In the words of General McAuLiffe: "Nuts."

This Black History Month, I would like to dedicate my post to Mr. George Washington Carver, without whose ceaseless toil in the innumerable uses of the peanut, I would go hungry between classes. I must admit, in the past I thought that the only reason I was taught about Mr. Carver was because of racial penance. Truly, is there more mundane a science than peanuts? But, now I understand the wisdom of teaching kids about this scientist over other, ostensibly more important men of science like Watson, Crick and John Von Neumann. For, without our peanut butter, what would we do?
One of the more irksome things about Russia is that they do not sell peanut butter here. How they could go without such a staple is beyond me. With so many Americans in Moscow, you would think that peanut butter would have been introduced to the population and would have spread by natural selection because of its superior tastiness. They eat plenty of bread and jam here, why don’t they see the missing link!

One last point of interest: a tasty treat! Last night we were having tea and one of my Russian friends brought some homemade blackberry preserves to put in our drinks. It was tasty and I suggest that everyone back home try fruit preserves in their tea.