@Lemons said:

When Amy and Sheldon were on their first date in the coffee shop, Amy asked for "tepid water please". I believe that was the writers' way of depicting Amy as blah and boring. Or maybe they just wanted us to know that Amy wanted water with no ice.

1.Name a food that Amy could have ordered with her water that would have been equally boring.

My answer: An uncooked potato

2.Name one thing you ask to have left out of foods/drinks when you order in restaurants.

My answer: I ask for onions to be left off of my salads.

1.Boring: Plain pasta (unseasoned spackling)

2.Left out: Tartar sauce (seasoned spackling)

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@Lemons said:

When Amy and Sheldon were on their first date in the coffee shop, Amy asked for "tepid water please". I believe that was the writers' way of depicting Amy as blah and boring. Or maybe they just wanted us to know that Amy wanted water with no ice.

1.Name a food that Amy could have ordered with her water that would have been equally boring.

My answer: An uncooked potato

2.Name one thing you ask to have left out of foods/drinks when you order in restaurants.

My answer: I ask for onions to be left off of my salads.

1.Boring: Plain pasta (unseasoned spackling)

2.Left out: Tartar sauce (seasoned spackling)

I'm kind of similar to you on the tartar sauce in that I ask for light tartar sauce on my Filets-o-fish at McDonalds. (Only the fanciest for me.)

@znexyish said:

Oh no all this peanut talk brings to mind this. Cover your eyes!!!

Mr Peanuts Last Stand

The Rise of Baby Nut

Saw the "Last Stand" part earlier.

Had not seen "The Rise" part. It was just cheeky enough to come across as a instead of “the sincerest form of flattery”. (Still, I can understand why they pulled it.)

@Knixon said:

Didn't George Washington Carver invent peanut butter, in like the early 1900s? Were the Asians/Africans using it before that?

From "National Peanut Board":

"Contrary to popular belief, George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter. He was one of the greatest inventors in American history, discovering over 300 hundred uses for peanuts including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue. He was a pioneer in the agricultural world and many refer to him as father of the peanut industry. His innovations also increased the legume’s popularity and made peanuts a staple in the American diet."

"The earliest reference to peanut butter can be traced back to the Ancient Incas and the Aztecs who ground roasted peanuts into a paste. However, modern peanut butter, its process of production and the equipment used to make it, can be credited to at least three inventors."

"In 1884 Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Canada patented peanut paste, the finished product from milling roasted peanuts between two heated surfaces. In 1895 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (the creator of Kellogg’s cereal) patented a process for creating peanut butter from raw peanuts. He marketed it as a nutritious protein substitute for people who could hardly chew on solid food. In 1903, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis, Missouri, patented a peanut-butter-making machine."

"The rest, as they say, is history, and there are a variety of peanut butter flavors to choose from and you can use it in recipes from savory to sweet, like Nutty Thai Chicken Slow Cooker Dinner, Peanut Powered Breakfast Cookies and Peanut and Chocolate Cherry Smoothies."

"While George Washington Carver didn’t invent peanut butter, his work—along with that of peanut butter innovators Edson, Kellogg and Straub—helped establish peanut butter as the nutritious staple ingredient found in 94 percent of American households today. For more about peanut butter, visit our History section."

Peanut sauce in Asia (from Wikipedia):

"Introduced from Mexico by Portuguese and Spanish merchants in the 16th century, peanuts found a place within Indonesian cuisine as a popular sauce. Peanuts thrived in the tropical environment of Southeast Asia, and today, they can be found roasted and chopped finely, topping a variety of dishes and in marinades and dipping sauces."

"Peanut sauce reached its sophistication in Indonesia, with the delicate balance of taste acquired from various ingredients according to each recipe of peanut sauce; fried peanuts, gula jawa (palm sugar), garlic, shallot, ginger, tamarind, lemon juice, lemongrass, salt, chilli, pepper, sweet soy sauce, ground together and mixed with water to acquire the right texture. The secret to good peanut sauce is "not too thick and not too watery." Indonesian peanut sauce tends to be less sweet than the Thai one (which is a hybrid adaptation). Gado-gado is eaten with peanut sauce throughout Indonesia showcasing the delicate balance of sweet, spicy and sour."