Peanut Butter and Marmite

Stewie Griffin

You must all be very young and your palettes quite uneducated, peanut butter, marmite and the like are filth :twisted:

Each to their own but come on

Monkeypump

Peanut butter and banana smoothies (sans Marmite) are delicious.

prawny

drays wrote:

peanut butter and nutella...

yummy!

You know's it. It's also very nice with cadbury's dairy milk spread or scooped out of the jar with giant buttons.

Pross

One jar of crunchy peanut butter purchased to go on toast for supper - had to settle for own brand stuff though as the nearest shop is rubbish.

Weejie54

I note that you carefully skip over the top choice for choline - beef or calves liver!

And all the other sources - however, they were not relevant to the thread.

V5ade

I've been eating peanut butter and marmite on rivita's for breakfast for a while now, mainly for convenience as I can put it together in under a minute then take it to work with me.
I've had to swap to smooth peanut butter as the crunchy stuff makes the rivta's snap.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the combo, but it dosn't get affected by heat\cold and gives me the energy that I need.
Didn't the Yanks come up with PB&J as it's was good for a packed lunch as it doesn't need refrigerating? Also great for energy!

Weejie54

http://peanut-butter.org/

Among the gems on this site:

The world's largest peanut is 20 feet tall, and it's currently kept in Turner County, Georgia

And

Creamy peanut butter can be used to remove chewing gum from clothes and hair

Or

96% of people, when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, put the peanut butter on before the jelly

More health claims:

In a test conducted during 20 years, on 80,000 female subjects by the Nurses' Health Study, it was observed that women who eat least 1 ounce of nuts, peanuts or peanut butter each week have a 25% lower risk of developing gallstones. This quantity can easily be reached by eating one peanut butter sandwich per week!

According to the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, the niacin contained in peanuts, when eaten regularly, provides protection against Alzheimer's disease.
The study was carried on 3000 elder men (65 or older) from Chicago, who were interviewed about their diet and subsequently tested for cognitive skills: those getting 22mg of niacin/day were 70% less likely to have developed Alzheimer's disease than those consuming 13 mg/day.

In addition to this, peanut butter contains much higher quantities of antioxidants than apples or carrots.

All things considered, peanut butter deserves a place in a healthy diet for the vast range of important nutrients it contains.
Because of its high fat and caloric content, however, some doctors argue that obese people should consume only little amounts of it: there is a lot of controversy about this, and there are many studies claiming that eating nuts more than twice a week actually reduces the risk of weight gain.

One of these studies was published on the journal Obesity, it involved 8865 adult men and women in Spain and was carried out during a 28-month period: the subjects who ate nuts at least twice a week were 31% less likely to gain weight (> 5kg) than the others.

Please keep in mind this is not medical advice, you should consult your doctor before adding peanut butter to your diet (especially in light of some people being highly allergic to peanuts).

martinwitnam

A few years ago you could buy savoury peanut butter at Sainsburys. It consisted of PB with added yeast extract. Totally excellent dude!

agnello

Whole Earth crunchy peanut butter and marmite - didn't realise there were other weirdos out there who liked this.

NOTE: the peanut butter has to go down first to create a marbled effect when you add the marmite

peanut butter is nice on cheddar cheese as a protein packed post ride (or pub) snack too

Headhuunter

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

will3

Headhuunter wrote:

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

You think that's bad, try what the merkins call "peanut butter"

Headhuunter

will3 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

You think that's bad, try what the merkins call "peanut butter"

What's a merkin?

Crapaud

Headhuunter wrote:

will3 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

You think that's bad, try what the merkins call "peanut butter"

What's a merkin?

It's a pubic wig.

Headhuunter

Crapaud wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

will3 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

You think that's bad, try what the merkins call "peanut butter"

What's a merkin?

It's a pubic wig.

Yes but they don't eat peanut butter!

outofbreath2

Anyone tried making their own? It's on my list of things to try. You can do cashew butter too.

That way you control how much of everything goes in, i.e. sugar, salt, oil. Still got to make it technically viable but that's easier on a small scale. Also, you probably won't be putting palm oil it it which is the oil from the trees where orang-utangs live if you're bothered by that sort of thing. Mind you I don't think it's the peanut butter industry that's mostly to blame.

Headhuunter

outofbreath2 wrote:

Anyone tried making their own? It's on my list of things to try. You can do cashew butter too.

That way you control how much of everything goes in, i.e. sugar, salt, oil. Still got to make it technically viable but that's easier on a small scale. Also, you probably won't be putting palm oil it it which is the oil from the trees where orang-utangs live if you're bothered by that sort of thing. Mind you I don't think it's the peanut butter industry that's mostly to blame.

