Which would you choose - ?

[Reynard]

I prefer Sunpat if I'm honest, just because it's sweeter and more processed. A guilty pleasure if you will. But I don't buy it. Last jar I bought was something like whole earth? There's no sugar or oil in it. I'd say it was the PB version of whole grain because it's got dark bits in it

That's exactly *why* I don't like Sun Pat.

The Sainsbury's own brand is very similar. I'd bought a load on YS because they were changing the packaging, and while it was OK, I would not buy it again.

 

[Reynard]

Was there not some government sponsored scam years ago where there was incentive to invest in groundnut farming? I seem to remember a lot of people lost money. Cannot be bothered searching for the details just now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_groundnut_scheme

 

[stephec]

Bacon or sausages.

 

[Ian H]

Lumpy stuff with the shortest list of ingredients.

 

[a.twiddler]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_groundnut_scheme

Not a scam then. Just poorly researched and implemented scheme in a time of hardship. Perhaps a triumph of desperation over likely results. Easy to criticise from our perspective, but it's hard to imagine living in a time of rationing and little consumer choice, with the post war economy going down the tubes, and a need to make something positive out of the resources of a disappearing empire.

 

[Gwylan]

Was there not some government sponsored scam years ago where there was incentive to invest in groundnut farming? I seem to remember a lot of people lost money. Cannot be bothered searching for the details just now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_groundnut_scheme

Bit like HS2. There will be others

 

[Gwylan]

I have to say I loathe the stuff. There is nothing I can think of doing with peanut butter to make it remotely acceptable.

 

[presta]

I use Tesco's cheap brand, on the occasions I've been forced to buy something else I've found that I prefer my usual.

Less palm oil is good.

But only if you don't use another oil instead.

 

[a.twiddler]

I have to say I loathe the stuff. There is nothing I can think of doing with peanut butter to make it remotely acceptable.

From the replies on this thread, would it be fair to say that peanut butter is a bit... Marmite?

 

[Gillstay]

I use Tesco's cheap brand, on the occasions I've been forced to buy something else I've found that I prefer my usual.


But only if you don't use another oil instead.

What's up with sun flower oil ?

 

[Reynard]

From the replies on this thread, would it be fair to say that peanut butter is a bit... Marmite?

It's good on toast - WITH marmite

It's also good on toast with chocolate spread.

 

[simongt]

Down here they are known as 'ground nuts'

Way back in the 40's - 50's, wasn't there a huge British government sponsored attempt to get groundnut harvesting going - ?
It fell flat on it's face as I recall from a documentary about it.

 

[simongt]

It's good on toast - WITH marmite

My favourite combi - !

 

[slowmotion]

Was there not some government sponsored scam years ago where there was incentive to invest in groundnut farming? I seem to remember a lot of people lost money. Cannot be bothered searching for the details just now.

I think that was back in the 1950's but I could well be wrong.

 

[presta]

What's up with sun flower oil ?

The reason that palm oil is used is that it has ten times the yield of any other oil crop, so if you switch to anything else other than no oil at all, you're just using ten times the land area to get it.