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Euro-GAF: explain yourself! (peanut butter)
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But it tastes good. That why people buy it.
It might be a huge bump, but GAF, I have to make a confession.
I am not a peanut-butter convert.
Take some flat rye bread (the best thing in the world, basically, not the useless shit people call white bread
), and put peanut butter on it, and it is basically heaven.
I did not like its taste before on white bread, but on this, it is a game changer. Not better taste-wise than Nutella, but that is shit anyway, I do not need that excess sugar.
Now, to hunt down some non-salted versions...
I am not a peanut-butter convert.
Take some flat rye bread (the best thing in the world, basically, not the useless shit people call white bread
), and put peanut butter on it, and it is basically heaven.I did not like its taste before on white bread, but on this, it is a game changer. Not better taste-wise than Nutella, but that is shit anyway, I do not need that excess sugar.
Now, to hunt down some non-salted versions...
To be honest, if you want the unsaturated fats that much, you are better off eating raw hazelnuts, that is much more healthy than taking in the plus salt that comes with the peanut butter and the sugar coming with Nutella
Edit: Who am I kidding, though...talking about healthiness when in a snack thread
Pretty much everything i would have said, cant stress enough how vile i find peanut butter, the smell just turns my stomach for some reason.
gutter_trash
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isnt it non-native and expensive in Europe?
No. It's not that we don't have easy affordable access.
Betta Lines
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I eat kaya. It's like a coconut spread, popular in Malaysia. Hard to find in the UK, but my mother knows how to make it.
If you haven't tried it, you haven't lived.
I discovered recently that it actually goes pretty well with peanut butter too.
If you haven't tried it, you haven't lived.
I discovered recently that it actually goes pretty well with peanut butter too.
Wind's Howling
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Almost makes me feel that The Netherlands is the #1 country in Europe that basically grew up with peanut butter and keeps eating it past the age of 10.
I know I do.
I know I do.
SquiddyCracker
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I'm fine with peanut butter that doesn't contain added sugars or salt.
Valkyr Junkie
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What? Salt is one of the 2 ingredients in proper peanut butter.
SirIgbyCeaser
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If you have never tried it, nutella + peanut butter in one sandwich is heaven.
NekoFever
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I love peanut butter and could happily eat a jar if you gave me a spoon. That's pretty much why I don't buy it any more. I'm sure the natural stuff is decent but the stuff in most supermarkets must be loaded with sugar and salt, so I just eat plain nuts for the protein.
I saw somewhere selling cashew butter the other day, and as cashews are another of my weaknesses I was sorely tempted to try it.
I saw somewhere selling cashew butter the other day, and as cashews are another of my weaknesses I was sorely tempted to try it.
Chunky Peanut Butter is fantastic but even as someone who likes it I don't really eat it that much and I'd never have it on bread with jam just with a spoon from the jar (well mostly because i don't like jam in sandwiches).
It must be a cultural thing to some extent, even folk I know who love peanut butter would just tend to eat actual nuts and have peanut butter the very odd time. It's very much an 'outside' product over here for whatever reason.
It must be a cultural thing to some extent, even folk I know who love peanut butter would just tend to eat actual nuts and have peanut butter the very odd time. It's very much an 'outside' product over here for whatever reason.
I like peanut butter and will eat it, but not very often. The thought of mixing it with fruit jam though, is just disgusting, and I can't understand how people eat it. In fact, we gave it a try once, and bleurgh! Awful stuff. Though I must say that I do like Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Me Up.
CharlieDigital
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Don't mind me, I'm just eating an awesome peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast with a cold glass of 1% milk as I read through this bump.
Take some flat rye bread (the best thing in the world, basically, not the useless shit people call white bread
Does not compute.
Hari Seldon
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Saturday morning when you wake up, toast a bagel and then put peanut butter on it. It melts in and it is glorious. Works best with cinnamon raisin bagels.
Yeah, article only talks about US peanut butter. Nobody wants that even if they like peanut butter.
Are you sure there's only two? Because a recipe of salt and peanuts sounds even worse than peanut butter, if that's possible.
blame space
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how did I miss this thread.. and what is wrong with europe
ComputerMKII
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Now that I think of it, I've never eaten peanut butter...
Lapidus' Beard
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Peanutbutter topped with Sambal Badjak, aw yiss!
Sure keeps me going through the day at work.
Sure keeps me going through the day at work.
British Monsoon
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Peanut butter is fucking disgusting. I'll stick to Nutella, thanks.
I tried for a long time order a jam donut when I was in San Francisco. For the longest time.
Peanut butter and jam sandwiches are shite.
Still, I'm willing to try this stuff sometime
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=2793&prodid=3188
Still, I'm willing to try this stuff sometime
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=2793&prodid=3188
blame space
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this is the nut butter I fuck w
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
... hate peanut butter? It's time for bed. I can't read another word of this.
This is insanity.
This is insanity.
I'm European and I love peanut butter! Although I'm the only one in my household who enjoys the thing. More for me, I guess.
One problem it has is the price. At least in Portugal, its way too expensive - the ones I've bought cost between 3.50 and 4. For comparison, Nutella cost me slightly less than 3, and its 400 grams jar, while the PB is 340 grams.
Other reason is that people prefer sandwiches with ham and cheese, for example, not jelly/ jam. When people do eat jam its normally on a single slice of bread, so there's really no need for more than a thing. And peanut butter isn't as great eaten solo.
Also, its kind of hard to buy a thing that isn't advertised. I've always felt curious, seeing PB mentioned frequently on American shows, but didn't even knew I could buy it here. Only by chance I stumbled on it.
One problem it has is the price. At least in Portugal, its way too expensive - the ones I've bought cost between 3.50 and 4. For comparison, Nutella cost me slightly less than 3, and its 400 grams jar, while the PB is 340 grams.
Other reason is that people prefer sandwiches with ham and cheese, for example, not jelly/ jam. When people do eat jam its normally on a single slice of bread, so there's really no need for more than a thing. And peanut butter isn't as great eaten solo.
Also, its kind of hard to buy a thing that isn't advertised. I've always felt curious, seeing PB mentioned frequently on American shows, but didn't even knew I could buy it here. Only by chance I stumbled on it.
OmegaTreeFish
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ahhh the basics range. Surprisingly some of the Basics stuff is pretty good (same actual product but rebranded). However some is utter trash.
Anyway my wife loves peanut butter and also loves reeces pieces. When we went on holiday to the states last year she couldn't get enough peanutty goodness.
Me however, I don't hate it... but I don't really like it either.
ElectricBlue187
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A: Jam and Jelly are two different substances
B: I'd say its more like 10
C: Says the people who eat Nutella ffs
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