I tasted peanut butter

[Franny&Zooey]

Crazy Richard's peanut butter is the very best peanut butter I have ever had outside of the context of small health food stores. It's 100% peanuts and nothing else, no sugar, no salt, no oils except the natural oils that come from crushing the peanuts.

I've never had eat peanut butter before. That is, the real thing that americans also eat. Here in europe, chocolate and hazelnut sweet creams are the most common (Nutella etc), the store shelves are full of them, there is maybe 1 peanut butters.
This afternoon I saw it on the store shelf and remembered ZV and peanut butter. So I bought one and tasted it.
It doesn't taste good. I thought it would be a sweet, flavored cream, like the choco cream, but it tastes 100% like peanuts available in a bag, which I put a handful in my mouth and chew. It's just spread on bread.
Chocolate and sweet hazelnut creams are much tastier.

Outside of the very limited brands they have in some small health food stores, the very best peanut butter is Crazy Richards. It is 100% peanuts, no salt added, no oil added, just peanuts.

 

[amorousdog5]

Crazy Richard's peanut butter is the very best peanut butter I have ever had outside of the context of small health food stores. It's 100% peanuts and nothing else, no sugar, no salt, no oils except the natural oils that come from crushing the peanuts.

Outside of the very limited brands they have in some small health food stores, the very best peanut butter is Crazy Richards. It is 100% peanuts, no salt added, no oil added, just peanuts.

My only problem with 100% peanuts is that the oil will separate, and you have to remix it. That's why I prefer peanut butter to have a bit of palm oil mixed in, which helps to keep it all together.

 

[Franny&Zooey]

My only problem with 100% peanuts is that the oil will separate, and you have to remix it. That's why I prefer peanut butter to have a bit of palm oil mixed in, which helps to keep it all together.

You do have to do a ton of stirring. It's almost as much work as jacking off. LOL

 

[gsdmixg]

I've noticed a significant variation between brands (I only use single ingredient, for context). Some taste amazing while others almost taste like they're burnt. The big brands here in the US usually taste the worst in my experience, while the random unknown brands are more likely to use a better quality stock. It's worth spending an extra dollar or two on a jar.

 

[Franny&Zooey]

I've noticed a significant variation between brands (I only use single ingredient, for context). Some taste amazing while others almost taste like they're burnt. The big brands here in the US usually taste the worst in my experience, while the random unknown brands are more likely to use a better quality stock. It's worth spending an extra dollar or two on a jar.

I certainly agree that the big brands can't compete taste wise or quality wise with the smaller - house brands

 

[Schuppentier]

I think it's an acquired taste. If you have it in your childhood at school, and you have to decide, it's either PBJ or nothing, you'd eat it. It than gets tethered to childhood nostalgia, so you can eat it as an adult.

Here in Europe on the other hand, as a kid, you never get exposed to peanut butter, and when you than taste it as an adult, you just get that awefull bitter taste that also sticks to your moth, just overpowers any other flavor and makes your tongue feels like it's covered in carped. It's absolutely disgusting if you never had it as a kid.

 

[Franny&Zooey]

Lol

I think it's an acquired taste. If you have it in your childhood at school, and you have to decide, it's either PBJ or nothing, you'd eat it. It than gets tethered to childhood nostalgia, so you can eat it as an adult.

Here in Europe on the other hand, as a kid, you never get exposed to peanut butter, and when you than taste it as an adult, you just get that awefull bitter taste that also sticks to your moth, just overpowers any other flavor and makes your tongue feels like it's covered in carped. It's absolutely disgusting if you never had it as a kid.

Lol. What an awful description of a delightful food! There's a marvelous passage in Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim describing the taste in the character's mouth when he wakes up with a hangover. Your description reminded me of that

 

[MashaSobaka]

you just get that awefull bitter taste that also sticks to your moth, just overpowers any other flavor and makes your tongue feels like it's covered in carped. It's absolutely disgusting

It has an unusual taste, but it's not that bad. I ate the whole bottle, it wasn't my favorite, but it wasn't bad either. Next time I will only buy it if I find a flavored version of it.

The big brands here in the US usually taste the worst in my experience, while the random unknown brands are more likely to use a better quality stock. It's worth spending an extra dollar or two on a jar.

Here in central curope, there are german, french, british and dutch shops, but three quarters are german.
I bought this peanut butter in the american section at a german store called Aldi. I'm sure it's equal to the quality of the big brands, so it's not quality. However, those who find the taste of peanut butter strange will not like high-quality and expensive peanut butter more.

I looked for maple syrup in the same place in Aldi, but couldn't find it. Interesting that I couldn't find it, while it's the same as american stuff as big cars, lots of food, naked women, guns, the fuckyeah way of life, and smashing things with a baseball bat after you've shot them with a gun. And Budlight.
I never drank Budlight either.

