• Tja@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    As someone not allergic to peanuts, but who grew up in Europe, I was probably about 20 when I tried peanut butter for the first time. I agree with you, it’s meh. Not terrible, not great.

    Nutella, ovomaltine, pistachio or white chocolate spreads are much better. Never tried biscoff, sounds promising.

    • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip
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      3 days ago

      Wait just a minute! You’re comparing sugary spreads to our peanut butter? Imma remember this next time somebody from Europe gives us shit about sugar in our sandwich bread.

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        2 days ago

        Nah, creamy PB is better and I will fight you on that. Creamy PB is better for ants on a log, it’s better on ice cream, it’s better for dipping or making into sauces, it’s better on sandwiches too. Thick layer of creamy PB, black raspberry jam, and some honey-wheat whole grain bread, and I’m in heaven.

        Crunchy PB is better at one thing and one thing only, and that is staying in the jar.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, might be a different category, but even for savory spreads I prefer a cream cheese, alioli, sobrasada or paprykarz.

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      3 days ago

      I’m kinda the opposite of you. I’m American and grew up with peanut butter. I didn’t try Nutella until my 20s, and while it was ok, I didn’t think it was nearly as good as what people made it out to be.

      While I don’t have peanut butter often nowadays, it’s still one of my favorite things when added to sweets, like peanut butter cups or peanut butter fudge. Peanut butter + chocolate is a heavenly combo.

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      Biscoff butter is great. Absolutely horrendously unhealthy IIRC, but tastes great.
      Also, there are so many chocolate spreads out there that are a hundred times better than Nutella nowadays, don’t sell your palate short!