What do you eat with your peanut butter?

[intheflow]

I had a lively discussion recently with my co-workers about peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. This was a staple of my childhood, made with bread and butter pickles. One of my co-workers was disgusted but another piped in saying he, too, had grown up eating peanut butter and pickle sandwiches, except his family made them with dill pickles! (Sounds revolting to me.)

Then last night I was reading this cheesy mystery novel from the 1950s where the two lead characters stop into a diner and have peanut butter and bacon sandwiches! (I'm oddly repulsed and attracted by this culinary idea.)

Other peanut butter sandwiches I've encountered over the years include peanut butter and fluff (of course), peanut butter and bananas, peanut butter and potato chips, and of course the ol' PB&J with every and any kind of jelly ever made.

I really thought I'd heard it all, but learning of two new PB&___ sandwiches in the last two weeks - at age 50! - I'm wondering if anyone else eats/has heard of any PB&____ that's off the beaten path.

[flying rabbit]

1. Peanut butter and bacon

actually tastes quite good. I want to try it with bananas too.

[intheflow]

5. Yeah, I can almost imagine the salty/sweet taste.

What I found most strange, though, wasn't that I'd never heard of PB&B before, but that it was apparently so common at one time that diners served it. I bet that went out when the health-conscious '70s came on (my childhood). But given all that bacon fetishes flying around these days, I think it's ripe for a comeback!

[rdharma]

14. Peanut butter and bacon is VERY good!

Even better with mayo.

Not exactly "health food".......

[littlewolf]

15. it is very good with bananas. of course bacon is good no matter

how it is used.

[2theleft]

2. There is a diner here that has a french toast dish...

Once piece of french toast, thick layer of PB, sliced bananas, another piece of french toast...pour maple syrup over it, eat with a side of sausage. It's heaven.

For sandwiches, I like classic pb & grape jelly or pb and banana.

[intheflow]

6. That sounds heavenly!

I've only just begun to appreciate french toast. Think my mother must have made it very badly when I was a kid. Now I want it all the time. This sounds like a nice twist to try with it.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. OK, I'm unsure what madness led me to invent this in my early teens.

It's sort of nasty, but I still crave it to this day.

2 slices white bread
smear half with creamy peanut butter
smear other half with a light coating of miracle whip (none of that real mayo on this gem)
add 1-2 slices of american cheese
grill like it's a regular grilled cheese sandwich
enjoy with a glass of milk

[intheflow]

4. Hormones.

Early teen hormones made you invent this!

Just so you know I'm not knocking your weirdo early teen hormones, I have my own invention from those year I still eat every now and again. Raw carrots dipped (okay, smeared) in yellow mustard. I hate yellow mustard! Except on raw carrot sticks. Yuuuuuum!

[rdharma]

10. I used to eat sandwiches like that too..... only I'd add dill pickle slices....

....... and sometimes add a lettuce leaf (to make it healthy).

[rdharma]

7. Peanut butter on celery sticks.

Just peanut butter on celery sticks...... OR you can kick it up a notch with Thai-Style peanut butter on celery.

THAI-STYLE PEANUT BUTTER
5 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon chili sauce (I used sambal oelek)
1 tablespoon soy sauce

CELERY STICKS
Celery ribs, trimmed but left whole
1 carrot, grated
Black sesame seeds

[intheflow]

8. Oh yeah, I used to eat that when I was a kid!

Totally forgot about it. I love the idea with the Thai-style peanut butter. That sounds divine! Maybe I'll put that out for an appetizer next Thanksgiving.

The other thing I eat peanut butter with is apples. Granny Smith's are my favorite, but almost any apple will do.

[Lilyhoney]

9. Every day I eat a peanut butter sandwich.

I do put butter on my sandwich and Jif peanutbutter. I also eat it with a honeycrisp apple. I drink a cup of black tea with milk with it as well.

This compulsion started about three years ago. Last year when the honeycrisp went out of season I stopped my daily peanutbutter sandwich and apple Intake. Then I started having heart irregularities. So I started my daily peanutbutter sandwich with a Jazz apple. Heart issues resolved itself. I did see a doctor about the heart issue and did a heart monitor. Nuts are good for the heart.

