Comments on: Stir natural peanut butter easily http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chocolatey Shatner http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672769 Chocolatey Shatner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672769 Hmm, I guess that means it's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4">Peanut Butter Jelly time!</a> But seriously, not to sound all shilly or anything: I like <a href="http://www.smartbalance.com/PeanutButterFamily.aspx">Smart Balance Peanut Butter</a>. It's not hydrogenated, plus it has the Omega 3's that I don't get from animals since I don't eat them. And you can bake with it, unlike natural peanut butter. Hmm, I guess that means it’s Peanut Butter Jelly time!

But seriously, not to sound all shilly or anything: I like Smart Balance Peanut Butter. It’s not hydrogenated, plus it has the Omega 3′s that I don’t get from animals since I don’t eat them. And you can bake with it, unlike natural peanut butter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673026 We could all be saved the trouble of how to mix the peanut butter if it was delivered in trucks which turned themselves upside down once a day. Hello truck. We could all be saved the trouble of how to mix the peanut butter if it was delivered in trucks which turned themselves upside down once a day.

Hello truck.

]]> By: Idle Tuesday http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672771 Idle Tuesday Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672771 How could you apply for a patent for this? I've been doing it for years. I should apply for a patent for hanging up my wet towels. How could you apply for a patent for this? I’ve been doing it for years. I should apply for a patent for hanging up my wet towels.

]]> By: kamill1 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672773 kamill1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672773 Ah, first world problems. ;P Ah, first world problems.

;P

]]> By: Chesterfield http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672777 Chesterfield Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672777 This isn't Twitter. Please don't use url shorteners. This isn’t Twitter. Please don’t use url shorteners.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672778 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672778 Another successful strategy for natural peanut butter: When you first open the jar, scoop it into a mixing bowl, mix it thoroughly then put it back in the jar. You make a mess once, but after that it will stay mixed (in the fridge). I was shocked that it actually worked the first time I tried it, but for those big jars it's totally worth the effort. Another successful strategy for natural peanut butter:

When you first open the jar, scoop it into a mixing bowl, mix it thoroughly then put it back in the jar. You make a mess once, but after that it will stay mixed (in the fridge).

I was shocked that it actually worked the first time I tried it, but for those big jars it’s totally worth the effort.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672780 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672780 or you could just buy Skippy's Natural and not have to deal with worrying about it. or you could just buy Skippy’s Natural and not have to deal with worrying about it.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672781 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672781 Wonderful, but I feel obligated to mention that if you fail to say hello to it on a daily basis, it will remain emotionally separated. Wonderful, but I feel obligated to mention that if you fail to say hello to it on a daily basis, it will remain emotionally separated.

]]> By: randalll http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672782 randalll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672782 I think the answer to this problem is to buy heavily processed peanut enriched with plenty of high-fructose corn syrup. MMMMM! I think the answer to this problem is to buy heavily processed peanut enriched with plenty of high-fructose corn syrup. MMMMM!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672785 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672785 +1. Why people go to the extra step of using a URL shortener when it is blatantly unnecessary and potentially risky for the intended audience is beyond me. +1. Why people go to the extra step of using a URL shortener when it is blatantly unnecessary and potentially risky for the intended audience is beyond me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672789 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672789 It should be mentioned that your better off keeping the container out of the light to prevent the oil from going rancid. It should be mentioned that your better off keeping the container out of the light to prevent the oil from going rancid.

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673301 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673301 It's not complicated. Leave a fresh jar upside-down on the kitchen counter for a day, then put right-side-up in the fridge. No stirring required. It’s not complicated. Leave a fresh jar upside-down on the kitchen counter for a day, then put right-side-up in the fridge. No stirring required.

]]> By: Simon Bradshaw http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673049 Simon Bradshaw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673049 Thanks! I'm teaching patent law next semester at an English university, and this will make a superb example of the failings of the US patent system: low to non-existent tests for obviousness and inventive step, and almost wilful blindness to prior art. Thanks! I’m teaching patent law next semester at an English university, and this will make a superb example of the failings of the US patent system: low to non-existent tests for obviousness and inventive step, and almost wilful blindness to prior art.

]]> By: max_supernova http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672796 max_supernova Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672796 I just use a normal mixer, but only put one beater in it. Works like a charm, easy clean up ("Who wants to lick the beater?") and no single-task gadgets to buy. I just use a normal mixer, but only put one beater in it.

Works like a charm, easy clean up (“Who wants to lick the beater?”) and no single-task gadgets to buy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673567 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673567 Near 100 comments on the best way to stir peanut butter, nice. Near 100 comments on the best way to stir peanut butter, nice.

]]> By: nox http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672801 nox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672801 Most natural peanut butter says "refrigerate after opening," where it slowly hardens over weeks into a rock. I keep mine upside down until it's fully solidified. Flipping not really necessary. Most natural peanut butter says “refrigerate after opening,” where it slowly hardens over weeks into a rock.

I keep mine upside down until it’s fully solidified. Flipping not really necessary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672803 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672803 I just store the jar on its side. That way when you use it you have some of each of the oil and solids at the top of the jar, which are easily stirred together. I wish manufacturers would put it in square jars to keep it from rolling around. I just store the jar on its side. That way when you use it you have some of each of the oil and solids at the top of the jar, which are easily stirred together.

