Re: New to this --> p'nut butter jar?

[Guest guest]

Ok, , I just have to ask...

> i put in a plastic recycled Jiff peanut butter jar

How the heck do you get all the pb out from inside the jar?!

Seems like I waste a half-dozen paper towels trying to get

it all out, usually wadded up @ the end of a butter knife,

or wrapped around my hand (which is a tight fit).

Since pb is basically a fat, water doesn't work well...

So what's YOUR secret?

Vicki in Orlando

>

> my first scoby was from a commericial site, and was in a heat-

>sealed plastic bag, which would be an ideal way to send them as

>the seal is secure. years ago i had one of those sealing units,

>but the plastic bags were so expensive i quit using it.

> the ones i have been sent from " real " people were in regular

>ziplock bags (not the ones with the hard plastic zipper thingy-

>they do not seal well), which were sealed with clear package tape,

>then put in a second ziplock which was also taped. this method does

>work, but there is usually leakage from the first bag and the second

>bag contains it. interestingly, the starter that leaks out into the

>second bag is often forming the pre-scoby material by the time it

>gets there, so its kind of slimey which newbies might find a little

>icky.

> i have sent them as above and been told they arrived in intact, but

>the last few i have sent, i put in a plastic recycled Jiff peanut

>butter jar (any plastic jar with a tight lid will do). I tighten the

>lid very well, then tape the lid with clear package tape. put that

>in a ziplock and tape it. I like this method because it allows me

>to send a bigger portion of starter without the worry of the ziplock

>breaking. either way, be sure to put some padding in the box around it.

> LaGrand

[Guest guest]

i am an obsessive recycler. i use empty clear plastic jars to organize all my

hardware: nails, screws, nuts, bolts, etc., so the hardest part for me is giving

up one of my jars! i am also a little compulsive about getting everything out of

a jar, so i use a rubber spatula so as to not waste a tiny smidge of PB (or mayo

or whatever is in the jar). by the time i am done, there is very little left to

clean. To wash it, i use one of those " sponge on a hollow wand handle that you

fill with dishsoap " thingies and hot water. i find the dishwand helpful for so

many small clean up jobs, that i dont know what i would do without it.

  LaGrand

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From: alt_ideas <alt_ideas@...>

kombucha tea

Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:12:40 PM

Subject: Re: New to this --> p'nut butter jar?

Ok, , I just have to ask...

> i put in a plastic recycled Jiff peanut butter jar

How the heck do you get all the pb out from inside the jar?!

Seems like I waste a half-dozen paper towels trying to get

it all out, usually wadded up @ the end of a butter knife,

or wrapped around my hand (which is a tight fit).

Since pb is basically a fat, water doesn't work well...

So what's YOUR secret?

Vicki in Orlando

>

> my first scoby was from a commericial site, and was in a heat-

>sealed plastic bag, which would be an ideal way to send them as

>the seal is secure. years ago i had one of those sealing units,

>but the plastic bags were so expensive i quit using it.

> the ones i have been sent from " real " people were in regular

>ziplock bags (not the ones with the hard plastic zipper thingy-

>they do not seal well), which were sealed with clear package tape,

>then put in a second ziplock which was also taped. this method does

>work, but there is usually leakage from the first bag and the second

>bag contains it. interestingly, the starter that leaks out into the

>second bag is often forming the pre-scoby material by the time it

>gets there, so its kind of slimey which newbies might find a little

>icky.

> i have sent them as above and been told they arrived in intact, but

>the last few i have sent, i put in a plastic recycled Jiff peanut

>butter jar (any plastic jar with a tight lid will do). I tighten the

>lid very well, then tape the lid with clear package tape. put that

>in a ziplock and tape it. I like this method because it allows me

>to send a bigger portion of starter without the worry of the ziplock

>breaking. either way, be sure to put some padding in the box around it.

> LaGrand

[Guest guest]

Not sure how true it is, but a bloke, who purported to know, once told me that

water above 60C would shift most fats. (That's 140F to you furriners.) Seems to

work pretty well.

.

(UK)

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From: alt_ideas

Sent: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 20:12:40

Ok, , I just have to ask...

> i put in a plastic recycled Jiff peanut butter jar

How the heck do you get all the pb out from inside the jar?!

Seems like I waste a half-dozen paper towels trying to get

it all out, usually wadded up @ the end of a butter knife,

or wrapped around my hand (which is a tight fit).

Since pb is basically a fat, water doesn't work well...

So what's YOUR secret?

Vicki in Orlando

[Guest guest]

Did you know they have a no-stir kind too? it is the Maranatha brand- it

is one of the better tasting & not that much 'getting used to'- my kids

switched over after only minor complaints!

Jolene

In a message dated 6/10/2009 8:39:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

alt_ideas@... writes:

Must admit I had not considered the hydrogenated oils in PB.

Tried organic once, and hubby and I didn't much like it, prob

b/c so used to the salt in Jiff! Not to mention the hard-to-

stir issue... (which I deal w/ for tahini, tho')

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