It was all I could think of that had changed except for I stopped nursing my son at the exact same time.

I have never eaten a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich. I keep wanting to try a peanutbutter and banana sandwich but just can't bring myself to do it.

I can't stand pickles and get upset about even just the smell of them.

Lilyjoney

[intheflow]

11. My bf eats a PB&J every morning for breakfast.

Has the heart of an ox! And I also eat PB and apples, though I like Granny Smith best.

You don't have to jump whole-heartedly into a PB & banana sandwich. Next time you're eating a banana, try just a tiny bit of peanut butter with it on the first bite. That way, if you hate it, you have all the rest of the banana to erase the taste. FWIW, I love both PB and bananas but not the two together. It's a texture thing.

[Lilyhoney]

18. I eat bananas almost every day too.

I will eventually give them a try with th PB. It is a texture thing. Before I started the PB and apple compulsion I only ate creamy PB. But then I have to have extra crunchy PB with the apple. Mmmmm so good.

So funny how our tastes change.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. PB and bacon!!! I've never tried it, but now I'll have to.

My favorite is PB and orange marmalade on whole wheat,cut into strips and dunked in a glass of ice cold milk. Wonderful stuff!

[intheflow]

13. PB & orange marmalade is indeed yummy!

I've eaten that over the years. In the jelly family, though, I'd have to go with raspberry jam as my favorite. I'm trying to picture dunking any sandwich into milk. Doesn't it just fall apart?

[Arkansas Granny]

28. Nope. I guess the pb holds it together.

I cut the sandwich into strips first so I can just dunk one bite at a time.

[littlewolf]

16. I like to eat PB on pancakes.

jelly is optional, got hooked on em in the Navy, didn't have time
most of the time to sit down and eat, so put PB on the pancake
roll it up and eat and go. I still do it sometimes.

[Arkansas Granny]

29. My kids used to do that with leftover pancakes.

I never had to put them away. They'd all be gone an hour OE two after breakfast.

[rdharma]

17. PB sauce on pasta is good.

There are many different directions you can take it.

I also like PB in soupy chili. It melts in and adds a creamy smooth peanut kick.

[LibGranny]

19. I grill my PB&J sandwiches (much as you would

grilled cheese) and they are the YUMMIEST! The PB melts and gets all gooey and with a glass of milk - can't be beat! My kids loved this too when they were growing up.

[intheflow]

30. I like PB&J on toast for the same reason.

The gooeyness of the PB, the warmth of the jelly. I'm not sure I could handle the extra grease factor with the grilling part.

[pinto]

20. Bananas.

[Warpy]

21. I liked peanut butter and potato chips when I was a kid

Today I dunked wheat free animal cookies into peanut butter for lunch. Don't judge me, I need to go to the store and just didn't have the spoons.

[intheflow]

31. I would never judge you on your PB delivery system!

I think it sounds pretty good. When my son was little, he used to snack on these little chocolate graham cracker bears. Thinking about it now, I'm thinking those would probably be great dipped in peanut butter!

[JHB]

22. I think it depends on how sweetened the PB is

Some of the major commercial brands have a lot of sugar, which could go Ok with salty items.

Not so sure about fresh-ground or the keep-it-simple brands that add as little as possible. I tend to prefer those just to help keep down excess salt & sugar intake.

[JimDandy]

23. I love peanut butter cookies.

And of course crunchy peanut butter on celery or apples...yum!

[one_voice]

24. peanut butter and honey is my favorite...

PB&J, peanut butter with apples, and with bananas.

[intheflow]

33. My ex used to eat that!

I'd totally forgotten about it. It's a good taste, but honey is too messy for me - I'm too sloppy an eater!

[northoftheborder]

25. Peanut butter and syrup, mixed together in a cereal bowl, eaten straight up (no bread or....

....cracker) was the weekly Sunday supper for my two oldest sons until they were in jr. high! I thought it really yucky, but they LOVED it. Got the idea from their dad! Ed Sullivan and peanut butter & syrup! They didn't manage to pass the custom down to their sons.

