Spreading It Thick

Is your congressman crunchy or creamy? Peanut farmers did the testing on Wednesday when — to celebrate March’s desingation as National Peanut Month — they served lawmakers celery with peanut butter and raisins, chocolate-covered peanuts, peanut-butter candies mixed with jelly beans, and various peanut butter sandwiches - crunchy or creamy, with jam, and on bread, toast or crackers. An Elvis impersonator passed out peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches, a favorite of the real King. “My dad raised me on the Bible,” said Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who hails from the peanut-producing Georgia. “He taught me, ‘Man cannot live by bread alone. He must have peanut butter.”’ An Elvis impersonator passed out peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches, a favorite of the real King.