March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lover’s day

March 1, 2015 at 6:33 AM | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

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Here are today’s five thing to know about Peanut Butter:

1.  Peanuts account for 2/3rds of the total snack “nuts” consumption in the USA
2. The USA produce about 6% of the world’s crop of peanuts: by comparison India and China, together, produce about 70%
3.  An 18oz jar of peanut butter needs 850 peanuts
4. West Coast people  prefer chunky peanut butter, whereas those in the East Coast people like creamy.
5.  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 Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

Today’s Food History

• 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

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