What happens to my peanut butter when i add water to the pot and let it rest? It smells so awful after a while, I almost died in the kitchen from breathing it.
2007-07-07 10:45:46 · 10 answers · asked by Roy Nicolas 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Sorry i mean a jar.
2007-07-07 10:56:39 · update #1
you should try these cookies, they are awesome!!
Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes 3 dozen
Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 7-8 minutes per sheet
1 -1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 cup CRISCO all-vegetable shortening or 1/2 CRISCO Stick
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1-3/4 cups PILLSBURY® Best All-Purpose Flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In the bowl of an electric mixer combine brown sugar, peanut butter, CRISCO Shortening, milk and vanilla extract; beat at medium speed until well blended.
Add egg. Beat just until blended.
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in a crisscross pattern with tines of fork.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
2007-07-07 10:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
My guess is that it burned. Have you ever eaten a burnt peanut? It's awful. I've never just had peanut butter over heat in a pan. I have used it as an ingredient in sauces, I usually leave it out till nearly the end of the cooking and just let it warm through.
Since it was a jar and not a pot, I think it rotted. I can't think of a reason to add water to peanut butter in the jar and leave it. The salt and oil preserve it, the water breaks down the preservatives and it goes bad.
Found a peanut....
2007-07-07 10:58:04 · answer #2 · answered by Morgan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm, sounds like it started fermenting. water isn't exactly pure, it does have other stuff in it besides h2o, like nitrogen. sooo it seems like the bacteria in the peanut butter was having a feast with the water u poored in the pot. as for the smell, that would basically be the waste that the bacteria excreted. kinda gross, i know, but everything is covered and is made up of bacteria, including peanut butter. so yea, basically, when u poored water in with the peanut butter, the bacteria within the peanut butter was presented with food and began to eat. of course, they had to excrete waste, cuz it's totally natural, causing that smell.
2007-07-07 10:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by Macroniencheese 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a good peanut butter treat, melt a bowl of peanut butter in the microwave for about 10 sec, and pour the butter over ice cream to make it harden- it's tasty!
(Don't add water)
2007-07-07 10:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by superdwarves321 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why was peanut butter in a pot in the first place? I'm a little confused...
2007-07-07 10:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
why was peanut butter in a pot in the first place? I'm a little confused...
2007-07-07 10:54:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps it is not the water mixed with the PB at all, you may be allergic to peanut butter.
2007-07-07 10:53:28 · answer #7 · answered by wahoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why did you mix water with, peanut butter is good alone, trust me!
2007-07-07 10:49:40 · answer #8 · answered by maniac 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats really gross.
when i was younger, i used to mix peanut butter, corn syrup, white sugar, and raisins. strangely, it is so good.
2007-07-07 10:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by Elaine E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i assume you had peanut butter in the pot because you were making mole...a mexican dish...gross.
i don't know what happened except maybe it burned? i dunno.
2007-07-07 10:56:41 · answer #10 · answered by pwrgrlmanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