Peanut Butter Lover's Day Prompts
Offer From Tassleberry Farm
Tuesday, March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lover's Day and Tassleberry Farm is showing the love with a special offer in honor of the occasion.
Until March 11, we will include a free hand-carved cherry wood butter spreader with each of the first 50 orders of a Tassleberry Farm Whole-Fruit Butter Gift Kit, containing two 10 ounce bottles of your choice of strawberry or blueberry all-natural whole-fruit butters.
Now, many families consider the peanut butter & jelly sandwich "the greatest thing since sliced bread." But we at Tassleberry Farm know that adage is mis-used, because the PB&J precedes sliced bread by about 25 years, historically speaking.Fruit has been preserved around the world for many centuries in various forms such as butters, chutney, confits, curds, jams, jellies and marmalades. All of these have regional variations and recipes depending upon the crops distilled into the preserves and methods used in preparation.
Groundbreaking African-American botanist, inventor and all-round genius George Washington Carver came up with 300-plus uses for peanuts during and after the Reconstruction Era following the American Civil War but, surprisingly, peanut butter isn't among them!The idea for peanut butter as we know it came from St. Louis doctor Ambrose Straub who, seeking a way to get protein into the diets of elderly patients with dental problems, began his research in the 1890s and secured a patent for his peanut butter-production machine just after the turn of the last century. There is also evidence that the Mexican Aztecs enjoyed a form of peanut butter back in the Middle Ages.
Pre-sliced bread didn't come into the picture until it was packaged and sold in 1928. The first bread-slicing machine was invented by Iowa resident Otto Rohwedder and it was first marketed as "Kleen Maid Sliced Bread" by a Missouri company.
The PB&J was a big hit at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Food rationing during World War II drove the PB&J to dizzying heights of popularity due to its still-plentiful contents and today the National Peanut Board says kids average 1,500 PB&Js each before they graduate high school.
For something so popular, PB&J, believe it or not, has health benefits.
Peanut butter is a good source of protein, protects against cardiovascular disease and provides needed vitamins and minerals such as vitamins B3 and E and magnesium as well as cancer-fighting folates. It's high in fiber and contains some antioxidant properties.
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In the case of Tassleberry Farm's whole-fruit butters, blueberries are high in flavonoids, protect against prostate cancer, urinary tract infections, cataracts and brain damage from strokes and heart disease; strawberries are high in antioxidants and vitamin C, fight heart disease and provide many vitamins and minerals which support overall health.
Whole wheat or whole grain breads are best. Whole wheat bread is great source of fiber, necessary for a healthy digestive tract, and is known to reduce LDL, or bad, cholesterol. Whole wheat bread also provides important nutrients like vitamins B and E, selenium, iron, magnesium and zinc and has properties that lower the risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
The whole-fruit butters Tassleberry Farm produces are the result of a preserving process where the fruit is blended after being heated to give it a smoother butter-like consistency. Tassleberry Farm's whole-fruit butters are all natural and made from strawberries and blueberries handpicked in our fields with more than a pound of berries in each 10 ounce jar, along with a little sugar and little spice.
A straight peanut butter & jelly sandwich is an American dietary staple, but many folks enjoy variations and additions to this old chestnut.
Some families add sliced bananas or marshmallow fluff. Others may use cheese, raisins or other fruits. Meat lovers pile on slices of bacon. Chocolate, plain butter, honey or maple syrup are also popular. There are some concoctions that employ hummus or potato chips.
Moms Tassleberry is a big Elvis fan and Elvis was a big fan of PB&J. Fried PB&Js. Moms keeps several of Elvis' favorite recipes aside for when company comes over, but she makes these only on special occasions.
That's because everyone knows what happened to Elvis. And, unlike a lot of folks, Moms knows The King's not in hiding. So, she says, you should use these recipes in moderation, but urges you to enjoy your own style of PB&J every day.
Tassleberry Farm Triple Butter King PB&J
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• 2 slices whole-grain bread
• 1 tblsp. of peanut butter, smooth or crunchy to taste
• 1 tblsp. Tassleberry Farm Whole-Fruit Butter, strawberry or blueberrry to taste
• Softened butter or margarine
Directions
Make sandwich with a strong consistency, not liquidy
Melt a tablespoon of butter in a medium-heat frying pan.
Butter the outside of one side of the sandwich and place in pan, buttered side down.
Once buttered side is browned, remove from pan, butter other side and place back in pan. Brown that side, aware that the second side will cook quicker.
Remove sandwich from pan, cut into squares.
Serve while hot.
Tassleberry Farm Graceland PB&J
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• 1 tblsp. Tassleberry Farm Whole-Fruit Butter, strawberry or blueberrry to taste
• 2 slices whole-grain bread
• 1 tblsp. of peanut butter, smooth or crunchy to taste
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• Softened butter or margarine
• 2 tblsp. butter
• 1 banana, thinly sliced
• Maple syrup or honey
Directions
Make sandwich with a strong consistency, not liquidy, then cut in half
In shallow bowl combine eggs and milk.
Melt a tablespoon of butter in a medium-heat frying pan.
Dip each half of sandwich in egg-milk mixture to coat, then place in frying pan.
Cook sandwich halfs on each side until golden brown
Place sandwich on plate, sprinkle banana slices on top, then smother with honey or maple syrup.
Serve while hot
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