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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.45652698[source]
There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything. Playing in the dirt, peanuts, other allergens. It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults. People assume babies are super fragile and delicate, and in many ways they are, but they also bounce back quickly.

Maybe part of it is a consequence of the risks of honey, which can actually spawn camp infants with botulism. But it seems that fear spread to everything.

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bawolff ◴[] No.45652805[source]
That kind of assumes they are sheltering kids, but to be honest peanuts aren't really that common a food, certainly not in foods you would commonly give a four month year old child.
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WillPostForFood ◴[] No.45652923[source]
Peanut butter?
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SideburnsOfDoom ◴[] No.45653260[source]
Peanut Butter is not a very common food, except in the USA.
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jamesrcole ◴[] No.45653820[source]
it's common in Australia
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ascorbic ◴[] No.45660545[source]
UK too. And roasted peanuts.
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SideburnsOfDoom ◴[] No.45666978[source]
Peanut Butter is not as common in UK as it is in USA.

source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charted-peanut-butter-co...

yes, there were some surprises to me there. I suspect that it's a cooking ingredient in Satay sauce for the top countries. Not on e.g. sandwiches as in the USA.

But the UK is not the same in USA.

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1. ascorbic ◴[] No.45678725[source]
You said "Peanut Butter is not a very common food, except in the USA", and my comment was an anecdotal point that it's a common food in the UK too. That chart doesn't contradict that. I'd imagine most households with children have some in their cupboard.

If you scroll down you'll see they do give context about the African countries. They're major peanut producers, and it's used in a lot of traditional cuisine.