Thursday, April 09, 2009

Asking the Tough Questions....

Here at Sandwich Flats, we don't shy away from the controversial topics. Oh no. We take them on. Head first. Face to face. Toe to toe.
  That, my friends, is why I am not afraid to ask the following question:

 When you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, do you put the peanut butter on one slice of bread, and then the jelly(or jam, if you prefer, we don't judge here at the Flats) on the OTHER slice of bread, or do you add the jelly(or jam) on top of the peanut butter ?

7 comments:

c2 said...

Thank you for tackling this sensitive issue. I apply the jelly to the second piece of bread.

Avitable said...

The latter method is crazy! Who would do that?

Paticus said...

c2-I do what I can.

Avitable- Well...um...I do.

Avitable said...

There are so many things wrong with that approach, the main one being that you contaminate the knife so now, if you decide you want more jelly, you risk getting peanut butter in the jelly jar!

Paticus said...

Avitable- It doesn't contaminate the knife unless you're putting it on toast.

Julie Falatko said...

Toast? What does that have to do with it? Avitable's right, you're cockamamie slapdash jelly-on-top schmear contaminates the knife, whether you are spreading it on toast, bread, or a soggy sponge.

The right way is to apply peanut butter, and then thoroughly scrape off the pb bits on the knife by running it along the jar edge. And then use that nice clean knife to spread your jam on the other side. And then you scrape the jamminess off, assess the situation, and see if you need to add any more with your uncontaminated knife.

Paticus said...

Julie- Now hold on a minute. The reason that toast is a factor is that peanut butter heats up when put on toast, and therefore is gooier and more liquidesque,and at that point, it does contaminate the knife.
When I make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I do not contaminate the knife by putting the jelly on top of the peanut butter. it just does not happen.