 

[MashaSobaka]

I found maple syrup in another store that sells more expensive products. A small bottle of 200-250ml, and calculating the economic situation of the two countries (middle/east EU and USA), costs about 15 dollars.
I littlebit of money, so I didn't buy it now, but I might buy it next year.

 

[pantorian]

I like maple syrup. I have tried it with pancakes, but it does not work for me. It is too sweet. But if you add some to pure buttermilk, for example, it is really good. I mainly use peanut butter with creamed coconut for Asian-style sauces.

 

[Reconscope]

Buttermilk is the best kind of ingredient for fluff.

If there's a vegan version I'll try that too.

 

[UR20Z]

Or waffles!!!

Lately I've been on a kick - Run a couple of your favorite "toaster waffles" (Be that "Eggos", or whatever store-brand) through the toaster, butter 'em good, then lay on a coat pf peanut butter. One on the plate, add syrup to taste, then grab a "ready for the microwave" sausage patty (Walmart actually sells a reasonably decent "frozen pre-coooked maple-flavored pork sausage patties" product at a price that isn't ridiculous), nuke it, drop on bottom waffle, add a bit more syrup as "glue" to hold the stack together, put second (already buttered and peanut-buttered) waffle on top, drop on a slice of "cheap yellow american cheese", spritz with a bit more syrup, and gnosh.

Probably a cholesterol nightmare, but that's never been much of a concern to me, and it fills the belly nicely

 

[K_9River_rat]

Lately I've been on a kick - Run a couple of your favorite "toaster waffles" (Be that "Eggos", or whatever store-brand) through the toaster, butter 'em good, then lay on a coat pf peanut butter. One on the plate, add syrup to taste, then grab a "ready for the microwave" sausage patty (Walmart actually sells a reasonably decent "frozen pre-coooked maple-flavored pork sausage patties" product at a price that isn't ridiculous), nuke it, drop on bottom waffle, add a bit more syrup as "glue" to hold the stack together, put second (already buttered and peanut-buttered) waffle on top, drop on a slice of "cheap yellow american cheese", spritz with a bit more syrup, and gnosh.

Probably a cholesterol nightmare, but that's never been much of a concern to me, and it fills the belly nicely

Sounds like some stoned munchies shit right there...

 

[Talbain]

I used to enjoy Nutella and similar spreads, but I can't eat them anymore -- they are much too sweet. I'll eat a tiny bit in moderation but I wouldn't buy those spreads on my own. My favorite was Biscoff.

I grew up eating peanut butter so I have it in me, and I absolutely love it! I eat the purer stuff with just peanuts and salt. Like the hazelnut spreads, I just find regular peanut butter with sugar way too sweet. Other nuts butters are great too. I recommend cashew. All are a great way to get a lot of protein/calories in a small serving.

If you find yourself with more peanut butter, try using it in cooking/baking rather than just a spread.

Maple is another favorite.. in moderation though. A pancake soaked with butter and a touch of maple syrup ?

I love trying all sorts of unique cultural things that you don't normally think of. An Aussie friend sent me some tubes of vegemite and it's fantastic! It's like eating a bouillon cube, lol. What other things have you been thinking of tasting? Have you tried honeys from different places?

 

[UR20Z]

Sounds like some stoned munchies shit right there...

Mickey-dees sells what amounts to the same thing under the handle "Sausage McGriddles", or "Saussge McGriddle with egg" - only real difference between theirs and mine is that they don't use peanut butter, and their syrup is "built in", so you can eat it like a sandwich without having syrup running down your face and arms.

And yeah, it's prime for curing the munchies

 

[Dren7]

I've never had eat peanut butter before. That is, the real thing that americans also eat. Here in europe, chocolate and hazelnut sweet creams are the most common (Nutella etc), the store shelves are full of them, there is maybe 1 peanut butters.
This afternoon I saw it on the store shelf and remembered ZV and peanut butter. So I bought one and tasted it.
It doesn't taste good. I thought it would be a sweet, flavored cream, like the choco cream, but it tastes 100% like peanuts available in a bag, which I put a handful in my mouth and chew. It's just spread on bread.
Chocolate and sweet hazelnut creams are much tastier.

I had same expierence like you as child when watching American shows I always believed its sweet and very good like hazelnut but it was just like you said.
One thing which I got dissapointed from childhood haha

 

[mytrad]

I absolutely prefer Nutella over peanut butter

 

[Theunis323]

Nutella okay, not too much for me, I usually enjoy peanut butter with homemade jam or honey, we have beehives to produce our own honey with the help of professionals, but peanut butter have healthy advantages but also not to much