and if your 16 year old does not get it, don't feel bad....................................my DH does not get it and so after a brief time allowed back in the house....mayonnaise is gone again!

We love Sunbutter!  We have been eating it for years but DD never liked it.  However.......since May............DH has been put on notice........DD has now tested positive to sunflower seeds.  He either complies or we will lose that one too!  The boys are good.  All knives are washed with dish soap and paper towels before going into the dishwasher.


Also, we have a rule in our house, clean teaspoon in all jelly jars.......to avoid sunbutter in the jelly.

Quote from: Macabre on August 04, 2014, 02:52:03 PM
Also--I might give Sunbutter another try. Her taste buds may have matured. Also, there are a number if varieties. If she happened to have the natural kind, I would totally understand the reaction. Blah.

Well, and even if SHE doesn't care for it, it might be a safer alternative for your 16yo.

Ooooh! She does love hummus! Please, tell me of these other bean spreads!
Thanks!

True. My DS doesn't really like subs. Well, he loves Nutella, but he outgrew hazelnuts and Nutella is made in a PF facility. He likes Biscoff, but that's a once a year kind if thing with the nutritional value the way it is.

But he lives hummus and other bean spreads.

 :crazy:Didn't think about a separate dish sponge/brush! What a newbie!
We may try a sunbutter and see, right now we have all these PB alternatives in the cupboard that need to be used up!
I did use the Wowbutter to make cookies and they almost tasted like PB cookies, only a slight aftertaste. Probably just use all of them up with baking! DD loves to bake!

Quote from: Macabre on August 04, 2014, 02:49:35 PM
Do you have separated dish brush or sponge for PB?  I would probably say to use a paper towel to clean it off a spoon or knife and have a portico for throwing that away.  Or really--a dedicated box of plastic knives and spoons.

We did the first wash with paper towel.

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If she doesn't like substitutes, I wouldn't worry.  I'm sure there are other things she can eat on sandwiches.

Also--I might give Sunbutter another try. Her taste buds may have matured. Also, there are a number if varieties. If she happened to have the natural kind, I would totally understand the reaction. Blah.

Do you have separated dish brush or sponge for PB?  I would probably say to use a paper towel to clean it off a spoon or knife and have a portico for throwing that away.  Or really--a dedicated box of plastic knives and spoons.

Thank you for all of your replies! I am learning so much from all of you!
We have started - "anything contaminated with PB must be hand washed first then put in dishwasher" "Son, this means with dishsoap!"  For now we still have PB in the house and as long as DS16 can follow the rules (he's capable) we will continue. I did let him know that we would have to remove all peanut stuff if he didn't. He is asking questions and is learning as well, I don't think he understood how dangerous it "could" be.
DD13 has tried all that's been suggested, Wowbutter - hates it, Cashew butter - upset stomach, Sunbutter - she had that several years ago in elementary school and said it was "gross", Peabutter - doesn't seem to be available in the US, only Canada? other than on Amazon where it's over $7 a jar!  this weekend we bought her some Biscoff, she likes it but there doesn't seem to be much nutritional value to it. 
@ eragon - Filthy beast! hahaha! I haven't used that term for him, but he is by far the sloppiest kid I have! My other two are not and have never been as sloppy! He knows how to be clean and can clean, but yes, he is a "filthy beast"! As he's gotten older, he has become much cleaner, but yes, I've caught him drinking out of the jug too! That's a good talking point!

I think that I would have rewashed everything as well.

We eventually had to remove my most potent allergen (apple) from our house.  We tried having it around for DSD, but it just didn't work out - she wasn't responsible enough and I ended up having a pretty serious contact reaction because of it.  She is 10 - I originally thought that we might try bringing it back in once she got older, but my sensitivity has gone up since then, so it is probably out of the question.


If you're going to keep using PB in the house, maybe you could get a couple different knives or spoons that are used just for that, so everyone knows to be extra careful when washing?  Ones with different colored handles or something similar?

One to many times, one or the other of my kids forgot to be as careful as I need them to be.

We did the double-wash of anything used with pb here too.  One day I took a knife out of the drawer and just happened to see a smear of pb on it.  My son had used it, wiped it clean, and put it away.  He was supposed to wipe it clean and leave it to be properly washed.  So now, only may contains allowed in our house,

I think re washing you dish load was the right decision.

Also, you could try http://www.peabutter.ca

It's the only substitute I like, and even my pb-loving son likes it.  And they all like the cookies.

my kids, esp my now adult sons are to be frank, filthy beasts.  so its much too high a risk to have peanut butter or nuts in the house.

caught my 21yr old drinking from the milk carton this week, and my daughter has seen him do the same with juice.
I haven't brought him up to be a slob, he does this sort of thing when I am not in the house or he thinks he can get away with it.

post it notes in the fridge warning 'filthy  beast' that others live in the house and share the food have begun.

If you get to the point where you're able to do tree nuts, Barney Butter (almonds) is great and is made in a peanut free facility.

We don't have peanut products in our home.  I used to have a jar that I kept up high but I stopped when DD (not allergic) got a hold of it to make herself a sandwich and made a cross contaminated mess all over the kitchen.

Yeah-- you did the right thing in re-washing the load.


Our rule now that we have a teen who has a less scary low threshold to eggs?  Anything that has been in contact with eggs gets HAND-washing before it goes into the dishwasher.  No exceptions.

Or-- you can go to use of disposables with the allergen.  We used to do that, and still do for potent may-contains with nuts (take-out food that is Indian or Chinese, for example).

Oh sorry--went back and read your post. Ignore the last bit if you're avoiding treenuts. However, it is extremely difficult to find peanut free cashew butter, so if you bought it from a regular grocery store (like the Maranatha brand) it will have been contaminated with peanut in all likelihood.