Ranking Prospects

[L K]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

 

[TBLeafer]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

What is stickier?  Not many of Burke's picks seemed to have stuck around anymore. 

 

[herman]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

Nut butter is a valid category to include in the ranking of jams (traditional), jams (savoury), jellies, and chutneys.

 

[bustaheims]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

Nut butter is a valid category to include in the ranking of jams (traditional), jams (savoury), jellies, and chutneys.

What about other butters/spreads? Where would various cookie butters fit in? Nutella? Reese's spread?

 

[herman]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

Nut butter is a valid category to include in the ranking of jams (traditional), jams (savoury), jellies, and chutneys.

What about other butters/spreads? Where would various cookie butters fit in? Nutella? Reese's spread?

Nutella is a nut butter already, so it should slot in pretty high in that category.

Cookie butters don't really fit. They're not made of crushed plant gonads.

 

[bustaheims]

Cookie butters don't really fit. They're not made of crushed plant gonads.

Technically, they are. They're made of flour, which is crush wheat gonad.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

What about other butters/spreads? Where would various cookie butters fit in? Nutella? Reese's spread?

I was pretty excited when this came out but I found them waaaayyyyyy too sweet. Didn't even finish the jar.

 

[rdowdall]

Cookie butters don't really fit. They're not made of crushed plant gonads.

Technically, they are. They're made of flour, which is crush wheat gonad.

I'm going to need to see a published report that explicitly links flour to wheat gonad.

 

[Kin]

Is cookie butter a common thing? I've never even heard of it until now.

 

[herman]

Cookie butters don't really fit. They're not made of crushed plant gonads.

Technically, they are. They're made of flour, which is crush wheat gonad.

Fair point, I thought it was less direct, but a gonad's a gonad. Is the plant origin something that should be distinguished? Tree/Bush/Vine vs Grass/Grain? Do we make botanical or culinary distinctions?

 

[herman]

Is cookie butter a common thing? I've never even heard of it until now.

Pretty common in European fare. It was hard to find here in Toronto when I last looked about 4 years ago. Seems more common now, i.e. PC has commissioned a reverse-engineered version.

 

[Bullfrog]

Marmalade.

 

[Kin]

I wish Burke was still here.  We wouldn't be talking about silly jams/jellies and would be sticking to a good old discussion on chunky peanut butter.

There's not much of a discussion to be had there. There are people who prefer chunky peanut butter and people who are wrong.

 

[bustaheims]

Pretty common in European fare. It was hard to find here in Toronto when I last looked about 4 years ago. Seems more common now, i.e. PC has commissioned a reverse-engineered version.

It's definitely becoming easier to find here, but we still don't have the variety offered at Trader Joe's.

 

[bustaheims]

I was pretty excited when this came out but I found them waaaayyyyyy too sweet. Didn't even finish the jar.

It's not as good by the spoonful as I hoped, but, as an actual spread, I find it's a pretty solid recreation of the peanut butter cups.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

There's not much of a discussion to be had there. There are people who prefer chunky peanut butter and people who are wrong.

Finally, Nik says something that we can ALL agree on.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Please let the season start.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

What's the difference between jam and jelly?

When making Jelly you strain the fruit so that you're making it with, more or less, juice. Jam is just made with crushed fruit.

Not the answer I had in mind, but you probably saved me from a banning anyway.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Marmalade.

They have internet in deepest darkest Peru?

Amazing.

 

[bustaheims]

What's the difference between jam and jelly?

When making Jelly you strain the fruit so that you're making it with, more or less, juice. Jam is just made with crushed fruit.

Not the answer I had in mind, but you probably saved me from a banning anyway.

Yours had something to do with an old joke about peanut butter, I would imagine.