Peanut Butter (was Vile sandwiches)

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> 
> I am wondering if this is an American thing. Whenever I have lived 
> abroad everyone has been aghast at my taste for peanut butter! When 
I 
> lived in Turkey I had to send out for it and my students would 
LAUGH 
> at me!
> 
> Whose idea was peanut butter anyway?
> 
> Suzanne


This reminds me of a great story an anthropology prof once told me.  
Some of his colleagues were doing long-term field studies somewhere 
in Central Africa, and after several months they began to crave 
peanut butter sandwiches.  When their Care Package arrived, lo and 
behold, there was loaf of bread and a jar of the stuff.  But while 
they were gleefully making up their sandwiches, in my prof's own 
words, "you can imagine what the locals thought they were spreading 
on their bread!".

Hope that hasn't put anyone off their breakfast!

Mary Ann (who is having Marmite on her toast tomorrow morning)