# Does anyone eat more peanut butter than me?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048 "2006-02-18T03:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/21 "2006-02-18T19:11:58Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > I go through about three pounds of peanuts a week. Beat that. Three pounds a week?!? My lord, you must be **Stark Raven Mad** - hmm, guess you are already aware of that. In all fairness, a better assessment of my peanut butter consumption would be: μ = 2 σ2 = 1.5 Where μ = mean number of 16oz jars. Yes, you have me beat!! ---
**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/22 "2006-02-18T19:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=caveat\_lector] Three pounds a week?!? My lord, you must be **Stark Raven Mad** - hmm, guess you are already aware of that. Doh! :smack: Now that I’ve done the math, let’s see: 16oz = 1 pound. μ = 2 = 32oz - 1 σ = 32 + 24 = 56 oz = 3.5 pounds. On average, you eat more peanut butter than me. On occasion, I have you whipped (even though I eat chunky exclusively!) I need to retake my statistics course. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/23 "2006-02-18T20:35:12Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > I don’t eat peanut butter. Can’t stand the stuff. You folk can all have my share. 🙂 I try to like it - all that protein and stuff. But the texture is blech, and I gag as soon as it’s in my mouth. YES I AM TALKING ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER, SICKOS. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/24 "2006-02-19T00:31:38Z")
You have to try it on watermelon! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/25 "2006-02-19T00:41:41Z")
My dad liked it with butter and Karo syrup on pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/26 "2006-02-19T01:07:20Z")
> [@bonobo\_jones](#): > > Mmm. Peanut butter on celery…cream cheese is good too, but you can mix them together. > Crunchy or creamy depends on the context. Crunchy is better on soft whole wheat bread with good strawberry preserves. Creamy is better with fruits or vegetables. (PB really _is_ good on cucumber.) > I don’t like the hippy granola “natural” PB, or cheap store brands, Gotta be iconic name brands, like Skippy or Jif. > Who has tried the exotic flavoured ones? I’ve been eyeing [this site](https://secure3.visi.com/pbloco_com/index.asp) for a while. I’d have to get one of each though. I have the curry peanut butter. Tastes pretty good in a sandwich with honey. I have also been curious to try and make some sort of sauce out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/27 "2006-02-19T01:10:56Z")
When I was little, my dad (who likes to experiment in the kitchen), made me a sundae with chocolate syrup and melted peanut-butter. Absolute HEAVEN. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/28 "2006-02-19T01:23:44Z")
There ain’t nothing in this world that tastes better on a cold day than a crunchy peanut butter sandwich dunked into a bowl of piping hot chili. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… that is GOOD eatin’ !!! ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/29 "2006-02-19T01:51:15Z")
I love peanut butter but I don’t eat it that much - mainly because I’m too damn lazy to make a sandwich. I just recently made my famous homemade peanut butter cups for my coworkers and they were a big big hit: 1 large bag of milk chocolate chips (big bag, don’t know the oz though) 1 regular sized jar of PB - I usually use Jiff but this time I used Reese’s. Crunchy is good but smooth is better. 1 cup of sugar 1 bag of crushed Heath bars 1 bunch of either muffin cups (for massive sugar overload) or the more normal candy sized cups (look like muffin cups only smaller) Melt chocolate in double boiler over low heat. Stir frequently. When melted, use a regular spoon to cover the bottom and inside sides of the cups. Chill in fridge til hard. Put a second layer of chocolate on bottom and sides of cups. Chill again until hard. While second layer is chilling, empty PB into microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds or until soft and (more) pliable. Mix in sugar and candy bits. After second layer of chocolate is hard, spoon PB mixture into cups. Leave a small bit of space on top - don’t fill to the rim. Then, spoon a nice thick layer of chocoate on top of PB. Smooth to connect top layer with sides. Chill until hard again. Then, peel off the paper cups before serving to anyone. They are a bitch to get off. They are yummy (so I’ve been told. I hate peanut butter cups). I have made them without the sugar and it’s still good but a bit too peanut buttery for people who don’t like it much. I’ve also made it without the candy and it’s good but not as good. I actually like them when I use crunchy Jiff and no sugar or candy but most people seem to prefer the Reese’s PB with sugar and candy mix. Even though I don’t like them much, they are much much better than the totally nasty store bought PB cups with the fake PB inside. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/30 "2006-02-19T07:08:22Z")
Wow. Is there any _x_ such that the thread “Say, does anyone else like/do/eat/watch _x_, or is it just me?” would not start a huge, spirited SDMB thread? While I’m here, I enjoy peanut butter, but apparently not nearly as much as some people in this world. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/31 "2006-02-19T09:09:58Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > … I do like to eat it on graham crackers… I just discovered that “taste treat” recently, and for those who haven’t tried, you are missing out! When I lived in Germany, it was hard to get peanut butter…only in some health food stores and it just didn’t have the pizazz as Skippy Super Chunk. Occasionally, I would get a jar sent from the States and would gleefully have sandwiches…my German friends looked at it and said, “it looks, and smells, like something from a baby’s diaper!” ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/32 "2006-02-19T19:20:20Z")
