March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lover’s day

March 1, 2014 at 8:18 AM | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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Five Food Finds about Peanut Butter 

•  An 18oz jar of peanut butter needs 850 peanuts

• The USA produce about 6% of the world’s crop of peanuts: by comparison India and China, together, produce about 70%

• West Coast people  prefer chunky peanut butter, whereas those in the East Coast people like creamy

•  Peanuts account for 2/3rds of the total snack “nuts” consumption in the USA

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

• Two presidents of the USA, Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson, were peanut farmers

Food related Events of March 1

also: National Fruit Compote Day

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

• 1784 E. Kidner opened the first cooking school in Great Britain.

• 1927 Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, was born. His biggest hit was “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song” in 1956.

• 1970 U.S. commercial whale hunting ended.

• 1989

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