Comments on: How to Make the Switch to Natural Peanut Butter http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/ Bred for skill in magic. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jr http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-180082 jr Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:43:11 +0000 http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-180082 <p>What I've found that works pretty darn good:</p> <p>1) Mix the peanut butter with a plastic chopstick. (for whatever reason, it really agitates things and redistributes the oil quite nicely.)</p> <p>2) Refrigerate. (Keeps the oil semi-solid and the bacteria count low)</p> <p>3) Use real bread. (None of that reject Wonder bread stuff, go get a loaf of either the sourdough or shepherd's bread from TJ's). </p> <p>4) Warm the knife/spoon. (dip it into a cup of steamy water for a few seconds to soften just what you need. Plus the wet knife means the peanut butter won't stick to it.)</p> What I’ve found that works pretty darn good:

1) Mix the peanut butter with a plastic chopstick. (for whatever reason, it really agitates things and redistributes the oil quite nicely.)

2) Refrigerate. (Keeps the oil semi-solid and the bacteria count low)

3) Use real bread. (None of that reject Wonder bread stuff, go get a loaf of either the sourdough or shepherd’s bread from TJ’s).

4) Warm the knife/spoon. (dip it into a cup of steamy water for a few seconds to soften just what you need. Plus the wet knife means the peanut butter won’t stick to it.)

]]> By: Gordon http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-177160 Gordon Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:56:25 +0000 http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-177160 <p>Yeah, that kind of sounds like equipment manufacturers that insist on Alkaline batteries.</p> Yeah, that kind of sounds like equipment manufacturers that insist on Alkaline batteries.

]]> By: Phil http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-177050 Phil Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:26:04 +0000 http://getluky.net/2007/10/11/how-to-make-the-switch-to-natural-peanut-butter/#comment-177050 <p>The problem is really that I almost never use peanut butter in sandwiches. I just use it in cooking and baking, and I'd always heard that you couldn't substitute natural peanut butter for skippy or jif. <a href="http://www.chowhound.com/topics/354908" rel="nofollow">Looks like i'm wrong</a>, a bunch of people are saying that it's no problem to substitute, I guess the only place you'd want to be careful is if the item you're baking expects the sugars that are in processed peanut butter.</p> The problem is really that I almost never use peanut butter in sandwiches. I just use it in cooking and baking, and I’d always heard that you couldn’t substitute natural peanut butter for skippy or jif. Looks like i’m wrong, a bunch of people are saying that it’s no problem to substitute, I guess the only place you’d want to be careful is if the item you’re baking expects the sugars that are in processed peanut butter.

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