Here we used Kabocha Squash for its sweetness and creamy texture.

Slice the squash straight down the center and scoop out the seeds and pulp. Drizzle the inside with some olive oil and lightly salt it.  Preheat the oven to 375F (Depending on oven may vary) and roast, cut side down, until soft and cooked through.

While the squash is roasting, we toasted some whole cinnamon, some dried chilis, and sauteed some yellow onions and garlic until translucent.

When the squash is done we simply scoop it into a food processor and add the onion garlic mixture (discard the chili and cinnamon). Puree the mix and season with salt, pepper and some local honey to enhance the sweetness and offset the heat.

This can be used immediately or refrigerated and re-heated for later use. For extra velevety texture, run the mix through a fine strainer using a spatula and add a little butter to really take it over the top!

The actual invention of peanut butter, its process of manufacture and the machinery used to make it, can be credited to at least three doctors/inventors. In 1884 Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Canada patented peanut paste, the finished product from milling roasted peanuts between two heated surfaces. In 1895 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (the creator of Kellogg’s cereal) patented a process for creating peanut butter from raw peanuts. He marketed it as a healthy protein substitute for patients without teeth. In 1903, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis, Missouri, patented a peanut-butter-making machine. In 1922, chemist Joseph Rosefield invented a process for making smooth peanut butter that kept the oil from separating by using partially hydrogenated oil. In 1928 he licensed his invention to the company that created Peter Pan peanut butter. And in 1932 he began producing his own peanut butter under the name Skippy.

Some Peanut Trivia:

• Peanuts are actually not nuts but legumes grown underground.
• The U.S. is the third largest producer of peanuts (Georgia and Texas are the two major peanut-producing states). China and India are the first and second largest producers, respectively.
• More than half of the American peanut crop goes into making peanut butter.
• U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson were peanut farmers.
• It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
• Americans eat around 700 million pounds of peanut butter per year (about 3 pounds per person).
• An average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school.

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