PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!

[ptimony]

      When I was a kid, I would go to school with a brown paper bag that had my lunch in it. Most of the time it was Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, and I HATED them.
      For one thing, my mother, though an excellent cook, made terrible sandwiches. When we didn’t have Peanut Butter and Jelly, we could look forward to a solitary slice of

Comments

[anonymous]

Rapeseed is what is pressed to create an oil. This oil is commonly used to make margerine. Margerine in your peanutbutter is just full of yuck.

I also submit for your approval - mashed bannana instead of jam. Nutella is also smashing as a paring with peanut butter. Or toasted peanut butter and butter (try it once before poo=pooing it.

If you prefer your crusts not on your sandwich - a pizza cutter makes quick and neat work of this - or a very large metal cookis cutter pressed down firmly.

[ptimony]

Mashed banana and Peanut butter? wasn't that a favorite of the King?

Also, Nutella is a hazelnut/chocolate spread, if I'm not mistaken. Yummy!

Peter

[fjordhopper]

I had a friend, when i was a kid, whose mom made bad PB&J's too. Her error was too little peanut butter.She used to scape the peanut butter so thin that you barely knew it was there. We used to call them "essence of peanut butter & jelly sandwiches"

Another great thing about the PB&J is that it doesn't need to be refrigerated, so you can take it and eat it anywhere. Not like a cold cut sandwich which you'd need to keep in a ref or cooler.

[ptimony]

Just when I thought I'd written everything there is to write on the subject of PB&J...

Peter

[netsearcher]

Three notes:
-You can keep natural peanut butter from separating by refrigerating it after giving it a good stir.

-If the bread tends to tear or smush when spreading the PB on it, freeze it. It's less of an issue with softer brands. (This works better if you're packing the sandwich for lunch later; it has time to thaw.)

-You want your thick, natural PB creamy and spreadable...*now*? Put a dollop of it into a small, microwavable bowl and nuke it for a few seconds, just enough to soften it up.

[justjoust]

Great story AND public service message.
Although, pertaining to the chemical and toxic synthetic ingredients in your peanut butter, you write; "I don’t know what half of that stuff even is. I’m sure it’s all safe,..."
Why are you sure?
Just because they put it in, it's supposedly safe?
Nope.
They don't even test half of this stuff before they go adding it in.
I go by this rule, if the ingredients contain something that sounds vaguely chemically and the list of ingredients is as long as your sleeve, look for something else.

[ptimony]

I only assume it is safe because I never heard of anyone (who didn't have a peanut allergy) getting all fucked up from eating peanut butter. Doesn't mean it won't happen... but it probably won't.

That said, I agree completely about the chemical ingredient comment. If I need a degree in chemistry to understand what I'm eating, I don't wanna eat it!

Peter