Has the Costco peanut butter controversy been discussed?
I use an antique version of these gleaned from granny's box of kitchen stuff:
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May 14, 2017, 03:19 PM
PASig
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Originally posted by signewt: I use an antique version of these gleaned from granny's box of kitchen stuff:
Called an "offset spatula". I was a pastry chef/baker in a previous career.
May 14, 2017, 03:28 PM
mikeyspizza
Jif doesn't have that problem.
May 14, 2017, 03:30 PM
signewt
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Called an "offset spatula".
granny's wasn't offset.
Although the straight design is impressively useful. The 1" wide is very flexible the closer to the tip, and handy for cleaning out those larger peanut butter jars. The 1 1/2" wide is less flexible but agile enough for flipping burgers, slicing onions in a pinch, & other odd cookery tasks.
Our household uses Adams exclusively.
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May 14, 2017, 03:34 PM
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Here I thought you were going to complain that the peanut butter jars failed to clearly notify customers that the product was made with peanuts, peanut oil, and peanut byproducts
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May 14, 2017, 04:51 PM
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I wonder if this from the malware attack worldwide.
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May 15, 2017, 08:43 AM
bendable
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Why can't they make the jar 4 inches shorter and 4 inches wider, to allow access ?
A WAG, FWIW - they can get more jars of peanut butter on the grocery store shelf that way,
they could very easily stack one upon the other, but N o o o o o o o o o . they gotta make a body reinvent the damn peanut butter wheel
found one of these in the giant kitchen drawer of gadgetry
the longest one seems to work fine, just fine
thanks to those able to think outside the jar,
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May 15, 2017, 08:47 AM
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Paint stirring sticks work well. Or a silicone spatula.
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May 15, 2017, 09:00 AM
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That's not Costco peanut butter, it's Skippy.
Kirkland is Costco's brand.
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May 15, 2017, 09:07 AM
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones: Last time I bought peanut butter from costco you didnt need a knife, you could pour it out of the jar...
At my scout camp in the 60's they got some kind of surplus peanut butter in a metal coffee can with what looked like a CAGE code on it. When opened, it had about 1/2" of peanut oil on top that had to be stirred into the viscous material below.
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May 15, 2017, 09:29 AM
flashguy
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Originally posted by Blackmore:
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones: Last time I bought peanut butter from costco you didnt need a knife, you could pour it out of the jar...
At my scout camp in the 60's they got some kind of surplus peanut butter in a metal coffee can with what looked like a CAGE code on it. When opened, it had about 1/2" of peanut oil on top that had to be stirred into the viscous material below.
That was before they began homogenizing it. It shouldn't be a problem with commercial PB (except for those "organic" ones with no additives and no taste).
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May 15, 2017, 09:44 AM
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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by Blackmore:
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones: Last time I bought peanut butter from costco you didnt need a knife, you could pour it out of the jar...
At my scout camp in the 60's they got some kind of surplus peanut butter in a metal coffee can with what looked like a CAGE code on it. When opened, it had about 1/2" of peanut oil on top that had to be stirred into the viscous material below.
That was before they began homogenizing it. It shouldn't be a problem with commercial PB (except for those "organic" ones with no additives and no taste).
flashguy
I'm pretty sure that your timeline is off. 1960, I had completed USN active duty and had my first civilian dwelling, one room with a shared bathroom down the hall. No cooking facility. I ate my main meal at the cafeteria at work, but at "home" a large loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter was my staple. The peanut butter was definitely homogenized.
Younger years, I do remember my grandmother's ploy of putting the jar of unhomogenized peanut butter on the shelf upside-down; the oil would rise to the top of the jar, which was really the bottom, so when you opened the cap to use it the spreadable stuff was at the top.
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May 15, 2017, 10:08 AM
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My wife sticks her hand inside the Pringles can to get the chips out. She assumed everyone could do that.
May 15, 2017, 10:10 AM
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The Kirkland Peanut Butter comes separated and must be stirred, repeatedly. If the oil gets used ahead of the peanut butter, the last part of the jar is like roofing tar.
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May 15, 2017, 10:49 AM
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I used to buy surplus C rat tins of peanut butter for a nickel a piece at the Army Navy store in Hyannis (mid 80's). It was all sorts of oily when opened but it was delicious to a kid "camping" in the back yard playing soldier. I believe the tins of banana nut roll were a quarter....
May 15, 2017, 10:54 AM
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May 15, 2017, 10:57 AM
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And I thought this was going to about the eternal controversy over the ratio of Creamy to Crunchy on the shelves.
Seriously though, I bought a jar of that "organic" stuff once. Adams, I think the brand was. It sat on the shelf in my pantry for a few months until I used up the regular stuff. When I opened it up, there was an inch of oil on top, and the stuff underneath - whatever it truly was - was like a rock. No way that was going to get mixed up short of tossing it into a paint can shaker, or maybe an industrial cement mixer. Back to Jiffy...
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