# PBJ and variants
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 22, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969 "2013-01-22T01:46:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/41 "2013-01-24T19:33:51Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> Lately I’ve been going with the Elwood Blues diet, though – dry white toast.
You want butter or jam on that toast, honey? 🙂
Smooth peanut butter and double raspberry jam on whole wheat.
Crunchy PB hurts the roof of my mouth. Raspberry preserves, you might get a rogue berry falling out and stain your shirt. Grape will do if you don’t have raspberry. Honey is just nasty. Ick.
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### Author:  [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/42 "2013-01-24T19:38:34Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#):
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> Creamy, with butter, ideally on an English muffin.
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> Now I’m hungry.
Yep. A crunchy, well done English muffin.
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### Author:  [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/43 "2013-01-24T19:45:55Z")
I do not like roach remnants, rat feces and rodent hair so I try to never eat peanut butter! :eek:
Jelly and toast please… 😃
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### Author:  [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/44 "2013-01-24T19:48:03Z")
As a Brit I’d heard of PB&J and tried it in early adolescence, it was OK but not great. I always have butter or marge on my peanut butter sandwiches too. I think our peanut butter may differ somewhat however. We have crunchy and smooth but I wouldn’t describe the smooth as creamy, it’s too claggy for that.
Chili with peanut butter is great but only with toast. I really really like it with lime pickle.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/45 "2013-01-24T19:50:59Z")
Creamy Jif with blackberry preserves on wheat bread.
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> Also - I spread the peanut butter on BOTH slices of bread, and the jelly goes in the middle.
Yep, I started doing that when taking sandwiches hiking so the bread wouldn’t get soggy. It works.
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### Author:  [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/46 "2013-01-24T21:46:51Z")
Creamy, “natural” peanut butter (the stuff that separates) and grape jelly on toasted wheat bread.
The variant my dad made when I was a kid was peanut butter and apple sauce. Quite tasty!
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### Author:  [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/47 "2013-01-24T23:39:09Z")
As mentioned in the jam, jelly, marmalade thread [What's the difference between Jam, Jelly, and Marmalade? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=679459) it has to be crunchy with a chunky ginger marmalade, preferably on multi-grain bread or a toasted wholemeal english muffin.
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### Author:  [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/48 "2013-01-25T03:58:31Z")
Creamy peanut butter with grape jam (not jelly, jam spreads more smoothly) and Fritos.
OR
Spread creamy peanut butter on wheatberry bread. Top with an even layer of halved fresh grapes and another piece of bread. Eat, and wonder why you never thought of this before.
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### Author:  [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/49 "2013-01-28T00:26:46Z")
Wheatberry or multigrain bread, spread a thin coat of jelly (I’m not picky, grape is cheapest and blackberry is the best) on each slice, knife a wad of creamy Jif on one and work it in. I like how the jelly lubricates the whole deal.
Also good is honey on one slice and PB on the other. Wrap in wax paper and let sit honey-side down for several hours. The honey crystallizes into the bread and makes it extra-delicious.
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### Author:  [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/50 "2013-01-28T00:43:42Z")
All the kinds mentioned with either grape jelly or nutella.
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/51 "2013-01-28T01:39:03Z")
Either, and almond butter is good too! Alone or with almost anything else. I used to make a “pickle dog” - fix up a hot dog bun with peanut butter and, instead of a dog, a dill slice. Awesome.
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### Author:  [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/52 "2013-01-28T01:47:17Z")
cashew butter
cloudberry jam
crisp bacon
on some kinda healthy bread
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/53 "2013-01-28T01:49:34Z")
Anyone ever try a fluffanutter with jelly.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/54 "2013-01-28T01:58:00Z")
Somehow, I do not have any Nutella on hand (and this sounded good, darn it!). Must correct this next time I get groceries.
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### Author:  [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbj-and-variants/647969/55 "2013-01-28T02:20:19Z")
> [@chargerrich](#):
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> I do not like roach remnants, rat feces and rodent hair so I try to never eat peanut butter! :eek:
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> Jelly and toast please… 😃
You do know that your bread and jelly probably have the same added ingredients, right? Impossible to keep pests out of wheat and fruit.
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