Grugger’s Way

I’ve noticed that when the subject of peanut butter comes up most people have very strong brand loyalty.

But even more firmly than a brand name is how most people hold on to their preference for which type of peanut butter is better: Smooth or Crunchy.

Whether it is taste or mouth “feel” or simply the enjoyment of a little “crunch,” virtually everyone I know has very STRONG preferences for one type of peanut butter or the other. Many of my friends and relatives refuse to eat the “wrong” type of peanut butter. How important can Smooth or Crunchy be?

Do you think different “types” of people tend to like one type of peanut butter over the other? Do women prefer crunchy? Do kids prefer smooth? Do people with dentures only eat smooth? Do Asians only eat crunchy?

When I was a kid we only ate smooth. That was what my Mother used to make our school lunch sandwiches: smooth peanut butter and grape jelly. Not grape preserves or grape jam, but jelly only and always. (I guess we all have our jammy preferences too.)

I learned as a kid that if you put the peanut butter on the bread and THEN put regular BUTTER on top of the peanut butter, then the peanut butter would not stick to the roof of your mouth. This was common knowledge (evidently) for when you only used ONE SLICE of bread. Well, it was only necessary if you didn’t put any jelly on the sandwich.

Now I hear that peanut butter is not all that healthy for us. In fact, peanuts are probably the worst of the “nuts;” in fact, peanuts are not “nuts” at all, but are legumes. They are full of fat.

Smooth or Crunchy, it’s all the same fat to me and they taste great.

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