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[The Albatross]

"Pour"it on? How? Is jelly pourable?

Some can be pourable, especially different types of fruit and if thickening agents aren't added. Blueberry, raspberry, blackberry jam tends to be pourable, maybe with a little urging w/ a knife or spoon. Not sure if Trappist Preserves are available nationwide, but if you live in the North East there's a Trappist monastery that makes 'Trappist Preserves' and their jam is very pour-able.

Later in this video there's a monk checking the temperature of what looks like blueberry preserves and you can tell how viscous it is. It will thicken in the jar, especially if it's cold, but it's still generally pour-able:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4n7PSdwlQ8

Worth getting a jar if you're ever traveling through NEw England and find it, as it's considered some of the best jam in the world. It's not expensive either, $3 or $4 for a jar.

I feel like I know too much about jam, but... honestly my mom making jam when I was a kid is what drove me to try to find jam that's similar to hers. Bonne Maman is the closest for taste and consistency, but Trappist Preserves are also really good. Fun fact, this same monastery is the first (and only) Trappist brewery in the United States, as well.

 

[TheCochese]

Put the jelly on first that way you can use the same knife and not get anything in the other jar.

 

[Lambtron]

I always put peanut butter on the bread, then spread (raspberry) jam on half of the bread, and fold it over. They just taste better this way.

 

[Rktk]

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches are abhorrent enough but risking getting one inside the other's jar is taking the biscuit.

 

[Voidwolf]

I put PB on the first slice and then with another knife I put jelly on the other slice. Just like every civilized person should.

 

[SillyEskimo]

When I was growing up and would make PB&J for my friends, they always complimented my sandwich. It confused me at the time because its just a PB&J, but I just took the compliment.

Decades later I now realize its likely because they came from "PB on one slice, jelly on the other" homes and I introduced them to "PB on both slices, jelly in between".

 

[phanphare]

Both slicess with PB then jam.

yep, it's the only way

 

[Mechanized]

Am I the only one who thoroughly mixes the jelly and peanut butter in a bowl first?

I almost vomited while reading this.

 

[johancruijff]

I do this, then fold the bread over to make a butty.

dozens DOZENS

 

[E92 M3]

As long as the bread is toasted, everything else is fine.

 

[mrklaw]

I have the two slices next to each other. I put on the jelly first on my right, spread it out good. Then I do the peanut butter on the left and then I flip the PB on top of the J and have it like that.

Are you left handed? I'm right handed and that sounds like a good way to get jelly on my hands

 

[RootCause]

Yes, a lot easier to spread. Though you end up with the same tasty treat. There's no wrong way to do it.

 

[Spasm]

Peanut butter goes on slice 1. Then wipe the dirty knife clean on slice 2 before sticking it in the jam. Jam then goes on slice 2.

There's a special place in hell for people who get the two in each other's jars.

 

[ColdPizza]

Jam? I use jelly. PB on one slice and jelly on the other.

 

[Geist-]

What other way is there to do it?

 

[Acyl]

PB on one slice, jelly/jam on the other.

PB&J is a great and cheap office lunch food in a pinch! You can keep bread and peanut butter in your desk drawer, jelly in the work fridge, and a plastic knife you are good to go. I don't do this anymore but it was worth it when I wanted to save money on lunch and too lazy to make lunch at home.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Jam (aka, preserves) and jelly are technically two different things, but they're likely use interchangeably when referring to "PB&J."

Growing up I was blessed to always have jam because my mom used to make strawberry and blueberry jam at home when the fruit was in season. I think jam is considerably better than jelly, but I like both. My mom's strawberry jam is very similar in taste to Bonne Maman Preserves, which you might find at your supermarket. The taste is pretty damn close they may have used the same recipe... I'd prefer my mom's only knowing how much work she puts into it but it's really been years since she's made a lot because it takes multiple days to make:

Though my mom's jam is probably "thicker" or has more chunks of fruit. She used to, literally, pay people in jam. As kids we used to stay at a friends' beach house for the week and they only accepted a small palette of mason jars w/ jam as a payment.

ha, that is my jam.

 

[Phu]

If anyone says they smear both PB & J on one slice and then flip it onto a naked second slice I'm putting them on my ignore list

I don't make use of the ignore list but this is a compelling reason to start.

 

[Lombax]

Spread the pb, then squirt the jelly on top. Yep..

squirt the jelly?

 

[yananana]

I wasn't even aware that peanut butter & jam sandwiches was a thing before entering this thread
I guess you learn something new everyday

 

[Faiz]

Am I the only one who thoroughly mixes the jelly and peanut butter in a bowl first?

