Don’t get me wrong, if you have a good jam or preserves it’s totally fine on a sandwich, and I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it. However, peanut butter doesn’t really need the help, and the extra sweetness from jelly is totally unnecessary. Toasted bread and peanut butter is all you need for a quality simple sandwich.
Too dry without jelly/jam
With a glass of milk, it’s great.
Lots of butter helps to lube it up.
That episode baffles and infuriates me. Does the Federation really not have a law against genocide?!
Upvoted for strong disagreement. If I had to drop an ingredient it would be the peanut butter (leaving out the bread would be too messy)
I strongly disagree. You can’t drop the peanut butter.
But I also agree that you can’t drop the jam.
There are better ways to enjoy plain peanut butter than in bread. Like straight out the jar.
I’d say toast with jelly is definitely a breakfast staple, though.
Peanut butter and honey ftw
That was the only way my kids would have them.
Add sliced bananas for some extra crunch (and sweetness)
Rueben that for an elvis special.
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Sambal is superior with everything
If there’s no jelly, it’s no longer a PB*&J*. It’s just a PB.
I acknowledge this probably could have been worded better, but I’m gonna take bong rips rather than fix it 😤
Peanut butter is horrifyingly dry on its own.
Well, definitely fits the community!
I will say that I disagree, though I do find joy in just a plain peanutbutter sandwich at times.
But, to me, peanutbutter is a foundation to build with, not the main goal. When teamed up with the right ingredients, it provides synergy. It’s got sweet, salty, a little umami, and that unique peanut taste. So it mixes well with so much.
The key to jelly is making sure that it still manages to have a tartness and the experience is more fulfilling. I find that actually jellies aren’t as good as preserves or jams, as jelly tends to be way more sugar based and has little or no “body” from the original fruit.
But one of my favorite PB based sandwiches is apples. Slice them up thin, a scant layer of pb on each slice of bread, with the slices stacked in between. A decently tart apple is sublime. Add a slice of cheddar and you get a deeper complexity.
I’d agree that people always put too much jelly, I like a thin layer of jam/jelly opposed to globs of it, but peanut butter sandwich by itself is just too dry & chewy.
Good post. This IS an unpopular opinion. I really want to downvote you because I disagree, but I want to upvote you because you clearly understood the assignment.
This IS an unpopular opinion.
Depends where you’re from though, peanut butter & jelly/jam isn’t really a thing here.
Interesting, it’s a classic where I grew up (Minnesota, USA). Where are you that it’s not a thing?
I’m from the Netherlands.
Sooooo, you want to eat just a peanut butter sandwich. Since there’s no jam.
Or rhythm!
Now that’s my jam
Peanut butter + Honey + Banana slices
I have been doing peanut butter, banana and a sprinkle of granola on top for crunch. So good on homemade sourdough. I will have to try with honey!
I don’t think I’ve purchased jelly in like decades, but I eat a lot of peanut butter. Sometimes with bananas.
I like peanut butter with a bit of agave. Something I think might differ between you and the people objecting to this is the type of peanut butter used. “Natural” peanut butter where you have to mix the peanut butter is better for plain sandwiches because the oil makes it less gunky imo.
My unpopular opinion is that peanut butter does not belong on a sandwich. Don’t get me wrong, I love peanut butter, on its own or as part of a snack or dessert, but spreading it between two slices of bread? It doesn’t matter what else you put on it, it’s way too sticky and messy for me to enjoy it.
Try holding the sandwich from the outside rather than jamming your hand in the middle like a popsicle. I find that really reduced the stickiness and messiness for me.
I meant more on the inside of my mouth than in my hand or on my fingers. (Who holds a sandwich from the center, by the way?)
