To start , a rhyme I remember from childhood : " A peanut sit around on the railroad track , his heart was all a - flutter . The 5:15 came yawl by … Choo choo ! Peanut butter . "

Unless you suffer from Arachibutyrophobia ( the fear of become Arachis hypogaea butter stuck to cap of your mouth ) , read on to pick up more about the yummy , creamy ( sometimes crunchy ) good that is peanut butter , a comparatively high - fat food that also contains significant amounts of protein and carbohydrates .

" ¢ Fancy whipping up your own jarful of the poppycock ? It takes 772 peanut to make a 16.3 oz jolt . Nearly half of the United States ' earthnut crop is devoted to peanut butter yield , and another 20 % is used specifically for make up confect .

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" ¢ Ah , the ubiquitous puerility deary ( unless you support from a peanut allergy , of course ) , the peanut butter and jelly sandwich . Did you know 96 % of mass put the goober butter on first ?

" ¢ C.H. Sumner was the first to introduce goober butter to the world at the Universal Exposition of 1904 in St. Louis . He sold $ 705.11 of the treat at his yielding stand , and Krema Products Company in Columbus , Ohio , lead off sell peanut butter in 1908 . It remains the oldest goober butter company still in operation today .

" ¢ There are many other uses for earthnut butter besides as a spread . It can also be the basis for a simple outside skirt feeder ( surface a pine cone once with peanut butter , then again with bird food ) , in force lure for black eye yap , and can aid take gum out of hair . Also , you might find peanut butter being used to make … beer ?

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" ¢ This all brings us to one of the most significant influences on my plastic years — The Peanut Butter Solution , a 1985 Canadian movie that is , entrust me , amazing . Premise : male child gets so scared his hair falls out ( obviously ) . toupe wo n’t do , so fortuitously he ’s call by the ghost of his recent grandmother who severalise him to put peanut butter on his scalp . His fuzz grows rapidly and to alarmingly length , and has a mind of its own . Basically a haired monster attached to his head . See for yourself …

" ¢ No clause about peanuts or goober pea butter would be accomplished without the mention of Jimmy Carter , former President who grow up on a goober pea farm . I ’ve been favorable enough to see the boyhood farm and the quaint town ofPlains , Georgia(where President Carter and his wife Rosalyn still endure part - clip ) , but for those of you who have n’t had the joy , here is a sight to see . Also , the peanut butter ice cream is to die for .

You guys have been great at sharing yummy recipe , so how about some make do with peanut butter ? Or perhaps we should just utter aboutThe Peanut Butter Solution , and other unknown motion picture we see growing up .

" ˜Dietribes ' appears every Wednesday . Food photo taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our Emily Post about hercolorful diet .