And it's Friday once more! So, I figured since many of us are now stuck with governors and senators we despise, I thought I'd spend this morning talking about a more pleasant sticky substance: Peanut butter.
November is Peanut Butter Lover's Month, which should at least make my son very happy as he consumes a 40 oz jar of peanut butter per WEEK (that's more than the average American eats in a year).
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According to the National Peanut Board:
It takes 540 peanuts to make a 12 oz jar of peanut butter.
By law, any product labeled "peanut butter" in the US must be at least 90% peanuts.
The world’s largest peanut butter factory churns out 250,000 jars of the tasty treat every day.
Peanuts contribute more than $4 billion to the USA economy each year.
Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.
The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year.
The amount of peanut butter eaten in a year could wrap the earth in a ribbon of 18-ounce peanut butter jars one and one-third times.
Peanut butter was the secret behind “Mr. Ed,” TV’s talking horse. Spreading peanut butter inside the horse’s mouth created a natural talking movement every time the animal moved his sticky jaws.
Peanuts have more protein, niacin, folate and phytosterols than any nut.
One of the many great advantages of peanuts and peanut butter is long shelf life. If held at average ambient temperature without great change in heat or humidity, peanuts and peanut butter can be safely stored for several months.
Peanuts contain no cholesterol. Recent studies show that the combination of monounsaturates and polyunsaturates such as are found in peanuts may be helpful in reducing cholesterol levels in the body.
Peanut Gallery” became popular in the late 19th century and referred to the rear or uppermost seats in a theater, which were also the cheapest seats. People seated in such a gallery were able to throw peanuts, a common food at theaters, at those seated below them. It also applied to the first row of seats in a movie theater, for the occupants of those seats could throw peanuts at the stage, stating their displeasure with the performance.
Thanks to allrecipes.com I can offer you this:
Decadent peanut butter pie
Ingredients Edit and Save
Original recipe makes 1 pieChange Servings
1 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided
1 prepared chocolate pie crust
1 (11.75 ounce) jar Smucker's® Hot Fudge Microwaveable Ice Cream Topping, divided
2 tablespoons Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
Directions
Beat together 1 cup peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium, until well combined. Gently mix in 3 cups whipped topping until thoroughly combined. Spoon mixture into pie shell. Using a spatula, smooth mixture to edges of pie.
Reserve 2 tablespoons of hot fudge topping into the corner of a resealable plastic bag. Microwave remaining topping, on HIGH (100% topping), for 1 minute. Stir. Spread topping over pie, covering entire peanut butter layer. Refrigerate until set. Spread remaining whipped topping (1 1/2 cups), over hot fudge layer, being careful not to mix the two layers.
Cut a small corner from bag containing topping. Squeeze bag to drizzle topping over pie. Place remaining 2 tablespoons peanut butter in a resealable food storage bag; cut bag corner and squeeze to drizzle in opposite direction from topping. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
I plan on adding this to our Thanksgiving pies. My son can't eat it, it has too much milk in it. But he loves pumpkin pie and fruit pies, so he won't be too jealous.
Do you have a favorite peanut butter recipe to share?
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