Peanut butter.

There are a lot of reasons that I enjoy peanut butter (and trust me, this blog has NOTHING to do with my upcoming packed lunch of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich), especially now that I don't have to fear salmonella each time I take a scoop:

1. I love the way you can take a huge bite of it and feel like a puppy, smacking your lips and trying to get it off of the roof of your mouth; then you take a sip of cold cold water and you can feel the peanut butter disintegrating between your teeth.
2. The first scoop. Nothing is more appealing to me than a fresh jar. Enough said.
3. You've noticed, I'm sure, that I keep saying "scoop." This is because my favorite way to enjoy peanut butter is by spooining itt out: I use the biggest spoon (not-quite-ladle-sized) in the drawer, scoop a tiny mountain, and use my finger as a tiny spoon to eat from the big spoon. Yum.
4. Peanut butter goes with EVERYTHING. Hot or cold, white or wheat, jelly, fluff, or chocolate - you name it, peanut butter's there.

And if peanut butter's there, so am I.