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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The obviously correct answer is neither.
You have to peanut buttering BOTH pieces of bread to create a jelly proof barrier. Then there is no top side!
This is the only correct answer. If you make the PB a little thicker around the edges, it will create a sealed PB pocket to contain the jelly for transport.
Jelly proofing sounds like something a novice adventurer does in an RPG to defend against slime-type monsters.
But then I get peanut button on the jelly knife
That’s the best part. You lick it off.
You have a sink
do I?
Yes
U sure?
I think, therefore I am
That’s where I pee. What is the relevance to this discussion?
this is the correct answer, especially if you’re making lunch for later… or using that cheap-ass walmart bread you can basically see through.
My mom used to spread peanut butter on the bottom slice and dairy butter on the top slice for the jelly proofing.
Can’t say I’m not intrigued. 🤔
Yeah she does that for me too
I’m much more a PB & Honey guy but for both I’ll be honest… I don’t make a sandwich. Single slice all the way.
Jelly on top gang checking in.
Throw them both in the trash and make a good tasting sandwich.
PBJ is just gross.
Thems fightin ’ words
Lol true. People are gonna like what they like.
I just never could understand the appeal. Give me a club, a rueben, a meatball grinder, a ham and Swiss, roast beef on rye. Even a peanut butter honey banana.
The appeal is that you just need a couple of jars and some bread to make them. All those other options require a lot more time to cook with more cleanup after.
wait til you see the pbj burger. it’s so fucking good.
That sounds horrible, I could not eat that.
So what flavor jelly is the best with a peanut butter buger?
The ones ive had are usually like a semisweet pepper jelly of some kind. There’s a place around here that sells one with bourbon bacon jam. The PB is usually an unsweetened natural-type of peanut butter.
ive also had ones thst just used strawberry preserves. honestly its one of those things thst sound gross until you try it so i understand
There is no controversy. Peanut butter is the bottom. Anyone who says differently is wrong.
Peanut butter is usually heavier, so I put it on the bottom.
I put it on the bottom
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Wait, but how do I separate the peanut butter from the jelly?
I put peanut butter on both slices, then jam on top of the peanut butter.
And no butter!
I don’t know what’s up with those weirdos buttering their bread before putting spreads on, but I’m not one of em!
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. I’m guessing it’s to help prevent the bread from soaking up the peanut butter and jelly?
The peanut butter acts as a barrier to keep the bread from getting soggy. It’s a beautiful thing!
My favorite stoned snack when I was younger was a double-decker PB&J made with toasted Eggo waffles. And I had building it down to a science:
Spread the PB on two of the waffles and set them aside. Take a second knife (or quick wipe of the first if you’re lazy), spread jelly on one side of the third waffle. Put that waffle jelly-side down onto one of the PB waffles. Spread jelly on the now exposed flip side of the jelly waffle. Top it off with the second PB waffle… Boom, double-decker PB&J waffle sandwich.
Would often end up with a stomach ache the next morning after eating it at 2 am though lol
…toaster waffles? I’m trying to imagine unhinging my jaw enough to manage three full-sized waffles stacked…
Your jaw? You’re not supposed to chew it, you’re supposed to boof it.
Cannabis can make people do incredible things for food.
Really though, it wouldn’t end up being thicker than regular sandwiches/burgers
The bread doesn’t really soak up peanut butter, but yes regarding the jelly.
If you’re packing a PBJ for later, a thin layer of soft butter on the jelly side prevents it sogging the bread. Especially helpful if you’re using preserves rather than jelly, so there’s fruit-syrup between the fruit pieces. It also adds a nice little salty-umami flavor.
Whatever side I want to taste more goes on the bottom.
Goes on the bottom for that bite!
What if you just mixed the jelly and the peanut? Has anyone tried this? Does it fuck with the mouthfeel?
It’s gross, don’t do this
Don’t know if it’s still around, but Smucker’s or someone made a jar of peanut butter and jelly swirl. It was good, but yeah, the mouthfeel was off when used for the sandwich.
It’s existence led to this Mr. Show skit.
And I am sorry to say this, but Mustmayostardayonnaise Lincoln was a Jan 6th rioter. (I secretly love having used that brand new sentence.)
Maybe we could put PB and J in tubes and make alternating lines like this? I feel like this would distribute the sog evenly and not ruin the mouthfeel as much.
… I really should get back to work instead of trying to reinvent the PBJ.
Everyone knows it’s jelly in the middle, peanut butter on each slice of bread.
About 15 years ago, I switched to open faced PB& J sandwiches. Each slice of bread gets peanut butter first, then jam or preserves on top. It’s perfect.
Nobody else does this?
Thats not a sandwich then…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_sandwich
Since we’re not lawyers, this should be OK.
No.
Peanut butter is placed on BOTH sides of bread, and the jelly goes in-between those layers of peanut butter. This keeps the jelly from making your bread soggy.
I’ve never had a problem with jelly-sogged bread.
This is the way
My approach for the more liquidy sandwich toppings is to deliberately give them direct access to the bread so that they soak up in it instead of dripping out. It doesn’t get soggy because the bread is toasted.
Jelly stuck inside layers of impenetrable peanut butter sounds like a mess either when the sandwich compresses during the first bite or later on, when your bite includes the centre of jelly mass.
Though for maximizing peanut butter (which is also a worthy goal), you could do both pieces of toast but leave a gap in the middle of one (or both).
How much jelly do you heap on there?! I always figure a thin layer is plenty.
TBF I mostly eat PBJ toast, so the gobs of jam effect isn’t something I have to worry about
Jelly goes in the center. Both slices of bread should have a thin coating of PB to keep the bread from getting soggy with jelly.
Pb&j goes on a tortilla. It is best as a burrito, or chimichanga if you have a pot of hot oil.
