Peanut butter as a laxative
February 7, 2010
I doubt whether my father tasted peanut butter before arriving in Singapore, or even knew what it was. It would have been a rarity in English shops before the War and for that matter some time after it. Even at Changi he didn’t seem to know what to call it but wrote a note about its laxative properties, at least when on a rice diet.
On the following page he provided a recipe. As usual, the language is more that of the scientific observer than the gourmand.
Peanuts
An appetizing way of serving these is to grind them up with a pestle & mortar until the oils are caused to form a vehicle for the remaining solids & a thick paste is obtained. This paste may be spread, like butterscotch, on toast or bread & butter.
Book B, p.4