I wish manufacturers would put it in square jars to keep it from rolling around.

]]> By: nox http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672804 nox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672804 You can't bake with natural peanut butter? Why? You can’t bake with natural peanut butter? Why?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673061 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673061 I put a thick blanket over myself to keep warm when I sleep. Can I patent that? I put a thick blanket over myself to keep warm when I sleep. Can I patent that?

]]> By: Kblackwell http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672810 Kblackwell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672810 It seems to me that it would take a lot longer than a day for the oil to make it's way up into the solidified peanut butter. Maybe it should be microwaved first. It seems to me that it would take a lot longer than a day for the oil to make it’s way up into the solidified peanut butter.
Maybe it should be microwaved first.

]]> By: das memsen http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672812 das memsen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672812 I love the modern mindset: look, here's a really simple trick done many times over that I've applied to a new situation. I'll share it with the world, but first, I will try to exploit my idea in the hopes of gaining more green pieces of paper! Gotta love capitalism. I love the modern mindset: look, here’s a really simple trick done many times over that I’ve applied to a new situation. I’ll share it with the world, but first, I will try to exploit my idea in the hopes of gaining more green pieces of paper!

Gotta love capitalism.

]]> By: MukundM http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-673069 MukundM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-673069 In the warmer months, I leave my peanut butter in the trunk of the car for a day. The vibrations always stir the peanut butter perfectly. In the warmer months, I leave my peanut butter in the trunk of the car for a day. The vibrations always stir the peanut butter perfectly.

]]> By: 3eff_jeff http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672814 3eff_jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672814 I have one of those, and they work great. I also use a variant of the "hello peanut butter" technique, I leave it on its side and give it a quarter turn every day for a couple days before I run out. This drastically shortens the amount of time you need to stir the peanut butter, even with the dedicated stirring device. I have one of those, and they work great. I also use a variant of the “hello peanut butter” technique, I leave it on its side and give it a quarter turn every day for a couple days before I run out. This drastically shortens the amount of time you need to stir the peanut butter, even with the dedicated stirring device.

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672815 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672815 i just run the jar through the microwave for a minute. that's easy enough. i just run the jar through the microwave for a minute. that’s easy enough.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672816 When I use this trick as described, all that happens is that the separated oil moves from the top of the jar to the bottom of the jar, still unmixed. When I use this trick as described, all that happens is that the separated oil moves from the top of the jar to the bottom of the jar, still unmixed.

]]> By: snow dog http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672819 snow dog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672819 I saw a tool on "this old house" that would work. It was a gadget you put on a reciprocating saw. they put a can of spray paint in it, but a jar of peanut butter would work! You just turn the saw on for a while. I saw a tool on “this old house” that would work. It was a gadget you put on a reciprocating saw. they put a can of spray paint in it, but a jar of peanut butter would work! You just turn the saw on for a while.

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672821 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672821 Yeah, what nox said! I'm suspicious of peanut butter that has too many ingredients. <a href="http://www.laurascudderspeanutbutter.com/">My fave</a> has two (sometimes one). Smart Balance adds flaxseed oil and molasses. If I want molasses on my pb&j, I can put it there myself. Yeah, what nox said! I’m suspicious of peanut butter that has too many ingredients. My fave has two (sometimes one). Smart Balance adds flaxseed oil and molasses. If I want molasses on my pb&j, I can put it there myself.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672823 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672823 I'm going to have to buy me some natural peanut butter, as I recently found out the normal stuff has the peanut oil extracted (cos it's worth something), and palm oil added back in! That piece of information helped me to finally understand why there was so much saturated fat in my peanut butter. Also, where I live only a few brands have added sugar. Us NZers enjoy peanut butter as a savoury food. I’m going to have to buy me some natural peanut butter, as I recently found out the normal stuff has the peanut oil extracted (cos it’s worth something), and palm oil added back in! That piece of information helped me to finally understand why there was so much saturated fat in my peanut butter.

Also, where I live only a few brands have added sugar. Us NZers enjoy peanut butter as a savoury food.

]]> By: gantrim http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672824 gantrim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672824 The patent really covers a motorized jar flipper with a temperature or pressure sensor that periodically automaticlaly flips the containiner based on the temperature or pressure (outside the container). If you flip your own jar it is probably not covered by the patent. Even if you have a motorized flipper if it runs all the time or based on a timer (and not on a temperature or air pressure sensor trigger) then that also probably doesn't infringe. The controlling language of patent is found in the claims, not the general description. The patent really covers a motorized jar flipper with a temperature or pressure sensor that periodically automaticlaly flips the containiner based on the temperature or pressure (outside the container). If you flip your own jar it is probably not covered by the patent. Even if you have a motorized flipper if it runs all the time or based on a timer (and not on a temperature or air pressure sensor trigger) then that also probably doesn’t infringe. The controlling language of patent is found in the claims, not the general description.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/23/stir-natural-peanut.html#comment-672826 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672826 I just pour the excess oil off the top. It's too greasy anyway. I just pour the excess oil off the top. It’s too greasy anyway.

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