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Does it taste like bitter cardboard? I read somewhere on this thread that it is supposed to be salty....
I have tea with peanut butter (Skippy/Jif) & jam (black currant) sandwiches most days of the week for breakfast.
Depends on the kind you get. 100% natural tastes very "plain" as it's just peanuts (the only ingredient). Personally, it's a bit too plain for my taste. But as others have said, unless you really enjoy peanut butter, you should watch how much you put on delicate types of foods. Get a slice of bread, a thin spread of peanut butter, jam if it's your sort of thing, and a nice cup of tea. Delightful.
100 percent natural is the best, and it's not bitter at all. Or cardboardy.
I agree with not bitter/cardboard. It tastes exactly like... plain peanuts. Or at least it should if it's natural.
It really shouldn't taste bitter at all.
Maybe I bought a fucked up one?
Look at https://beehaw.org/comment/623857 and tell me because IDK.
I do think, to some people, all peanut butter might taste that way. Some kinds are saltier, but it’s not usually that salty. The natural/fresher stuff is closer to “crushed peanuts and their oils + a little salt” and is a lot less sweet and less smooth, but “better” and more peanutty. If you get in a regular jar you will be closer to “thick stubborn substance of indefinite origin that is great on toast”. But maybe I’m overselling the difference- it all tastes like mashed up peanuts and it all definitely sticks to your mouth. It’s a very distinct vibe. Describing it does sound a bit gross haha
Well it did stick to my mouth but... it tasted like bitter N O T H I N G
Either it was off or you have/had Covid.
I am an absolute peanut butter apologist, so my instinct is to tell you to eat it with something sweet. See, in the grand poem of life, peanut butter IS the cardboard, the base if you will, the foundation, upon which jams and honeys and chocolates can be allowed to shine. It elevates them BECAUSE it is nothing, because it is mashed protein giving you an EXCUSE to eat the sugars and condiments on top of it and still be full afterward. The nothingness of peanut butter is its GLORY. It’s a humble condiment, it needs a dance partner. It cannot taste like anything alone on CREPES.