PB & J. What's your best or favorite take on this classic?

[pinto]

Besides cereal it's a common snack for me. Morning, noon or night. Sometimes a meal, in and of itself.

What's your favorite PB & J medley?

[elleng]

1. Nutella!!!

[pinto]

3. +1

I love it.

[elleng]

5. Problem:

Recently, last month or so, only size I can find is HUGE one! Really don't want to buy it, cause I'll eat it all too quickly!!!

[Lucinda]

36. Store it in the fridge

super hard to dig out of the jar when its cold!

[elleng]

37. HA!

May try it! Thanks!

[rdharma]

14. Ever tried Nutella and Marshmallow turnovers?

Decadent!



http://picky-palate.com/2010/11/08/nutella-mallow-pillow-pockets/

[elleng]

18. NO! PLEASE!

[hollysmom]

2. well, not exactluy PB&J

I like to take multigrain crackers and put Lime marmalade and cream cheese on them. Yum. And invention of necessity because there was nothing else treat like in the house

[pinto]

6. What's lime marmalade? Sounds like something I'd like. Have never seen it.

Obvious duh...it's lime marmalade. Just have never seen it for sale.

[hollysmom]

8. I got it in shoprite on nj

actually, it is key lime marmalade.
It was a shelf above the strawberry and grape jellies. they also had prickly pear jelly and a lot of stuff.

[pinto]

10. mmm, key lime.

[Melissa G]

4. Prefer Almond butter to peanut

Then I add simply fruit spread (preferably apricot) on oat nut bread. Delish!

[pinto]

7. Apricot or peach are my favorites. Local store has date jam, it's killer.

[Melissa G]

11. Thanks! will try the date jam

I am fond of fruit spreads with no added sugar. I find fruit sufficiently sweet.

[valerief]

27. I'm an almond butter, blackberry preserves, and oatnut bread gal. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Peanut butter and seedless blackberry preserves on whole wheat bread.

Cut into strips and dunk into a glass of ice cold milk. Yum!

[flying rabbit]

12. AB & H

almond butter and honey on white bread. slightly toasted of course.

[rdharma]

13. Has anybody tried SunButter Natural Sunflower Seed Spread? nt

[KC]

16. I have

tried it. It looks like peanut butter and tastes just like sunflower seeds.
It's actually pretty good, but I just keep expecting it to be peanut butter. lol

[The empressof all]

33. That stuff is "of the devil" and banned from my home

It's just too fricken good....

[Lucinda]

38. reaches for grocery list

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. So here's what you do.....

1st, toast the bread

Take one slice and using the knife you're going to spread the PB & J with, carefully cut just inside the crust, around the edge, through the outer layer or surface of the toast, just through that toasted outer layer so that you cut a square out. Gently go under this cut-out with the knife and separate it from the slice of bread. The middle of the slice is nice and warm and bread like, the other side is toasted but now you have created a well, if you will. The carrying capacity of the bread is now doubled.

Fill with preserves, spread PB on the other side, slap em' together and devour.

That little square you cut out? A tiny PB & J toast point.

[dem in texas]

17. Never liked pb & J

Even when I was a kid, I liked my peanut butter plain. I eat plain peanut butter on whole wheat bread, add a dill pickle or some cherry tomatoes on the side, it's might tasty to me.

[Freddie]

19. Me neither

Like many people, peanut butter gives me...breaking wind. I have vivid memories of sitting in afternoon classes in junior high trying hard not to do that after a PB & J for lunch. IMO peanut butter is only good on celery or apples or in the occasional cookie.

[pinto]

20. What, no banana additions?

Peanut butter, date jam and sliced banana.

[cbayer]

21. First, I cut the crust off the bread, lol.

I like smooth peanut butter and I like the kind that is just peanuts.

And grape jelly is still my favorite.

Extra added deliciousness? Honey and/or bananas.

And if I want to be extra decadent, I put some butter in there too.

[Galileo126]

22. Never had PB & J

I have the peanut allergy. I found out the hard way when I was 3 yrs old.

I tried sunflower butter once, and really didn't like it.

[cbayer]

23. That is so sad.

How about almond or cashew butters?

[Galileo126]

24. Never had those either

I'm also allergic to walnuts (again found out the hard way). So, there was a "no nuts" rule growing up. My parents figure better safe than sorry, and it was cheaper than a scratch test.

To be honest, I can't miss what I never had. However, when someone opens up a jar of peanut butter, I always make the same joke: 'Death never smelled so GOOD!' I really love the smell of peanut butter, but I do know that one would kill me.

