Sandwich poll

[james_davis_nicoll]

[Poll #2026632]

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

The order in which you are making the sandwich. Do you start by putting the knife in the peanut butter jar, or in the jam jar?

[mastadge.livejournal.com]

I use two knives.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

This. Also: I assumed the first two answers were a psychological test of whether one would choose the first correct answer or be contrary.

Also: where are the cats?

[ironyoxide.livejournal.com]

Waiting for a slice of bread or bit of peanut butter to fall off the counter, obviously.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Taped to multiple slices of bread with spread in order to develop perpetual motion machine.

[solarbird]

I use two spoons.

[ejmam.livejournal.com]

It is much easier to wipe jam off the knife before switching to peanut butter than the other way around. This is important when you are running low on silverware and the lunch boxes need to go out the door in the next 5 seconds. So, jam first, then peanut butter.

Two knives is another option, but that seems wasteful.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

See, I've never found that to be true, not when I'm using a jam with some texture to it. If it's more like a grape jelly, sure, but if it's something with actual chunks of fruit in it, it tends to be a lot easier and faster for me to do the peanut butter first.

I can't think of a single time in my life I've used two knives for making PB&J. I've used a spoon and a knife before, when I was scraping out the last bits of a jar, or counting calories so measuring amounts of each, but never two knives.

[drglam]

Knife for peanut butter, spoon for jam. No cross-contamination.

[jennlk]

This.

Also, depending on whether the sandwich is for immediate consumption or is to be packed for later, a thin skim of butter (dairy or nut) on the jam slice, under the jam, may be desired.

[solarbird]

Separate spoons, one for each, but your way would work fine as well of course.