observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 27 days agoHummus and peanut butter are close relativeslemmy.caimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down113
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageHummus and peanut butter are close relativeslemmy.caobservantTrapezium@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squaretrem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoWell, whenever I’ve talked about this in the past, there was always someone who asked “You put (sweet) peanut butter into your savory food?!”. Wikipedia also says that it commonly contains sweeteners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter But yeah, not sure if that’s maybe specifically a thing in the US. They do love to put sugar into everything and I just came across this article, which mentions that when PB&Js became popular in the US, sugar was still seen as good: https://www.thetakeout.com/why-americans-love-peanut-butter-best-vs-rest-of-world-1850648598/
Well, whenever I’ve talked about this in the past, there was always someone who asked “You put (sweet) peanut butter into your savory food?!”.
Wikipedia also says that it commonly contains sweeteners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter
But yeah, not sure if that’s maybe specifically a thing in the US. They do love to put sugar into everything and I just came across this article, which mentions that when PB&Js became popular in the US, sugar was still seen as good: https://www.thetakeout.com/why-americans-love-peanut-butter-best-vs-rest-of-world-1850648598/