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august 30th, 2025: An 1884 U.S. patent for what could today be described as peanut butter was filed by a man named Marcellus Gilmore Edson. It details how roasting the peanuts is what gives the resulting product its characteristic gooey texture, rather than becoming peanut flour, once ground. (1/2)

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30 Aug 2025

And while the words "peanut butter" are not used, the patent says that once cooled, the product will "set into a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment." (2/2) WE COULD HAVE HAD PEANUT OINTMENT