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Originally posted by OKCGene:
I have one made by Cutco. I’m not near it right now to measure, but it’s long enough to go into deeper jars and the tip is designed to get into the bottom curves and get as much out as possible It does a fine job of spreading whatever is wanted. Great design.

EDIT: I just searched Ebay with Cutco Jam Spreader Spatula., there are lots for sale. Be advised that they come in different lengths, one is 12 inches in length, most are a bit shorter.

^^^^^
We have two of those. One with about an 8" blade & a shorter one. We use them a lot.

I bought these for the same reason. They have suited me well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sound like a trip to the store is in order
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY

Why all the hand wringing? A spatula works well and there is probably already one in your kitchen somewhere.

Solutions to problems I never knew I had.

I just use a spoon

https://www.restaurantequipmen...tm_campaign=products

Bar Maid 11.5" spreader Nylon

Now that y'all have sorted out the device, let me offer up a bigger hurdle. I grew up not a fan of PB&J and almost never went to effort to make one.

Why?

Because my mother for some unknown and sadistic reason deemed peanut butter something that must be stored in the fridge. Might as well try to spread Crazy Glue with your fingers as put that on a piece of white bread, also a curse of my childhood.

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Originally posted by David Lee:
PB-Jife at WalMart. Made for the task. All reviews are good. Says its larger than seen in pictures.

That looks like the winner to me. 7” SS blade. Many positive reviews on this Amazon site:

PB-JIFE! The Ultimate PB knife. Stir, scrape, and clean the BIG Jars

www.amazon.com/dp/B071CM5JF6/r..._api_i_ki5zEbSAT9SPX

I think that my three spoons in the link above were $1.49

the concave side is great for scooping it out, the convex side works great for the spreading it

Buy smaller jars of PB

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Originally posted by bubbatime:

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Originally posted by lizardman_u:
when the jar gets that far down I open a new jar.

When the new jar has room we take a spatula and scrape the peanut butter out of the old jar to add to the new jar.

Now if I could get my wife to throw away the salad dressing bottle when it only has "that" much dressing left....

Dave

So technically speaking 10 or 15 or 20 years from now your jar of peanut butter will have 20 year old peanut butter in it...


Something to ponder...

You need to ponder that some more. It won’t happen.

Just ordered a PB-JIFE from Amazon. I used to have a long flexible stainless steel spatula I used for PB, but it got lost some time back. I've looked in the big box stores for a replacement but never found one. (The ones for paint and putty are too stiff.) Will try this special gadget.

flashguy

What, your tongue isn't long enough to reach the bottom of the jar?

A silicone mini-spatula will get every obtainable bit out of the jar.

Growing up I heard an exasperated neighbor telling my mom that now (her husband) was telling her how to scrape peanut butter out of the jar. "He was a bachelor too long", was my mom's response.

Evidently he had a technique involving a spoon ... but the details are lost to the grains of time.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Now that y'all have sorted out the device, let me offer up a bigger hurdle. I grew up not a fan of PB&J and almost never went to effort to make one.

Why?

Because my mother for some unknown and sadistic reason deemed peanut butter something that must be stored in the fridge. Might as well try to spread Crazy Glue with your fingers as put that on a piece of white bread, also a curse of my childhood.

My mom didn't keep it in the refrigerator, but back in the 1940s PB was not very spreadable. So she would put about a teaspoonful of margarine (we didn't use butter) into the top of the jar and stir it in well before making my sandwiches. (And I've never used jelly on my PB.) (FWIW, we used margarine because my dad was very sensitive to the taste of rancid butter and it only took a couple of days before he could taste it. I share that sensitivity to some degree, but in my case it extends to disliking the taste of any "spoiled" milk products.)

flashguy

An iced tea spoons works, they have long handles.

not if your hands are big enough to palm a basketball

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Just ordered a PB-JIFE from Amazon. I used to have a long flexible stainless steel spatula I used for PB, but it got lost some time back. I've looked in the big box stores for a replacement but never found one. (The ones for paint and putty are too stiff.) Will try this special gadget.

flashguy

It was member David Lee that alerted us to the PB-JIFE. He ought to get some credit for that.

It's just a peanut butter knife... . I was going to suggest having a custom and tactical peanut butter knife made by one of Sig Forums knife artists..that would be so cool. I always get the smaller jars. That honey roasted one is good.