Sitting down to a dinner of flax and wheatberry pancakes I grabbed one of my favorite pancake dressings and Abby innocently queried
Why do you put peanut butter on everything you eat?
I haw haw’ed a little bit and related a fraction of a much relayed story regarding Lemon Meringue Pie. I told the truth, as I know it, but there is no reason to belabor the point as it just get’s one into trouble.
Despite being a staple in my diet for years (and one of the best foods on the planet) peanut butter happens to be a great source of protein which in turn happens to be a great way to help keep my triglycerides low.
I know someone who would be overjoyed, as I am, to have been literally prescribed peanut butter by his doctor.
blief 
Did you say your doctor prescribed peanut butter as part of your diet!!?!!!
Please share his name with me; I would pay him to write me out such a prescription. I don’t think my General Practitioner at GHC would do such a favor for me — he is also Grandma’s GP.
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Please note how old is that posting above that talks about Lemon Meringue Pie!! (“ … a much relayed story regarding Lemon Meringue Pie.“)
It has been nearly a year now!!
Oh, woe is me!!
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Wow Lief….that’s incredible to me as I have never eaten peanut butter in my life due to an allergy. My protein of choice is chicken. Love it for breakfast, lunch or dinner!! Yum!!! Ian, however, has a peanut butter and honey sandwich everyday for lunch, so that’s 8 grades x 180 days of school. That’s alotta sandwiches!!!
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I enjoy the tales of how Grumpy desecrated a lemon pie, however, being only a couple years separated in the number of years enjoying this delicacy, thought I may straighten the record.
My recollection is that Grumpy has never, in my presence, put peanut butter on his lemon pie. The origin of the tale happened when he was served another of his mouth-watering goodies: Coconut Custard Pie. It was upon this pie that he put a double scoop (the “big spoon”) of peanut butter to which the Grandmother said that was the end of his pie privileges. It seems that Coconut Custard requires nearly the same amount of pots and pans as Lemon Pie and is equally difficult to perfect. Anyway, the story has been retold over the years to our great glee and I just thought, (for no apparent reason or pity for the old man) that the story should be told true.
As far as peanut butter stories, I still believe that I am the only one who truly enjoys and prefers peanut butter and ketchup on a hot dog. I guess Grumpy does not like ketchup.
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PawPaw!! Of all people to resurrect things best forgotten!! [Neither the Grand Mother nor Grumpy could recall the incident with the Coconut Cream Pie and Peanut Butter! Come to think of it, Grumpy can’t remember the last time he had Coconut Cream Pie!!]
Of course, this “reminder” of past “sins” has done Grumpy no favor: the Grand Mother is now reminded that the “end of his pie privileges” is hereby reinstated.
[My memory is faint, but methinks that Peanut Butter on Coconut Cream pie would be pretty tasty!!]
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