I’ve always been fond of peanut butter. My go-to breakfast is toasted English muffins with peanut butter: quick, tasty, reasonably healthy and most importantly, dairy-free (nobody wants to start their day with explosive diarrhea). Over the past few months, this fondness has turned into more of an obsession, or a quest, if you will. You see, Australian peanut butter kind of sucks. It exists, but the major brand- Kraft- makes the sugary processed type (eww). I had some hope for the natural food brand, Sanitarium (which sounds like a place where you quarantine TB patients, not something you’d want to eat), but it was disappointingly bland and just not peanutty enough. However, a peanut butter from New Zealand, Ceres, came to my rescue- it’s just about perfect. My parents also brought along reinforcements in the form of Teddie All Natural peanut butter- my favorite, and made in MA! And in case I run out...they also brought me a 3 lb. tub in addition to the jar. Looks like I'll be able to satisfy my peanut butter cravings for a good long while.
Hmmm.. i have never had Teddie PB?! Maybe we can have some when you come back to MA.
ReplyDeleteIt's the best! I can't believe you've never tried it. Shame, shame.
ReplyDeleteomg, when I was very very young, my babysitter, Mrs. Former, had Teddie PB. Forgot completely until now. Miss miss.
ReplyDeleteUMMMM... hello? Where is my credit! I bought you that peanut butter, they mearly transported it!!!
ReplyDeleteKD
PB is pretty hard to find in France. So I was pretty stoked when I managed to score some at U.S. commissary while visiting Buddes in Germany. You can imagine how crushed I was when my tub of Skippy was subsequently confiscated from my carry-on at the airport. Apparently PB could be a potential explosive paste. C4 PB. The terrorists' new go to weapon.
ReplyDeletewhoops- thanks, Kerry!
ReplyDeleteJR, that is simply tragic.
When I first moved from Melbourne to the US they told me to try PB and jelly. So, I made some jelly (you known, from jelly crystals and hot water, then cool, set) and put in on bread with PB. Ugh. I soon learned.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you made yourself a peanut butter and jello! Ew.
ReplyDeleteFunny. I love peanut butter, but my favorites are the brands with sugar (NOT corn syrup, though - yuck!)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not as prevalent a comestible outside of the U.S., so I'm glad you found one you like.