Each month Jan and I check the calendar for nationally
recognized holidays. We watch for interesting subjects that are nationally
recognized for a day, week or month. The month of November, of course, has
Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving. You
might not know that it is also Native American month. We wrote about all three
of these earlier in the month, but there is one of great interest to me.
November is National
Peanut Butter Lovers Month and since Jan is travelling for StarShine it has fallen to me to write
about it.
Now don’t confuse this holiday with National Peanut Month,
which we will celebrate in March. However, peanuts are not actually nuts. They
grow underground and are legumes. So, I guess I’ll have to research and write
about legumes in March. I can’t wait.
In my search for Peanut Butter Lovers trivia, I came across
this interesting fact. People who become hysterical when peanut butter sticks
to their palate have ‘arachibutyrophobia’. That might be a joke, I’m not sure.
Did you know that Americans who live on the West Coast prefer
chunky peanut butter and those who live on the East Coast prefer creamy? That
is a fact – no joke.
The average American boy eats 1500 peanut butter sandwiches
before reaching the age of 18.
BUT
Adults consume more peanut butter than kids do.
You may not know that creamy peanut butter can remove chewing
gum from clothes and hair. I wish I had known that when Jan and her brother
were growing up.
Now here is a filler for when there is a lag in the
conversation. You might just mention that the world’s largest peanut butter and
jelly sandwich was created November 6, 1993 in Peanut, Pennsylvania. It was 40
feet long and contained 150 lbs. of peanut butter and 50 lbs. of jelly.
I don’t know what kind of jelly it was, but I bet it was
grape.
And now you know more than you will ever need to know about
peanut butter.
After Thanksgiving, when you are good and tired of turkey,
celebrate PEANUT BUTTER LOVERS MONTH with a normal size peanut butter sandwich.
By Lois Jamieson
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