Peanut Butter
Em: What is peanut butter made of?
Me: Smooshed up peanuts.
Em: That's all?
Me: Yeah, usually. Sometimes a little bit of salt. What do you think smashed up cashews are called?
Em (in a dubious voice): Cashew butter?
Me: Yup. How about smashed up almonds?
Em (more confident): Almond butter.
Me: Yup! What about smashed up sesame seeds?
Em: Sesame Seed Butter!
Me: Nope. Tahini.
Em: Tahini? That's kinda fucked up, Mom.
Me: Smooshed up peanuts.
Em: That's all?
Me: Yeah, usually. Sometimes a little bit of salt. What do you think smashed up cashews are called?
Em (in a dubious voice): Cashew butter?
Me: Yup. How about smashed up almonds?
Em (more confident): Almond butter.
Me: Yup! What about smashed up sesame seeds?
Em: Sesame Seed Butter!
Me: Nope. Tahini.
Em: Tahini? That's kinda fucked up, Mom.
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