The British Have Finally Learned to Love Peanut Butter

In the late 1930s, a prominent American political commentator attended an English boarding school where he received care packages from home that included jars of peanut butter. However, his British peers did not appreciate the taste and even spit it out. Similarly, a popular travel writer once packed peanut butter for his first trip to Europe in the 1970s because he believed it couldn’t be found there. But over the last decade, the popularity of peanut butter has grown in Britain and other parts of Europe. It is now widely available in various flavors and forms, including jars, squeeze bottles, and tubs. As a result, peanut butter has made its way into the culinary scene, appearing in dishes at different restaurants, such as shortbread, tarts, and layer cakes. It has become a beloved spread across the Atlantic.