I know it's an extra step, but it tastes so much better that way. Completely consistent ratio of peanut butter to jelly across the entire sandwich, and has a wonderful smooth texture to it.

As a general rule I don't. I do pb and jelly on separate slices.

But recently I had to make like 30 dinosaur shaped PB&J sandwiches for my nieces party. The easiest way to assemble was to cut the bread first to shape, combine peanut butter and jelly in a bowl, and spread onto a dinosaur shaped piece of bread. It wasn't bad, but we didn't stir thoroughly at all, it was just barely combined. Still nice large chunks of jelly so you get the burst in a bite, and it was a LOT easier to spread on the cut shapes of bread.

If you made the sandwich first, the cutter was too narrow for the whole sand which and it got really messed up.

 

[Into the Light]

I have a question:

Jam, Jelly, or what ever that other option is on a PBJ?

 

[enewtabie]

squirt the jelly?

 

[E92 M3]

TWO things wrong with that image:

- Bread is not toasted (for maximum texture variation).
- Why not use a paper plate?

 

[mrklaw]

TWO things wrong with that image:

- Bread is not toasted (for maximum texture variation).
- Why not use a paper plate?

They are using a paper plate

 

[LordKasual]

son of a bitch

 

[MIMIC]

.

LMAO. Laughed so hard I started choking xD

 

[E92 M3]

They are using a paper plate

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

PB on both sides. Jam only on one slice and sorta collected in the middle.

Less sugar and more protein,. Also, PB seals in the jam from all sides, along with top and bottom.

 

[Phu]

I have a question:

Jam, Jelly, or what ever that other option is on a PBJ?

As long as it doesn't have seeds I'll take fruit goop in any form for PBJ.

 

[Hale-XF11]

I accidentally got a little bit of jam in the peanut butter jar today while making a sandwich. Do I tell my wife or say nothing and hope she doesn't notice?

 

[Phu]

I accidentally got a little bit of jam in the peanut butter jar today while making a sandwich. Do I tell my wife or say nothing and hope she doesn't notice?

Just scoop it out and eat it. But at least tell her, nobody wants to find surprise substances in food.

 

[Zackat]

My father has eaten 2 PB & Js every weekday for the past 30 years. He is an absolute machine. The madman.

He is a pro and puts PB on one side and Jelly on the other. Like any sensible person would.

 

[moggio]

TWO things wrong with that image:

- Bread is not toasted (for maximum texture variation).
- Why not use a paper plate?

Also the bread isn't buttered.

 

[Eidan]

I put peanut butter one slice, scrape off the leftover remnants into the peanut butter jar, then put jelly on another slice. Putting them both on the same slice is how you get jelly in your peanut butter jar or the opposite, which I've always found gross.

 

[E92 M3]

I accidentally got a little bit of jam in the peanut butter jar today while making a sandwich. Do I tell my wife or say nothing and hope she doesn't notice?

Just go sleep on the couch.

Also the bread isn't buttered.

Oh yes, terrible oversight.

 

[thechristoph]

Alright kids, I'm going to let you in on a next-level maneuver.

You spread the jam....

With the backside of a spoon.

Nevermore will you tear through your toast or bread using a butter knife to spread jam. You're welcome.

 

[psyfi]

Nah, peanut butter first then jam on top.

 

[Dad]

What is this sad shit

 

[E92 M3]

What is this sad shit

struggle American sandwich

 

[enewtabie]

What is this sad shit

Called the I'm working,,but I need a sandwich so here something unti I can eat something real. lol

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

What? This how people eat PB&J Sandwiches?

I put PB on the left side of the sandwich and the J on the right side, and always throw away the part in the middle where they sort of mix.

 

[MaulerX]

I put PB on the first slice and then with another knife I put jelly on the other slice. Just like every civilized person should.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Astral Dog]

No but Peanut butter and ham

 

[lem0n]

Peanut butter and jelly on one piece, Fluff on the other, boom. Best sammich ever

 

[shoreu]

Both slicess with PB then jam.

This is the only way to do it

 

[RichiRamjag]

The real question is how do you eat the bread? I personally eat mine butter side down (as zooks have always done).

 

[InvincibleNeviam]

Yes, I also eat PB+J with a tortilla when I don't have bread.

 

[shadowkat]

Peanut butter on one side. Jam on the other.

 

[nintendoman58]

Peanut butter and Nutella all the way, dude.