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> I will never understand the US fascination for peanut butter.

At one point in history, US farmers were encouraged to grow peanuts as a rotation crop to improve soil quality. That led to a glut of peanuts in the market, so people tried to find uses for them. Peanut butter was invented+ as one of these uses, and has been a staple of American diets ever since.

+Or promoted, I can’t remember



They promoted soy family members for there self-fertilization attribute.

https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_a/A129/




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