Peanut butter and...

Peanut Butter Poem


Stars were meant for wishing
Flowers were meant for smelling
Snowflakes were meant for being caught on little children's
pink tongues.

Romeo was meant for Juliet
Authur was meant for Gwen
Prince Charming was meant for every damsel in distress.

Peanut butter was meant for jelly
Bacon was meant for eggs
Salt was meant for curing all bland tasting foods.

I am sure of all this, dear
and I am sure of this too
You were meant for me
and I was meant for you.

© Cordie Starr

Peanut butter, as a food, is a fairly recent invention - little more than 100 years ago. It was first called nutmeal. Since then it has become one of North America's most popular foods. Commercial brands are basically peanuts, sugar, salt and a stabilizing oil. The stabilizing oil keeps the peanut oil from separating from the peanut paste. While most North Americans use peanut butter as a key ingredient of a peanut butter sandwich - people elsewhere in the world are more likely to use it as an ingredient in cooking (stews, soups, sauces and toppings). Most people follow a similar PBCP (peanut butter consumption pattern!) through their lives. They eat it as kids and teenagers...quit in their 20's...resume eating it again when they have kids...quit again when the kids have moved out...start eating it again when they're elderly because it's an excellent and cheap source of protein.

Source: http://www.halifax.cbc.ca/streetcents/food/pbutter.html

Peanuts (also known as groundnuts) are not nuts at all but legumes, which have the peculiar habit of ripening underneath the earth. Peanuts are native to South America but are grown today in many countries with warm climates, such as India, China, West Africa, the USA and Australia.

The grinding of peanuts into an edible paste goes back 1,000 years to South America. The making of a more refined Peanut Butter began in the USA just over 100 years ago.

Peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich - yes!;