With the exception of households that have people with severe allergies to peanuts, peanut butter is a standard staple in many homes. It is rated right up there with bread, milk and eggs. This is especially true if you have children in the house, or adults that have never outgrown the taste for peanut butter. Skippy peanut butter and Adams peanut butter, represent two totally different styles and types of the tasty spread.
Skippy peanut butter
Skippy is easy to spread on bread, crackers or on cut up celery.
It is easy to mix into batters for cakes or cookie dough.
The bread doesn’t fall apart when you spread Skippy .
The crackers stay in one piece.
Skippy stays on the cut up celery pieces, without running off the edges.
It has an even, very smooth and creamy consistency.
It is perfect for children to use.
It is great on a spoon eaten plain.
It stays where you spread it without dripping all over, which is another plus with children in the house.
Peanut butter oil can leave stains on fabric.
Skippy comes premixed so you do not have to stir it every time the jar is opened.
Skippy is easier to spread right from the refrigerator.
Skippy uses ingredients other than just peanuts and salt that I don’t really want like
I read that Skippy now makes a natural variety of peanut butter, but I haven’t tried it yet.
Adams peanut butter
Adams is the old fashioned homemade type of peanut butter.
To use it after the jar is first opened, you have to use a knife and/or spoon in order to be able to stir deep down into the jar.
The oil needs to be mixed thoroughly into the thicker peanut butter to give it a easier to spread consistency.
The texture of the mixed Adams is rough, thicker on the tongue and grittier.
The taste stays with you longer, in the taste buds and the nostrils.
Adams has a richer aroma and feel than premixed peanut butter.
Sometimes I remove some of the oil off the top before I mix the rest in, just to cut down on some of the oil intake in our diets, but that does tend to make it harder.
Of the two types, my favourite is definitely the Adams old fashioned peanut butter. It beats the Skippy peanut butter hands down for fresh peanut flavour. Overseas I was raised on old fashioned, mix when you open, peanut butter. I do remember thinking the Skippy was a real treat on holiday trips back to the states though. The primary reason was the ease of use, but it never compared to the instant fresh smell and texture of more natural peanut butters like Adams. For awhile I used just Skippy when I moved here, but after opening a jar of Adams and having my senses assailed by the richness of the smells and textures I had forgotten about, I switched back to Adams from Skippy.
It is harder to use because the texture is runnier and messier. When both Skippy and Adams are taken out of the refrigerator the Skippy is easier to use but I found a quick way around that by putting either one in the microwave with the lid off for a few seconds. One little warning though if you do that, make sure there is no foil along the rim of the jar. Even the smallest amount can make your microwave arc.
I buy both kinds for the different reasons mentioned above, but the one that tastes the richest and most natural is the Adams, so if I had to choose only one, it would be the Adams. Homemade would be best of all, but that isn’t always an option and to me Adams peanut butter is the closest kind to homemade.
