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Article: Picking a Peanut Butter
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 29, 1995
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Men and children prefer creamy, women prefer chunky, and each year
Americans consume enough of it to coat the entire floor of the Grand
Canyon.
So says the Georgia Peanut Commission, which knows more than a
little peanut butter trivia. But peanut butter is not a trivial
matter, especially to the legions of kids who will be bringing peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches to school every day (1,500 each by the
time a child graduates high school, according to the peanut
commission). Or to the parents who must figure out what kind to buy.
Just like other foods in the supermarket these days, peanut butter
has gotten more complicated. It's no longer a matter of simply
slathering a creamy, peanutty ...