Could you live without peanut butter?

[Anonymous]

Have lived abroad and lived without peanut butter. I remembered being shocked and judgmental about food choices for kids, too (chocolate spread for breakfast? ketchup on pasta? Pineapple on pizza?). I have been lucky to have a kid who has always had a wide palette and always orders from the adult menu. Some of this is my doing. However in watching other parents, so much of this comes down to allergies, textural issues, sleep issues, etc. - can’t really take credit for it. Kid loves peanut butter, tahini paste, etc. Because of school bans, she doesn’t get much peanut butter, but she likes it in oatmeal or spread on a waffle. More protein then syrup.

[Anonymous]

I hate peanut butter. I think it’s disgusting. I even hate the smell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I understand it's many people's favorite food. But to eat it everyday and consider it a meal? I can't think of anything I would want to eat everyday. I certainly eat Nutella often as a kid, but it was an after school snack, in addition to 2 balanced meals, and not everyday.

It might be hard to fathom, but not all people are the same. Some people like to eat the same thing everyday.

It's nice that your meal choices are above all reproach. How's the rarified air up there?

Eating better than PB sandwich is living in "rarified air"?

Judging people for what they eat and how often is obnoxious. What does oil hurt you if someone else eats the same thing every day? Let people manage their own bodies.

[Anonymous]

**What does it hurt you

[Anonymous]

I love it and eat a spoonful of natural PB every day (sugar free, no oil) straight out of the jar for dessert most days, usually with some berries. I love the natural sweetness and I find it satisfying.

Why does anyone like any particular food?

[Anonymous]

I only use it on licky mats for the dogs and they'd also accept yogurt so, yes.

[Anonymous]

I eat it every single day- at least 2-3 spoonfuls- usually on a couple pieces of toast, but if I’m super hungry I will eat a spoonful straight out of the jar as a nighttime snack. I love it. I also love almond butter and switch up. I would be so depressed if one of my kids was allergic. Luckily they aren’t and like it too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Why do you all eat so much peanut butter? There's a thread about odd food combinations and 90% of the suggestions are peanut butter + something. Most of them sound disgusting. In another thread people lamenting that you can't bring a jar of peanut butter on a plane. Let's not even talk about all the posts about "my kids will only eat PB or string cheese", "I have to bring PB to the park or my child will starve". My own SIL feeds her kids a PB sandwich every single day for lunch, even at home and on the weekends. Dinner is usually ramen noodles. Yuck. I can't think an equivalent in other cultures that people have to bring everywhere as an emotional support food. It's not like the French are bringing their own camembert on a plane.

Nothing at all wrong with a peanut butter sandwich daily. If you are getting a natural peanut butter (without palm oil or sugar), it is super nutritious and a great source of protein. It is nearly a nutritionally perfect food: heathy fat, protein, fiber, vitamins..

Put it on some good bread and done.

[Anonymous]

My middle eastern husband thinks BP is weird too and not very good. Definitely an American thing. But hey, he eats more hommus than any person I know; spreads it on everything, eats it by the spoonful, goes through a ton

[Anonymous]

I love peanut butter and would have previously said that I couldn't live without it.

During the last pb recall, I ate some of the affected product and have not been able to eat it since.