MY ITALIAN SUMMER Post 2

YIPPEE! SKIPPY!

A taste of home! Skippy peanut butter is made in Little Rock, Arkansas!! I squealed with delight when I saw this on the grocery shelf. I had asked my Italian colleagues who took me grocery shopping where I might find some peanut butter but they were not sure. The "ipercoop" ( a large Wal-Mart type store) didn't have any. An American on staff said he had bought some once at a smaller grocery store...sure enough, there was ONE jar. I paid 4 Euros for this (more than $5) but it is worth it. Not to worry...I've already enjoyed some delicious Italian food...pasta pesto, pizza and a divine sandwich with salami, peccorino cheese drizzled with olive oil and salt on fresh bread for starters...but who knows? By the time I leave, Italians may be eating Skippy on their melas (apples) like I do. If Patrick Mathieu, who runs the Skippy plant in Little Rock, tells me their exports to Italy increase in the near future, I am taking full credit :)