I don’t do as much PB as you because I have to stop myself from doing it. I’ve just [posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7120609#post7120609) in another thread that I’m a total addict. > [@BiblioCat](#): > > Yeah, baby, peanut butter and bananas, with bacon. [I had no idea anyone else went there.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7120556#post7120556) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/33 "2006-02-20T07:57:58Z")
I’m a Jif man. Sadly, the local market only carries those odd half size jars of Jif. If I want full size, I have to go with a brand I’ve never heard of. They also carry a variety of funky Russian peanut butters. Some obviously contain chocolate, vanilla, or something else. Most have no helpful pictures on the labels, and no English. As I can by raw hunks of pig fat and cans of squid at this store, I am not eager to try my luck. I did that with interesting-dairy-product-in-a-tube-with-pancakes-on-the label. I’m still not sure just what that was. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/34 "2006-02-20T19:35:58Z")
I’m a JIF girl…I even brought a jar of Jid and a sleeve of Ritz on my international travels in case I couldn’t find it outside the US. And I probably eat as much as the OP, lately. On Ritz and graham crackers, on bread, on toasted bread, on celery with cream cheese (try it Lynn), straight from the jar, on English Muffins, mixed with ice cream, melted and used as a dip for bananas…Jif only though–Peter Pan if I am desperate, but never, ever Skippy (ducks). Peanut Butter has helped me a lot through morning sickness–some days it was the only thing I could eat. All my life though, I have had peanut butter everyday. We get the double 40oz jars from Costco. They go fast. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/35 "2006-02-20T19:51:21Z")
That’s a lotta peanut butter, **caveat**! Can you tok? Or doeth your tung shtick to the woof of your mouf? ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/36 "2006-02-20T20:54:18Z")
> [@bonobo\_jones](#): > > Who has tried the exotic flavoured ones? I’ve been eyeing [this site](https://secure3.visi.com/pbloco_com/index.asp) for a while. I’d have to get one of each though. **Peanut Butter with Dutch Dark Chocolate**?? Oh. My. God. That cannot enter my house, or it would disappear in two hours, and I’d be in a goober-induced coma for days. Or else I would order a case and put on sixty pounds in a week. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/37 "2006-02-20T21:27:46Z")
> [@MixieArmadillo](#): > > **Peanut Butter with Dutch Dark Chocolate**?. Just remember that when the words Dutch or Dutched appear with the words chocolate or cocoa, it means powdered. For a very long time, chocolate was only a liquid. Then, a Dutch scientist found a way to make cocoa powder. While this was certainly a great achievment (possibly one of the greatest scientific discoveries in the history of the human race), the words Dutch and Dutched are now used as euphemisms for cocoa powder. Either Edie’s or Turkey Hill actually has Dutch chocolate as a flavor. Rather than chocolate syrup, or melting in solid chocolate, it’s made with cocoa powder. BTW Jif (which leaving out all natural brands\*) does (IMHO of course) taste the most like fresh roasted peanuts, also made a chocolate variety. It was delicious. The jars lasted me about twenty four hours. I am both sad and relieved that it was discontinued. - I like them, but they usually cost more, often come in glass jars (a serious drawback for a klutz like myself) and I find that I can never keep the oil mixed in. I end up with a jar coated in peanut oil. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/38 "2006-02-20T21:32:30Z")
You do realize that you can make your own peanut butter with Dutch chocolate? Just get some cocoa powder (I’ve tried different brands of hot chocolate and had good results with all of them), melt some peanut butter (it’s much easier to stir it this way) and mix to taste. I’ve found the result to be somewhat gritty, yet delicious. I just realized that I’ve never bothered to try an electric hand mixer. Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/39 "2006-02-20T22:24:46Z")
I sometimes make my own peanut butter. It’s easier to control the sugar content. Though, for pure ease, I loves me some Jif. I won’t eat the other kinds, as I’m a PB snob. Jif’s low sugar is really good. Oh, and creamy only for me. A only eats chunky, so we have to have both kinds in the house. When I was a kid, my mom tried to save money by buying store brand peanut butter and putting in the Jif jar. She made my brother and I some sandwiches and we both thought the peanut butter had gone bad. My favorite snack as a kid was a giant spoonful of pb dipped in table sugar. My favorite snack now is toast with peanut butter and chocolate chips. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048/40 "2006-02-20T23:44:10Z")
These days, I’m going through about three jars a week of PB. Trader Joe’s 100% natural, crunchy unsalted. PB&J sandwiches, but mostly straight from the jar as late-night snacks. The natural stuff really isn’t a problem with respect to dieting. IME, it’s the added sugar and oils in the commercial brands that packs on the pounds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-eat-more-peanut-butter-than-me/345048.md?page=3)