Dr. Amy, Psy.D.Friends, Husband was watching a stream from the UK earlier and they talked about “an American sandwich called peanut butter and jelly.”
Is PB&J a uniquely American thing??
Andrew Drake@dramypsyd basically the only place I've seen peanut butter outside of North America is in the American section of a grocery store, so I think it may be!
Tom Roberts@adrake @dramypsyd Peanut butter is quite popular in Australia. Though it’s usually not mixed with anything.
(Also, the ‘jelly’ is what we would usually call jam.)
@troberts @dramypsyd interesting! (I've never been) Do you suppose they got that from the US, or is it an independent invention?
Re jam, to be fair, I haven't made a PB&J with actual jelly since I was a little kid; my adult palate much prefers jam. Even as a kid I think my favorite way was with strawberry jam.
kolya@kolya @troberts @dramypsyd you just have to thin it out a little bit depending on the style 😉 also make sure it has a place to dry where critters won't get to it.
That's what I get for typing in a hurry!
@adrake @troberts @dramypsyd
aw man, you ninja edited it. and I didn't even get to muse about what colors an adult palette would be comprised of!
aw man, you ninja edited it. and I didn't even get to muse about what colors an adult palette would be comprised of!
It looks like a guy named Edward Halsey emigrated to Australia in the 1890s and set up a food company that started making it around then.
He had worked at the 'Battle Creek Sanitarium' in the US which was founded by John Harvey Kellogg (of the breakfast cereal fame) who had the patent for peanut butter in the US.
Jordi (Flopsome Opossum)I love raspberry with all my heart, but for that good pb&j, the one that harkens back to childhood, it has to be strawberry.
FeloniousPunk@Jorsh @adrake @troberts @dramypsyd SAME. But have you tried MarionBerry jam? It’ll knock your knickers off.
@FeloniousPunk @Jorsh @troberts @dramypsyd I've had marionberries but never their jam! I bet it'd be good though
@adrake @Jorsh @troberts @dramypsyd The image was just an example. Tbh, the best I’ve had came from the local farmer’s market. But the commercial brands are pretty tasty.
@FeloniousPunk @Jorsh @troberts @dramypsyd I meant I've never had marionberry jam, not that particular brand, sorry!
@Jorsh @troberts @dramypsyd I'm in the same boat, I feel like the brightness of strawberry does a better job cutting through the richness of peanut butter. In most other contexts I'd rather have the raspberry! (I'll never turn either one down, though...)
Berry Buds 🤜