Peanut Butter © Denzil Green Peanut butter is a spread made from roasted, ground peanuts. Natural oils in the peanuts make the ground mixture a paste. Additional oil, salt, sugar, etc may be added to the mixture, depending on the brand being purchased. Peanut butter can be obtained in many forms. At health-food and bulk…
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Peanut Butter Day
The 24th of January is Peanut Butter Day. You could try a recipe, sweet or savoury, that calls for peanut butter, or if you’re in a hurry, have a peanut butter muffin or peanut butter sandwich!
Peanuts
Roasted Peanuts © Denzil Green As everyone knows, Peanuts are actually not nuts, they are legumes — more closely related to a tin of mooshy peas than they are to the almond paste on your Christmas cake. But they sure do look like nuts, and you use them like nuts, so nuts they are. Plus,…
Runner Peanuts
Runner Peanuts are a category of peanut plants. There are many varieties in this category; one popular one is the “Florunner”, introduced in the 1970s. Other varieties include SunOleic (released by the University of Florida), and “Southern Runner.” The plants are low, bush-type plants, that will have two peanuts per pod. The peanuts are ready…
Spanish Peanuts
Spanish Peanuts are a category of peanut plants. They grow on a bush-type plant, and are ready to harvest in 120 days. They are smaller than most other types of peanuts, and roundish, with a reddish-brown skin on them. They are mostly grown in Oklahoma and Texas, but also in New Mexico. 3% of the…
Valencia Peanuts
Valencia Peanuts are a category of peanut plants. They are also the sweetest of the four main types of peanuts. There will be 3 to 6 smallish peanuts per pod, with bright red skin on the peanuts. Varieties include “Georgia Red”, “Tennessee Red”, and “Valencia A.” They are mostly grown in New Mexico. They can…
Virginia Peanuts
Virginia Peanuts are a category of peanut plants. They are the largest peanut of all the four main types of peanuts. There are generally two peanuts per pod, but there can be one or three. Despite their name, most of the varieties now grown commercially have been developed in North Carolina, and they are mostly…