Inspired by yesterday’s discussion on whether or not a hotdog is a sandwich, I’ve decided to wade into the waters of filled-bread food controversy. I am of the contention that jelly belongs on top of the peanut butter. What say you, Lemmings?
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Jelly on top gang checking in.
Correctly made, a PB&J should be symmetrical. A layer of peanut butter on each slice of bread with jelly in between, so the jelly doesn’t sog up the bread, especially if the sandwich is to be stored for awhile as in a packed lunch.
So each slice should be 1/2 covered in jelly and 1/2 covered in peanut butter?
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The whole “pb on both pieces of bread” thing is SPECIFICALLY for making the sandwich IN ADVANCE like making your lunch in the morning. If you’re eating it immediately then that’s unnecessary.
That method increases the likelihood of cross-contamination (don’t get one ingredient in the other’s jar, you heathen), so don’t do it UNLESS you’re making it in advance.
Anyway, the correct way (for eating-immediately scenarios) is jam on top, as it’s less likely to drip that way.
Absofuckinglutely! The jelly will gooify the bread on on a much faster rate than the peanut butter. You have to eat that sumbitch jelly up and that’s all there is to it!
You don’t just put a modest layer of peanut butter on both slices first?
Then the jelly squeezes out. You need the bread to absorb some of the jelly
Peanut butter is a guest, not help at the party.
You’re supposed to apply peanut butter to half of each slice of bread, then jelly to the other half of each slice (so they’re mirror image), then put them together. That way both sides have equal amounts peanut butter and jelly, and it’s 180° radially symmetrical. The best sandwiches are radially symmetrical.
Jelly belongs on top. Peanut butter belongs on the bottom. Banana belongs on top of the peanut butter. Chia seeds must be worked into both peanut butter and jelly before setting the banana.
If I find chia seeds in my pb&j I’m crashing out
Not a fan of chia seeds?
I can’t imagine how anybody could eat something and not think “Man, this would be so much better with thousands of tiny dirt flavored beads mixed in!”
I like the crunch, I find the grit gives it a good texture. They’re also REALLY good for you.
That’s what crunchy peanut butter is for.
Then might I recommend a beach picnic. You can get that same chia seed experience for free!
Motherfucker’s talking about adding crunch to a peanut butter banana sandwich?
Crushed walnuts wouldn’t be a bad addition
It’s a matter of structural stability. Peanut butter, being more dense, makes for a superior foundation. In the event of earthquakes, sudden stops, or cabin depressurization, a PBJ with the peanut butter side down stands a stronger chance of maintaining position and surviving.
If you can spread peanut butter on top of jelly, you’re a witch.
You spread it on the bread, then flip it onto the PB.
A WITCH! BURN HER!
50% PB and 50% J per slice of bread. Make two lines of ingredients and then make alternate the order on the 2nd, so all 4 quadrants are touching their counterpart.
yall not adding vegemite to your pb&js are missing out.
Jelly on top, if you use the same knife for both peanut butter and jelly, you’ll mix jelly with the PB in the jar. I know I don’t want that, but to each his own, I guess. PB doesn’t tend to get into the jelly jar as much, in my experience, but again, to each his own.
I just wipe the jam off the knife onto the clean slice of bread before doing the peanut butter side. No getting it in the peanut butter jar.
Peanut butter on both slices, jelly in the middle. No I won’t take questions.
Jelly on the top slice, probably because that side has less structural stability as it becomes moistened by the jelly/jam.
Also, you don’t get the peanut butter stuck on your tongue
The real pro tip is you peanut butter both sides then jelly center.
This is what I do, except the jelly is on both sides of a third and toasted piece of bread.
Genius.
