John Eight Thirty Two
• Feb. 23, 2009 - An educational outing around the corner
My latest fun thing to do is make my own peanut butter. It is so expensive to buy it ready-made (here where we live) and it has all sorts of things in it that I don't even know the names or functions of so I really prefer not to put it into my mouth let alone my childrens'.
To make peanut butter one needs to buy peanuts. There is a store just around the corner, literally a 2 minute walk (very slow walk) where I can buy nuts, spices, dried fruit and a variety of other interesting goodies. The business has been passed down for 3 generations. They know what they are doing and I like to support privately owned businesses.
When I buy the peanuts they still have their skins on so I ask for the skins to be removed. The last time I went, the children were with me so they got a demonstration.
After the peanuts are weighed, he empties them into this wire mesh receptacle with a metal frame. He keeps stirring the nuts, pushing them against the mesh.
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