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why is Peanut Butter called Peanut 'Butter'
it has no butter or other dairy ingredients in it so why call it butter
it has no butter or other dairy ingredients in it so why call it butter
For centuries peanuts have been ground and consumed by indigenous peoples of South America and by Africans, but peanut butter was not popularized in America until the vegetarian John Harvey Kellogg endorsed it as a substitute for "cow's butter." In the early 1890s Kellogg crushed various nuts between two rollers and claimed the results to be "nut butters." . . . Kellogg was an excellent promoter. He extolled the virtues of peanut butter throughout the nation. To commercialize his discovery, Kellogg created the Sanitas Nut Food Company and placed his brother, Will Kellogg, in charge. Nut butters quickly became a fad among other health-food manufacturers in America.
-- Andrew F. Smith