Peanut Butter And Jelly Spinoff Sticks It To Moms

Chicago Tribune | Sept 10, 2001 | John Kass

[tom paine 2]

Every weekday morning, millions of kids go off to school, carrying a lunch packed by their moms.

The classic ritual involves a sandwich, a lunchbox, a kid, a mom and a goodbye morning hug.

But what do we really know about these women, these lunch-maker mothers, these mommies?

Are they good mommies? Or are they bad mommies?

I'm not asking. I don't care. And I wouldn't dare judge. As a husband and father, as a guy who works with editors and writers who are working mothers, I have nothing to say.

[tom paine 2]

More proof that Katie Couric is out to destroy motherhood>

[Cicero]

You forgot to say PERKY Katie Couric.

[riley1992]

My oldest daughter will eat nothing else for lunch expect PB & J. One time we were at my sister-in-laws and she had something like these sqauares that she had ordered from a fundraiser except they were round. My daughter hated them. Personally, I can't stand PB & J sandwiches but when something is a classic it's best left alone. Ripped bread and all.

[slugbug]

I was grocery shopping with my oldest daughter recently and we saw those PJ Squares. My daughter took one look at them and said, "That's just not right!" My sentiments exactly.

[Zon]

"That's just not right!"

Said that when I first saw cheese in a spray can.

[pubmom]

Somehow I've missed this disgusting concoction at my local grocery stores. I'd like to check the label to see if it really contains any peanut butter or jelly.

How lazy are we mom's if we can't even make our kids a sandwich?

Personally, I hope this product tanks.(Eat that, Katie Couric:^)

[Miss Marple]

I saw it next to the individually wrapped American cheese slices (which also taste crummy because they had to change the texture of the cheese in order to get it in those pieces of plastic...and if you don't believe me, get some sliced American cheese from the deli and compare). Revolting!!

[Mr. Jeeves]

BAD mommies stay home and cook (badly) for their families.

GOOD mommies go out and work and set a good example.

Was that the real point of the commercial?

[Cyber Liberty]

Ahhhh...aerosol cheese and "processed cheese food!"

Food of the Gods, Miss M.

[pubmom]

I have gotten both types, I know what you mean!

[Miss Marple]

Well, you know that they have messed up American cheese when VELVEETA tastes better!

[SAMWolf]

It had the rubbery consistency of Jellied Tongue from a good deli, but without the charm.

Tongue is a variety of meat that clearly crosses the line between a cut of beef and a piece of dead cow.

[AmishDude]

"One of the biggest complaints we get from these people who eat peanut butter and jelly is that you rip your bread," Codilis said. "It's sticky. It's a mess. Fresh bread, it rips every time. You can't get the peanut butter out of the bottom of the jar, and if you do, you have it all over your fingers, you know? So we think we have something here."

Bachelors have all the answers. I've figured out how to avoid this mess. Freeze your bread. Put the PB&J on it and just let it thaw until lunch time. Yummy. Plus, it keeps other items in the bag cool!

[Gabz]

My solution to the ripped bread syndrome is to keep the PB in the cupboard, not the refrigerator.

[uglybiker]

My Grandfather used to love barbequeing a beef toungue. Slice it up real thin and put it on a platter real purdy.

After the plates were all cleaned up he'd ask the question: "Ya know what ya just ate, dontha?"

[uglybiker]

Nothing says love like processed cheese flavored food product. Made with real monosodiun glutemate and xanthan gum!

[BubbaZanetti]

Katie Couric should be staked over an anthill.

[SAMWolf]

My mom loves HeadCheese and Bloodtongue. Of course she also cleared out the house with her limburgher cheese.

I think my mom's taste bud's were blown off in the during one of the bombing raids during the war.

[Gabz]

I have never understood what "processed cheese flavored food product" really means. I mean food product???

[TOMH1]

I hope that you're a "WHITE" American cheese lover. Not one of those pathetic "orange" american cheese addicts.