Board 8 > Which is more important on a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich?

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I saw this question on twitter and apparently people disagree? Interpret the question however you like.

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I always put more PB. More filling.

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I feel like the J is more important. I mostly treat the PB as a stabilizing element just so the J doesn't taste overly saccharine

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The quality of the jelly is the big difference maker

In terms of importance it goes bread>jelly>pb

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This is like asking what is more important on a car, the engine or the transmission?

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a sandwhich made with $1 peanut butter and $20 jelly will taste better than the reverse. So by that metric I would say the jelly.

Apricot > Strawberry > Grape

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You can have a peanut butter sandwich without jelly. I don't feel you can have a jelly sandwich without peanut butter.

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azuarc posted...

You can have a peanut butter sandwich without jelly. I don't feel you can have a jelly sandwich without peanut butter.

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the pb&j sandwich is just a delivery mechanism to deliver more peanut butter

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azuarc posted...

You can have a peanut butter sandwich without jelly. I don't feel you can have a jelly sandwich without peanut butter.

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The premise presupposes already that you have both peanut butter AND jelly.

The question is what is the better ingredient in a PBJ. It isn't asking what the better ingredient is on a non-disclosed sandwich type.

So i don't care if you can make a sandwhich without jelly, we definitely have the jelly or it wouldn't be called a PBJ. And the quality of jelly is much more relevant to the sandwich experience.

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Voted jelly though I always use jam since its superior. Bread, peanut butter and jam/jelly are all pretty important for making the sandwich, but the bread and jam/jelly have a lot more options available to impact the flavor of the sandwich.

azuarc posted...

You can have a peanut butter sandwich without jelly. I don't feel you can have a jelly sandwich without peanut butter.

you totally can, it's just an inferior jam on toast
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Peanut butter is more important. You can get away with a lot of fruit variations in the sandwich if you have good peanut butter, but cheap, stale peanut butter will ruin even the best jelly.

Depends on what kind of jelly

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Forceful_Dragon posted...

So i don't care if you can make a sandwhich without jelly, we definitely have the jelly or it wouldn't be called a PBJ. And the quality of jelly is much more relevant to the sandwich experience.

Well then you're opening up a can of worms here.

I would argue that the most important distinction on the PB&J, even IF the J is required, is smooth vs crunchy PB. But that's a whole nother debate.

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the jelly, obviously

the fact you can have a sandwich with a lot more peanut butter is irrelevant since the whole point is that what jelly is there winds up being definitivie
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A pb and j without j is a bland dry sandwich

A pb and j without pb is like the worlds most disgusting donut.

So peanut butter

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Jelly

But then again I think PB is gross so my opinion is probably irrelevant

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SantaRPidgey posted...

A pb and j without j is a bland dry sandwich

A pb and j without pb is like the worlds most disgusting donut.

So peanut butter

You take out either of them and it's no longer a PBJ.

And since the question is which is more important on a PBJ...

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Forceful_Dragon posted...

You take out either of them and it's no longer a PBJ.

Sure it is. Almond butter and marmalade is still pb and j

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The bread.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

Sure it is. Almond butter and marmalade is still pb and j

Or at least its close enough.