From: "Alb Tross" To: "Anglican List" Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 Subject: [Anglican] PBJ I just had my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich in about six years. Somehow, I burned out on them and just couldn't face another. But I got a jar of natural peanut butter (generic) and some raspberry jam (seedless so as to also work for raspberry vinegarette dressing) and a stout version of white bread and the result was great. I can't believe I have deprived myself for so long. It is a bit of a pain to stir up the peanut butter (mix in the separated oil) but once refrigerated, it seems to stay mixed up. . . Pax, John -------------------------------- From: Sibyl Smirl . . . Recently I bought a new jar to eliminate the age-nervousness factor, because I wanted an Elvis Sandwich (PB and banana)(+Glenn tells me that Elvis didn't invent them, that they're as traditional Rural Southern as PBJ is for kids all over). I also wanted to try something someone told me about, PB and Sweet Relish Sandwich (surprisingly good). . . -------------------------------- From: Kathie G I was never all that fond of PBJ sandwiches (although I ate a great many of them for lunch during 12 years of school). But I did like PB and dill pickle sandwiches -- the sour of the dill offsets the sweet of the PB. My father loved PB and bacon sandwiches. -------------------------------- From: Alb I knew pork would be creeping into an otherwise sane discussion. Did Tom put you up to this? -------------------------------- From: Glenn If I were a contestant on "Big Brother" it wouldn't bother me at all to be on a PB&J diet. Back during WWII some items were scarce and money was tight but we could always rely on peanut butter. Mother made peanut butter and banana sandwiches two ways. One was to spread the peanut butter on the bread with sliced bananas. The other way was to mix the peanut butter with mashed bananas. Mother used a tiny bit of milk to make the mixture easier to spread. Sometimes she used mayo or miracle whip for the same reason. I also use peanut butter to make a mole sauce for chicken. Peanut butter pie or peanut butter and banana pie must have been created in heaven. -------------------------------- From: Mike M And honey. And molasses. And bacon. And cheese. And sweet pickles. And bananas. And jam. And jelly. And graham crackers. And so on. -------------------------------- From: Mimi Strangely enough, a friend ran out of *fancy little sandwiches* at a reception & combined PB & slices of Vidalia onions. Haven't tried them but they were very popular. -------------------------------- From: Ken For five years I taught in the obscure little Texas town of Stockdale. One of the chief agricultural products of the county was peanuts, which the government bought as a surplus commodity and then sold at an extremely low price or gave to the school lunch program. So the ladies would make homemade peanut butter. And on all of the tables in the cafeteria there would be jars of the homemade peanut butter, jars of grape jelly and loaves of sandwich bread. And anyone could make their own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches -- and enjoy a free lunch program. But the real special treat would be every once in a while when the cafeteria ladies would make peanut butter balls which they dipped in chocolate. -------------------------------- From: Mike M pb good. all kinds. -------------------------------- From: Ellen Not all kinds. Some pb heretic. -------------------------------- From: Mike M Yes, all kinds. Maybe not all pbs. -------------------------------- From: Mike M My wife, has many virtues and some damnable faults. Among the latter is that she consistently pours off the oil that accumulates at the top of the peanut butter jar, thereby making the peanut butter hard, dry, unspreadable, and heretic. -------------------------------- From: Ellen Tell Bette we need to have a chat. Mrs Harris, pb fundamentalist -------------------------------- From:Renee pb. sigh. one of the foods I have not eaten in 5 years, and one that I miss. Which is reason enough not to eat it. And if you follow that logic, you understand food addiction better than many people in the rooms. -------------------------------- From: Ellen Fiddle. You can make pb that you can eat. No excuse for not eating pb. Heretic or not. -------------------------------- From: Renee Nah. Falls into the category of "personal binge foods." Remember the ad "Betcha can't eat just one?" For me...one jar? -------------------------------- From: Richard Tell it Sistah Renee Brown sugar lard in a jar. Big spoon. TV. Fat butt. Know it well. LOL -------------------------------- From: mld I understand, Renee. Ohhhhh, how I understand you. -------------------------------- From: Ellen Well, my dear, you COULD just make one spoonful. Lots of work. But nutritionally sound. -------------------------------- From: Alb Difficult to say. I can drink one beer honestly. I cannot smoke one cigarette honestly. -------------------------------- From: Ellen I could smoke one a day honestly. However, my oxygen supplier frowns on it. And I don't like beer. -------------------------------- From: Chuck Suggestions on making pb? I do minor pb binges, but a jar lasts me about 6 months or more. My usual binge is pb and orange blossom honey (about 60/40 mix) on bread as a quick, high-energy breakfast. My favorite grocery store pb used to be Planters, but some conglomerate bought them in order to suppress that competition to Jif or something. Peter Pan crunchy is least atrocious "commodity option" for me now. Care to comment on commercial preferences? I think the peanuts from Iowa are like that "other white meat" which is tasteless for BBQ. The peanuts seem to be flat and almost tasetless as if lacking "normal oils". I tried making my own pb from these peanuts and it was boring, while it would have been pretty good when made from Southern peanuts I used to get easily in Maitland FL. PB in the organic foods stores up here in MN is not great: I like Peter Pan much better. I've never tried "organic pb" when in the South or DC so I can't comment on any difference. When visiting Alexandria, I usually get a can of Hubbard giant peanuts (Hubs, Sedley VA http://www.hubspeanuts.com/) at the souvenir shop almost next to the old seafood restaurant that's now a Starbuck's. These are great for munching, but didn't make great pb when I tried some... good, but not great. Hubs doesn't seem to sell any pb.. dunno why. Some Southern folk rave about peanuts from Cromer's in Columbia, SC (http://www.cromers.com/) but I haven't gotten around to trying theirs. Peanut soup is good.. hmmm: think I'll try making some soon. Hope all this peanut chatter doesn't overstress somebody :-) -------------------------------- From: mld My mom used to mix peanut butter with the chocolate frosting for cakes. It makes the chocolate flavor stronger, and if you don't use too much nobody catches on. Until you tell them. -------------------------------- From: SallyM > I just had my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich in about six years. I have to confess that I have never understood the strange liking that my friends across the Pond have for this concoction! Now a jar of peanut butter and a spoon, THIS I can understand! SallyM - nutty and a nut lover -------------------------------- From: Carol That's because y'all don't have grape jelly over there. :-) -------------------------------- From: SallyM Ah, but we do have a supplier across the Pond -------------------------------- From: mld Sally! A jar of crunchy peanut butter and a large spoon. But make it a small jar because it's not going to last more than two days. Have you ever tried it slathered on apple quarters? Mmmmmmm. mld (who is hoping- after this discussion - that she can pass by the shelf of peanut butter tomorrow when she goes to the grocery store) -------------------------------- From: SallyM Not yet, but that sounds more appealling to me than in a sandwich with jam (jelly)! -------------------------------- From: Dorothy The jelly doesn't have to be grape! Glenn mentions bananas, either sliced or mashed. John shows a preference for seedless raspberry jam. Chuck prefers orange blossom honey. I usually use raspberry jam - both regular and seedless. When I was in England I often bought Robertson's (with Golly on the label). The peanut butter was harder to find, and had to have the oil stirred in. I used a little butter spread thinly on the bread before spreading jam on it, otherwise the jam soaked into the bread and the sandwich didn't hold well until lunchtime. -------------------------------- From: Bethany Am I the only one of us who loves pb-stuffed celery? Best of both worlds --------------------------------