Sunday, March 12, 2006

Creamy or Crunchy???

I have asked the question from time to time in a variety of settings:"What's the price of Peanut Butter in China?" Those who know me do a lil' roll of the eyes and go on their busy way without much of a pause knowing my propensity for silly remarks... ...I've had a few unsuspecting souls try to give me a real answer---usually giving expression to wondering if it really matters to anyone...
I reckon most folks like PB&J sandwiches. I had my share of 'em as a boy but I probably did not have as many as I might have liked to. I grew up mostly in the 50s and 60s and I seem to recall among my peers at the time a serious discussion about who's Peanut Butter was the best---it was between Skippy and Laura Scudder's. Skippy was thought to be the best by a clear majority making it so that dissenters to the popular opinion didn't dare give expression to any disagreement for the verbal abuse that would follow. My opinion was one of curiosity as to what's the big deal anyway---they both seemed to taste quite a lot the same to my uneducated pallet---after all, I thought, Peanut Butter tastes pretty much the same all across the differing brands, doesn't it?... ...never the less---among my early school chums---Skippy was the only one! A little later on I discovered a brand called Jiff which I thought to be tastier than the others---I'm not sure why---perhaps it had more sugar added? I remember another which was truly awful(I don't recall the brand)---it came in a plastic 1/2 gallon or so tub and it actually had bits of shell mixed in it---Nunh Unh---no way was I gonna eat thet stuff!!!
I don't recall thet anyone cared one way or the other about whether it was crunchy or creamy. I confirmed that Creamy seemed more practical than chunky for making sandwiches as it wouldn't tear up the popular white bread of the time quite so badly. As long as it wasn't refrigerated the mechanical aspects of sandwich making were generally successful.
One of my favorite ways to eat peanut butter was to dip a soup/serving/table spoon into the jar and collect as much as the laws of physics would allow and then proceed to eat it pretty much like a lollipop and then do it again... 8~)
When it comes to sandwiches I remeber trying quite a variety of combinations: Just PB and Bread, PB&Jam, PB&Jelly, PB&Butter, PB,Butter&Jam, PB, Butter&Raisens, PB,Butter&Brown sugar, PB,Butter,Brown Sugar&Raisens---They were all good!!! The jelly and Jam types didn't seem to all to be very good...
As the years passed I began to prefer Creamy Refrigerated and I still do. Mrs.RF prefers Chunky un-refrigerated...
Recent years with various diet restraints ruling the day---I am relegated to the Natural Peanut Butters---for flavor I'd rather have the good ol' Jiff but alas---I must be wise. I've settled for Creamy refrigerated Natural---it's better than none at all! I favor the Teddies Brand but not so much for the flavor as the ease of getting through all the tamper proof packaging we are afflicted with these days... ...the natural PBs seem to me to taste about the same---better than none at all mostly...

My Favorite sandwich?: PB,butter and Jam(Strawberry) on good ol' unhealthy white bread!!!

Creamy or Crunchy?: Refrigerated Creamy!!!

What say you all???

Keep on with those PB smiles! 8~)

PS---I still don't know the price of PB in China...

16 Comments:

Blogger Mrs. RF said...

You left out the best kind of peanut butter sandwhich- pb, jelly, mayo and dill pickles. Yum!
And of course it should be made with cruncy, unrefrigerated PB.

I think that Max agrees with me.

3/12/2006

 
Blogger Brenda Jo said...

Creamy with strawberry on wheat bread. After curfew.

3/12/2006

 
Blogger Kristi said...

Oh, Auntie, that sounds absolutely disgusting!! You must have a stomach of steel!

Personally, I like creamy PB, but my mom gets the crunchy, healthy kind and that's okay. I still like a PB&J sandwich with raspberry jam.

3/13/2006

 
Blogger Isaac Demme said...

Crunchy at room temperature.
But rasberry jam on toast, without any nutty stuff is better yet.

3/13/2006

 
Blogger lis said...

Creamy for graham crackers. Crunchy by the spoonful.

I had PB and lemon curd the other day because I was in a hurry. It was a little weird.

What's much better is a PB openface with thin apple slices, raisins, cinnamon, and a drizzling of honey.

3/14/2006

 
Blogger Claire said...

Creamy for sandwiches. Crunchy for mixing with granola and honey.

I like peanut butter lollipops too!

3/14/2006

 
Blogger ljm said...

I have got to try the pb, jelly, mayo, pickle combo! Sounds interesting...

3/14/2006

 
Blogger Booker said...

Crunchy, all the way. Real MEN eat crunchy...

3/15/2006

 
Blogger Avalanche Cowpoke said...

Ryu, Whatchya' gonna do when yer teeth ain't up to dealin' with crunchy? Man can't live without PB... ...can he??? 8~)

3/15/2006

 
Blogger Booker said...

Aye, now there is a dilemna I hadn't thot of. Hmm, I shall retire to a mountain top and think this over...

3/15/2006

 
Blogger pennyjean said...

Creamy at room temp with honey on some 12 grain bread. Yum!

3/17/2006

 
Blogger Loreo said...

Creamy and crunchy are both great--Jif is awesome. I liked Lis's gourmet openface combo!

3/19/2006

 
Blogger Marie said...

I finally found you and now know who you are:) I like crunchy peanut butter... it's more classy...got's more character....
I like it on toast, and graham crackers, I used to eat peanut butter and brown sugar sandwiches when I was younger, them's good(smack, smack, ...my mouth is for real watering from talkin' bout food...) just got off work and I'm hungry.

3/20/2006

 
Blogger KW said...

Crunchy at any temp! Over here in the UK, mixing pb with jam, is an American thing. The Brits think it's rather strange to mix something sweet with the 'savory' peanut butter! Goodness me, aren't we inventive though?! I like to think our tastebuds are superiour:)

3/26/2006

 
Blogger Avalanche Cowpoke said...

Hey Sham---don't tell me you're still gargling the stuff---are you still doin' it while standin' on yer head??? 8~D

kw---those poor Brits just don't know what their a-missin', eh? 8~)

3/26/2006

 
Blogger Aidan said...

Go Crunchy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/30/2006

 

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