Why Peanut Butter Is Awesome and Amazing

pjmedia ^ | Dec. 19, 2014 | Arlene Becker Zarmi

[PROCON]

One of my husband ‘s favorite sandwiches is peanut butter and a pickle on rye. Elvis Presley liked his peanut butter sandwiches with banana and bacon, and Hemingway liked thick onion slices in his. Ninety-four percent of American households have a jar on hand. The stuff lasts forever, so in a nuclear war situation you can always rely on it for sustenance. It can be stored safely unrefrigerated for two years.

I, on the other hand, have a love/hate relationship with it, and if I do ever eat it, I do so in the traditional manner, as a solo spread or with its mate, jelly! At other times, I abhor the stuff and, even when scrounging around for something to eat, will bypass it.

I had always thought that peanut butter was as American as apple pie and mom and was never eaten before we Americans took over from the British. Not true. It was actually an Aztec dish, but eaten as a paste, not a spread. I bet they didn’t eat it with jelly either, or put it into their kids’ lunch boxes.

[PROCON]

None of that Euro trash stuff for me :-)

[FlJoePa]

At my Publix:

[PROCON]

Did I tell you what two things fall out of the sky?

[conservaKate]

Peanut butter, raspberry jelly and fritos on wheatberry bread.

Oh baby.

There was a small café in Seattle that would make that sandwich for you. Used to be on the menu...now you have to ask.

It’s awesome.

[Twotone]

My sweetie likes PB on his hamburger. Ugh!

[MUDDOG]

The modern form of peanut butter was invented by Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal.

I can't breathe. I thought it was George Washington Carver.

Jif for me.

[Fungi]

I had it everyday through six years of grammar school. I like it with honey.

[ElkGroveDan]

Just don't get it in your hair.

[moose07]

You would if i told you how good it is with Italian chocolate spread on top of it. :)
But i’m not going to....lol.

[CatherineofAragon]

That’s what we buy-—it’s the yummiest I’ve tasted.

PB is low-carb and high-protein....very good for you.

[Starstruck]

My mom packed us bologna, ground hot dog with relish and meatloaf sandwiches. When times were tough it was P&J. To this day I still like P&J and milk as a late night snack. I’m 67.

[PROCON]

That’s hilarious!

[CatherineofAragon]

Oh, thank you...that’s going to be good reading.

The keywords, LOL.

[goodwithagun]

No thanks, only the real stuff for my family. Smucker’s Natural: peanuts and salt.

[PROCON]

Now you're talking my language...

[workerbee]

My sweetie likes PB on his hamburger. Ugh!

Mine puts a big dollop in his chili.

[Ken H]

There have been times in my life that I lived almost exclusively on PBJ’s. Never get tired of them.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Jif and pineapple preserve.

[ifinnegan]

Take a whiff of Jif.

[Huskrrrr]

PB on a hunk of Swiss Cheese.