Peanut Butter And Its Legacy

Natural peanut butter on the other hand is a health food high

At some point or the other in our lives, we’ve all heard of peanut butter. Peanut butter is basically a smooth textured serving made out of processed ground roasted peanuts. It is not really butter, but it certainly does prove to be a very good alternative to butter. The usual yellow butter we know is high in its fatty contents. Natural peanut butter on the other hand is a health food high in its feel good contents that makes it a good choice for the health freaks.

A staple breakfast for most of the western society people, peanut butter has been around for centuries now. It does not matter whether it’s craving for something very chunky or something this smooth, peanut butter has always been the hero to the rescue.

Here are some fun facts regarding this best peanut butter that we know of.  If we get into details, we will find that the journey of peanuts stretches from South America, moving to Asia, along the east across the Atlantic Ocean and then back to North America. Peanut butter has been a solid source of protein for people since the time of world war one. It was first introduced at the St. Louis World’s Fair in around 1904.

If records are to be believed, it wasn’t really until early times of 1800 that the peanut crop was grown commercially in the United States. It was first grown in Virginia and was used mainly for oil, food and also as a cocoa substitute. It’s interesting to know that peanuts at were considered as a food for the poor and the livestock and were also considered quite difficult to harvest.

But who really invented this natural peanut butter that we so delightfully relish on today? Some evidence shows that the South American Inca Indians were the first ones to grind peanuts to make peanut butter. Some class of people also believe that it was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg to invent a version of peanut butter in 1895.

In today’s world, people are in a constant hurry. They have deadlines to meet and hence the time constrains. This leads them to skipping what is one of the most important meals of the day, the breakfast.  Before breakfast, that last meal that we give to our body is the dinner. The time span between dinner and breakfast is usually more than 8 hours. Skipping this means the time span of not having eaten anything rises to more than 12. This very thing results in low productivity at work, increased level of stress and hence the cycle goes on.

But a spoonful of peanut butter or an almond butter recipe can make the job simpler. One just needs a slice of bread to go with it and your favourite snack will be ready there. It is a very good breakfast option for people who are in a hurry to leave home. It not only saves time but also serves the purpose of eating healthy.

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