Some markets sport all-natural peanut butters. They usually separate in the jar; you'll see a thick layer of clear peanut oil on top of the butter, and it must be stirred back together before use. Once reunited and refrigerated it won't separate again, at least not for several years. (Or, I suppose, you could pour off the oil and just use the peanut sludge. I've never tried that.)
Here is an excerpt from the label on my favorite brand:
Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
:On Jun 26, 11:37 am, Dan Musicant ( snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net) wrote: :> I've made nut butters in the kitchen for many years, usually peanut :> butter. It's a money saver and you can see with your own eyes exactly :> what the ingredients are. :>
:> I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a :> time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the :> task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few :> motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer :> 10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It :> finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125 :> watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory :> that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for :> grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice :> job of meat grinding. :>
:> So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get :> another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years :> and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor :> attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer :> blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600 :> watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed :> Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this :> morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a :> warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and :> grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut :> butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for :> around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds :> and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I :> thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before :> shelling out more money, perhaps vainly. :>
:> Dan :>
:> Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net : :Ive tried it in a blender but found a food processor works better. I :made a batch of pecan butter the other day. If you like Oreintal :peanut butter sauce you :havent lived until you try it with pecan butter. Toasted sesame seeds :are also a nice addition to most nut butters. : :Jimmie
That sounds pretty good. Do you roast the pecans first?
Dan
PS Sesame oil might be good instead of the toasted sesame seeds, or possible both. Quality sesame oil is really good. In my experience it doesn't get rancid either.
Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net
:> I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a :> time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the :> task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few :> motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer :> 10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It :> finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125 :> watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory :> that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for :> grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice :> job of meat grinding. :>
:> So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get :> another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years :> and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor :> attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer :> blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600 :> watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed :> Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this :> morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a :> warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and :> grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut :> butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for :> around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds :> and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I :> thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before :> shelling out more money, perhaps vainly. :>
:> Dan :>
:> Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net : :We use the large Cuisinart. Make Sunflower butter. Chop almonds, Walnuts, :Pecans also. No problem with Cuisinart. WW
Is that the 11 cup or the 14 cup? I was poking around online and looking at them today.
Dan
Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net
Hi, Eating too much peanut butter can lower L-Lysine in your body affecting your immune strength. It can cause a cold sore break out.Cold sore is caused by virus related to Herpes.
Citations, please? Sounds a little far out, excuse me.
Also, it's my understanding that one had to have had chicken-pox at some point, in order to get repeated "cold sores" later in life. Virus remains latent in the body until break-out brought on by ??
Interested in your opinions.
Hypatia
I bought an old Salton (George Foreman spokesperson) peanut butter maker at a thrift store that has worked well. It makes a small amount at a time though.
:On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:37:29 -0700, Dan Musicant ( snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net) :wrote: : :>I've made nut butters in the kitchen for many years, usually peanut :>butter. It's a money saver and you can see with your own eyes exactly :>what the ingredients are. :>
:>I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a :>time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the :>task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few :>motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer :>10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It :>finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125 :>watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory :>that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for :>grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice :>job of meat grinding. :>
:>So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get :>another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years :>and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor :>attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer :>blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600 :>watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed :>Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this :>morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a :>warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and :>grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut :>butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for :>around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds :>and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I :>thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before :>shelling out more money, perhaps vainly. :>
:>Dan :>
:>Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net : : :I'd buy an Osterizer without hesitation if it were not made in China :nor Taiwan. Also, you will pay more for a metal version than a :plastic one. : :BTW, there is a HUGE difference between peanut butter made just from :peanuts and a jar of Jiff. Processed peanut butter typically has :hydrogenated oils, not good.
I'm tempted to buy the Osterizer Beehive. I think it's metal, I doubt it's not made in China. With tax, it would be a $60 investment Seems to be tougher than the others, but there are some reports of burnouts. Maybe if I'm careful enough with it I can get it to last a long time. Instead of trying to grind 30 oz at a time with no added oil, I can do
15 oz at a time, perhaps with a teaspoon or two of oil for starters. Scoop out some, add more nuts, etc. until done with the whole 60 oz batch. I'm bringing my burned out 14 speed to an Oster servicing center in a couple of days and will await a shipped replacement. Maybe I'll just see if I can survive with that. Or, with two Osterizers, I will cupboard a backup machine for just-in-case backup.I hate to buy a food processor. My reasons are:
Like I said in the OP, my first Osterizer was merely 125 watts, a 10 speed and lasted 20+ years. I often worried that it was burning out but it never did until this spring.
Agreed about non-natural peanut butter. I bought some "organic" peanut butter at Costco a couple of years ago and returned it after tasting it. Looking at the label I realized it had hydrogenated oil added and it was awful. Lately, they're selling natural, but I still prefer to make my own, especially after the recent revelations about what uncertainties there are in processing plants.
