On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 1:31:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 12:18:40 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > PEANUTS, SUGAR, PALM OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, MOLASSES.
> >
> > Palm oil is semi-solid at room temperature, unlike peanut oil.
> >
> > I've never found a natural peanut butter that was salty enough for me.
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> That might explain it although I doubt that it would be semi-solid in the tropics.

July and August in Ann Arbor, MI, are about the same temperature as July and
August in Kaneohe, HI. Granted, I air-condition my house to 71 F, but we
don't get anything resembling a sea breeze here.

> The peanuts are ground to a finer particle size in these products which could also be a factor. I think that makes it a smoother, more pleasant, peanut butter.

To each their own. I just finished a jar of chunky peanut butter; I had
forgotten how much I liked it.

Cindy Hamilton