It might be just me ....

[unixronin]

.... but personally I think there's something wrong when you open a new jar of peanut butter, and you look into the jar, and you don't know whether you need to stir it or SHAKE it.

The frightening is that I started out by shaking it ... and it partly worked.

I don't think we want to buy this peanut butter any more.

Comments

[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

When did you develop a taste for peanut butter?

(My mother put it on my pacifier (mixed with honey) when I was an infant, so I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't love peanut butter -- especially sweetened).

Was the jar of peanut butter the Smuckers brand that's "natural" where the oil separates from the peanut butter?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I've never been a big fan of it myself, actually. It's OK, but that's all. I like a little now and the, and that's all. It's not Smuckers, but it is an "organic" brand ... it doesn't just separate, it's runny.

[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

but it is an "organic" brand ... it doesn't just separate, it's runny.

*nod*

I've had that experience with many of the organic/natural peanut butters. Another possible option would be to go to your local natural foods store and see if they have a peanut butter grinder -- those are fun, and you know exactly what's in your peanut butter.

[johnkzin.livejournal.com]

In my experience, natural or organic peanut butter tends to be like that. The oil and the "meat" separate if they're left too long (even conventional peanut butter will do that, by the way, if you leave it in the cupboard for too long). And they typically arrive that way from the store.

You just stir it to as even a consistency as you can. And, because you're not a perfect stirring machine, you will end up with runny peanut butter on the top... and extra thick peanut butter on the bottom. I haven't figured out a good way to solve that problem. Though, they make these "peanut butter knives" now (essentially like this: http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=710653 only the proportion of "head" and "handle" are reversed), which make it easier to stir the deep part of the jar.

Anyway... I actually prefer this type of peanut butter over the conventional/fake stuff. I especially love Trader Joe's Cashew Butter, though. Mmmm. Good stuff. I just have to always remember to stir it BEFORE I refrigerate it, though. Otherwise the oil gets too thick.

(and, to me, that'd be the one down-side to natural/organic nut butters: yo have to refrigerate them, making them harder to work with after the first open ... but in your favor, that also makes them less runny)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

This isn't "runny on the top, extra thick on the bottom". This is runny all the way down.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I could resist anymore.

Turtles!