# Peanut butter and Jam?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823 "2006-08-15T13:59:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/1 "2006-08-15T13:59:53Z")
I like peanut butter, I really do, especially the smoooooth kind.
So I thought I’d try it with some jam on, strawberry at first then one some with raspberry. I had just one bite out of each.
:eek: It’s bloody disgusting, how you Americans can eat it like that beggars belief.
Nope from now on it’s peanut butter sans jam but avec salt thank you very much.
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### Author:  [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/2 "2006-08-15T14:02:59Z")
Fruit and Nuts are a splendid combination in my book.
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/3 "2006-08-15T14:06:59Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#):
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> Fruit and Nuts are a splendid combination in my book.
Indeed they are but not spread on bread :dubious:
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/4 "2006-08-15T14:13:05Z")
Oh well, I suppose all those millions of people that like the combination must just be wrong… or stupid… or something. Seriously, **Chowder** , what the freck are you on about?
Peanut butter and jam is just fine, although peanut butter and honey is better, IMO, and better still is peanut butter and chocolate spread.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/5 "2006-08-15T14:14:34Z")
You dare to mock the almighty PB&J!?!?!
OG…
er, probably isn’t all that worked up about it.
Carry on…
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/6 "2006-08-15T14:17:14Z")
Peanut butter, honey and sliced banana is the go except here in Australia where, due to the earlier tropical cyclone, a banana cost about $2.50 instead of 50 cents.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/7 "2006-08-15T14:18:45Z")
Peanut butter and jelly (or jam) is one of the first treats I ever had. I started on Indian food, and love indian food, and even in American food have fairly cultured tastes these days…but nothing, nothing, is so simply satisfying as a good old PB&J sammich with the crusts cut off.
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### Author:  [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/8 "2006-08-15T14:19:04Z")
That’s it. Bombing of England shall commence in twenty minutes.
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/9 "2006-08-15T14:19:36Z")
FWIW, PB&J is mostly for kids, who tend to like sweeter things. When adults eat it, it’s usually for nostalgia\*. I can’t even remember the last time I had PB&J - I usually have just toast or bread with my PB, or with an apple. Or celery! Delicious.
\*Yes, I know some adults still like their PB&J.
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### Author:  [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/10 "2006-08-15T14:24:49Z")
Would you please define “beggars belief?” I couldn’t find a satisfactory definition on the web and I’d like to understand exactly how disgusting I am that I like pb&j.
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### Author:  [@yingtongtiddleipo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yingtongtiddleipo)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/11 "2006-08-15T14:29:55Z")
I don’t agree! Smooth peanut butter and blackcurrant jam is. just. to. die. for!
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/12 "2006-08-15T14:37:28Z")
Peanut butter, strawberry jam and hot chilli sauce is nice; trust me on this.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/13 "2006-08-15T14:39:24Z")
> [@Kyla](#):
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> FWIW, PB&J is mostly for kids, who tend to like sweeter things. When adults eat it, it’s usually for nostalgia\*.
> \*Yes, I know some adults still like their PB&J.
I still eat them to get a mix of fruit, carbs and protein. But I have graduated to Polaner All-fruit and multi-grain bread instead of store brand grape jelly and white bread.
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### Author:  [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/14 "2006-08-15T14:43:18Z")
> [@Alma](#):
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> Would you please define “beggars belief?” I couldn’t find a satisfactory definition on the web and I’d like to understand exactly how disgusting I am that I like pb&j.
This is the British equivalent of “beyond belief” or “unbelievable”.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/15 "2006-08-15T14:45:24Z")
As a proud Englishman who is partial to a nice PB&J, let me tell you that the way we Brits attempt to make the aforementioned sandwich can lead to bitter disappointment in the manner of the OP. I’ve had crappy British peanut butter spread on stale buttered bread, with a tiny thin layer of the Wrong Sort of Jam scraped on the top. Wrong. Here’s how to “get” it:
The bread must be thick, soft and white.
The peanut butter must be sweet and creamy American style (pref. Jif, Peter Pan or Skippy), spread really thick - half-a-centimetre deep. I prefer super-crunchy
The “jam” should be grape jelly (pref. Smuckers), spread to the same depth.
NO BUTTER OR MARGARINE.
Slap another piece of soft white bread on top, bite down, and enter pure bliss.
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### Author:  [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/16 "2006-08-15T14:45:37Z")
> [@slortar](#):
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> That’s it. Bombing of England shall commence in twenty minutes.
Personally I’d rather eat the bomb. Savoury and sweet should not be mixed! I couldn’t cope with the syrup and bacon combination when I was in San Francisco wither Blechhhh!
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/17 "2006-08-15T14:46:25Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#):
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> Personally I’d rather eat the bomb. Savoury and sweet should not be mixed!
Do you avoid Thai, Chinese and Indian cuisines too then?
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### Author:  [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/18 "2006-08-15T14:51:07Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#):
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> This is the British equivalent of “beyond belief” or “unbelievable”.
Thanks for clarifying, I sort of had that impression but I wasn’t sure what beggars had to do with it. But I guess it’s akin to beggars can’t be choosers?
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### Author:  [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/19 "2006-08-15T14:54:48Z")
> [@jjimm](#):
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> Do you avoid Thai, Chinese and Indian cuisines too then?
I avoid Korma’s if that’s what you mean!
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jam/368823/20 "2006-08-15T14:58:08Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#):
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> I avoid Korma’s if that’s what you mean!
Well, there’s a lot more sweet/savoury than the mere korma: your pasanders, your kashmiris, anything with black bean/oyster/plum sauce, then there’s your panang curry, massaman, red curry, satay, and of course all the Malaysian and Indonesian delights too. Plus mint jelly on lamb, branston pickle and cheese, redcurrant jelly on poultry, caramelised onions with anything, balsamic vinegar, ketchup on anything, Worcestershire sauce, HP, etc. etc.
I think it’s a false distinction you’re making.
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