Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Hermien�s Perfect Peanut Butter

This is from The Body Principal by Victoria Principal. (Yes, that Victoria Principal - I had an Econometrics professor who made watching "Dallas" a course requirement.) Peanut butter is not a big deal for me, so I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds intriguing. And I would like to find a source of portable protein that doesn't need refrigeration. I'd be interested to hear what y'all think of the idea and if it seems safe - or at least safer than plain old peanut butter.

Hermien's Perfect Peanut Butter

Nutritionist Hermien Lee processes her own peanut butter to eliminate virtually all the oil in it. The result is a "candy" you can carry around with you for instant protein, and a spread you can use for breads or for recipes.

First buy old-fashioned peanut butter right in your supermarket. Pour off the oil. Now take a paper towel, place it at the top of the jar, close the lid, and turn the jar upside down. Place the jar on your counter and leave it there for about 15 minutes.

Now look at the jar - the paper towel will be saturated with oil. Remove that paper towel, throw it away, and put another one in. Again turn the jar upside down and wait for the towel to get saturated. Repeat this one more time (that's three times altogether.)

Now open the jar, and with a knife make a funnel in the peanut butter. Roll one paper towel and push it into this funnel. Cover the jar with the lid and put it back on the counter. In about 24 hours, all the leftover oil will have been drawn into this paper towel.

What's left is "peanut candy", actually a hard concentration of peanut butter with absolutely no oil in it, and all the protein you want and need.

For a snack, take a teaspoon of the peanut butter and wrap it in foil. You can carry it around and eat it whenever you feel the need for some energy.

If you want to use it as a peanut butter spread, just add a little water to a teaspoonful, or put a teaspoon of the candy on foil and heat in your toaster oven for 3 minutes.

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