"Does "peanut butter and jelly" imply grape jelly?" Topic

My wife says that "peanut butter and jelly" implies "grape jelly" to most folks.

Not to me, I say!

What say you?

andy

No, not to me.

well strawberry jam is not jelly nor is orange marmalade

name the 2nd most common jelly

It's statistically likely, but does not, strictly speaking, imply it.

Your wife is always right. Once you accept this fact, then your marriage will be much happier. That said, there are a number of jellies that I like better than grape. But that is not important. What is important is domestic tranquility; so give it up.

I don't really like grape jelly.

I had PB&J with crunch PB and lingonberry jam this afternoon. I also had it on a flour tortilla because I didn't feel like slicing bread …

No, and I love grape jelly.

Kevin is correct, though.

Kevin C for the win, definitely.

I don't believe that I've ever had a pbj without grape jelly.

I've had it with mashed avocado, which was pretty good.

I've had it with crumbled up bacon and bits of dried-out cheddar cheese, and I was hungry enough for that to taste good.

I've had it grilled -- make sure you butter the outsides of the bread -- and I liked that on a cold, wet, New England afternoon.

I've had it with the peanut butter heated in a frying pan with marijuana before being spread, and while that was not very tasty at first, it got better and better, as did everything else we ate with and after it. Tip: heating pot up before eating it can get you really really high.

Because I've lived in California for so long, I have of course had the almond butter (grape) jelly sandwich, which is OK, and the almond butter orange marmalade, which is much better, but definitely leave out the bean sprouts next time.

White bread is traditional (just like Mom used to make, really), but grocery store pugliese makes a good pbj, especially grilled.

Quick summary of my experiences with other breads:

French loaf: OK.
Sweet batard: OK.
Baguette: OK but more like pbj slider than sandwich
Rye: No -- doesn't go with the peanut butter
Pumpernickel: Oh hell no.

It implies it even though in my case, I have not had grape jelly with my peanut butter in years.But the first thing that popped into my head when I read this was Grape Jelly.

Strawberry with typically smooth PB with sugar. I will use organic sugar free crunchy.

No

Peanut butter and any kind of jelly works for me ! Even no jelly !

Kevin C. is correct. One must learn to pick one's battles.
Bob

No. Apple jelly. Or apple butter.

And I agree with Kevin C's main point as well.

We think of strawberry. Most of our customers choose strawberry jelly

no

Yes, I think it implies grape jelly. Although I have horrified people by eating peanut butter with Philadelphia Cream Cheese, really very good.

You can horrify people just by mentioning a combination like that.

Yes.

Oberlindes, and I sat in front of my sons in law and ate every bit of the sandwich.

Cashew butter with jalapeņo jelly. Food fit for a prince of hell. Peanut butter and grape jelly is for the plebes.

LT

Grape jelly is usually not a first choice for me…or second. Strawberry, blackberry, appple, loganberry, raspberry all come well above grape. And creamy peanut butter.

In our area, even back in the 1960s, the main jelly seed by schools for those sandwiches was apple jelly. It always gave the jelly a glow.
My mother used both apple and grape. You could tell a difference.

Cashew butter with jalapeņo jelly.

Now that sounds good!

@etotheipi
lingonberry jam this afternoon.

Mmmmm, lingonberry!!

Gotta agree though, any kind of jelly will work, knock yerself out!!!

On some of our camp outs, you put jelly on a tortilla, roll it up and wrap in aluminum foil. Drop it on the hot coals until warm. Unwrap and enjoy.

Grape is not mandatory, and I prefer apple.

Now, grape jelly on grits is pretty good, but it looks disgusting.

There are other jelly flavors than grape?
Grape jam preferred though.
It spreads easier.

I have been bothered by this for years. I hate jelly. I always use jam or preserves.

It was marketed in my area for a while with the peanut butter and jelly mixed together in the same container. The jelly was indeed grape. Smucker's Goober Grape. Your wife scores a point.

PB's natural friend is a saltine. NO pbj in our
house – unless g'sons are here, in which case I find
somewhere else to be until the PBJ is consumed.

Not sure what kind of 'jelly' the little savages use.

Petroleum jelly, maybe ?

Of course grape jelly IS an excellent choice, if you want jelly on your peanut butter.

I generally go with just the plain peanut butter though, since I like the taste all on its own.

Y'all are great! (As we say here in Massachusetts…)

I like the hot pepper jelly myself. Honey is good, but is not the same experience as PB&J.

My sister made some calamondin jelly that was a bit like marmalade. MMMmmmmm.

And yeah, PB on crackers. Sunday evening meals growing up were, as I remember, sometimes crackers with peanut butter, jelly, cheese, meat, etc. Not all on the same cracker at once, of course. Maybe it was snack after church. But soda, if any, was whatever was on sale. (Usually something like Nehi Cherry.)

Anyway, I objected to "PB&J means grape jelly". What does she know? She grew up on the other side of the world, probably never ate a sandwich as a kid before she came to the US! Things are good enough with us that a difference about food isn't a problem. But I try not to mention the pile of stuff she put in the garage that keeps getting in the way …

andy

I am from the UK. What's grape jelly ? They don't sell it over here.

PB and Prickly Pear jelly. Fantastic.

In the mid 50's my mother added diced carrots to penury butter to give it some crunch. Ahead of her time. I think to most people PD&J means grape jelly. I like it that way but prefer strawberry preserves.

nnascati wrote:

Oberlindes, and I sat in front of my sons in law and ate every bit of the sandwich.

I can only imagine what RPGs are like with you as the GM!

All I can say from this thread, is that Americans have really strange taste buds. Incidentally, I don't like PB, let alone all of the possible mixtures mentioned. Now then if you were to talk about whisky marmalade…

Jelly is for children's parties – usually with ice cream.

Preferably served 30-45 minutes before the end so the little ones get their sugar-fuelled adrenaline boosts just as their parents arrive.

It was marketed in my area for a while with the peanut butter and jelly mixed together in the same container. The jelly was indeed grape. Smucker's Goober Grape. Your wife scores a point.

Yes, but not only grape …

I am from the UK. What's grape jelly ? They don't sell it over here.

Here's a recipe:

link

… and since no one has brought it up yey

Gitchy, gitchy, ya ya da da …

It just felt kinda incomplete without a mention.

Yes, with a slice of cheddar cheese and some raisins added also! Having some tonite for dinner. My 3 yr. old daughter used to make this yummy PB & J sandwich for me. That's 50 yrs ago.

There is a reason that, when you go to a diner, the grape jelly packets are always the only ones left in the holder, besides the one forlorn orange marmalade. The strawberry packets seem to go the fastest.

Another vote for strawberry preserves. Also like an occasional PB&H ( honey)

My sister's one friend puts grape jelly on cream cheese on Ritz Crackers. Pretty darn good !

As kids we ate cream cheese and jelly. I think on English muffin.

My knowledge of the combination mentioned in the original question depends entirely on Snoopy and the Round-Headed Kid.
Most of the other combinations haven't, so far as I know, been recorded in any prestigious works of American Letters.
Bon Appetit.

Never. Always strawberry jelly. But then again I find graoe jelly disgusting so a sandwich with it on it isn't even food to me.

How about peanut butter and jelly, on a SPAM sandwich?!?!?!

Huh?! Did I nail it or what?!?

All I can say from this thread, is that Americans have really strange taste buds.

This from a guy who lives inna country where grass clippings and cream cheese on white bread with the crusts cut off is considered haute cuisine, JK (smile)

Try a PB & J with Spam!

If find orange marmalade packets in a diner, they
find their way into my possession…love orange
marmalade !