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Nut butter of choice* on one slice.
Butter butter on the other slice (to keep the bread from getting soggy).
Jam on top of the butter.
Separate knives or washing in between, to discourage cross-contamination or terrible little bits of peanut butter in the jam jar.
* 12 years of PBJ for school lunch burned me out and I can no longer countenance peanut butter.
Butter butter on the other slice (to keep the bread from getting soggy).
Jam on top of the butter.
Separate knives or washing in between, to discourage cross-contamination or terrible little bits of peanut butter in the jam jar.
* 12 years of PBJ for school lunch burned me out and I can no longer countenance peanut butter.
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If no banana is available, PB on one slice, jam on top of the PB.
If banana is available, very thin coating of PB on both slices, cut banana lengthwise in chunks (say 2 or 3 so 4 to 6 pieces), place on one piece. Yum!
If banana is available, very thin coating of PB on both slices, cut banana lengthwise in chunks (say 2 or 3 so 4 to 6 pieces), place on one piece. Yum!
PB both slices, jam in the middle.
Since I can no longer eat bread, this is pretty much theoretical. It's Just Not The Same with rice cakes.
Since I can no longer eat bread, this is pretty much theoretical. It's Just Not The Same with rice cakes.
Yes. A thin coating of nut butter helps to contain the jam between.
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?
Peanut butter on one piece first; clean off the knife on the other piece of bread, and then use it to put jam on said bread.
This also confused me. A better explanation may be useful.
PB on both slices. Jam on top of one PB side. PB lines the bread so no need for butter.
If it is going in a lunchbox, pb on both slices as a barrier against sogginess, jam on top of peanut butter on one slice.
If it is for me, skip the jam, toast one slice of bread, top with pb and a sliced apple.
If it is for me, skip the jam, toast one slice of bread, top with pb and a sliced apple.
I saw it as which slice goes on which side of the plate during the assembly process. Turns out I envision the jam on the left side, PB on the right.
We all forgot about the Smucker's Goober option. Jam and peanut butter in one jar. You get a peanut butter and jam swirled mess that way but some people like it that way.
I've possibly made hundreds, maybe thousands of PB&Js in my lifetime, mostly sandwiches that were packed away to be eaten three or four hours later as a schoolkid's lunch. What I do is: use frozen bread, put a pb on both slices, put jam on top on one or the other, and baggie them up. Placing the sandwich at the lop of the lunch bag or box so that they don't get squished is important, but the frozen bread thaws out nicely and the sandwich isn't soggy and gross from the jam soaking through.
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?
Also: where are the cats?
You're British, aren't you? Americans don't put butter on PB&J, and find the concept as off-putting as Europeans find the whole concept of PB&J in the first place.
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.
Two knives is another option, but that seems wasteful.
Peanut butter belongs in Reese cups, and jam inside Pop Tarts. Meats, cheese and veggies belong on sandwiches, which should only be made with real bread (kaiser roll or naan preferred), not the processed foam that comes pre-sliced.
USAn here: when I was a child, PB&J did involve butter on the jelly side; sometime in my teen years, this ceased to be true.
Waiting for a slice of bread or bit of peanut butter to fall off the counter, obviously.
Would I be extremely rude if I asked approximately how old you are?
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