# It's Peanut Paste not Peanut Butter **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694 "2012-11-21T06:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/21 "2012-11-21T14:50:12Z")
FWIW I grew up in the 70s and 80s and the first time I ever heard the term Peanut Paste was in the subject line of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/22 "2012-11-21T15:30:17Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > No I will not eat a peanut paste and jam sandwich. It’s better than a peanut, paste and jam sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/23 "2012-11-21T15:32:57Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > No I will not eat a peanut paste and jam sandwich. Yep, PP & J just doesn’t sound as appetizing. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/24 "2012-11-21T15:44:10Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > FWIW I grew up in the 70s and 80s and the first time I ever heard the term Peanut Paste was in the subject line of this thread. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/25 "2012-11-21T15:50:46Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Of course not. Peanut butter and honey is what you should be eating. > > I grew up in New South Wales, and we’ve always called it peanut butter. Just as God intended. It’s called peanut butter and bee vomit. Get it straight, man! ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/26 "2012-11-21T15:51:23Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > at least you don’t call them “groundnuts” like the poms. We do? I’ve only heard that word from americans as a generic for various kinds of nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/27 "2012-11-21T17:29:47Z")
For some odd reason, my stepfather pronounced it pee-NUT butter. He also said hee-coff (using the old hiccough spelling, I guess) for hiccup. I think it was meant to drive me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/28 "2012-11-21T18:01:53Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > yes you are. “Peanut butter” sounds vaguely like something edible. The term “peanut paste” kind of makes me want to gag. Where do you stand on fish-paste sandwiches? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/29 "2012-11-21T18:15:54Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Of course not. Peanut butter and honey is what you should be eating. > > I grew up in New South Wales, and we’ve always called it peanut butter. Just as God intended. When I was young and on the swim team, mom would sometimes make me a high carb breakfast of toast with peanut butter, banana slices and honey. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/30 "2012-11-21T18:19:32Z")
My mama always used to say peanut paste, she was born in 1960 in Brisbane. We ridiculed her enough that she eventually made the switch to the term peanut butter. I agree, peanut paste doesn’t sound appetising. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/31 "2012-11-21T18:23:12Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Where do you stand on fish-paste sandwiches? Doesn’t that make your shoes smell like fish? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/32 "2012-11-21T18:27:00Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Where do you stand on fish-paste sandwiches? Usually the middle, so it squishes out the sides evenly. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/33 "2012-11-21T19:04:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s better than a peanut, paste and jam sandwich. Punctuation is extremely important when ordering a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/34 "2012-11-21T19:05:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Doesn’t that make your shoes smell like fish? > [@levdrakon](#): > > Usually the middle, so it squishes out the sides evenly. I’ll just keep lobbing them up there, you keep hitting them… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/35 "2012-11-21T19:11:24Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Punctuation is extremely important when ordering a sandwich. Makes you wonder how a peanut, paste-and-jam sandwich is delivered, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/36 "2012-11-21T19:43:38Z")
I say skip the peanut paste and go straight for the Belgian cookie spackle (“speculoos”), or hazelnut caulk (brand name “Nutella”). You don’t wanna know what the proper name for “chunky clam chowder” is either. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/37 "2012-11-21T20:49:00Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > I say skip the peanut paste and go straight for the Belgian cookie spackle (“speculoos”), or hazelnut caulk (brand name “Nutella”). > > You don’t wanna know what the proper name for “chunky clam chowder” is either. I’ve always been fond of the German word for cream: _schlag_ (actually schlagsohne). I use it all the time, as in: give me a hot fudge sundae _mit schlag_. Also incorrectly for cream. Coffee _mit schlag, bitte_. In that gutteral, creaky fake German accent, of course. Say it with me: schlag. . .schlaaaaag. ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/38 "2012-11-21T21:52:31Z")
schlag ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/39 "2012-11-21T23:08:24Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Something like “Kahrsill” (which is how I pronounce it, FWIW). Why do you put an r in there? (You’re non-rhotic, aren’t you.) ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694/40 "2012-11-22T10:41:35Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Why do you put an r in there? (You’re non-rhotic, aren’t you.) No idea. I get confused for a Brit a lot and told I have a voice for radio, so I guess that’s a yes to the second one too. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-peanut-paste-not-peanut-butter/641694.md?page=3)