User:Lb34/Peanut butter

hacking peanut butter: bird edition

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fun fact for starters

there is actually peanut butter marketed for birds which looks exactly like the human one https://www.globus-baumarkt.de/p/elles-wildvogelfutter-erdnussbutter-500-g-0629101392/?utm_campaign=2024-11 | SHO | Tierbedarf&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=Alle Produkte&utm_term=4588536908357047

Making bird peanut butter/mus

• (bit guessing that) bird peanuts have no lower quality
• a 25kg sack is somewhere between 60-70€, so max 3€ a kg. no eu-bio label or similiar

Roasting

• pan on stove
• oven
• air fryer

choose ingredients

• recommended: salt (1 to 2%)
• also nice: sugar (1%)
• could help: oil (prefer rapeseed)
• fancy/seasonal variation ideas
  • lemon curd
  • cocoa
  • sweet stuff
  • coconut flakes
  • (…)

Choosing the comminuting tool

Comminution is the reduction of solid materials from one average particle size to a smaller average particle size, by crushing, grinding, cutting, vibrating, or other processes.

• Cutting (e.g. blender) (better not):
  • using a device with longer knives works better
  • the two major heat sources (nutcutting and motor) should not heat up each other
  • make smaller amounts
  • when making a lot, let it cool down inbetween
  • do add oil
• Grinding
  • meat grinder could do it well
  • or some mill

Previous experience with processing peanuts

• The process of roasting is fun. Works well in the oven.
• Using the JTC Omniblend or similiar is not recommended.
  • I wrecked a cup(~90€) due to heat. Doesn’t help it’s made of plastic.
  • Lots of heat production where the knives are
  • takes about 15 minutes of blending with 2 kW
  • Omniblend motor part smells because probably the cables melted partly or something. with letting it cool down the process would take at least half a day
• bought peanuts dicounted by 90% once,
  • discovered rodent bites in some packs later
  • could be worth checking discounts
• peanut butter was very tasty though and i would like to do it again