For any of you who have ever lived or worked in Europe, you'll know that they don't really do peanut butter here. I am not entirely sure why, since they have no problem eating gallons of Nutella (see below - all Nutella, all the time), and peanut butter is delicious. According to an NPR article written last year lamenting the woes of the US peanut farmer who can't seem to sell much product here, "the average European still eats less than one tablespoon of U.S. peanut butter in an entire year." I can eat a tablespoon of PB as a snack in between meals.
Peanut butter is actually still considered an exotic food here. Can you imagine PB&J exotic?!? In fact, the one jar of peanut butter I have come across was a child-sized jar of Jiffy that cost 5€ for maybe 10 ounces. And after my time spent in 2013 (mostly) eating Paleo, I had grown rather attached to peanut butter's younger, hipper cousin, almond butter. I have yet to find a jar of almond butter here, or almond milk, or Lara bars, or a host of other Whole Foods-friendly-wallet-busting items. I guess I know what I'm asking for at Christmas this year. * This post is dedicated to Casey, who likely already knew this, and is still wiling to come visit ;)
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Casey
12/12/2013 04:28:45 pm
A life without peanut butter?!? Oh my!!!! Despite this, you are right! I am still willing to come and visit and I will bring you all of the nut butter you desire!!!!
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Natalie
12/20/2013 06:43:21 pm
What?! Europe still hasn't embraced peanut butter. When I lived in Spain, I would buy peanut butter and peanut butter caption crunch cereal at the American grocery---of course it was an inflated cost but worth it. Send me your address and I will ship you some peanut butter!!
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