Hello Friends!

I have returned from my 2 month-plus exploration of peanut butter testing and wow... i had no idea there were so many types, flavors and varieties!

organic, roasted, low-salt, no salt, low fat, no fat, crunchy, creamy, all-natural, and a few that i cannot remember!

did you know they still make PETER PAN pb? one of my favs and one of America's!

This is what i learned...
In 1922, Joseph L. Rosefield began selling a number of brands of peanut butter in California. These peanut butters were churned like butter so they were smoother than the gritty peanut butters of the day. He soon received the first patent for a shelf-stable peanut butter which would stay fresh for up to a year because the oil didn't separate from the peanut butter.

One of the first companies to adopt this new process was Swift & Company for its E.K. Pond peanut butter ~ renamed Peter Pan in 1928. In 1932, Rosefield had a dispute with Peter Pan and began producing peanut butter under the Skippy label the following year. Rosefield created the first crunchy style peanut butter two years later by adding chopped peanuts into creamy peanut butter at the end of the manufacturing process.

Pretty neat, huh? Skippy and Peter Pan share some history!

Tell me, Tell me... what's your favorite Peanut Butter - and why! =)

(By the way, special thanks to KSRASRA - for mentioning me on her site. that's just cool!)

Peter Pan info came courtesy of Peanut Butter Lovers.com: