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Bummer that George Washington Carter died penniless and insane, trying to make a peanut into a phonograph needle.[0] [0] https://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84iminute.phtml
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It seems that palm oil makes a decent alternative to hydrogenation. My current favorite butter is Trader Joe’s Crunchy No Stir, which contains 90% roasted peanuts, powdered sugar (cane sugar and cornstarch), palm oil, and sea salt (in that order on the label). 3g total sugar (2 added) in one 2 tablespoon / 32g serving.
Palm oil cultivation is responsible for massive rainforest deforestation.
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As a US native who otherwise mostly abstains from sugary processed foods, big-brand peanut butter is one part of my country's food culture that I absolutely cannot shake. I don't eat fast food or drink soda, but I must have a jar of Jif around at all times. I have tried every type of organic peanut butter and found them all more or less vile, mostly due to the oiliness but there's also usually something flat & colorl…
I find the no-stir sugar-free peanut butters to be much more bland than the ones that separate, likely because the palm-oil dilutes the flavor.
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Palm oil cultivation is responsible for massive rainforest deforestation.
on the other hand, palm oil, compared to rapeseed or sunflower, need much smaller surfaces to produce the same volume of oil
Fun fact: they remove the little nub in the middle of the peanut (called the "heart") before making peanut butter. Apparently the heart is more bitter than the two halves. https://youtu.be/4iUduCtx7cA?t=96
I'm quite thankful so much of How it's Made is available on youtube by Discovery, curious why they've even done that.