Peanut Butter Au Natural

A friend once questioned me on my peanut butter preferences. Being a peanut butter afficionado for numerous years, I informed him about my fondness for natural peanut butter -- with the oily, visually-unappealing substance at the top prior to mixing. He believed this "natural" peanut butter contained artificial flavorings and sugars of various sorts. I showed him the error of his ways.

BEHOLD, Smucker's Organic Creamy Peanut Butter, which contains "Organic Roasted Peanuts" with "1% or less of salt." And zero grams of Trans fat! Yummy in the tummy, fer sure.

And indeed, this peanut butter is somewhat healthy, even though it does have quite a bit of fat. I've heard it's the "good fat," though I haven't really researched that issue.

The only problem is that, once it's refrigerated, and once the oily substance has permeated the whole mixture, it becomes as hard as a rock. You have to basically chisel it off in layers, whereupon you place it (with care) on your peanut butter and jelly sandwich (being careful to avoid ripping and tearing your fresh wheat bread).

The peanut butter, in such a state, has a tendency to stick to the roof of your mouth as you voraciously chew your sandwich. But, if you intermix it with just the right amount of jelly, everything goes down just fine.

And that's one mighty-fine sandwich. A recipe for happiness and delight.