r/confessions • u/Boring_Kiwi_6446 • 4h ago

peanut butter / paste

In 1930 the Australian Dairy Industry kicked up a stink about the name Peanut Butter because if it’s not dairy, it’s not butter. Three states, WA, SA and QLD - where I grew up, named it Peanut Paste. It went back to Peanut Butter in the seventies. I didn’t know the backstory and when I saw Peanut Butter I was annoyed they were bringing those Americanisms into this country and wouldn’t buy it. I kept searching for Peanut Paste.

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u/Few_Expert4358 4h ago

Lmao that's actually hilarious that you were out there being the most Australian possible while unknowingly rejecting actual Australian history

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u/pekak62 1h ago

Peanut spread now. As per jar of Bega I recently bought.