# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/81 "2010-09-29T20:26:20Z")
I prefer a pb and honey sandwich if I must have a cold sandwich with pb on it. (grilled cheese is much preferred.) My husband loves pb & j. He has no preference when it comes to crunchy v. smooth but he usually chooses grape jelly. He even keeps pb, bread, and jelly at work for lunches. I sent him with some newly made spiced peach jam today to change things up a little bit. He was quite happy. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/82 "2010-09-29T20:40:19Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Jam is much better than jelly. I generally default to smooth peanut butter and strawberry jam, but variants in either are fine, too. Yup jam is totally the way to go. I want actual pieces of fruit in my spread, not just the goopy stuff. Cannot answer poll that is jelly-based. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/83 "2010-09-29T21:47:19Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > Smooth with blackberry jam. This is the best PBJ on the planet right here. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/84 "2010-09-29T22:05:45Z")
I prefer smooth BP and grape J, but if you’ve only got cruchy/strawberry, I’ll eat it happily. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/85 "2010-09-29T22:10:13Z")
A question for those who said apple, are you talking apple butter? or is there such a thing as apple jelly? ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/86 "2010-09-29T23:22:47Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > A question for those who said apple, are you talking apple butter? or is there such a thing as apple jelly? Actually [apple jelly](http://www.smuckers.com/products/details.aspx?groupId=1&categoryId=6&flavorId=9). ---
**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 30, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/87 "2010-09-30T00:26:24Z")
I prefer strawberry preserves with smooth peanut butter. Apple jelly is good if you stir up with the PB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/88 "2010-09-30T00:30:46Z")
Crunchy and honey all day. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/89 "2010-09-30T00:41:44Z")
Crunchy, with grape jelly. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/90 "2010-09-30T00:56:32Z")
Peanut butter on both pieces of bread, jelly, jam or preserves in the middle. Heathens. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/91 "2010-09-30T02:18:10Z")
Should have been an apple jelly option. Crunchy and apple. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/92 "2010-09-30T02:21:04Z")
superchunk, with banana slices. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/93 "2010-09-30T03:12:47Z")
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter - it’s one of my desert island foods. As far as jam is concerned, I’ll go with strawberry. But I prefer my sandwiches without jam, coupled only with a cold, tall glass of milk. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/94 "2010-09-30T05:40:25Z")
Crunchy peanut butter with raspberry jam. Except I’m dieting, so I only get one piece of 12 grain bread, and no jam. My mother’s homemade wild-picked huckleberry jam, however, will never, ever be topped. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/95 "2010-09-30T05:59:55Z")
No J, here. I like my PB with either of the following: 1. Cottage cheese (just a little) 2. American cheese 3. A hot dog\* Otherwise, just plain PB, thanks. It works well on a flour tortilla, too, BTW. \*Think about it. It’s just like a satay, only with different meat. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/96 "2010-09-30T10:15:26Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > 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. I feel ya. For some reason, all jellies are too sweet for me now. But I can occasionally get syrup or honey down to just the right level. But, usually, I just stick with sweetened peanut butter by itself, or (very occasionally) with butter (but only on toast). The one thing I hate about peanut butter is that, no matter how careful I am, I always wind up smelling or tasting it for the rest of the day. And while that’s not always horrible (and no one else seems to be able to smell it), it does get old. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/97 "2010-09-30T12:02:00Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > > [@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. Ah, well in that case I don’t know what we call it. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/98 "2010-09-30T12:49:33Z")
Natural PB with Seville orange marmalade or some other citrus (e.g. lime marmalade, lemon curd) on one slice, and PB with some other jam/preserves on the other. Certainly not jelly! I’ve got some quince jam right now, and might go for raspberry for the next one. I find that ethnic stores often have preserves that don’t show up in your typical supermarket, and good prices too. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/99 "2010-09-30T13:39:04Z")
Natural PB, which is less smooth than the commercial brands, with pepper jelly that I make myself - white bread. Second place is PB and sour cherry jam. I tried making a combined sour cherry/pepper jam but the results weren’t as great as I had hoped. Still makes a good sandwich though. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401/100 "2010-09-30T13:46:14Z")
There are 5 kinds of “jellies” in my fridge at the moment - orange marmalade, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, and classic grape. The best thing, to me, about the PB&J is the ability to change it up. I have smooth peanut butter at the moment, but I may go crunchy next time. I don’t care for extra crunchy though as it tends to shread the bread. I answered “other.” ETA: Bread is usually a multi-grain, soemtimes lightly toasted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-jelly-poll/555401.md?page=6)