Rating: 7/10
- 🥜 Category: Peanut, Smooth, Plain
- Country of origin: USA
Hello, peanut butter people! I've returned from my accidental hiatus, the primary explanation for which is unfortunately very boring and adult: some career/job-related turbulence, because tragically my expensive peanut butter habit costs money. Inconvenient and annoying. I have also been in the full swing of training for my next marathon, which means much of my spare brainpower has been dedicated to laundry, carbs, and wondering whether my knees are meant to click this much.
The marathon is now a little over two weeks away, in Europe (!!!), so you bet I will be partaking in one of my favourite hobbies: peeping at international grocery stores and carefully perusing the nut butter aisle. As the great artist Pitbull would say, I am "Mr. Worldwide".
(Sometimes some fun thoughts come up on my runs though. Recently, mid-jog, I thought of the joke "Do pointers dream of electric heap?")
Anyway!
This jar is giving similar energy to the Trader Joe's one: it's a classic American natural peanut butter: simple, salty, and extremely committed to oil separation as a personality trait. This is a very oily jar, dramatically so.
Flavour-wise, it’s okay - the salt ratio is better than the Trader Joe’s one and lets the nutty flavour show up properly. The roast is pleasant, not super deep or complex, but solid. It tastes like peanuts and it spreads fine once you've done your daily arm workout by stirring it. It does the job. I prefer to drizzle/spoon it over oats than spread it on toast.
Reliable? Yes. Would I eat it happily on carbs before a run, after a run, or while avoiding my responsibilities? Also yes. Would I eat it during a run? Probably not.
