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A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by StevePerkins »

treeman79 wrote: post #13

Anyone else find that Covid had a strong affect on the taste of peanut butter? Right after Covid in Nov of 2020 it started tasting like raw sewage for me. I used to love it. It’s only somewhat improved since. Met a few people that won’t eat it anymore. https://www.news24.com/amp/health24/medical/infectious-disea...

Have you had COVID, and experienced any of the loss-of-taste symptoms?

Somehow, I've managed to avoid COVID. Or at least, the antibody test that I took just before my first vaccination shot last year indicated that I had never been infected. If I have had any post-vaccination COVID infection, then it was totally asymptomatic.

Peanut butter tastes no different for me today than it did three years ago.

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by treeman79 »

StevePerkins wrote: post #21
treeman79 wrote: post #13

Anyone else find that Covid had a strong affect on the taste of peanut butter? Right after Covid in Nov of 2020 it started tasting like raw sewage for me. I used to love it. It’s only somewhat improved since. Met a few people that won’t eat it anymore. https://www.news24.com/amp/health24/medical/infectious-disea...

Have you had COVID, and experienced any of the loss-of-taste symptoms? Somehow, I've managed to avoid COVID. Or at least, the antibody test that I took just before my first vaccination shot last year indicated that I had never been infected. If I have had any post-vaccination COVID infection, then it was totally asymptomatic. Peanut butter tastes no different for me today than it did three years ago.

Got Covid, just before vaccine was available. Was in rough shape for a month. Had to double blood thinner dosage for six months.

Lost all sense of smell for a couple months. Got sense of smell back over a couple months.

Peanut butter is the only food that changed for me though.

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Post by PopAlongKid »

HelloMcFly wrote: post #19
obloid wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A tip to keep the oil from separating: I add about 5ml of water to a jar of peanut butter and stir in well. This creates an emulsion that thickens the peanut butter and prevents the oil from separating out. It improves the spreadability as well.

Another tip: store your unopened jar upside down.

I already do that.

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by ComputerCat »

PopAlongKid wrote: post #24
HelloMcFly wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another tip: store your unopened jar upside down.

I already do that.

Save yourself a huge mess and don't try using an electric handheld mixer to do the initial oil stir...I got peanut butter EVERYWHERE. It's a nightmare to clean.

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by timbit42 »

treeman79 wrote: post #13

Anyone else find that Covid had a strong affect on the taste of peanut butter? Right after Covid in Nov of 2020 it started tasting like raw sewage for me. I used to love it. It’s only somewhat improved since. Met a few people that won’t eat it anymore. https://www.news24.com/amp/health24/medical/infectious-disea...

I wonder if it has to do with the hydrogenated vegetable oil added to it. Do they still like raw peanut butter?

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by taeric »

This was a fun read, but it seemed to just stop.

I'm curious to hear what the total impact of crop rotation and other items are on modern farming. I know we are always taught that that is the correct way, and yet we also hear how there is a single banana in main use. We even learn wines by the name of the grape that is used. Is there more crop rotation in place than I give credit for?

I feel that this goes to a lot of produce, honestly. There are only two main lines of coffee. Tea is a single plant, if I'm not mistaken. Avocado is rather homogeneous.

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by taeric »

PopAlongKid wrote: post #10

>Kellogg’s “food compound” involved boiling nuts and grinding them into an easily digestible paste for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a spa for all kinds of ailments. That sounds similar to boiled peanuts (except without the grinding), a favorite in the U.S. southern region. I've never had them but would like to. According to Wikipedia, there are even some claims that eating boiled peanuts not only circumve…

I'm a fan of boiled peanuts. Definitely recommend them if you can get some. Just remember that it is like edamame, where you don't eat the shells. :D

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by klipt »

PopAlongKid wrote: post #10

>Kellogg’s “food compound” involved boiling nuts and grinding them into an easily digestible paste for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a spa for all kinds of ailments. That sounds similar to boiled peanuts (except without the grinding), a favorite in the U.S. southern region. I've never had them but would like to. According to Wikipedia, there are even some claims that eating boiled peanuts not only circumve…

> a cup of peanuts every day turned out to be a great way to get a lot of protein for not much cost

Probably similar to any other legume (lentils, beans, chickpeas)?

Re: A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)

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Post by pchristensen »

PopAlongKid wrote: post #10

>Kellogg’s “food compound” involved boiling nuts and grinding them into an easily digestible paste for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a spa for all kinds of ailments. That sounds similar to boiled peanuts (except without the grinding), a favorite in the U.S. southern region. I've never had them but would like to. According to Wikipedia, there are even some claims that eating boiled peanuts not only circumve…

Boiled peanuts are sooo good. The countrier the road and the more beat up the pickup you buy them from, the better they're going to taste!

Source: grew up in Pasco County, FL.

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