Ok, sorry, I guess that wasn't entirely clear. My understanding is
> that most peanut butter in jars is basically the same product but with
> different levels of additives. Otherwise why discuss preferences?
> Peanut butter essentially is peanut butter...or maybe it isn't? Is
> that why some prefer one brand without additives to another brand
> additives?
>
> Personally I can't eat the stuff anymore as it has nasty effects on my
> digestion but I do enjoy the taste very much.
>

There are also differences due to the quality of nuts used, irrespective of
any additives.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

On Sun 12 Feb 2006 09:50:19a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Edwin
Pawlowski?

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> Skippy super chunk. Been eating is for close to 60 years.
>>
>> Skippy, maybe, but they haven't been making super chunk nearly that long.
>>
>
> Chunk has been around that long. Super chunk maybe 15 or 20 years?

Yes, probably so. I remember seeing the first chunk style in the mid-50s,
the super-chunk in the early 80s.

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____________________

BIOYA

jmcquown wrote:


> Do they still sell that stuff (I forget the brand or what they called
> it) that was pre-mixed with grape jelly?

http://www.smuckers.com/fg/pds/defau...d=4&prodid=106


See the handy product finder.



Brian
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won't shut up.
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Ed wrote:

> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?

Adams All-Natural Peanut Butter, which is owned by Smucker's. It is
just peanuts and salt.

For PBJs, I like strawberry and raspberry jam as well as grape jelly,
usually on whole wheat bread. I prefer a little more jam or jelly than
peanut butter.

Derek Juhl

Ed wrote:
> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?
>

Skippy super chunk
there is no other peanut butter.

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The Bubbo wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>
>>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>>in your opinions?
>>
>
>
> Skippy super chunk
> there is no other peanut butter.
>

I like the unsweetened, natural, chunky kind. But I know I'm weird.

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In article > ,
sarah bennett > wrote:

> The Bubbo wrote:
> > Ed wrote:
> >
> >>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> >>in your opinions?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Skippy super chunk
> > there is no other peanut butter.
> >
>
> I like the unsweetened, natural, chunky kind. But I know I'm weird.
>
> --
>
> saerah

Forget p-nut butter.

Buy Nutella. ;-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19:

>> Peanut butter essentially is peanut butter...or
>> maybe it isn't? Is that why some prefer one brand without
>> additives to another brand additives?
>
> There are also differences due to the quality of nuts used,
> irrespective of any additives.

Quality of nuts? What sort of variegated qualities do oleo peanuts
have? Seriously...I'm asking. And how can you tell who uses which?
Doesn't the ingredient list only ever say Peanuts?

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

Yes, roast them first, then grind in the food processor with a little
salt. I had to add a few teaspoons of vegetable oil to get the stuff
to come together.....and it ended up too thin, kind of runny. Maybe
add a teaspoon of oil, grind for a while, add some more, grind some
more. Experimentation is necessary because cashews have different
amounts of oil in 'em.

Best -- Terry

additive free and made with valencia peanuts

peter

In article >,
Michel Boucher > wrote:

> Quality of nuts?

The quality of the nuts on this list is rather good IMHO.

;-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in news:Omelet-
:

> In article >,
> Michel Boucher > wrote:
>
>> Quality of nuts?
>
> The quality of the nuts on this list is rather good IMHO.
>
> ;-)

Oil agree to that :-)

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

On 12 Feb 2006 10:23:06 -0800, Christopher Helms wrote:

> Peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwiches were good when I was a
> kid, too. It's a weird combination but it's always been one of my
> oddball favorites.

Ah, the vaguely pornographic-sounding "fluffer nutter". I understand it
has to be on Wonder Bread to be authentic... <g>

Oh, and am I the only one who liked potato chips on his PBJ?

--

-Jeff B.
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Yeff wrote:
> On 12 Feb 2006 10:23:06 -0800, Christopher Helms wrote:
>
>
>>Peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwiches were good when I was a
>>kid, too. It's a weird combination but it's always been one of my
>>oddball favorites.
>
>
> Ah, the vaguely pornographic-sounding "fluffer nutter". I understand it
> has to be on Wonder Bread to be authentic... <g>
>
> Oh, and am I the only one who liked potato chips on his PBJ?
>

maybe, but I like 'em on my tuna sandwiches.

--

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email:
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disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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Ed wrote:
>
> What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
> in your opinions?

Dunno about your sandwich but the best peanut butter is the one you make
yourself from fresh roasted peanuts.

"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
...
snip
> Ok, sorry, I guess that wasn't entirely clear. My understanding is
> that most peanut butter in jars is basically the same product but with
> different levels of additives. Otherwise why discuss preferences?
> Peanut butter essentially is peanut butter...or maybe it isn't? Is
> that why some prefer one brand without additives to another brand
> additives?
>
> Personally I can't eat the stuff anymore as it has nasty effects on my
> digestion but I do enjoy the taste very much.

The major, heavily advertised brands -- probably 3 brands -- have made an
attempt to make their peanut butter smoother, more palatable by adding in
some cases a sweetener, and some other ingredients to keep the oil from
separating out of the mix. Some brands may actually remove some of the
peanut oil and replace it with another oil that is supposed to be healthier.
There are other lesser advertised brands that simply grind peanuts. The oil
separates and you have to stir it back in. Some of these brands may also
add a little salt only, some add nothing. Beyond that, some stores have a
grinder with a handy supply of peanuts and/or cashews and you are allowed to
grind your own butter into a supplied deli-style cup. The butter is weighed
and you are charged accordingly. US businesses like to capture every
possible, imaginable segment of the market. Hence the ridiculous
permutations of every product.
Janet

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
>
> Buy Nutella. ;-)
> --
> Peace, Om.

Nutella fact no. 1
It was invented in Turino, home of the 2006 winter Olympics.

sarah bennett wrote:
> The Bubbo wrote:
>> Ed wrote:
>>
>>>What is the best Peanut Butter for a good ol' Peanut Butter and Jelly
>>>in your opinions?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Skippy super chunk
>> there is no other peanut butter.
>>
>
> I like the unsweetened, natural, chunky kind. But I know I'm weird.
>

no, i think a ot of people do. We always have 3 peanut butters in the house,
my Skippy, David's all natural stuff and the dogs' generic (the dog licks his
own ass for fun, how discerning can he be about peanut butter?).

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