Dan
:> I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a :> time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the :> task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few :> motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer :> 10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It :> finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125 :> watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory :> that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for :> grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice :> job of meat grinding. :>
:> So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get :> another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years :> and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor :> attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer :> blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600 :> watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed :> Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this :> morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a :> warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and :> grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut :> butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for :> around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds :> and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I :> thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before :> shelling out more money, perhaps vainly. :>
: :Peanut and other nut butters were around long before food processors or :blenders, or for that matter electricity, were available. I don't know how :much peanut butter you make, but an old fashioned hand mill ought to do the :job. : I'm not familiar with old fashioned hand mills and have no idea concerning finding and buying one. Seems like it might be a lot of work, and it's yet another thing to store. A blender, at least, serves multiple functions as long as it doesn't burn out. I'm pissed that they don't make better motors. I think they're fully aware of the problem and just choose to keep making machines that burn out because their net profit is better served with that m.o. I will not hesitate to take advantage of their warranty when possible.
Dan
:I wonder if a BLENDER is an appropriate tool for this task. :Particularly a consumer product;generally light duty items. :-- :Jim Yanik
I know, it's pushing the limits of these machines. My last one lasted
20+ years, and it was only 125 watts, so I figure a 450 w or 600 w machine SHOULD stand up to the task. I think they don't care if they burn out because they make more money by selling machines that aren't particularly robust. They lose on warranty replacements, but make more from selling replacement machines than those losses, so they continue to follow a policy of planned obsolescence.Dan
:Hi, :Eating too much peanut butter can lower L-Lysine in your body affecting :your immune strength. It can cause a cold sore break out.Cold sore is :caused by virus related to Herpes.
Yes, interesting, thanks for posting this. I was aware that peanuts are healthful but only in moderation. What I heard was a "handful a day."
Dan
I bought an old Salton peanut butter maker at a thrift store that has worked well. It makes a small amount at a time though.
You ain't Bob Villa.
Bob Villa would put his nuts into something like this:
You're thinking of "Tim the Toolman" not me...I never use tools. I'm a lawyer.
Perhaps for some people. Some other people will go into anaphylactic shock and could die from nuts in any form. I eat nuts in all forms, roasted, salted, peanut butter, and nuts in any candy bar, and have for most of my life. Just for info purposes, I am 71 years old and have never had the flu, or a flu shot. I don't have herpes simplex, herpes complex, or herpes duplex. :-P You have to be an SNL fan to understand that last one.
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:16:09 -0400, willshak wrote:
:on 6/26/2009 11:50 PM (ET) Tony Hwang wrote the following: :> snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net wrote: :>> I've made nut butters in the kitchen for many years, usually peanut :>> butter. It's a money saver and you can see with your own eyes exactly :>> what the ingredients are. :>>
:>> I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a :>> time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the :>> task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few :>> motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer :>> 10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It :>> finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125 :>> watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory :>> that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for :>> grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice :>> job of meat grinding. :>> So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get :>> another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years :>> and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor :>> attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer :>> blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600 :>> watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed :>> Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this :>> morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a :>> warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and :>> grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut :>> butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for :>> around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds :>> and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I :>> thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before :>> shelling out more money, perhaps vainly. :>>
:>> Dan :>>
:>> Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net :> Hi, :> Eating too much peanut butter can lower L-Lysine in your body :> affecting your immune strength. It can cause a cold sore break :> out.Cold sore is caused by virus related to Herpes. :Perhaps for some people. Some other people will go into anaphylactic :shock and could die from nuts in any form. :I eat nuts in all forms, roasted, salted, peanut butter, and nuts in any :candy bar, and have for most of my life. :Just for info purposes, I am 71 years old and have never had the flu, or :a flu shot. :I don't have herpes simplex, herpes complex, or herpes duplex. :-P :You have to be an SNL fan to understand that last one.
I wouldn't be too sure that you don't have herpes. It's said to be almost ubiquitous. Have you been tested? You probably have it, you just don't know it. BTW, there's several types of herpes viruses.
Dan
:I bought an old Salton (George Foreman spokesperson) peanut butter :maker at a thrift store that has worked well. :It makes a small amount at a time though.
Yes, I saw it online yesterday. It looks similar to other ~$40 peanut butter making machines for sale various places online including ebay. Most people aren't high on them, but I suppose if you're careful and don't mind your PB a bit coarse they might work for you. I'm skeptical, and besides, I don't really want to have a machine dedicated to nut butter if I can effectively avoid it.
Dan
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I've done without a bread machine- using the dough-hooks on my Kitchenaid. But the processor- a 25yr old LaMachine II- gets a workout a couple times a week for pesto, chopping veggies for soup, grating cheese, or slicing veggies for salads.
Different strokes-
Jim
From what I have read it is almost impossible not to have it. Its just simply a roll of the dice if it will ever "kick in".
Some might suggest that their "MO" is simply to make the cheapest device they possibly can to meet the big box price point.
There are certainly quality devices made but they aren't going to be on the shelf at wally for $25.
On Fri 26 Jun 2009 08:37:29a, snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net told us...
I have a vintage 1960s Osterizer with a higher power motor, glass jar, metal housing, etc., and I've used it occasionally to make peanut butter.
However, if I made peanut butter on a regular basis, I would buy a dedicated machine like this one. The mechanism is entirely different and is up to the task of producing multiple batches. You'll probably never buy another one...
this:
e-How doesn't show it, but Jelly Belly uses copper "cement mixers" in one part of making jelly beans. I think it's the final "sugaring" process.
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