Word: peanut
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...MILLION Pounds of peanut butter consumed by Americans each year. That is enough spread to cover the floor of the Grand Canyon...
...stew of vodka, eggplant parmesan, garlic bread, mozzarella sticks and bile as he went in careening search for the toilet. To the chagrin of Hotchkiss’ roommate, Vito Giuliani Mussolini ’04, Daharpuni had polished off his pre-puke feast with a half tin of salted peanuts, aggravating Mussolini’s severe peanut allergies. “I have to get the hell out of here,” said Mussolini as he made his way gasping toward the door. “No,” mumbled Darharpuni, “head to the toilet...
...huge North Mine, the work goes on round the clock, 365 days a year, in some of the worst weather on Earth. In summer the ground turns mushy, and the huge trucks bog down. "It's like working in peanut butter," says a Syncruder. In the winter, when temperatures can drop to -40F, the oil sand is so hard it grinds up the shovels' steel teeth as if they were plastic combs. It's not unusual to replace the teeth after a single 12-hour shift. Suncorp, another oil-sands company, has an $8 million annual budget just...
...much of this fake sugar can cause intestinal discomfort. Some Hershey's lovers learned that lesson the hard way earlier this year when, after 10 years in the lab, the world's third biggest chocolate maker introduced sugar-free versions of its flagship chocolate bars and Reese's peanut butter cups. For its sweetener, Hershey settled on a sugar alcohol called lactitol, which happens to be the brand name of a British laxative. "I had one--ONE--of the mini Reese's, and was not fit for human or feline companionship for the next six hours," a user confided...
...hasn't budged much since the late 1990s. Yet Ducey, CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, has turned the company into the nation's fastest-growing ice cream franchise. How? Cold Stone custom-blends high-quality ice cream with your choice of "mix-ins" (cherry pie filling with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, anyone?) in an attractive and entertaining atmosphere...