Peanut butter in a tube

[Gator 65]

Can anyone tell me where I can find peanut butter in a tube. When I Google it all I get is a Skippy Comercial and I have checked Publix and Winn Dixie markets with no results.

[Erin]

Good question, Gator. We Mid-West hikers have noticed this also.
I used to see the Skippy tubes all over, and used them. Now, I can't find them either. Currently, our local markets carry" Jif to Go" in a little plastic container which contians a very large single portion and more than I need. It is heavier and there is more container to carry out. I would love to see the little tubes of PB again. Here in the Midwest we have Walmart, KMart, Price Cutter, and some non-national stores and and none of them carry the tubes anymore.

[Lyle]

Can anyone say "Gerry Food Tubes"?

Who else remembers those? Pain to fill, even bigger pain when the plastic clip came off.

Sounded like a good idea at the time... Wouldn't recommend as an alternative.

How bout these?

http://www.mothernature.com/Shop/Bra...ex.cfm/b/13725

[Texasgirl]

Definitely a pain to fill. I got 2 of them sitting in my camping box cause I hated messing with them. I can't find the prepackaged either and now use the little Jiff tubs, even on just car trips to visit family or running events.

[take-a-knee]

Definitely a pain to fill. I got 2 of them sitting in my camping box cause I hated messing with them. I can't find the prepackaged either and now use the little Jiff tubs, even on just car trips to visit family or running events.

Those Jif tubs will introduce you to a cardiologist early in life, hydrogenated fats are a killer and non-natural peanut butter is about the best way to load up on it quickly. This is a much healthier alternative:

http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=8078

[Tagless]

I ordered a case of Jiffy Peanut Butter in a tube on Amazon.com. It's been several months, so I'm not sure about current availability.

[Secret Squirrel]

Yes, don't get those tubes that you can fill with peanut butter, honey, etc. The plastic clips will not stay on. The ones I tried were mader by Coleman, I believe. Further it is a pain to fill them to begin with. I'd rather just take a small jar of peanut butter.

[Lone Wolf]

I'd rather just take a small jar of peanut butter.

yup. it's the cheapest and most practical

[Marta]

yup. it's the cheapest and most practical

Ditto.

I have a small jar with a really good screw-on lid that I decant my pb into. (Necessary since I buy freshly-ground pb at Earth Fare in tubs that wouldn't work in a backpack.) Can be run through the dishwasher after the trip. The small plastic jars of commercial pb work well, too, but are sometimes hard to find. A lot of grocery stores only carry jumbo jars.

[papa john]

Is there a brand of natural that doesn't require refrigeration?

[Mrs Baggins]

Those Jif tubs will introduce you to a cardiologist early in life, hydrogenated fats are a killer and non-natural peanut butter is about the best way to load up on it quickly. This is a much healthier alternative:

http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=8078

This stuff contains palm oil........isn't that supposed to be very bad for you, too?

[sheepdog]

I just go for the 8oz jar of Jiff. It lasts about 6 days and is tasty.

[papa john]

This stuff contains palm oil........isn't that supposed to be very bad for you, too?

Here is an article that discusses palm oil.

http://everything2.com/e2node/Palm%2520oil

[sheepdog]

Jiff: Roasted peanuts, sugar, molasses, fully hydrogenated vegitable oils (rapeseed and soybean), mono and digglycerides, salt.
now that goodness.

[TinAbbey]

peanut butter can also be bought in 5 pound tubs!

[sheepdog]

peanut butter can also be bought in 5 pound tubs!

Now you're talking like a real hiker.

[Marta]

Is there a brand of natural that doesn't require refrigeration?

I've had bad luck with most natural peanut butters--most of the time they're already stale before you buy them. I'd rather eat the chemical miracle that is Skippy Superchunk than rancid "natural" pb.

Earth Fare's fresh-ground, though, is the best I've found yet.

[lonehiker]

About half of the time (during re-supply) I could find the small jars (8oz?) of peanut butter. So, I would just keep that jar and refill it from a larger jar. Then, when I could finally get the smaller jar again, I would throw out the older jar...etc etc.

[Mrs Baggins]

Here is an article that discusses palm oil.

http://everything2.com/e2node/Palm%2520oil

Okay - looks like this type ("organic") is fine to eat.

[2009ThruHiker]

Is there a brand of natural that doesn't require refrigeration?

smart balance omega natural peanut butter...i get mine at walmart