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Alton Brown's DIY Peanut Butter Is Genius
Yahoo ^ | 5-22-14 | Alex Van Buren

Posted on 05/27/2014 2:33:52 AM PDT by kingattax

VIDEO AT LINK

You’re an avid home cook. You make your own pestos, your own mayonnaise, your own tapenades. You dominate at tomato sauces.

But now you’re perhaps sitting at your desk wondering why you’ve never made your own peanut butter. We are.

According to Mr. Alton Brown, whose hacks we’ve featured before, whipping up your own peanut butter is as simple as frying peanuts in a wok, adding honey and salt, and blitzing them in the food processor.

Now we sort of feel like idiots. Especially since Brown delivers a killer pro tip at the end, about adding a bit of chili oil for “kind of a Southeast Asian thing.”

Excuse us while we leave work early to go fry up some peanut butter. File this under genius.

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To: AnAmericanAbroad
Peanut butter is VERY expensive in the Czech Republic - it’s considered one of those “foreign delicacies” - whereas peanuts themselves are quite cheap.

Sounds like a business opportunity! you could start your own brand, or sell 'in store' PB making machines.

41 posted on 05/27/2014 8:35:38 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: najida

Your man...


42 posted on 05/27/2014 8:45:04 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: Gabz

Chopped is an alright show but I can’t stand to watch that girly female man that hosts it.


43 posted on 05/27/2014 8:47:43 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: envisio

I find him far less offensive to watch than Alton Brown on Cutthroat.


44 posted on 05/27/2014 8:50:11 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: trisham

Did you catch Iron Chef the other night - America vs. Australia? I thought it was terrific.


45 posted on 05/27/2014 8:52:00 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: equaviator; All
Anyone recall when these were around?


46 posted on 05/27/2014 9:21:26 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Syntyr

Knew there was a reason I liked him aside from his cooking.


47 posted on 05/27/2014 10:34:27 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Liz
I hope you kept the Mr Peanut machine and the box it came in-

I wish..
Do you have to be licensed to own one now ? :^)

48 posted on 05/27/2014 10:38:30 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: trisham

Easy and tasty


49 posted on 05/27/2014 10:39:24 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Rebelbase

I have a friend who was traumatized by Mr. Peanut when he was a kid. True story.

But on another note... My wife makes a great peanut soup. She got the recipe from a restaurant in Washington DC where some of our founding fathers used to eat. Reportedly, peanut soup was George Washington’s favorite.


50 posted on 05/27/2014 10:45:41 AM PDT by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
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To: Vinnie

Heh-—licensed? Probably.


51 posted on 05/27/2014 10:54:19 AM PDT by Liz
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To: wbill

My wife makes her own ketchup and basil salt. I love the basil salt. She dries out the basil leaves from our plant and then grinds them in a food processesor with kosher salt. Man I like that seasoning... Like I needed an excuse to eat more salt :(


52 posted on 05/27/2014 10:57:23 AM PDT by Syntyr (Happiness is two at low eight!)
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To: Gabz

No, I missed that one! I’ll have to watch for it.


53 posted on 05/27/2014 11:00:40 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

It was on Sunday evening. It was the kick off of the entire channel’s grill week and they did surf and turf with half the selection having come form Australia.


54 posted on 05/27/2014 12:46:34 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Syntyr
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm......salt.

I've been using Sea Salt. Tastes better, to me, and has less sodium. All kinds of exotic flavors out there, too. "Basil Salt" is a new one, tho. Sounds like it would be good in anything Italian-related.

Mom tried making ketchup when I was a kid, and we had more tomatoes than we knew what to do with one summer. We decided that it's easier to go buy a bottle in the store. :-)

Mom and I do still - 40-odd years later... - make Zucchini relish (Zukes instead of Cukes, as the main ingredient). Way better than anything in a grocery store, and a good way to use those humongous Zucchinis that you get at the end of the summer.

My wife makes Tarragon vinegar. Steep fresh tarragon in a small (pint? 1/2 pint?) bottle of white vinegar for a couple of weeks. Remove the tarragon, cork the bottle. It's great on fresh veggies - especially cukes. And, she makes this crock pot recipe for Tarragon Chicken that uses it as well (don't ask me what's in it - I'd say "Tarragon, Chicken, and some other stuff :-) ). I just eat and enjoy.

55 posted on 05/27/2014 1:09:17 PM PDT by wbill
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To: RikaStrom

to find later


56 posted on 05/27/2014 3:15:53 PM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Rebelbase

The Extra Large Virginia peanuts by Planters made me forget all about Pistachios and Cashews...and Brazil nuts too.


57 posted on 05/27/2014 7:18:42 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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