Random, quick post. Last night I brought some Kirkland Organic Peanut Butter (we’d like to thank our sponsors… only kidding) home from Costco. This is good stuff with two problems: it separates and it is not chunky.
But the kids don’t like chunky peanut butter and we can mix the stuff.
Mixing is the thing. In the past, we’ve used a butter knife. Last night I grabbed a stiff, narrow spatula. The challenge is to mix the stuff thoroughly without spilling the runny stuff at the top out over the rim. It can be a slow, lame process.
As I inserted the spatula and began carefully turning it to get started, I thought, “What if I could stick the end of this spatula in my drill gun and use that to spin the spatula faster and more evenly?”
It then occurred to me that I could use our hand mixer, but with only one of the spinning attachments. I worried that it might spit peanut butter all over, since it tries to do that when making frosting or whipped cream, but I decided it was time to risk it all.
Long story short, with careful control over speed, holding the jar firmly and being careful with how I took it out of the peanut butter, it worked really well. Totally cool.
First: only a man.
Second: way cool. Wish I would have thought of that a looooong time ago.
I know, right? I find myself counting up the minutes I’ve lost stirring organic peanut butter, wondering if it’s all worth it…
But seriously, I slap my head that I never thought of it before.
Now, the drill gun would have been pretty fun, though…
Why didn’t you use the mixer attachment with the drill? That’s really the way to go. You can get lots higher RPM out of it…
Brilliant. Great idea.