Anyone Out There Still Love Peanut Butter and Jelly?

[leftyladyfrommo]

Even after all these years that is still my favorite sandwich.

If I had to choose one thing to eat on a desert island I think it would be a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

I wonder if that could be genetic.

[RetroLounge]

1. Had one for dinner last night....

45 yrs old and still love them!

:hi:

RL

[peekaloo]

2. Yep. I love Smuckers' Goobers, too.

[City Lights]

3. Me. With fritos. Right on the sandwich.

Yummy. :9

[A HERETIC I AM]

34. Ever done potato chips?

Lays. Or Utz. Even better. Ruffles if you're feeling frisky!

[wildhorses]

4. raising my hand....love 'em

and love peanut butter so much that I will eat a spoonful straight out of the jar. BTW peanut butter goes really nicely with CHOCOLATE;)

[Cannikin]

5. Jif and Smucker's strawberry preserves

[samplegirl]

6. I like peanut butter & jelly

but I don't like them together in a sandwich.

[blondeatlast]

7. My son and I had one the other day while the garage repairman was here.

He said he was going to go home and make one himself, he hadn't had one in years.

Of course I offered him one!

Yummy!

[bertha katzenengel]

10. did he accept?

[blondeatlast]

12. He didn't want to, but mom that I am, I insisted.

Don't know if he ate it, he took it with him, though!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. Heck yeah...

Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jelly, No extra sugar added. And I recommend it with Popcorn. YUMMY. When we were out of chips as a kid, I'd pop popcorn to have with it. Kinda became a thing.
Duckie

[bertha katzenengel]

9. ohh . . .

:fallsdownfromwant:

luscious pb & strawberry preserves on potato bread

:drool:

[Neoma]

11. It's alright.

[cmkramer]

13. I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

Do you prefer smooth or chunky peanut butter? I like both myself.

[Aristus]

14. Oh GOD yes!

Love it! :9

Jif Crunchy with blackberry jam on 12-grain wheat. A little piece of Heaven here on Earth. B-)

[Flaxbee]

15. yum!

I like crunchy peanut butter, but creamy will do just fine if there's no crunchy around.

But, I don't like the sugar/salt-laden Jif/Skippy etc anymore. I'll get all-peanut, no additives, peanut butter at our health food store or sometimes our grocery store will carry a few jars of the peanuts-only peanut butter. It's too sweet for me now otherwise.

I was spoiled - living in NYC, there was a store in the village where you could get fresh dates and fresh, just-crushed peanut butter to dip the dates in. Food of the gods, I tell ya.

As for the topping, sometimes honey is good, but usually I'll go for orange marmalade, red raspberry preserves, or some other jelly (not strawberry or grape).

Had a pbj sammich last night! Yum!

[radwriter0555]

16. I'm having our friends bring us Fairfax Farmer's Market peanut butter

in August.

The french don't like peanut butter so much. Not easy to find.

[politicat]

19. Peanut butter recipe:

It's so bloody easy to make, I'm stunned it took us so long to come up with it.

225 grams dry roasted peanuts (or 2 cups peanuts that you have toasted in the oven with some salt)
100 to 200 grams honey
1 food processor, blender or electric chopper.

Grind the peanuts in the processor with short pulses until pasty. Drizzle the honey in, a few grams at a time until it reaches the consistency you like. Add coarsely chopped peanuts if you like it chunky.

Also works with almonds and it's deadly good with hazelnuts.

[chaska]

20. Damn, that sounds good. I take it you have to use...

either honey or oil or some other liquid for it to work?

[politicat]

47. No, the honey just improves the flavor.

Peanuts by themselves will work fine; they have plenty of oil in them. I've just futzed with the recipe enough that honey improves the flavor we like. We don't put much sugar in our preserves - technically they're conserves since I don't use sugar in them - and sometimes the peanut butter could use the lift.

Another thing to add: Cinnamon. Just a little. This works especially well with almond butter, because toasted almonds, a little honey and cinnamon taste like sugared fried almonds (a medieval sweet that is really delicious).

[tinfoilinfor2005]

42. No, but in Paris Nutella is all over the place

and I enjoy that when I'm there.

