Peanut Butter.

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You may like it. You may not. You may feel ambiguous about it. You may prefer a national brand, a local brand, or you may make your own peanut butter.

You may use it to cook. You may use it for sandwiches or crackers. You may feed it to wild animals out your back door.

You may be allergic to it. You may not be. It might bore you. It might sicken or delight you. It may turn you into a howling maniac.

In the poll below, reveal to all your first choice in peanut butter, ladies and gentlemen.

[SacredCow]

1. I prefer Jiff....

The extra crunchy kind.

But sometimes I crave the natural peanut butter that you can get at Whole Foods

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2. Both good choices. I like the whole foods jars of peanut butter

but they're not always on the shelves, seems like.

[scarlet_owl]

3. Crunchy Jif is my favorite, but any other brand will do.

As long as it's CRUNCHY!

[saltpoint]

6. Yep. Crunchy peanut butter is mighty popular.

Liked it when I was a kid, & like it right now, too.

[GOPisEvil]

4. Organic, all-natural.

My local grocer's "gourmet" brand is quite delicious.

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8. Good for you to hunt down a local gourmet brand.

Sometimes they have the really top-drawer stuff.

[Mojambo]

5. I find the different brands of Peanut Butter entirely indistinguishable.

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9. Fair enough. Would you consider buying them based on another

criterion -- say, price, or jar design, or artistic logo, or even mythic import of the cartoon in the ad?

[Mojambo]

25. The main criterion would be the price

I generally eat whatever my housemates buy though.

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40. Price matters. I hear you.

[mzteris]

14. obviously, you need this

for this:





:rofl:

[Deja Q]

7. Not as good as organic whipped cream...

:blush:

[saltpoint]

11. HypnoToad, there's a pretty good chance you know a hell of a lot more

about refined foods than I do.

Please don't consider me a philistine yahoo for not ever having tried organic whipped cream.

[mzteris]

10. I used to "prefer Jif"

ate it as a kid, bought it my adult life for *my* kids....

I'm the only one in the family who likes "Crunchy" btw.....

I bought the low fat when it came out (#1 son has genetic high cholesterol).

But now I buy only the organic natural kind. Ground peanuts. That's it. No preservatives, no poly anything, no hydrogenated something or other - just Peanuts......

It's messy and has a higher "fat" content - but it's not fake "stuff"....

Right now - only Smuckers and the Target brand have the one's we like. Here's hoping Jif gets a clue and gets a natural peanut butter on the market.

[saltpoint]

12. A call to action based on smart consumer principles and good

parenting. :thumbsup:

Hard to beat.

Nice goin', mzteris.

:toast:

[calico1]

13. All natural. n/t

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16. Nothin' wrong with that. It's great to cook with, too. Peanut butter

cookies... wow.

[everythingsxen]

15. I voted Jif but...

I will also buy the store brand generic if ca$h is low.

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17. Good strategy. My parents bought either Jif or Peter Pan, and I think

that was all that was on the shelves when I was growing up. Not sure.

Anyway it was a good way to get us to eat celery -- dipping it into peanut butter.

[mzteris]

39. my boys like pbutter on

apple slices, too.

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41. A very good combination, not to mention healthy.

[deucemagnet]

18. Natural peanut butter for me, please.

And smooth! None of that damn crunchy or chunky stuff!

[saltpoint]

20. We will alert the chef to your exact requests forthwith.

Some folks prefer the creamy peanut butter because it doesn't tear the holy hell out of a slice of bread.

That's a reasonable point, seems to me.

I will toss a piece of bread into a toaster and then it holds up better under the assault of crunchy peanut butter, but where no toaster stands ready, creamy is dreamy.

[Cannikin]

19. Choosy mutha f@#$%^&s choose Jif

Or something like that.

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21. There was (I think) a rock group called The Choosy Mothers.

Almost certainly a riff on the peanut butter brand ad.

I don't know what ever became of them.

[City Lights]

22. Skippy Creamy. eom

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24. Skippy. I apologize to Skippy fans everywhere. I tried to remember

this brand of peanut butter, and only came up with Jif and Peter Pan. Even Planter's.

But Skippy slipped past and I dropped the ball. Should have included it in my chart.

Good choice.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. Woodstock Farms Cashew Butter

Cashew butter is way better than peanut butter. Although, I do like the fresh peanut butter machines at Whole Foods. They even have an almond butter machine, which is good because I can get just a little bit (that shit's expensive!).

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26. Never tried it, Haruka3, but would be MORE than willing to.

You're lookin' at a major cashew zealot here. I love them. Cashew butter sounds terrific. I may splurge and get some next time I shop.

[blonndee]

27. I buy whatever organic brand I can find.

Took a while to get used to the different oils and such but now I love it!

[saltpoint]

28. You're in good company tonight in this survey. A lot of people seem

to opt for the organic / whole foods brands.

Ain't a durn thing wrong with it neither.

[LeftyMom]

29. Organic creamy peanutbutter with salt.

:9

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34. I don't blame you one bit. The more salt, the better. Don't tell my

physician I said that.

[tigereye]

30. Deaf Smith is the best

but I also like Smuckers.

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32. 'Have tried Smuckers and like it just fine, but am new to the Deaf Smith

brand.

I'll see if it's anyplace close by and give it a shot.

[tigereye]

35. I used to get it in the co-op

I don't know if it has made it's way into the Whole Foods type market.

[Beaverhausen]

31. All natural, peanuts only, unsalted crunchy for me

I usually buy Trader Joe's store brand and I eat it every morning on whole wheat toast.
Starts the day off right!

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33. 'Have enjoyed peanut butter from a Bay Area Trader Joe's when I have

been there, but can't say which brand right off the bat.

It was awfully good, though. Trader Joe is no slouch when it comes to spreads and preserves, etc.

[seemunkee]

36. Jiff smooth, no other allowed in the house

and I always get the first scoop.

[saltpoint]

42. Sounds like no-nonsense regulations & I bet they're darned effective, too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Skippy Honey-Nut

:bounce:

[saltpoint]

44. It's really good. Sandwiches, crackers -- the whole works.

[YankeyMCC]

38. I've discovered Whole Foods all natural

We used to get "natual" PB for my father who had a heart condition and had to watch his fat and salt and I hated it. But this stuff is good, less fat and salt but apparently enough for it to taste good - to me at least.

I generaly only use it these days for breakfast (like on a wheat bagel) or in the occasional Banana PB smoothie.

Good stuff

[saltpoint]

45. If it's healthy AND tasty, so much the better. Peanut butter is

a pretty flexible food. Breakfast is just as good as lunch or snacktime -- whatever it is.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. Mmmmmmmmmm..........Skippy, smooth.....

On some sort of probably whole wheat/seven grain toast......

With some jam!

BREAKFAST!

And a big glass of skim milk........oh baby........:9

[saltpoint]

46. Not bad at all. I may opt out of the milk and go with juice of some

kind, but otherwise, you've laid down a delicious beginning to any day of the week.