You can bet your bottom dollar I wouldn’t mind celebrating today’s Holiday which is National Peanut Butter Day. Infact for a snack earlier before I found out it was National Peanut Butter Day, I had Ritz Cracker with Peanut Butter for my snack. If David was home, I would have had him, and Charlie make Peanut Butter Cookies with me as these are one of my all-time favorite cookies. Do you like Peanut Butter Cookies? If you bake Peanut Butter Cookies, do you use Creamy Peanut Butter or Crunchy, I use half and half when I make Cookies.
5 Facts About Peanut Butter
- 60% of people like Creamy Peanut Butter over Crunchy.
- Women & children prefer Creamy Peanut Butter, while most men prefer Crunchy Peanut Butter.
- Did you know Peanut butter is a source of incomplete Protein?
- A common combination to provide a complete Protein is pairing Peanut Butter with Whole Wheat Bread.
- The two foods need only be consumed within 24 hours of each other to complete the Protein.
When Marcellus Gilmore Edson first patented Peanut Butter in 1884, he probably didn’t realize Peanut Butter would become a taste sensation that would sweep the nation. Whether you go crunchy or smooth, on January 24th we put down our cell phones and pick up our knives to celebrate National Peanut Butter Day.
NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER DAY ACTIVITIES
- As a fun challenge, see if you can eat Peanut Butter in every meal and snack today. You could start with Peanut Butter on Toast in the morning, a Peanut Butter based Salad Dressing for lunchtime and a Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich for dinner.
- There are parties for foods like Pizza, but why not have Peanut Butter you had growing up? Peanut Butter is a great party for the kids, too!
- Gifts are always good, but surprising gifts on unexpected occasions are even better! If Peanut Butter is one of his or her favorite foods, surprise them with a Gift Basket featuring Peanut Butter and foods made of Peanut Butter.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER DAY
- Peanut Butter is Perfect for All Occasions and Peanut Butter is versatile. You have the option of spreading Peanut Butter on something, baking with Peanut Butter, or mixing Peanut Butter with Noodles, coating Meat with Peanut Butter or turning Peanut Butter into a Sauce.
- Peanut Butter Can Help You Stay on Your Diet. Even though Peanut Butter has a good amount of Fat in it, peanut Butter is also a very filling food. Therefore, Peanut Butter keeps dieters fuller for longer. Helping dieters resist the urge to snack. Researchers at Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found in a study that people eating moderate-Fat snacks, like Peanut Butter, were able to stay on a diet longer and keep weight off for a longer period of time than those who ate a low-fat diet.
- Did you know Peanut Butter is Good for the Planet? Each time you eat a PB&J for lunch instead of red Meat, like a Hamburger or a Ham Sandwich, you’re shrinking your carbon footprint by almost 3.5 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. You’ll also save 133 gallons of water and 24 square feet of land per each Peanut Butter and Jelly lunch.
Lobster Thermidor Day
I spent time this morning searching for information on this Holiday, but I couldn’t find any information. But when I asked Charlie if he knew what Lobster Thermidor was and both David and Charlie said no. So, before I go here is a description of Lobster Thermidor.
Lobster Thermidor is a French dish of lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed back into a lobster shell, and browned. The sauce is often a mixture of egg yolks and Brandy, served with an oven-…Wikipedia
Before I go, I would like to ask if you have ever had Lobster Thermidor and if so what did you like or dislike about this dish and why?
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
