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Healthful Bites
I stopped in at the Nutropolitan Museum of Art yesterday after receiving an invite to the event and seeing it discussed in several city papers earlier this week. How could I not, once I heard that everyone in attendance would take home a free jar of Peanut Butter & Company PB and better yet, that jar would be matched by one jar donated to the Food Bank for New York City?!
While at the “museum,” I snapped a few photos of some of my favorite pieces of peanut butter art on display. A few more details about the artsy and funny meals above (and even a nutrition-minded, option or two, although many are better for looking at than tasting):
- Pizzelle Perfect: Pizzelle waffle cookies layered with peanut butter and topped with berries
- Nuts for the Beach: White bread with peanut butter, tiny crabs, seaweed, brown sugar “sand” and starfruit starfish
- Starry Sandwich: An artfully cut honey peanut butter on toasted brioche, topped with starfruit
- Don’t Be Afraid: An inside-out PB&J of sorts—with the J outside. Arachibutyrophobia (spelled out in Alpha-Bits) means “a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth,” according to Dictionary.com.
- Peanuptual Agreement: White bread, smooth peanut butter, vanilla buttercream icing and sprinkles
- You Say Tomato: Red and green tomatoes sandwiched between peanut butter-coated sourdough
- Sandwich Artist: A PB&J palette with strawberry jam, apricot preserves, mint jelly and smooth, chocolate and spicy peanut butter
Here’s a fun peanut quiz full of tidbits I learned at the event and in the “literature” distributed. Answers will be listed at the end of the post…so don’t peek ahead! ;)
- How many peanut farmers were elected to the U.S. presidency?
- True or false: More people prefer crunchy peanut butter than smooth.
- To create one 16-ounce jar of peanut butter, how many nuts would you need?
- Do more people put on the peanut butter or the jelly on first when crafting a PB&J?
To up the ante on the Healthful Bites 200th Post giveaway (wait, you mean you haven’t entered yet? Go now! You have until Friday.) the winner will not only get a 6-pack of workout DVDs, but will also receive the jar of Old Fashioned Smooth peanut butter.
Finally, the trivia answers!
- Two. Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson.
- True. Sixty percent of people opt for crunchy PB, when given the choice.
- 747 nuts!
- Ninety-six percent smear on the PB before the J.
What’s the greatest peanut butter creation you’ve ever made?
