Hello all,

What are your thoughts on peanut butter, peanuts, or other nuts such for one's Y2K food stash? For starters, I'm thinking everyone needs at least 35 grams of fat in their diet for their body's synthesis of hormones. Nuts are high in fat -- but it's mostly unsaturated fat. Peanuts or peanut butter won't go rancid on you like lots of other fat containing items will. I don't think freezing would ruin a plasic jar of peanuts or peanut butter -- but could be wrong. You can store a LOT of calories for the weight and size of container. Nuts would be a good caloric addition to a basic diet of grains or beans. High fat foods tend to satisfy a person's hunger for a longer period than carbs or proteins do. What are your thoughts? Do you see any errors in the above?

Thank you for your reply.

-- Louis (stlouislouis@yahoo.com), July 28, 1999

Answers

Louis, You have a great idea. I started buying peanut butter on sale right away and have plenty. It is good long past the shelf life so no need to freeze. Don't forget the jelly to go with it! :) :) FOX

-- Fox (ardrinc@aol.com), July 28, 1999.

About the jelly, strawberry preserves would be nice, but I'm thinking about "roughing it" :( if Y2K is a tough cookie. With a jar of peanut butter, just a spoonfull or two would "hold one" on a hike or till the next meal. Got to have water though -- hate the way it sticks in your mouth without something to wash it down with!

Roughing it,

-- Louis (StLouisLouis@Yahoo.com), July 28, 1999.

We're storing both peanut butter and nuts. They seem a good buy to me as we can get the 9 ounce sealed cans at the $1 store for $1 for peanuts and honey roasted peanuts. The honey roasted has some sugar and honey added and a 1/4 cup yields 14g fat,0g cholesterol,7g carbohydrate and 6 grams of protein and thats 9 servings for the $1.The cashews yeild almost the same but cost $2 for 9oz.

I plan on sometimes mixing the 2 together (regular peanuts and mixed nuts also) for 1 oz.portions as snacks ,desserts,or just as a comfort food. Also might supplement for wood chopping or high activity days as well as days when the menu plan might be a bit slim.

We also have black walnut trees which we will be drying the nuts of this fall.I understand they are very good for you, tho I don't have the nutritional breakdown at hand. And the price is right!

-- sue (deco100@aol.com), July 28, 1999.

Forgot to add that I read somewhere acorns are very good too ,if you can beat the squirrels to them. Anybody know more about them? Stay away from buckeyes tho, they are poisonous.

-- sue (deco100@aol.com), July 28, 1999.

We wouldn't be caught without P-Butter. My dogs love it on crackers. So do I. Protein, fat (yum), & gives us that full belly feeling. Well, the dogs don't agree with me on that last point but then they can't spread it on the crackers too well, so I get the last word. :)

Cosco sells individual-serving packets of jams in bulk. A bit expensive unfortunately, but convenience has its allure.

Best Wishes,

-- Bingo1 (howe9@pop.shentel.net), July 28, 1999.

Sue, You are going to have to do some special preparation on acorns to make them edible. Otherwise the taste will turn your mouth like the strongest persimmons do. If I recall correctly, certain southwestern Indian tribes used acorns as part of their diet and there was one TV program which detailed the process of preparing them. As I remember, the acorns were roasted, then ground, then boiled and then the mush was dried and could later be re-ground to make a kind of flour for baking.

That's an awful lot of work for flour. Go with corn or wheat and eliminate about three steps of the labor. And let the squirrels eat the acorns and then you eat the squirrels.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), July 28, 1999.

Yes. Peanut butter is good for both short term (bug-out equivalent) and long term preparations. A definite good idea..along with crackers, pilot biscuits (or hard tack), etc.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), July 28, 1999.

Peatnut butter and other nuts are good, a good source of protein and fats. The only thing is that somehow with peanuts, sometimes people get canker sores from something in them. If you get some amino acid Lysene (sp), it's supposed to prevent it. Get a peanut butter like Smuckers without the additives, or the kind that they grind on the spot.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWAyne@aol.com), July 28, 1999.

W W,

Would that then be called acorn stuffed squirrel?

-- sue (deco100@aol.com), July 29, 1999.

Hey All, Was just curious if I should start buying peanut butter and jelly now? How long is the shelf life on both? I have small children and think this is a wonderful idea, espesially with crackers but I am not sure when to start buying those either. Do the saltines have the best shelf life rather that say club crackers? Thanks to all...Shellie

-- shellie (shellie01@hotmail.com), July 29, 1999.

Shellie, peanut butter and jelly both have a shelf life of at least 2 years. BUY NOW! Crackers have a shelf life of about 6 months. (I've had them longer and they were OK.)

For anyone in the Houston area, HEB Pantry has Bama Grape Jelly (or Jam) in the 32 oz jar for .59 cents!! Expiration date of May 2001 on the 12 I bought today.

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), July 30, 1999.

fat is great for satiety.Peanut butter is great for caloric density,SURVIVAL FOOD!!!

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), August 01, 1999.

whole foods sells bulk cashew butter and almond butter,man,it's sooo,good

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), August 07, 1999.