-The peanut is NOT a nut. It's considered a legume along with beans and peas.
-Every second someone buys a jar of peanut butter.
-A doctor in St. Louis Missouri (U.S.A.) invented Peanut Butter for people who couldn't chew meat because of bad teeth.
-Americans eat enough peanut butter in a year to make over 10 billion peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! (Estimating 2 tablespoons peanut butter per sandwich.)
-Approximately one-half of one percent of the American population has an allergy to peanuts.
-Peanut butter, like most foods, contains some fat. Fortunately, 80% of the fat in peanut butter is unsaturated fat -- "the good fat" -- which may actually help lower LDL-cholesterol levels in your blood.
-Donuts and peanut butter lovers! If you find yourself anywhere near Westwood, California (Los Angeles) go to Stan's Donuts for a..... (drum roll)...Peanut Butter and Fresh Banana Donut (with chocolate chips on top). It is to die for. Seriously.
Check out their site: http://www.stansdoughnuts.com
-Mr. Peanut, the octogenarian symbol of Planters peanuts, was created by a 14-year-old boy who won a $5 prize from Planters.
| -China and India together produce over 50% of the world's peanuts. China is the largest peanut producer in the world, producing about 9.6 million metric tons annually. The United States is the world's third largest producer of peanuts, with Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa, and Malawi producing large quantities of peanuts annually. It should be noted, however, that most of the peanuts produced in Asia and Africa are crushed for food oil and animal feed.
-The National Peanut Board reports that the average kid eats 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before she or he graduates high school.
-"An average of two rodent hairs per one hundred grams of peanut butter is allowed." --No. 20. FDA Government guidelines
| -The main difference between natural peanut butter and regular commercial peanut butter is that natural peanut butter is just ground peanuts (possibly with a bit of oil and/or salt added) and the peanut oils tend to separate. The reason regular commercial peanut butters don't separate is due to stabilizers (different chemicals added to the peanut butter to keep it from separating).
-Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the United States: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
-Children and women prefer smooth peanut butter, while most men opt for crunchy.
-"Arachibutyrophobia" is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.
-Nobody consumes as much peanut butter as Americans; however, it is popular in Canada, Holland, England, Germany and Saudi Arabia. It is gaining popularity throughout Eastern Europe.
-There are currently more than 30 public figures and celebrities who share a devotion to peanut butter as members of the Adult Peanut Butter Lovers' Fan Club. They include: Julia Child, Larry King, Jack Nicholson, Tom Selleck, Kim Basinger, Barbara Walters, Madonna, Cher, Billy Joel, Julia Roberts, Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby and Michael J. Fox to name just a few. |
