January 24 is National Peanut Butter Day
George Bayle, a St. Louis snack food maker, started making peanut butter in the 1890's. For many years, manufacturers struggled with the oil separating from the grainy solids of the peanut butter. In 1923 Heinz became the first company to homogenize the peanuts into the spreadable butter we know today.
It takes 550 peanuts to make a 12 ounce jar of peanut butter! Peanuts are cholesterol free and an excellent source of protein. In fact, it's the high protein content that causes peanut butter to stick to the roof of your mouth.
How many peanut butter combos are there? Lot's!
1. Peanut butter with honey
There is Vegan honey. Take a spoonful of peanut butter, add a squirt of the apple-based variety from Bee Free Honee, and-wah lah-dinner and dessert in one.
2. Peanut butter on celery
For some people, celery smells funny and tastes even worse. For others, it's a delicious snack that requires no cooking. However a person feels about this vegetable, adding peanut butter in that cute little moat definitely improves this raw green.
3. Peanut butter with bananas
The combination of peanut butter and bananas is often referred to as an "Elvis," and why shouldn't it be? Just like Presley was the king of rock 'n' roll, mixing PB and bananas is the king of sandwiches, bagel spreads, and however else you want to eat it.
4. Peanut butter on apples
We already know that combining applesauce and peanut butter is the food equivalent of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel harmonizing together, but for a different spin on a delectable treat, try spreading PB onto apple slices. Any apple will do, but I suggest Honeycrisp.
5. Peanut butter with chocolate chips
Contrary to popular belief, George Washington Carver didn't invent peanut butter (see above). Had he, Carver most certainly would have immediately thought to add chocolate chips to his delicious spread because adding chocolate chips to everything is always the right decision.
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National Peanut Butter Day, Vegans, & Bachelors
