[Ads-l] antedating peanut butter

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

OED has 1897 for "peanut butter"

_Asheville [NC] Citizen-Times_ 19 Oct 1896 p 4 col 4 (classified ad)
"Fresh Walnut Taffy and peanut butter at HESTON'S"

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