FIVE THINGS: About peanut butter
BY EMILIANA SANDOVAL
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
The average American kid will have consumed 1,500 peanut butter sandwiches by the end of high school. Mmmm.
DEBUNKED
George Washington Carver invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, but he did not invent peanut butter.
According to http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/, two men began experimenting with peanut butter in the late 1800s.
One was a St. Louis physician whose name has been lost in the mists of time, and the other was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, who fed it to patients at his Battle Creek Sanitarium. He was given the patent for peanut butter in 1895. Brother W.K. Kellogg formed the Sanitas Nut Co. and sold peanut butter to local grocery stores.
Peanuts aren’t nuts — they’re legumes, as are peas and beans.
IN A JIFFY
Kids ages 6-12 have until Nov. 15 to enter Jif’s Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest. Top prize is a $25,000 scholarship. Go to http://www.jif.com/ and click on Offers & Promotions for details.
IN A NUTSHELL
The National Peanut Board says:
Americans spend almost $800 million annually on peanut butter.
November is Peanut Butter Lovers month.
The world’s biggest PB&J sandwich weighed almost 900 pounds, with 350 pounds of peanut butter and 144 pounds of grape jelly. It was constructed in Oklahoma City on Sept. 7, 2002.
FREAKED OUT
Fear of peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth is called arachibutyrophobia. Really.
TASTY SOUND
Hip-hop artist Peanut Butter Wolf released “Chrome Children” in collaboration with the Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” on Tuesday. The compilation album on Stones Throw Records includes a tune by the departed Detroiter J Dilla, aka Jay Dee.
The Chrome Children Tour, featuring Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, J Rocc, Percee P and Guilty Simpson, will be at the Majestic Theatre, 4120 Woodward in Detroit at 8 p.m. Oct. 29. Tickets are $20 at Ticketmaster outlets. For information, go to http://www.majesticdetroit.com/.