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PB+J------Just too American for me!
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 3:46AM
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich- the quintessential American "snack" lunch, if ever such a meal could be described as American.
And it just isn't for me.
Firstly- Peanut Butter... personally not a fan at all. Maybe because I was never brought up on it- it just isn't that easy to come by in the UK; Maybe I just like to eat peanuts on their own; Maybe it's too sweet for me?
Or maybe I just don't like it. Yet peanut butter can be found in just about everything here in the US. Cookies, cereal, chocolate. If any product comes in "various types and flavours", you can guarantee one of them will be peanut butter flavour. And of course peanut butter comes in multiple types too- the land of choice. Like these for example
And then there is jelly. Ok so actually I like "Jelly" a lot. Only its called jam. You spread it on toast. Jelly is something that comes in rubbery cubes to which you add hot water, and it then subsequently 'wobbles'. American's call that by it's brandname- Jell-O. What store brands are called, I don't know.
I am a fan of putting jam on bread- toasted or untoasted. In fact, I am very partial to banana and jam sandwiches.
That's right, banana and jam! If you like PB+J- try B+J- it's good stuff!
And it just isn't for me.
Firstly- Peanut Butter... personally not a fan at all. Maybe because I was never brought up on it- it just isn't that easy to come by in the UK; Maybe I just like to eat peanuts on their own; Maybe it's too sweet for me?
Or maybe I just don't like it. Yet peanut butter can be found in just about everything here in the US. Cookies, cereal, chocolate. If any product comes in "various types and flavours", you can guarantee one of them will be peanut butter flavour. And of course peanut butter comes in multiple types too- the land of choice. Like these for example
And then there is jelly. Ok so actually I like "Jelly" a lot. Only its called jam. You spread it on toast. Jelly is something that comes in rubbery cubes to which you add hot water, and it then subsequently 'wobbles'. American's call that by it's brandname- Jell-O. What store brands are called, I don't know.
I am a fan of putting jam on bread- toasted or untoasted. In fact, I am very partial to banana and jam sandwiches.
That's right, banana and jam! If you like PB+J- try B+J- it's good stuff!
Reader Comments (2)
Actually, I would prefer to add either peanut butter or Almond butter to your banana and jam sandwich!!!! YUM!!! I really have a distaste for peanut and chocolate combined YUK!
Grandma/Liz
I don't think that peanut butter is difficult to buy in the UK Ben. We just didn't buy it because I think it is disgusting ! Sorry, never understood the attraction and certainly not when it is combined with jam. I also find the bananna and jam sandwich disgusting so it's probably just me !