Tragic is the history of peanuts
Originating in Peru or Brazil
Introduced to Africa by the Portuguese
During their early ambitions to control World trade
Brought from Africa to America by slaves
Providing food while working the land
Becoming a world wide staple
And part of North American food on the table
The peanut butter explosion expanded outwards
Where else could one eat a sandwich so rare
With jam on toast and a coffee
What other sandwich could ever compare
As a kid in Victoria back in the day
Kersey’s peanut butter was ground and sold
Making peanut butter in ten pound cans while you waited
Now a food collectible those cans are aptly celebrated
Yeah, there sandwiches of egg, or salmon, or tuna, or ham
And maybe baloney, cucumber or Spam
But peanut butter is the staple, the go to sandwich
Giving a kick to lunch with a satisfying grand slam