A lot non-centrifugal, twin and single screw juicers (ie proper, decent juicers not the sort you buy for £20 in Argos) have a "nut butter" function.... Mine does apparently but I haven't used it yet. I assume you shove the peanuts and butter in the top and it crushes them altogether

outofbreath2

They might negate the need to add oil, being strong enough to extract the inherent oil.

I'm just going to try with my blender, see how I get on. I'm certainly not expecting it to look in the least commercial mind you. I'm going to make blackberry jam this weekend too and have totally homemade PBJ sarnies - bread courtesy of bread machine. Won't be churning my own butter though. Not this week.

Headhuunter

outofbreath2 wrote:

They might negate the need to add oil, being strong enough to extract the inherent oil.

I'm just going to try with my blender, see how I get on. I'm certainly not expecting it to look in the least commercial mind you. I'm going to make blackberry jam this weekend too and have totally homemade PBJ sarnies - bread courtesy of bread machine. Won't be churning my own butter though. Not this week.

I remember trying to make jam when I was a student.... housemates and I had too much time on my hands! I just remember needing loads n loads n loads of sugar and ending up with this very sickly sweet concoction that gave you an instant sugar rush! And the process was incredibly messy

outofbreath2

Headhuunter wrote:

[I remember trying to make jam when I was a student.... housemates and I had too much time on my hands! I just remember needing loads n loads n loads of sugar and ending up with this very sickly sweet concoction that gave you an instant sugar rush! And the process was incredibly messy

Yes, trying to pour boiling sugar into a hot jar can lead to some excitment I grant you. I learnt the hard way from making marmalade. This time I'll use the dishwasher salt funnel.

Weejie54

There's always tahini instead....

Headhuunter

outofbreath2 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

[I remember trying to make jam when I was a student.... housemates and I had too much time on my hands! I just remember needing loads n loads n loads of sugar and ending up with this very sickly sweet concoction that gave you an instant sugar rush! And the process was incredibly messy

Yes, trying to pour boiling sugar into a hot jar can lead to some excitment I grant you. I learnt the hard way from making marmalade. This time I'll use the dishwasher salt funnel.

Think I'll just stick to the stuff in the supermarket! I have to say that in the case of marmalade and jams I have never tased any better than the commercially available brands. I've bought various jars of people's homemade stuff at charity fairs etc and it tends to just be very sickly...

Weejie54

Think I'll just stick to the stuff in the supermarket! I have to say that in the case of marmalade and jams I have never tased any better than the commercially available brands. I've bought various jars of people's homemade stuff at charity fairs etc and it tends to just be very sickly...

Try getting some home made Danish jam (marmelade in Danish).

Generally, less sugar is used (typically half as much sugar as fruit).

Le Commentateur

Crapaud wrote:

Two foul substances in one sandwich?


Is there anything you won't eat, Will?

They idea is that they cancel each other out to a degree, so you have a mildly savoury filling that isn't so cloyingly peanutty.

SunWuKong

Marmite and peanut butter on toast is fantastic.

peanut butter, nutella and banana is equally good especially before exercise.

finchy

Headhuunter wrote:

Whole Earth stuff is good I think. Sunpat peanut butter is revolting.... As is any peanut butter with mounds of sugar in it. They sweeten the sh!t out of it. I prefer my peanuts savoury....

Most sensible thing anyone's said on this thread so far.

Initialised

Nah, ASDA Farm Stores is the best peanut butter on the planet.

Nuggs

I made Marmite spaghetti for my tea yesterday after seeing Nigella do it earlier in the week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/spagh ... mite_06786

Absolutely lovely and not massively Marmite-y.

Do it. Do it now.

gregster10217

drays wrote:

peanut butter and nutella...

yummy!

Oh yeah, absolutely fantastic. Got to go and have some now.

My cousin in Australia used to eat Vegemite and peanut butter on toast, wouldn't touch it now though!!!

gregster10217

will3 wrote:

Freehub, I'm with you it's a great combo.

Also, cheese and marmite,
Cheese and chocolate
Hot chocolate with chilli powder added.

Have you seen the Marmite cheese in individual portions? We get them from Tesco. Probably an expensive way of doing it, and you're limited to how much marmite goes in, but bloody lovely!!!

tonyw43

The only peanut butter I use now is The Peanut Butter & Co stuff. Unlike Whole Earth, SunPat et al, it has no added oil. It is 99% peanuts and 1% salt (or 99.9% peanuts and 0.1% salt). So the only fat in it is the good fat from the peanuts. Only downside is it separates, so you have to stir it up first, and I always end up with it all over the place.