Sick humor: if ever I am diagnosed with a terminal disease, I'm going to do three things I've never done all at the same time: shoot up a hot dose of heroine, eat a PB & J, and ride this biggest wave on the North Shore until it crashes on me. Hopefully, all 3 will kick in at the same time!

[cbayer]

25. So you don't know about cashews or almonds?

Trader Joes' has a variety of butters and I love them.

I guess I could live without peanut butter, but I sure would miss it!

You will most certainly die if you do all three of those things at once.

I'm not even sure what order I would recommend!

[Galileo126]

28. It's just a theoretical

I'm scared of being in hospital, with wires up my cahzoo, spending $$$ just to die.

I'd rather give what little I have to my nephews...and die on my own terms.

(ps: I'm 48 and heathy. Just thinking ahead.)

I'm a proponent of "quality of life" vs. "number of years". Which is why I dig this forum (C & B), and think it's cool.

Eat-Pray -Love? Well, I'm good for 2 out of 3. If you get all 3, you are better than me.



-g

[blaze]

26. Yum!!!

One of my all time favorite late night treats!!

Toasted. With butter. Can be peanut or almond. Grape jelly is the preferred, but can be adjusted.

Must be accompanied with a large glass of ice cold milk.

(When I'm in a hurry, the peanut/almond butter can be spread on a six inch tortilla and rolled up to munch on)

[TreasonousBastard]

29. Never liked it when I was a kid, but now can't...

get enough.

I'm diabetic, so have to be careful, but load up on Bonne Maman preserves when they go on sale and practice steely self denial.

Favorite way, which makes it a bit worse, is on an English muffin. I rarely have English muffins around because of the temptation and high carb count of the damn things, but do allow myself a few at times. And instead of PB, I often use cream cheese or almond butter. Or some other nut butter hanging around.

And Nutella. Yeah, more sugars to worry about, but worth the sacrifice of other less worthy carbs.

Years ago I went to Germany and brought some Nutella back to the office. Real Nutella, with the palm oil and everything. Nobody heard of it back then, and nobody heard of the Belgian butter crackers to spread it on, either. Just put them on a table and watched the people glance as they walked by. Then, one person tried it and went into some sort of foodgasmic trance. Took maybe 5 minutes before it was all gone. Tried to get them to pay for another European trip and thought I had it for a minute.

[fizzgig]

34. english muffins make a perfectly sized sandwich

and i love cream cheese and jelly/jam/preserves/whatever, but my favorite is the bonne maman cherry preserves. i eat that stuff with a spoon.

[msanthrope]

30. Must have it on toast, and with honey instead of jelly. nt

[pinto]

31. Bought English muffins today, that's my favorite. Yeah, love honey. Molasses as well.

[Major Nikon]

32. I don't think I'll be trying this

[japple]

35. Almond butter for me. I like the Maranatha Creamy No-stir kind

spread on graham crackers and usually eat it with apples, pears, or other fruits. It is good on celery, too. I don't like it on bread or with jelly. I make killer Almond Butter Candy Buckeyes every year at Christmas, and folks swoon over them. There is also a few tbsp. of rum in the recipe, so that might be what people really like!

I have peanut allergy and, after having several severe reactions during childhood, get nauseous whenever I smell peanut butter. I am also allergic to lentils, chickpeas, English peas--all in the legume family.

My mother and brother were peanut butter fanatics and my brother always liked to make peanut butter and butter sandwiches, grilled in a cast iron skillet on the stove, the same way you make a grilled cheese. He and Mom never liked it with jelly. Mom liked hers on crackers.

Dad wasn't crazy about peanut butter because he had to eat so much it in C-rations and K-rations during & immediate after WWII in Germany and during Korean War, as well as those times when he was on maneuvers.

Interesting topic, pinto. Thanks for starting the thread.

I ordered some of this spread and it is divine. The recipe for Banana Coconut Almond Bread is moist, delicious and more like cake than bread.



http://www.barefootandchocolate.com/recipes/

[Flying Squirrel]

39. When I was a kid

I used to toast two slices of bread, then butter them each on BOTH SIDES, then put PB&J between them. It was extremely messy but very yummy.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

40. A passage in a cooking school book I ran across a while ago said

That the split between grape jelly and strawberry preserves pretty much centered on the Mississippi River. East was grape, West was strawberry.

Just a weird factoid that's rattling around in the old noggin...