[WCGreen]

17. Oh yea.... I loves the PBJ.....

But it has to be on white bread.... or an English Muffin....

[politicat]

18. Homemade peanut butter with handmade strawberry preserves on

whole wheat bread (preferably my own.) A big glass of organic milk and an apple and celery sticks.

That's heaven on a plate right there.

They're all really easy to make, too.

[chaska]

21. You're killin' me. I remember when I was a little kid....

this old woman used to babysit me and my brother. She would make jelly from wild muscadine grapes. God, that made an awesome PB&J sandwich.

[Floogeldy]

53. How do you make the peanut butter?

?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. I love love love PB&J...........

But not as a sandwich....

But on whole wheat toast, or an English muffin......

For breakfast! :9

:hi:

[hfojvt]

23. I never did care for it

I could never keep the jelly in the sandwich, so it was a sticky mess. I would rather have peanut butter and cheese.

[chaska]

25. You're strange...

YUK!!!

;)

[hfojvt]

26. That is true

but have you ever tried it?

[chaska]

30. Why would I? LOL!

Mind you, not a darn thing wrong with being strange, especially when you consider what is considered normal these days.

[auntAgonist]

39. wrong place

[hfojvt]

54. what is wrong about it?

Just that you do not want to talk to me :cry: You have some kind of hidden antagonism towards me? :P

[auntAgonist]

57. awwwww

:hug:
I don't think I hide antagonism well :) Certainly have none towards you hehe, you'd know ALL about it.

:hug:
:loveya:

aA

[miss_american_pie]

24. Almost as much as peanut butter and nutella

which I had for lunch yesterday.

[Stevendsmith]

27. I classify PB&J as five-year-old food (n/t)

[A HERETIC I AM]

33. Then you should have never grown up.

Oh ye of the closed mind

[Haole Girl]

28. I'm eating out of a jar of GOOBER, grape right now!

Yummy!

[GOPisEvil]

29. My goodness yes!!

I use all-natural peanut butter and fruit preserves. :9

[Kajsa]

31. Oh yes, PB & J.

Is the ultimate comfort food.

Peanuts only-ground in the health food store butter
Apricot preserves
Whole Wheat Bread-maybe toasted

Served with a big glass of ice cold milk.

Yum!:9

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. At 47 i have perfected the PB&J

And to all you Grape Jelly lovers out there.....GRAPE JELLY SUCKS!!

anyway...here's how you do it;

Toast your bread (Yes...i said TOAST. The following does not work on bread that has not been toasted)
Using a knife, carefully cut a square just inside the crust, just deep enough to cut the surface layer of toasted bread from one slice. ie: if the slice is 3/4 inch thick, cut down about 1/8 inch. Use the knife to carefully pry up the square you have created. The result will be a piece of bread with one toasted side (the outside of the sandwich to be made) and one side with a well or pan created by the removal of the cut portion.

If you like a lot of preserves (like me) this allows extra jelly to be put on this slice and the pan shape will help keep it in while eating. If you like lots of peanut butter, the same applies. If you like lots of both, do both slices!

Bear in mind that you have compromised the slice's structural integrity to a degree, but hey.....it a fucking PB&J! You're gonna eat it over the sink anyway!

Slap another knife full of Peanut Butter and Jelly on the little square that results from this surgery and fold it for a mini sammich!

BTW...best jellys? Home mades, of course and Smuckers Strawberry Preserves or any "Boutique" brand preserves. Apricot, Raspberry, Etc. Apple jelly sucks for the same reason grape does. It's just jellied juice. Preserves rock!

[chaska]

44. OMG!!! You've blinded me with science...!

I like double decker PB&Js. 3 slices of bread.

[SeattleGirl]

35. I do! I just finished one 'bout half an hour ago.

PB&J is the perfect sammich!

[Catshrink]

36. I love 'em

preferrably toasted, but untoasted is fine. Whole wheat bread, chunky pb, and raspberry or blackberry jam. Nice big glass of milk, too!

Does anyone like celery stuffed with pb? It's one of my favorite snacks. Heck, sometimes I have it for dinner.

[auntAgonist]

37. I take a peanut butter and sometimes jelly sandwich to

work EVERY day. It's an easy protein fix for me mid day.