I only eat natural peanut butter on crackers!

Just remembered, one of the peanut butter & syrup guys now eats peanut butter on ice cream.

[Nay]

36. Mr Nay loves this. He eats PB and syrup on his pancakes, too. I love PB and

banana sandwiches.

[rdharma]

26. I've been looking at various PB soup/stew recipes.

The first one I want to try is the African Chicken Peanut Stew.

Jamaican PB porridge is also very good. A breakfast soup.

[intheflow]

34. Ooooo, if you do try that African Chicken Peanut Stew,

I hope you'll share the recipe here if it turns out well. It sounds intriguing.

[Lugnut]

27. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are delicious.

My grade school also served really good peanut butter and honey sandwiches in the cafeteria back in the 50s. I'm not too sure about PB and bacon which doesn't entice me but PB and strawberry jam is the bomb!
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[sinkingfeeling]

32. I just eat peanut butter from a spoon. No sandwich at all.

[intheflow]

35. I do that, too.

If I just need something to tie me over in between meals. I had a boyfriend once who used to just keep a jar around to smell the peanut butter. It was a trick he learned when he lost a whole bunch of weight. He'd get mad if I ate it because it would be less for him to smell! LOL! (That's a clue as to why he's my ex!)

[surrealAmerican]

37. When my kids were young enough to pack lunches ...

... their favorite was peanut butter and cranberry sauce. I made one huge batch of "whole berry" cranberry sauce every autumn, and canned it for year-round use.

I don't put other ingredients on my own peanut butter sandwiches, but I didn't like peanut butter when I was a child, and only like the fresh-ground kind now.

[cbayer]

38. I just had a pb&j tortilla wrap.

I put some locally made peanut butter on the tortilla and heated it up in the microwave for a few seconds. Then I slathered it with some local strawberry jam.

Yum.

I also like pb & bananas. And as a kid, a fluffernutter sandwich was one of my favorite things - crusts absolutely removed.

I'm going to try the bacon at my next opportunity. I love pancakes with peanut butter, bacon and maple syrup, so I am certain I will like this.

[intheflow]

40. The universality of pancakes & PB in this thread

is very interesting! I'd never heard of it before.

Fluffernutters were a staple of my childhood, also, but I always ate the crust. My parents were children of the Depression and no food went to waste! As in, if you didn't eat it off your dinner plate, it was breakfast the next morning. As such, I learned to eat my least favorite foods first. So, it follows that I ate all around my fluffernutter, crusts off, leaving yummy, gooey, soft inside to enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!

Side story: eating my least favorite foods first has caused a lot of dating conternation in my life as dates would often start picking my favorite foods off my plates before I could get to them. I'm talking french fries! Cake icing! Mashed potatoes! Did they grow up in barns that they just pick food off other people's plates?! No wonder they were single!! (No comment on why I might have been at the time. )

[cbayer]

42. Love your dating story.

I heard a great story on This American Life where this couple would go into restaurants and ask people sitting next to them if they could have a taste of their food. They did it as a kind of experiment and were surprised how many people said "sure".

But they didn't reach over and just take some.

I eat what I like first, because my husband is a human garbage disposal and will eat anything I leave on my plate.

[intheflow]

43. Your husband sound much better

for your waistline than my father's early parenting has been for mine!

[cbayer]

44. My parents were also of the "eat everything on your plate" generation.

As a result, I took exactly the opposite tack with my kids. They could eat what I served or not, but they weren't getting anything else.

Hunger is a great motivator, lol.

[The empressof all]

39. Peanut butter, Applesauce and Honey

On slightly warmed Raisin Bread. I'm also fond of Peanut Butter and Bacon on raisin bread.....Yummers.

[intheflow]

41. I'm ready to forget about the peanut butter

and start planning for my new favorite breakfast, applesauce on raisin bread. God, that sounds so gooood!! Be still my heart!