Oh, also, fill a pitted date with peanut butter and roll in granulated sugar - a favorite Christmas season treat from my childhood.

Or, peanut butter right off the spoon...

I dumped peanut butter when I discovered almond butter which tastes so much better and is healthier too.
Trader Joes.

I spread a little on slices of apple, yum.

I hear so much about Trader Joe's that I can't wait to finally visit one. But I am afraid to be disappointed if I only find the normal European products plus all of the products from my local Indian and Chinese supermarkets. But I suppose it is a relief to find a place where Velveeta is not on special. (I don't think I have ever eaten Velveeta, actually. Maybe I should try it.)

The best use of peanut butter is of course Reese's peanut butter cups - which are always the present I request when friends go to America.

Yes Josser, the Queso was quite a story!!

Perhaps the people who buy wonder bread buy fake syrup, but pure 100% maple syrup isn't that expensive. As I said, it's also produced in my state.

We have a large sugar maple tree in our front yard. It's a beautiful tree and turns bright yellow and then red in the fall.

George Washington Carver first cultivated peanuts. They're legumes and if you get the good kind of peanut butter, it's good for you. It's a great source of protein and a godsend for mothers of fussy eaters.

I was at a Goethe Institute several years ago when we had an international night. Everyone was asked to bring a dish from their native country.

My personal favorite was a young couple--college students, I think, who made a platter of different kinds of peanut butter sandwiches and labeled each type. They used a bread that was as close as they could get to Wonder bread (for those who've never sampled this culinary delight, it's the whitest, softest, most tasteless, and least nutritious white bread you can find).

They labeled the sandwiches "The PB&J," "The Elvis"(banana slices on the peanut butter), and "The Fluff." This last is apparently a favorite with impecunious college students. It's p.b. mixed with this white stuff (I suspect it's mostly sugar) called "marshmallow fluff."

YUK!!!! I remember marshmellow fluff from my childhood . It tastes like wallpaper glue.

Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches were called 'fluffernutters.' I often had these in my lunch bag when I was young.