My boss says it's a meal. I say it's a snack. The don't allow us to have meals at our desks.

A healthy snack I say!

:hi:

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[NMDemDist2]

38. hubby does. he eats them all the time. I have to be in the right mood tho

:shrug:

[atomic-fly]

40. it's delicious! as my cat says..

[auntAgonist]

41. another favourite of mine. PB, lettuce and miracle whip!

sounds odd, but OMG it's good!


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:hi:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

43. Oh no. You would have to hold a gun to my head to eat Miracle Whip.

The world is divided into two halves. Those who prefer Mayo and those who prefer Miracle Whip. I've never yet met anyone who crosses over. :)

[auntAgonist]

45. heh well

:rofl: try it with Mayonaisse .. it's just as good :)


:hi:

aA

[cmkramer]

55. I love peanut butter and mayonnaise

I was just checking through my Elvis cookbook -- actually a book about the foods Elvis loved. Anyway, there's a recipe in it for Fool's Gold Loaf which is basically an Xtreme pb&j

You cook up a pound of lean bacon. Then you get a loaf of Italian bread and butter the sides and put it in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until the bread is browned. When the bread is done, slice it lengthwise and hollow it out. Then fill it with the bacon and however much peanut butter and jelly as you desire. Put the top back on and enjoy.

[auntAgonist]

56. THAT sounds SO good!

I'll have to make that when my son visits, between him, his gf and my husband and I we could probably finish it up.

:hi:
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[cmkramer]

62. The book said Elvis could eat an entire one himself

Technically though, it's about 8 to 10 servings. I'm sure I could make it disappear in 4 or 5 though.

[chaska]

46. Anybody like peanut butter pasta?

I love it.

Try it. I make it different everytime, but generally it goes something like this:

lots (LOTS!) of minced garlic heated in a little olive oil
add some tomatoes - any kind of tomato product will do (canned, fresh, salsa, haven't tried ketchup ... yet!) Not much is needed.
then a heaping tablespoon or two of peanut butter (I like crunchy)
soy sauce
fish sauce (optional but really good)
something spicy hot (whatever you got)
lots of water (sauce must be thin - it thickens as it cools)
remove from heat and add fresh cilantro

Don't cook for very long or the peanuts will lose their crunch. Except for the garlic, you just want to heat it through.
I've been wanting to try this with crumbled sausage, just haven't gotten around to it.

Serve over spaghetti.

Fattening??? Who cares.

[Union Label]

48. Oh yes

PB&J still rocks!:headbang:

[Benfea]

49. Yup. Love it. -NT

[calico1]

50. I like peanut butter and either jam or

preserves. But not together. Not even when I was a kid.

[yvr girl]

51. Didn't even like them as a kid

I like peanut butter and I like jam...just not together.

[yellowdogintexas]

52. of course. one of life's basic foods. So glad I am not allergic

to peanuts.

[Misskittycat]

58. Still my favorite.

When I was a kid, that was the only thing I would eat for lunch every day. My mother tried to give me other things; I always refused.

[xmas74]

59. Skippy SuperChunk and Smuckers Red Raspberry Preserves.

Now that's a sandwich.

[hippywife]

60. Love em!

with seedless black raspberry preserves dipped in a hot bowl of tomato soup! Or with chips on em.

[conflictgirl]

61. I didn't like them as a kid, but I do now!

As a full-time student, having two part-time jobs and raising three kids, I need food I can prepare and eat very quickly. PBJ always works! Luckily none of us are allergic to the ingredients.

I have managed to make mine a little healthier. I use whole grain bread, organic jam/jelly (my favorite is raspberry - and it's only $1.99 at Trader Joes!) and either almond butter or the Whole Kids creamy peanut butter. Usually natural peanut butter is hard to stir but I don't like all the sugar and hydrogenated oil in brands like Jif (even though it tastes yummy! :9) so I was really happy to discover the Whole Foods kids brand.

I lie to myself that my version of PBJ is health food. LOL

[ScreamingMeemie]

63. I love them and both of my children hate them...would you believe that?

Lunchtime gets expensive around these parts because I can't get away with PB and J...even if I put Marshmallow Fluff ( a favorite of mine) on it. I think my children are aliens. :( :hi: