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Peanut-butter. What's better, crunchy or smooth, the normal stuff or the one with the oil on top you have to keep refrigerated?

>> No.5592645

The best peanut butter is the one you like most.

I personally like the honey roasted peanut butter that you grind fresh in store.

>> No.5592648

Get natural peanut butter, pour off excess oil, and enjoy

>> No.5592650

i personally like the chunky stuff. i like the creamy but also the crunch of the actual peanut.

>> No.5592653

>>5592645
Fuck, where do you live? No one does that where I am. That shit sounds awesome.

>> No.5592657

Smooth. Never did enjoy crunchy peanut butter.

But I also can't eat peanut butter by itself on a sandwich. It needs to be PBJ or nothing.

>> No.5592700

Natural crunchy. Keep the jar upside down so the oil makes it way through the bottom of the jar. 1/2 hour before using it flip the jar so the oil makes its way to the top again.

>> No.5592705

Homogenized chunky master race reporting in.

>> No.5592711
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>>5592641

>> No.5592712

>>5592653

Santa Cruz, California.

We have it in almost all our large markets here, not just hippy markets or anything.

It's significantly better tasting than any other peanut butter I've had, I've always liked peanut butter but had no idea it could taste this good. I can't emphasize enough how good it is compared to any of the jarred stuff.

There's probably some hippy market near you that has it. It tends to be annoyingly expensive but it's at least worth trying.

>> No.5592718

I don't like peanut butter too much because it sticks to the roof of my mouth and that annoys me. That said when I do eat it I prefer smooth.

>> No.5592752

>>5592712
Fuck son, i go to UCSC, i just never stop much in town. So i can grind my own peanut butter at the safeway there?

>> No.5592757

>>5592752
*shop

>> No.5592762

>>5592752

yup, I don't go to the morrisey safeway generally so I don't know if they have it there (since I think that's the closest to you, I live right by Dominican), but they have it at the one on 41st

>> No.5592761

Smooth, peanuts and salt only. It's a bit runnier, but tastes so much better.

>> No.5592765

>>5592762
sweet man, thanks!

>> No.5592770

Smooth. Crunchy gets all up in my teeth and hurts.

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5592777

Dulce de leche

>> No.5592778
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5592778

Why does American peanut butter have so many chemical ingredients? Like, fuck, there are a dozen chemicals on the ingredients list when really all u need is peanuts, salt, and maybe some oil.

>> No.5592783

>>5592765

no problem, just fyi since it's in sort of a funky location it's at the end of the produce aisle at the far upper left corner of the store

>> No.5592794

>>5592778
I'm American and I haven't seen a single jar of peanut butter with more than 5 or so ingredients.

The peanut butter I buy has 2. Most have 4-5. Peanuts, salt, sweetener of some kind, and extra fat.

>> No.5592795

Okay guys, i need some insight here. The old sous chef at the restaurant I'm working at said it's bad to refrigerate peanut butter as it can culture some kind of deadly bacteria, but I (and everyone else) think he was full of shit. Can anyone comment on this?

>> No.5592798
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>>5592778
What is american peanut butter? I have this and the ingredients are peanuts and salt nothing else. Its a natural store brand. Im a amerifag.

>> No.5592804

>>5592795
Just sounds like bullshit, most peanut butter without extra ingredients recommends refrigerating it.

But I can't see why refrigerating something, which slows down that kind of stuff, would cause it to happen.

>> No.5592807

>>5592798
Well yeah, that's a natural variety. I think what the poster was talking about is stuff like Jif, Skippy, or Peter Pan.

>> No.5592809
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>>5592794
>>5592798

>> No.5592814

>>5592809
>1/10 jars of peanut butter is like that
>ALL AMERICAN PEANUT BUTTER IS LITERALLY DIARRHEA IN A JAR
k

>> No.5592815

>>5592809
>>5592807
There is nothing called american peanut butter. Skippy, jif, and peter pan is sold in other countries besides the usa.

>> No.5592818
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>>5592809
Wow, made me go check my cheap-ass jar of Jif.
Stop buying/looking at the cheapest shit avalable.

>> No.5592831

>>5592815
They all come from American manufacturers. Thus, they're American.

>> No.5592834

>>5592809
Where the fuck is this from? >>5592818 is the regular Jif peanut butter, but this seems to be Jif too.

>> No.5592836

>>5592834
It's the reduced fat one.

>> No.5592845

>>5592836

my parents would buy that when I was a kid

It's funny because it has the same amount calories as the regular version

>> No.5592853

I was diagnosed with diabeetus when I was around 12, and my mom started buying the all-natural stuff, that is literally just ground peanuts.

I really disliked it at first because I was so used to shitty Skippy until then, but now if I eat that processed stuff it tastes way too sweet.

All natural for lyfe.

>> No.5593157

>>5592641
I bought a Jar of organic peanut butter from Costo thinking it'd taste good... There's a layer of oil on top of it and just mixing it up is like fucking churning butter. FFS I buy peanut butter to make a quick sandwich for when I have those days of autistic gaming mode.

Never again organic peanut butter.. Never again.

>> No.5593169

>>5592807
As someone with Skippy in his pantry, I only got peanuts, sugar, oil and salt.

Dude at the beginning of this quote chain is smoking something or buying weird crap pb

>> No.5593191

How do I eat the peanut butter with the oil on top?

>> No.5593197

>>5593157
dude, you're supposed to refrigerate it after the initial stirring. that'll keep the oil from separating.

>> No.5593589

>>5593191
>>5593157
Do people really not know how to eat non homogenized peanutbutter? It's very simple. You stir the oil that floats on top into it, and then you keep it in the refrigerator. That's it. Boom. Done.

>> No.5593624

I like both smooth and crunchy, but typically buy smooth because I fold my toast in half when I put pb on it and it folds easier with smooth.

I also buy Adam's natural pb, which is made with just peanuts and salt. It also doesn't need to be refrigerated after opening.

>> No.5593637

>>5593157
>>5593191
see
>>5592700
Makes mixing it much easier.

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5593657

Cashew butter is where it's at.
I know it's not natural but I'm still loving this stuff, creamy or crunchy...

>> No.5593666

I'll all for the organic and natural stuff but come on, to me peanut butter is a kind of treat, and I want some sweetness and saltiness to it -- if I just wanted a nutty flavor, I'd eat a handful of roasted peanuts or the like. I like Peter Pan, but once in a while I'll buy a nice expensive jar of natural almond butter.

>> No.5593695

>>5593589
I have a cheap store brand natural pb and i only had to stir it once after i bought it and it has been like regular pb since being in the fridge.

>> No.5593739

>>5592641
Peanut butter sucks. Hazelnut butter master race.

>> No.5593767

Should I be surprised that there is no mention of making your own peanut butter?

>> No.5593783

>>5592815
Additionally, food ingredient regulations differ from country to country, and food manufacturers typically formulate and package products differently for each country/market

>> No.5593921

>>5592648
lol, enjoy your peanut butter plaster.

>> No.5593941

i just stick with adam's crunchy, but until now i had no idea i was supposed to keep it in the fridge. it's never re-separated on my pantry shelf after stirring even in the largest jar i could get, and it'd last for months up there. is there really a point to that?

>> No.5593962

>>5592641
Natural, coarse ground. You can dump the oil out from time to time (or save it for other cooking). I like it when the peanut butter starts getting rock-solid.

>> No.5593964

>>5592648
Really don't do this.

>> No.5593966
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5593966

GOAT peanut butter right here

>> No.5593969

Crunchy, smooth is for Americans.

>> No.5593973

>>5592752
>being this unaware of his surroundings

>> No.5593983

>>5592809
So you bought a crap-tier brand of peanut butter. I haven't seen a grocery store in years that doesn't carry an all-natural brand, with nothing but peanuts and salt in it.

>> No.5593985

>>5593966
They use goats in it??

>> No.5593986

>>5593966
shit i just came here to post this

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>>5593969
im american and i love crunchy over smooth you heretic

>> No.5594217

>>5592648
Lol
>>5593157
Here, if you do this... It's literally like cement.
>>5593197
>>5593589
Would of been helpful if I would of known this. But sticking it in the fridge would make it hard to spread on bread... I'll just stock to nutella!

>> No.5594226

>>5592641
WHIPPED. whipped peanut butter is fantastic.

