I have a few posts in the works but this has been on my mind for a while.
I want to talk about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. That's not code for anything. I'm seriously talking about a sammy.
When I was first pregnant with the twins, I felt like doody 98% of the time. I had to eat but absolutely nothing sounded good. I learned that a PB&J sammy was quick to make and I could get something down my gullet asap.
Now, I'm pretty finicky about my sammies. That's what this post is about.
The bread: PB&J belongs on white bread. I can handle it on wheat bread but its not the same. {My current fave: Nature's Own White Wheat...the best of both worlds)
The peanut butter: For the past 7+ years I've been Team Creamy. About two months ago, I had to have crunchy peanut butter. I don't know what happened. I turned on the faithful creamy and now neeeeeed crunchy although I'm not really brand loyal. (Currently in the pantry: Skippy Super Chunky)
The jelly: Now, this is a difficult one since I don't actually like fruit. I will not (in a house with a mouse, in a box with a fox...) eat jelly with bits in it. Strawberry with a mashed whole berry??? GET IT OUT OF THE HOUSE!!! Gag! I'm also not a grape fan. I can stomach cherry jelly but my all time fave...Knott's seedless Boysenberry Jelly. Kind of pricey at the grocery store but totally worth it in my book.
The prep: Jelly side first. The bread gets a light schmear of jelly all the way to the edges! This is key. The hubs (bless is helpful heart) does this all haphazardly and he thinks I won't notice. I DO! The goal with the jelly is to get it into all the bread crevices but not thick enough that it gushes out when I take a bite. Gushes make me gag. The peanut butter side needs an even layer of PB all the way to the edges (as if I needed to mention that again.)
The ratio: I am a 3 to 1 gal. Three times the PB to one jelly.
The sad ending...When I was roughly 15ish weeks pregnant (right when Baby Girl passed away,) I made my trusty sammy right before bed. I took a bite and promptly threw it up. I haven't had a PB&J sammy since. ::sad momma::
I have, however, rocked a PB&Fluff (peanut butter and marshmallow fluff) sandwich a bajillion times since that fateful night.
Now, tell me...I can't be the only one with specific sandwich rules. How do you take your peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Bread? Peanut butter? Jelly? Prep? Ratio???
Tell me. Oddly, I really am dying to know.
