Was Peanut Butter Banned In Russia? Stranger Things 4 Fact Check
WARNING! Spoilers ahead for Stranger Things season 4.
Stranger Things season 4’s character Yuri claims that peanut butter was banned in Russia, with the spread being one of his most popular items to smuggle from America. Yuri is an apt continuation of Stranger Things’ Russian characters being fascinated with American culture—whether that be food, activities, or television shows. While Stranger Things season 4’s Yuri has a sweet spot for American peanut butter, season 3’s Russian scientist, Alexei, was fixated on Cherry Slurpees from 7-Eleven.
WhenStranger Things season 4 introduces “Enzo”’s Russian smuggler friend Yuri, who carries American goods from his Fish n’ Fry shop in Alaska, the oddball character explains why peanut butter is such a hot commodity for his customers. When adding loads of Jif peanut butter jars onto his airplane, Yuri reveals that peanut butter is banned in the “motherland,” with the crunchy style being his personal favorite. When Hopper briefly escapes Russian prison and arrives at a church where Yuri hides out, he finds numerous jars of Jif peanut butter, which he savors the taste of after being forbidden the food for nine months.
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Stranger Things season 4 oddly makes the peanut butter smuggling a significant subplot in Joyce, Murray, and Hopper’s Russian storyline, but the notion that it was actually “banned” in the nation seems to be exaggerated. In reality, it doesn’t seem that Russia ever imposed an official ban on peanut butter, but rather that it was nearly impossible to find in the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Since the United States is the biggest manufacturer of peanut butter, with other countries not having
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