# Peanuts, the all purpose food **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068 "2000-03-21T22:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/1 "2000-03-21T22:10:00Z")
Call me silly, but peanuts and peanut butter go with virtually everything. Think about it. In many Asian dishes, peanuts and peanut oil are common. Peanut butter goes well on celery, as does cheese. Two very different foods yet they go great on one goofy veg. You can eat peanuts in a sandwich with many variations; bananas, any jelly, alone or with a little sugar sprinkled on top. Peanuts with pretzels and beer. There are so many concoctions with peanut butter anymore it’s amazing. Any good peanut recipes out there? ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/2 "2000-03-21T22:20:00Z")
fluffernutter-peanut butter and marshmallow fluff chocolate and peanut butter, mmmmmmmm * * * I will not conduct my own fire drils. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/3 "2000-03-21T22:50:00Z")
Let me see, hmmm. Goober Omelet? Legume Stuffed Mushrooms? Peanut Pizza? Ugh, I’ll quit now. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/4 "2000-03-21T23:10:00Z")
This post is exceedingly inane… let me put my own two cents in: I think water is best to drink when it is cold, but not too cold, or hot, but not too hot. I also think that peanuts are unbearably bland… unless dry- or honey-roasted. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/5 "2000-03-22T01:19:00Z")
Bawled peanuts (known as “boiled” elsewhere). ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/6 "2000-03-22T01:25:00Z")
KarmaComa, There is a reason why MPSIMS exists, to talk about whatever hits your brain, this hit my brain as something to bring up. Don’t like it? I don’t care 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/7 "2000-03-22T03:24:00Z")
Peanut butter, just by its self. Just give me a jar and a spoon. Hell forget the spoon I’ll use my fingers. Peanut butter and Ice cream. Yet another wonderful combo. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/8 "2000-03-22T05:19:00Z")
Peanut butter on apple slices. Although, it’s difficult to peanut butter the slices. ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/9 "2000-03-22T05:23:00Z")
mmm… peanut butter. peanut butter and ice cream. Peanut butter and celery. as a kid, I’d sneak chocolate chips and mix with peanut butter. noteworthy: many people are deathly alergic to peanuts. poor them. * * * ~handcrafted signatures since 1975~ ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/10 "2000-03-22T05:41:00Z")
Try cooking in peanut oil. I think you can taste it.It burns at a higher temperature than any oil that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/11 "2000-03-22T05:44:00Z")
Justwanna…, My dad fries fish in peanut oil. Seems it would be greasy, but not like fast food fish. Tasty. And hushpuppies. Jeez, can you tell I grew up in the south? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/12 "2000-03-22T05:51:00Z")
Peanut butter is good, but I prefer almond butter. Almond grinders are turning up in a lot grocery stores. Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/13 "2000-03-22T06:13:00Z")
The coolest thing is that they show up in your dookie in the morning. \ What? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/14 "2000-03-22T13:07:00Z")
Ohmigod! George Washington Carver has been reincarnated as Techchick68! ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/15 "2000-03-22T14:13:00Z")
I hope this doesn’t count as a highjack… I mean, it’s peanut related but I’m still sort of new here and don’t want to step on the toes of my peanutty betters… but, for the love of God, does no one remember Koogle? (as mentioned in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005966.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005966.html) ) Am I having some sort of flashback/hallucination combo? Was my mother lying to me? What the hell was she feeding me, anyway?! * * * Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/16 "2000-03-22T14:22:00Z")
Know what, Rosebud? I don’t like you anymore. I was feeling rather kindly disposed toward you, given that my nickname as an infant was Rosebud and all. But after reading your description of Koogle… Well, let’s just say that all kind feelings have been replaced by unkind ones. That is what you get for making me want to vomit this early in the morning. Bean, who at times is embarrassed to be a legume. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/17 "2000-03-22T15:04:00Z")
I’m sure the non-Americans will back me up: while PB has it’s strengths, NOTHING, and I mean n-o-t-h-i-n-g beats Nutella. Hazelnut chocolate spread the consistancy of PB, but mwagargglemwahaha so much better. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/18 "2000-03-22T15:16:00Z")
If I could just find it fat free!!! * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/19 "2000-03-22T16:56:00Z")
Green Bean, please do forgive me for making you want to vomit. I was but a wee child, subject to the whims of my parents, when the Product That Shall Remain Nameless was available. Perhaps they were trying to poison me. For the record, I happen to like green beans 😉 * * * Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068/20 "2000-03-22T16:59:00Z")
Well, Rosebud, if you look back at the Food Fight thread, you will see that I did, in fact, vomit. But I feel better now. Apology accepted. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-the-all-purpose-food/15068.md?page=2)