How Do You Make a PB & J?

[GaryVoshol]

I thought this might be an FLL entry. My daughter starts out the kids she is mentoring by pretending she's a robot, and having them tell her instructions for making a PB sandwich. Which she follows to the letter, with sometimes hilarious results!

[Clark Gilbert]

I like 'em with just peanut butter and with just jelly, but if you mix the two I can't stand it. I've tried peanut butter and potato chips before and it was pretty good. It made for an easy lunch on the go...

[KyleGilbert45]

I don't like peanut butter and jelly, but peanut butter and honey is pretty good.

[JaneYoung]

I have lots of different pb&j variations.
This is one that I like to sit outside and watch the sky with.

Slice a Granny Smith apple (the green tangy ones) into apple rounds, thick or thin - I like thin. Take out the centers with the seeds, core pieces.
Smear one round with smooth peanut butter and cover it with raisins. Put another round on top and it makes a little apple sandwich.

[KelliV]

I eat PB , J & Ketchup... wired I know but I like it.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by KelliV

I eat PB , J & Ketchup... wired I know but I like it.

Hmmm... I'll have to try that. Everyone always makes fun of me enough for eating Ketchup on my scrambled eggs, I'll just have to try that Kelli.
Sounds interesting at least.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Hmmm... I'll have to try that. Everyone always makes fun of me enough for eating Ketchup on my scrambled eggs, I'll just have to try that Kelli.
Sounds interesting at least.

a. what flavor is the 'j'?
b. are you going to keep your cheese with that Elgin?

(It's starting to sound like it may need some salsa as well. )

[Schnabel]

Peanutbutter with banana and honey is the best!

[KelliV]

Originally Posted by Jane

a. what flavor is the 'j'?

Grape! I only eat grape jelly.

[KenWittlief]

goto The Great Northern Pizza Kitchen (and sandwhich shop)

order one from the menu!

BTW, in my freshman college communications class our professor had the class write instructions for how to make a PBJ sandwhich. The next day she had a loaf of bread, jars of PB &J, butter, a knife... on the front desk.

She had one of the students read their instructions out loud, and she followed them.

1. "Open the bag of bread". The professor grabbed the bag with two hands and ripped it open, slices of bread flying everywhere

it went downhill from there

a very enlightning class on how difficult it is to write technical instructions.

PS: for me, open face on toast, butter, PB and J on both slices.

[MissInformation]

In her first year of college my friend Lynette had declared Spanish/Secondary Education as her major. She took her first education class that spring semester and it was a class to teach you how to teach people things... She had very little success with teaching a camp song to the class and so for her next project, she decided to teach the class how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She went all out and bought lots of bread, different kinds of peanut butter and jelly... Sadly, they were not impressed, her peers just stared at her like she was as nutty as all that peanut butter in front of her and she couldn't get anyone to make a sandwich. At dinner that night, when even green jello couldn't cheer her up, she said to me "I changed my major today." And she had.

Yep, her whole future was changed by the non-making of PB and J sandwiches! (but it's not meant to be a sad story, because she had only declared education as her dual major because she didn't know what else to declare. Her true love was and still is languages, especially Spanish.)

Heidi

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

...Yep, her whole future was changed by the non-making of PB and J sandwiches! (but it's not meant to be a sad story, because she had only declared education as her dual major because she didn't know what else to declare. Her true love was and still is languages, especially Spanish.)

Heidi

what is the end of the story? what did she major in? can you major in languages if you do not intend to teach them?

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

what is the end of the story? what did she major in? can you major in languages if you do not intend to teach them?

Yes, you can, because there are a world of possibilities for languages... she ended up as a Spanish major with a minor in French. For example, a language major can find work doing translation. She did end up teaching a bit, as a volunteer teaching spanish speaking adults English.

Heidi

[KarenH]

I'm not picky about the bread. A moderate layer of PB on one side each of both slices. Drizzle honey from the honey bear on one slice; put slices together and cut diagonally. Husband who slices sandwiches into rectangles gets a tongue-lashing; rectangles are improper for grown men.

Variations:
--Jam or preserves instead of honey; must be seedless; no marmalade allowed.
--Applesauce instead of J, and use raisin bread (my mom found this recipe in a cookbook or magazine somewhere)
--Add sliced cheese and/or lunchmeat; deli slices are fine, but use a thick slice of bologna for sheer gluttony

Question: Is the USDA recommended 2 tablespoons of PB per serving a viable quantity?

Story:
When I was in college, a group of us drove on a long trip. I was riding shotgun in the van, and the people in the back seats were making sandwiches. Having recently learned of the horrendous practice of making PB J's with PB on only one slice, and only J on the other, I instructed our gourmet chefs to put the PB on BOTH slices. Which they did. Somehow I didn't hear their snickering until they handed me the "sandwich."

PB on both SIDES of the slices!

[JaneYoung]

If you cut the sandwich into 4 little triangles, I love those. For one thing you can stick your little pinky up in the air and it fits perfectly. Esp. with raspberry preserves and crunchy peanut butter. Num.