National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
By Cynthia M. (clariail)
Have you ever noticed that there seems to be special recognition extended to everything under the sun nowadays? Seems like everything has it own special day, week, or month for a festival, news articles (serious and goofy) etc.
Recently I was asked how I felt about “peanut butter” and if I would be interested in submitting a blog 
entry for, wait for it, “National Peanut Butter Month!” Who knew! Well, maybe some of you did but I certainly didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I like peanut butter, creamy not so much the crunchy. Love peanut butter cookies and have the occasional PB&J sandwich. Maybe that’s why I heard them on the weather channel talking about PB&J sandwiches and whether they were grape or strawberry users. Me, strictly grape.
I decided to google National Peanut Butter month and found lots of interesting facts. Since we don’t want to run anyone off, I will only share a few. Well, maybe more than a few because I thought they were pretty interesting.
A Little PB History:
Back in November 4, 1895, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (of Kellogg’s Cereals) applied for the first peanut butter patent. Ninety-five years later, American Southern Peanut Growers celebrated this event and made November 4, 1990 the First Peanut Butter Lovers Day.
Five years later, on the 100th birthday of the sticky, gooey, tasty peanut butter, PB Lovers Day became Peanut Butter Lovers Month! The jelly is optional.
Per the National Peanut Board website:
PEANUTS & PEANUT BUTTER FUN FACTS
Fun Facts
• It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
• There are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
• By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts.
• Peanut butter was first introduced to the USA in 1904 at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis by C.H. Sumner, who sold $705.11 of the “new treat” at his concession stand.
• Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a physician wanting to help patients eat more plant-based protein, patented his procedure for making peanut butter in 1895.
• Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA – Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
• Grand Saline, TX holds the title for the world’s largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich weighing in at 1,342 pounds. Grand Saline outweighed Oklahoma City’s 900 pounds peanut butter and jelly sandwich in November 2010. Oklahoma City, OK had been the reigning champ since September 7, 2002.
• Tom Miller pushed a peanut to the top of Pike’s Peak (14,100 feet) using his nose in 4 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes and 3 seconds.
• As early as 1500 B.C., the Incans of Peru used peanuts as sacrificial offerings and entombed them with their mummies to aid in the spirit life.
• Americans were first introduced to the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in 1928.
• Peanut butter was the secret behind “Mr. Ed,” TV’s talking horse.
• Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
• Ever wonder where the term “Peanut Gallery” comes from? The term became popular in the late 19th century and referred to the rear or uppermost seats in a theater, which were also the cheapest seats. People seated in such a gallery were able to throw peanuts, a common food at theaters, at those seated below them. It also applied to the first row of seats in a movie theater, for the occupants of those seats could throw peanuts at the stage, stating their displeasure with the performance.
Consumption Facts
• The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he/she graduates high 
school.
• Americans consume on average over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut butter and peanut products each year.
• Americans eat enough peanut butter in a year to make more than 10 billion peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
• Women and children prefer creamy, while most men opt for chunky.
• Peanuts contribute more than $4 billion to the USA economy each year.
• Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.
George Washington Carver Facts
• Dr. George Washington Carver researched and developed more than 300 uses for peanuts in the early 1900s.
• Dr. Carver is considered “The Father of the Peanut Industry” because of his extensive research and selfless dedication to promoting peanut production and products.
Nutrition Facts
• The peanut is not a nut, but a legume related to beans and lentils.
• Peanuts have more protein, niacin, folate and phytosterols than any nut.
• Peanuts have a higher antioxidant capacity over grapes, Concord grape juice, green tea, tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, carrots and many more.
• Peanuts are naturally cholesterol-free.
Who knew there were so many holidays related to Peanuts?
March – National Peanut Month
March 8 – National Peanut Cluster Day
April 2 – National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
June 12 – National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
September 13 – National Peanut Day
November – National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
November 20 – National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
I hope that you enjoyed reading some of the facts that were found. A few made me go ‘whoa!’, a couple made me chuckle. How can we celebrate the month? Eat peanut butter of course! Have you noticed one of the big stories in the news the last day or two? The cost of peanut butter is going to jump on up there since there is a peanut shortage this year.
Better hurry out and grab a few jars then you can hurry home and see if you have Arachibutyrophobia!
And we’re very proud of our dairy industry too. After all, great cheese 
comes from happy cows, and happy cows are from California. But we don’t just do agriculture around here. You’ll find plenty of cities here too, including our state’s capitol in Sacramento. Even if most of the county thinks the capitol is Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Coloma – In January of 1848, James Marshall discovered gold here, starting the famous California Gold Rush. You’ll still find plenty of gold-themed activities around, including the chance to pan for your own gold.
breaking out the old style farming implements and showing how it was done back in the day. Some communities go all out, with re-enactments and demonstrations, as well as things such as wagon train parades, livestock events such as hog butchering and sheep shearing, hay baling and log splitting. Oh, and the food! Of course October is the end of Harvest season, so the bounty of the land is celebrated with dishes of every variety. Yummy goodness!
records reflected occupations in the USA, 69% of the laborers were farmers. Immigration was at an all time high, especially from Ireland, because of the potato famine, and Germany, because of their Revolution. Many of these people came to the southern areas of the country because land was plentiful and cheap and began farming. 
history proves, the oceans and seas of the world are well known for their treacherous storms, claiming the life of many a sailor. Early Europeans believed that naming and blessing a boat in honor of the God that was popular at the given time, protected them from potential harm while at sea. The more romantic explanations contended that since a ship carried and nurtured its crew on the ocean, its male crews called it a “she” because they depended on the ship for life and nourishment like they once depended on their mothers. Others called the ship a “she” because they said it was as perverse as their wives or their mistresses. But we aren’t discussing boats are we? But you get the gist….
Discussion Forum, people have named their GPS units). The car is no different. Sometimes the personality in the car is reflected in its owner; sometimes the personality is to do with the function and style of the car itself. Also, people think that naming a car can reduce the risk of incidents on the 
road. People spend a lot of time in their cars and describe them as ‘part of the family’. A research poll revealed that 33% of car owners regularly chat with their automobile, talking to them about day-to-day matters, their frustrations on the road, relationships and personal problems.
time. Generally, the car is linked with male rites of passage rather than female ones as, of course, there are so many phallic signifiers associated with the car. Perhaps none more so than the Plymouth Fury in Stephen King’s 
Red Rover, Red Boy, Rosie (which is a very popular name), Pepper (color of a Dr. Pepper can)
