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Ya caught me. :'(

I used two silicone spatulas to push them around. My oven has hot spots, so I had to keep checking and moving darker nuts away and paler nuts to the hot spots. Then I just used a spoon to scoop out the ones I didn't want to roast anymore.

Too much work to flip them all one by one, so just rolled them around and hoped for the best.

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I think it is really just to remove the skin. You can use raw (skin on), but I imagine it would just mean having little bits of skin wedged between your teeth and gums...

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Same here in Australia. My favourite brands are Mayer's Mayver's, Simply Nuts, and Pic's.

It's just so much cheaper to make than to buy now. A 380g jar can be $6.30 AUD, when I can get a 1kg bag of peanuts for... $10 AUD? And it's 1kg of peanut butter.

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Sure is. I love dark roasted peanut butter, so whatever peanuts you get (I got blanched and de-skinned. I think some people use raw), roast them to whatever darkness you want.

It's pretty magical to see it go from whole peanuts to crumbly peanuts to smooth butter.

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Have fun!! Drop questions here if you need any help. It's nearly bed time for me, so will have to get back to you in the morning if you're not making it straight away, haha.

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After 24h of it sitting, it surprisingly has not separated. I'll give it a few more days. Perhaps these were low-oil peanuts. 🤔 Still tastes pretty good, though.

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Tucker Time: Thu 20 Aug 2026

Irish stew, nothing new. 🙄😂But finally polished off the rest at lunch.

I'll make a pesto pasta when I get home, with roasted carrots on the side. I have a lot of carrot top greens now, so I'll make more pesto on the weekend when I can get some nice, fresh basil!

How about you?

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I feel like I might have done this once a very long time ago, and with the fan going inside, the little bits of skins started to get blown around. Makes for an irritating clean up.

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Oh, I will have to give it a try with walnuts. My partner is mildly allergic to walnuts only if he eats them, so we have a lot of leftover walnuts from bags of nut/trail mix. Any tips, or treat it much like this peanut butter (roast, blend, salt, etc.) ?

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And no paper towels to use on the handle

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Environmental Health Officer here... I had a classmate who did a study on this, specifically the Dyson-type where you stick your hands in downwards.

Next time, take a look at what's there in the 2mm gap on the bottom inside where the water, etc. collects, and where the forced air blows all that material. Remember to not breathe.

There's a reason why we direct food businesses to use paper towels in the kitchen, not hand dryers. Also, because ain't nobody got time to properly wash their hands for 30 seconds and then stand there completely drying their hands when they have 20+ chits on the go.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the majority of people don't know how to wash their hands properly, especially under the nails (both men and women). They've just used the hand dryer. Now you use the hand dryer. Multiply that by how many days it is before these things actually get cleaned and sanitised only to be contaminated again by the first user until the next clean and sanitise, if ever. Humans are filthy. 💀