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| The peanut butter incident |
| 09.16.04 (12:13 pm) [edit] |
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This morning I got into work probably close to half an hour later than I could've. And why? Peanut butter was the culprit, namely Kraft All Natural peanut butter. I don't know...I just can't think of Kraft producing "natural" peanut butter. Anyhow, I thought I would give natural peanut butter a whirl, and the Kraft stuff was on sale at the time. I always thought it was a little strange that it was liquidy from the sounds of shaking the jar. Anyhow, I guess it's oil. About 3/4" worth. So this morning, I was preparing my peanut butter and jam on toast. After I opened the jar of PB, I tipped it and of course spilling the oil on the counter and into the sink. No worries. I can pick up the jar and clean the mess. Then whoops, I dropped the jar!! Peanut butter in the sink - splatters of it. I just kind of looked at the mess and wondered what the best way was to clean it. I don't have the little shower nozzle to spray the peanut butter down the drain. It may have been easier (and if it was the garburator side). I cleaned the counters first. Then I cleaned the greasy lid, and put it back in the jar, and then bagged up the jar and threw it away. A waste, I know. But I didn't want some greasy, messy jar living in my cupboard. I took the easy way out. But then there was sink of peanut butter. This natural stuff was sooo runny. I used handfuls of papers towels and wiped up the sink, trying not to let any drip out of the clumps of paper towels. Then I just filled the sink with hot soapy water, hoping to break down some of the peanut butter upon my return [I doubt it will be very successful. I've soaked a peanut buttery knife all day, and at the end of the day, it's like it was never soaked]. Actually, the worst mess will be cleaning the plastic racks that sit in the sink - all those crevices. BLEH! I'd use the dishwasher, but I don't have any other dishes to throw in there to fill up the beast! And I noticed a smudge of PB on the floor...so I threw out my slippers. I went to a lingerie store today to find some new slippers. Did I come back with any? No! Actually at the mall, I wanted to check out slippers, a hair catcher, and a wrench. I ended up buying a PJ set and a nightie from the store. I got my hair catcher and some sponges for washing dishes. But no slippers. I was afraid to go to other parts of the mall because I found myself peeking into other stores :oops: I had only wanted to make a quick trip! |
posted by: ratmagick (reply)
post date: 09.16.04 (12:31 pm)
Dangerous stuff, peanut butter... ;o)
posted by: dmk23 (reply)
post date: 09.16.04 (12:36 pm)
i love peanut butter... especially w/ jelly in sandwiches.
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 09.16.04 (2:13 pm)
Reply to: ratmagick
Runny all-natural peanut butter is dangerous indeed! It's a nightmare to clean!!
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 09.16.04 (2:13 pm)
Reply to: dmk23
The few Brits I've talked to have never even had peanut butter and jelly together!! It's scrumptious!
posted by: lynne (reply)
post date: 09.17.04 (2:51 am)
Wow. That sounds like a bad morning!
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 09.17.04 (12:57 pm)
Reply to: lynne
It was just minor setback to my day...but I am going to try a different kind of peanut butter next *L*
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 09.17.04 (12:58 pm)
Reply to: aliciarose
I was looking at the slippers thinking there was cardboard in there somewhere, so I figured I'd leave 'em. And then they were all disfigured, too...I guess it was just an excuse. They were fuzzy! And bright orange. Oh how lovely they were...
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 09.17.04 (2:37 pm)
The other thick kind of peanut butter is the real problem. In order to get it to congeal, they load it up with artery-clogging trans fats that will kill you.
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 09.18.04 (11:32 am)
Reply to: mblog
Trans fats can't kill me directly. I thought trans fats prevented your body from knowing how to deal with fat and that it was saturated fat that clogged the arteries.
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 09.19.04 (5:41 pm)
Reply to: rosietulips
In the US, we have the NRA. They say, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." Of course, the bullets really kill the people, but you need the guns and the people for it to happen. Take away the gun and the bullet won't kill anybody.
Trans fat won't kill you. Clogged arteries will. But trans fats will get you there.
Trans fats lower HDL and raise LDL. They cause the body to lose omega-3 fatty acids, and they do other damage. The body cannot break down trans fats, but it can break down saturated fats. The body won't necessarily do this, but it never will with trans fats.
Most health experts agree that saturated fats should be limited, but there is some disagreement on that. The body can process limited amounts of saturated fats just fine. Some experts see no problem with saturated fats if the rest of your diet is fine and you do not have specific health problems. Others see problems in some area that are big enough risk factors that they recommend limiting saturated fats.
But all health experts agree that there is no safe level of trans fats and they should be consumed as little as possible. There is no other legal food ingredient in the US for which the FDA has made that recommendation, and some countries have banned trans fats entirely.
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