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I'm not sure how an American institution can talk about the history of peanut butter in the US without mentioning Ruth Desmond: https://www.washingtonpost.com/

I'm not sure how an American institution can talk about the history of peanut butter in the US without mentioning Ruth Desmond: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/1988/10/05/the-peanut-butter-grandmother/b631c8db-4d08-4924-aed2-1f429a0be073/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/1988/1... She was the underdog who took on agro-industrial companies to ensure peanut butter contained peanuts and not sawdust.

simonebrunozzi 4y ago
> contained peanuts and not sawdust. It is incredible (in the strict sense: hard to believe) to discover that many foods are "fake", or contain things that are not supposed to be there. I suggest a few readings: 0) the book "Real Food / Fake Food" [0]. This is just amazing. Highly recommend it. 1) the book "extra virginity" [1] 2) article about "truffle fraud" [2] 3) article about "fish fraud" [3] The list could be almost infinite, of course. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-Fake-Youre-Eating/dp/1616204214 https://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-Fake-Youre-Eating/dp/161620... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Virginity-Sublime-Scandalous-World/dp/0393343618 https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Virginity-Sublime-Scandalous-Wo... [2]: https://www.eater.com/2019/5/28/18638762/truffle-fraud-fake-italian-piedmont-alba-white-truffles https://www.eater.com/2019/5/28/18638762/truffle-fraud-fake-... [3]: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed-seafood-happening-on-a-vast-global-scale https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed...