WORD FROM THE WISE (aka Helpful Hint #246) — by Steve Nadis
If you’re like me, you like the natural peanut butter you can get at a place like Whole Foods. The trouble is, all that oil on top. It’s really a pain to mix it, and you can’t just pour it off or the peanut butter turns to rock. So what’s a poor consumer–one who prefers the natural blend to Skippy or Jiffy–supposed to do? For the answer to that question, Call Me Snake is grateful for the contributions of Pamela G. from Newton, Mass., who suggested turning the jar upside during storage, before you put it in the refrigerator. I was skeptical, having gone through hundreds of such jars in my peanut-filled existence, but gave it a try anyway. What did I have to lose? And guess what? It actually works. (Or “helps,” as Pamela G. modestly put it.) Which is the whole point of this new feature at Call Me Snake, appropriately named “Word from the Wise.” We try to help and aim to please. So far, not one person has complained. That’s not bragging. It’s just a fact. Which reminds me of another fact: There’s a peanut jar upstairs in my pantry that I forgot to flip over. Which means I gotta run. Signing off for now until it’s time for our next Helpful Hint.
Posted by
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20:19:28
What are you trying to pull here Snake?! I did what you suggested and now I got oil all over the refrigerator and….oh….wait a sec….probably should have left the lid on. Nevermind.
Sorry about that, Doc. I should have been more explicit: Turn it over (WITH THE LID ON) before you open it. Then I store it in the refrigerator upright, with the lid on. Is that clear? (I hope so; there’ll be a quiz on this next week.)
xmmmm , good lord
how did i get thru life
not knowing ya sooner,,,,,,
What can I say, Z? Better late than never comes to mind…
I’ll do you one better. I think the optimal solution is to gently microwave the whole dang jar the first time you open it, which warms it all up and gets it all mooshy. Then, you just stir it up good once, put it in the fridge, and voila! Smooth, creamy peanut butter for the rest of the life of the jar.
Humbly yours….
Thank you Margaret. I think we’ll have to call that a “Word from the Wiser.”
Jeez, sounds like an awfully lot of work for peanut butter. I tend to enjoy the mass producted government peanut butter that gets fed to me in my Meals Ready-to-Eat. Lucky for me, huh?
Wow, peanut butter that doesn’t separate? You got it easy, GS. Maybe too easy.