# What are other culture's equivalent of PBJ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866 "2001-07-09T19:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/21 "2001-07-12T05:31:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\* > True story: Me, my auntie and her two kids ages 4 and 7 went to McDonald’s one late afternoon. At about 7 or 8 the oldest started complaining. > > “Were’s dinner?” > “What do you mean where’s dinner, didn’t we all go out to McDonald’s?” > “That wasn’t dinner! Where’s the rice! Where’s the beans!” > > We Hispanics try so hard not to be stereotyped and then along comes Niki. \*\* As purely Mexican as a Mexican can get, I wouldn’t eat a bean in any way, shape or form for any amount of money. My Mama, however, taught all her daughters to make tortillas, although hers are the best. A tortilla with butter is the ultimate comfort food, to be offered to a child who will eat nothing else. At Thankgiving my 14 year old daughter refused turkey, tamales and ham and ate 2 servings of refried pinto beans and rice. When reminded that this was not traditional holiday fare for people born and raised in the USA, she replied “It’s good.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/22 "2001-07-12T05:37:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Doris \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mattk \* > > \*\*In the UK it could be jam, or maybe Marmite, which is the British equivalent of the stuff the Aussies eat. They’re both revolting, IMHO. \*\* > > Soft boiled egg and soldiers? > > Or maybe toast and canned spaghetti? ☹ \*\* Mmmmmm… Marmite! Mmmmmm… Soft boiled egg! Mmmmmm… Spag on toast! Mmmmmm… Grilled cheese on toast! Mmmmmm… Tomato soup! Mmmmmm… Luncheon meat! Mmmmmm… Cheese and tomato sauce! Mmmmmm… this is making me **hungry!** ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/23 "2001-07-12T06:34:40Z")
I don’t get parents who cave to picky-eating children. If they are really hungry, they will eat anything without a particularly strong or strange flavor. In the last year I’ve managed to get my stepdaughter (age 6) to try lots of things she refused to eat before, and some of these foods are now favorites of hers. I don’t force-feed her or anything, but if she refuses to at least try something she gets lightly punished (sent to her room for a half-hour or so) and if there is something she wants to do later (like watch a movie or go to the pool) I tell her she can’t do that until she finishes her food. It only works if her mother isn’t home, though. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/24 "2001-07-12T09:54:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*In my family it was rice and beans. > > “Were’s dinner?” > “What do you mean where’s dinner, didn’t we all go out to McDonald’s?” > “That wasn’t dinner! Where’s the rice! Where’s the beans!” > \*\* And that sound like something I would say, now I have to go get some beans so I can fix beans and rice. [sub]this thread is making me hungry[/sub] Lately I have been making fried egg sandwiches when there is nothing I want to eat, but am still hungry. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/25 "2001-07-12T13:00:02Z")
A slight Hijack on the PBJ theme… In Cape Town - where I grew up, there was an annual camp for underprivilaged children at a campsite called “Froggy Pond”. The staple food there was chunky slices of bread with margerine, peanut butter and syrup spread on them. To make the spreading process easier, since there were hundreds of children on these camps, the three ingredients were combined in a bowl beforehand - thus requiring each slice to only be spread once with the mixture. This pale brown goop was christened “froggy-doo”…🙂 Gp ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866/26 "2001-07-12T13:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > bananas sliced up in a bowl of milk with a bit of sugar Yum! One of my favorite treats! mmmm…soft runny eggs. Man, now I’m starving. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-other-cultures-equivalent-of-pbj/71866.md?page=1)