# Peanut Butter And Jelly Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401 "2010-09-28T22:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/41 "2010-09-29T01:04:00Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > Do you guys put on your peanut butter and jelly separately, or mix them together first? I do either, depending on my mood or whatever else I’m eating. If I’m using honey or I’m having the pb&j with soup or stew I mix them together. If I’m just having a sandwich I don’t mix them. That just seems like a lot of unnecessary work to me. Slather PB on one slice of bread, jelly on the other, smash together, PROFITS! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/42 "2010-09-29T01:16:07Z")
You know, I just thought about this more than I should have, and I realized that when I have soup and sandwiches I am usually making them for the whole family so it’s actually _less_ work for me to mix the PB in with the J and spread on a bunch of sandwiches. If I didn’t then I’d have to spread two things on each sandwich, and I just don’t love my family that much. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/43 "2010-09-29T01:35:42Z")
I chose other because I don’t use jelly, I like jam or preserves. Just about any flavor but most often it’s strawberry, raspberry or blackberry. I like to try different flavors every so often though. Currently, my new thing is peanut butter and nutella, it’s almost like a Reese’s sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/44 "2010-09-29T01:37:48Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > JAM JAM JAM > > I don’t really care what kind of jam, I partial to raspberry, but jelly is really terrible and grape is the worst. I also vote for crunchy I guess I just like the mouth feel. ITA, except I am ambivalent about crunchy or smooth Peanut butter. I usually get smooth because it is generally easier to spread. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/45 "2010-09-29T01:43:56Z")
Okay, this is going to sound crazy but…no jelly. I ate peanut butter and jelly my entire life, but within the past year or so it just seems too sweet. So now it’s just peanut butter (Laura Scudder’s all natural smooth peanut butter only, please) on wheat bread. Even better, peanut butter on Hawaiian bread. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/46 "2010-09-29T01:46:01Z")
I just don’t like peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/47 "2010-09-29T01:49:14Z")
Other: crunchy peanut butter and strawberry **preserves** , not jelly. It’s my ultimate comfort food. At the risk of sounding weird (not as weird as peanut butter and pickles though! :)), add some Fritos on the sandwich with the crunchy PB and SP, and I’ve died and gone to heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/48 "2010-09-29T02:11:25Z")
I can’t imagine mixing them together. That stuff in the store with the grape jelly and peanut butter in the same container makes me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/49 "2010-09-29T02:18:09Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > At the risk of sounding weird (not as weird as peanut butter and pickles though! :)), add some Fritos on the sandwich with the crunchy PB and SP, and I’ve died and gone to heaven. I used to mix Strawberry jam and peanut butter, and scoop it up with Fritos. 🙂 Please don’t tell anyone. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/50 "2010-09-29T03:06:15Z")
Crunchy with blackberry-raspberry-blueberry triple fruit jam. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/51 "2010-09-29T03:12:20Z")
Crunchy peanut butter, all-fruit cranberry spread, 12-grain bread. Big glass of milk. Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/52 "2010-09-29T03:13:57Z")
Smooth with strawberry preserves, not jelly, not jam. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/53 "2010-09-29T03:21:17Z")
Smooth peanut butter and raspberry jam. Good stuff, though I am more likely to eat a sandwich with just peanut butter, no jam. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/54 "2010-09-29T03:28:09Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > It took me years to realise that “jelly” means “jam” in the US, and that what I call “jelly” they call “jello”. Sorry, you’re still wrong. We have jam too, and it’s not the same thing as jelly. Jam is made from actual fruit, and jelly from fruit juice. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/55 "2010-09-29T03:42:41Z")
Crunchy natural peanut butter (nothing but peanuts and salt) with orange marmalade AND BUTTER with seeded rye bread. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/56 "2010-09-29T03:51:45Z")
I was a crunchy PB kid, but I’ve morphed into a smooth PB adult. But rarely strawberry and almost never grape ( I do not much like Concord Grape as a flavor ). I’m all snobby with the artisanal jams these days. They’re pretty ubiquitous in the SF Bay Area, home of hordes of snobby foodies. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/57 "2010-09-29T04:59:23Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > Smooth with blackberry jam. This, all the way. Would like crunchy just as well if my teeth weren’t so horrible. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/58 "2010-09-29T05:17:18Z")
Another one here who thinks it would have been nice to pick multiple options. I waffle between crunchy and smooth peanut butter, depending on whatever I feel like picking up when I’m in the grocery store on that particular day, and I like both grape \*jam \*(fuck grape jelly) and strawberry jam or, in a pinch, strawberry preserves. All that being said, lately my favorite has been peanut butter, banana, and honey. Toasted if I have time. Oh, and I almost always eat whole-grain white bread. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/59 "2010-09-29T05:23:32Z")
Must be wheat bread. Must be natural (no sugar added) peanut butter. I prefer smooth but don’t mind crunchy. Plenty of good options for jelly/jam, though - strawberry’s great, and I like cherry preserves, blackberry jam, and elderberry jam. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/60 "2010-09-29T06:02:04Z")
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