I have read some good reviews on a powdered peanut butter made in Georgia (one was in a Washington Trails Association magazine). The company, Bell Plantation, squeezes the peanut oil out of peanuts (they sell that, too) to make a peanut powder that can be mixed with water to produce life-like peanut butter. Without the oil it is lightweight and low in fat. There are all sorts of recipes on the website as well.

I ordered some for an August trip to the Bowron Lakes and for some stocking stuffers. I'm intrigued.

Anyone tried this stuff?

http://www.bellplantation.com/

Doesn't pulling the oil/fat out of peanut butter remove most of the energy? Wouldn't that make it pretty protein rich?

I like high energy density foods for camping. That's part of the appeal of peanut butter to me (although I've read it's hard to digest).

whats wrong with a protien rich food? your muscles need protien to recover after something like, say, a hike. let us know how it works out charisboof.

You don't need nearly as much protein as energy when recovering from exercise. Ever hear of rabbit starvation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

Rabbit is high in protein and low in fat. You will die on an exclusive diet of rabbit because you can't get enough energy from it for even basic body function.

yeah, but how much are you really going to eat? It's a way of having tasty spread, not an exclusive food...

My point is that most people eat peanuts for the energy not the protein. It's not that big a deal. I'm just pointing out the compromise of powdered peanut butter. It is a different type of food than the original much like skim milk is very different from cream.

I wonder how rabbits survive?

Maybe that trait evolved to curb rabbit cannibalism.

I guess if a predator will starve if they only eat rabbits necessitates that they eat something else as well so then fewer rabbits are eaten. I'd never thought about it before.

good point.

Peanut butter has about 5.5 cal/g. Pure protein is only 4 cal/g, so I don't see the advantage in removing the fat. It's not like were talking about watermelon here. Peanuts are one of the most calorie dense unprocessed foods you can get.

Just curious, do they have such thing as powdered jam too?

On another note, I think it would be funny to switch the powdered peanut butter with someones cocaine Wouldn't that plug em up LOL!

This could be a new trend in protein diets. Rabbit seasoned with peanut butter powder.

mmmm, Rabbit.
You could always snare a couple rabbits, and then make a spicy thai peanut sauce. A bit of dehydrated peanut butter, some soya sauce, stew the Rabbit and use the broth to add to the dehydrated peanut butter, add some chili flakes, garlic, salt and pepper.
A little rice and you've got a "gourmet" back country meal.

Especially with their 'orrible sharp teeth!

Thanks for the link to the peanut butter, good stuff to know! I like peanut butter just for the taste, something to add to pita bread or flat bread for a snack. I'm not going to worry about the no fat since it is only a snack not my main nutrition. There are animals however that could survive very well on a high protein diet such as rabbits because they may eat the total rabbit and that means what the rabbit has ingested as well, the rabbit being a herbivore unlike the one that ate the wolf! LOL So, really we may be able to survive on rabbit if we eat the whole thing! If anyone tries that please fill us in later!