>> No.5594364
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5594364

Crunchy Honey Peanutbutter is my favorite, but I usually buy it in the foodstamp-tier Teddie yellow tubs.

>> No.5594366

>>5594364
>corn syrup
nope.jpg

>> No.5594408
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5594408

These guys make the best PB. Their cinnamon raisin is wonderful

>> No.5594414

>>5594408
I'm surpised no one mentioned pb&co yet.

>> No.5594427

>>5592778
>Ingredients: Peanut butter

fuck you, jar

>> No.5594461

>>5594408

Can I get these at local grocers?

>> No.5594485

>>5594461
My local shoprite, stop and shop, and duane reade sells them.

>> No.5594611

>>5592752
>>5592712
shit, I'm not the only co/ck/ in santa cruz...

>> No.5594657

>>5594611

there are tons of people from SC on here

>> No.5594767

>>5594657
SC is South Carolina, stupid cali fag

>> No.5594789

>>5594767
>flyover states in charge of knowing they are irrelevant

>> No.5594794

>>5594789
>cali ever being relevant

>> No.5595058

>>5592718
>not drinking milk with your pb
pleb

>> No.5595079

>>5594794
>cali ever not being relevant
FTFY 3rd world friendo

>> No.5595102

>>5593657
I hear ya. Next tier is almond butter. Check the hippie stores.

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>>5592641
this.
it's quite delightful.

>> No.5596054

>>5592650

i love the little crunch of the peanut chunks. I don't mind smooth but I usually buy chunky.

I've also found that getting chunky is the best way to stop other people from eating my peanut butter, out of all the people I've lived with, only one hasn't immediately pitched a bitchfit upon seeing a jar of chunky peanut butter.

>> No.5596989

>>5594366
>Being a faggot
Shit's insanely cheap and I make just slightly too much for foodstamps but not enough to live like a human fucking being.

>> No.5597021

>>5592804
As far as I know the only peanut butter you need to refrigerate is the kind with oil and that's really just to prevent separation. As far as I know it won't really culture anything if you don't refrigerate it.

My preferred is Smucker's crunchy peanut butter, which has just peanuts and salt. I had to buy jif recently out of necessity, it's sweetened and to me just tastes awful. I can sit and eat Smucker's straight out of the jar if I want, but no way in hell can I do that with Jif.

>> No.5597325

>>5592641
The emulsifier they add to "normal" peanut butter to keep it from separating at room temperature changes the taste a lot. I like the "natural", just peanuts and maybe oil in the ingredients.

You don't have to keep it refrigerated, but if you keep it at room temperature you will have to stir it every day. My wife hates cold peanut butter so we keep it out.

The Fred Meyer near my house has a fresh-grind dispenser for natural peanut butter, and it's only $2.50/lb, which is cheaper than Adams and pretty much the same as the generic emulsified brands.

>> No.5597346

>>5592778
Most have peanuts and salt, plus an emulsifier to keep it from separating, plus a sweetener to cover up the emulsifier, and maybe some kind of oil as well.

Anything without an emulsifier is marketed as "natural" and usually doesn't have anything but peanuts, maybe oil, maybe salt.

Then there's sweetened/flavored ones that are marketed as kids foods, like >>5592809 which looks like one of the "Smuckers Goobers" varieties. They dump a bunch of fruity sweeteners in it, and then the requisite preservatives and stabilizers to support those sweeteners, and then add some vitamins as well to pad the nutritional label and make mom think it's good for the kid to be feeding them a sugar-paste because look at all the vitamins and minerals!

>> No.5597351

>>5593157
What are you mixing it with? I see a lot of people try and stir it with a spoon and that just fucking doesn't work. Use a knife or some sort of narrow paddle. You basically just have to cut the oil into it. Keep it upside down in storage before you open it and it will make your job easier, too.

>> No.5597907

>>5597351
I use a thick butter knife to mix it. Just can't be arsed to mix it all the damn time. Prior to this, didn't know stuffing it in the fridge would help. Peanut butter is usually a cheap fast way to make a sandwich so you can go about your day.. It's too much work with organic peanut butter. Though I think it was a mistake on my behalf to buy that giant jug of peanut butter from Costco, took forever to mix it up!

>> No.5598096

>>5593966
this shit and adams are the best goddam thing in the world