Yeah, “jelly” is too broad – what flavor? I suppose if I insert my favorite flavor in there, I’d take jelly. If it’s going to be something disgusting like marmelade, then honey. But, I voted jelly.
I voted PB&J, but throw some sliced banana into the other option and I would have voted for it. Fry it like a grilled cheese sandwich, and it becomes fit for a king.
I voted PB&J, but throw some sliced banana into the other option and I would have voted for it. Fry it like a grilled cheese sandwich, and it becomes fit for a king.
When I was little the neighborhood boys tried to come up with an appropriate name for the peanut butter and honey mix. It was just sooo good, we felt it needed a special name. I think “Paradise” was the winner.
That said, Jessie T nailed this one: jam >> honey > jelly.
A good white bread (cottage bread is nice) toasted and spread with butter on both slices and peanut butter on one slice and then sprinkled heavily with powdered sugar and stuck together.
I wonder why peanut butter always gets to go first when it comes to the phrase construction and acronyms. Is it just because the peanut butter is spread on the bread first? And does it have to always be that way?
I’m just trying to get at the fundamental important questions here and not rely on dangerous prejudicial cultural assumptions.
Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches are awesome with or without the honey, jam or jelly. Homemade jam is great on bread by itself and it would be a shame to dilute/cover the taste with peanut butter. Honey is way better than jelly on buttered toast, but jelly is better on untoasted peanut butter sandwiches, especially if you’re going to dunk.
shame to dilute/cover the taste with peanut butter
??!! Maybe that peanut-flavored oil they put in jars labeled “Jiffy,” but real peanut butter is a divine treat suited to pair with any jam. Just check the ingredient label—it should have two words: “peanuts, salt.”
And the same goes (even more so, in fact) for the related butters: almond butter and pecan butter are sublime.
While in general jam > jelly, a good homemade Concord grape jelly is tough to beat on a sandwich.
As for honey, if you don’t get good stuff, it doesn’t compete with good jelly. And if you do spend the money to get really good honey, I find the peanut butter overwhelms the flavor of the honey; I prefer good honey without a lot of competing flavors.
Of course, it’s a toss-up if you’re going with the supermaket brand jelly vs. the honey that comes in a plastic bear. In that situation, there are no winners.
Clark,
I’d say, if they’re both homemade or of equal quality, the grape jelly. I think raspberry jam on almost anything is the perfect breakfast food, but for some reason, the concord grape jelly complements the peanut butter better for me.
I’ve never had homemade grape jelly, but I can’t imagine it being remotely as tasty as raspberry or strawberry jam (also homemade, of course). Though I’d be more than happy to let someone try to convince me.
Strawberry jam to be good has to be homemade and made with those small fragile but tasty wild strawberries. Those nasty large easily transportable strawberries you find at the store are horrible. A genetic engineering monstrosity.
For some reason I don’t mind store raspberry jam. I’ve never had home made concord grape jam.
One thing I love, even though it doesn’t go with PB, is orange marmalade. Yumm.
Ardis, that’s if you’re talking about premium artisanal honeys, where the type of flower the bee pollinated is important.
One can appreciate those, and the more gourmet peanut butter styles, and still occasionally enjoy regular old peanut butter and regular old honey (mass-produced) on some tasteless white bread from the factory instead of the bakery.
It has to be crunchy peanut butter, however. Creamy is an abomination.
I prefer the jams and jellies with regular butter (or more often, alone) instead of peanut butter.
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Wow, that’s a hard question. I love both.
Definitely honey. Unless the jelly is my homemade strawberry freezer jam. Wait, I guess that’s “jam” not “jelly”. I stand by my original vote.
Easy. Only one of these combination has an easily recognizable acronym.
I was a PB&J guy growing up, but converted.
Yeah, “jelly” is too broad – what flavor? I suppose if I insert my favorite flavor in there, I’d take jelly. If it’s going to be something disgusting like marmelade, then honey. But, I voted jelly.
Good poll!
I voted PB&J, but throw some sliced banana into the other option and I would have voted for it. Fry it like a grilled cheese sandwich, and it becomes fit for a king.
King Elvis?
…or fried plantains…
I think a jelly v jam showdown is in order…
When I was little the neighborhood boys tried to come up with an appropriate name for the peanut butter and honey mix. It was just sooo good, we felt it needed a special name. I think “Paradise” was the winner.
That said, Jessie T nailed this one: jam >> honey > jelly.
Peanut butter, banana and honey > PB&J
Peanut butter and honey < PB&J
No fried sandwiches and no white bread.
A good white bread (cottage bread is nice) toasted and spread with butter on both slices and peanut butter on one slice and then sprinkled heavily with powdered sugar and stuck together.
I can’t eat peanut butter on bread. Makes me gag.
There will never be a “Peanut Butter Honey Time” song.
GASP!!
I didn’t notice that it said Jelly and not Jam until Jessie pointed it out. I want my vote back! Jelly is an abomination.
I wonder why peanut butter always gets to go first when it comes to the phrase construction and acronyms. Is it just because the peanut butter is spread on the bread first? And does it have to always be that way?
I’m just trying to get at the fundamental important questions here and not rely on dangerous prejudicial cultural assumptions.
Peanut butter and good fruits-of-the-forest bonne maman jam, actually.
I thoroughly agree with Brian V, too. Peanut butter + sliced banana + honey is excellent.
I’m sorry you gag, Susan.
Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches are awesome with or without the honey, jam or jelly. Homemade jam is great on bread by itself and it would be a shame to dilute/cover the taste with peanut butter. Honey is way better than jelly on buttered toast, but jelly is better on untoasted peanut butter sandwiches, especially if you’re going to dunk.
I’m not the only one here who dunks, right?
“Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches are awesome”
That’s what Elvis thought, too.
??!! Maybe that peanut-flavored oil they put in jars labeled “Jiffy,” but real peanut butter is a divine treat suited to pair with any jam. Just check the ingredient label—it should have two words: “peanuts, salt.”
And the same goes (even more so, in fact) for the related butters: almond butter and pecan butter are sublime.
While in general jam > jelly, a good homemade Concord grape jelly is tough to beat on a sandwich.
As for honey, if you don’t get good stuff, it doesn’t compete with good jelly. And if you do spend the money to get really good honey, I find the peanut butter overwhelms the flavor of the honey; I prefer good honey without a lot of competing flavors.
Of course, it’s a toss-up if you’re going with the supermaket brand jelly vs. the honey that comes in a plastic bear. In that situation, there are no winners.
I prefer jam over both, but I’m not a huge peanut butter fan.
I finally cast my vote for PBH … which clearly put me in the minority.
Speaking of which am I the only one who likes white tortilla chips dipped in peanut butter? I think they are great and are a nice flavor complement.
As for the PB&J fans. What’s better for a PB&J: raspberry jam or concord grape jelly?
Clark,
I’d say, if they’re both homemade or of equal quality, the grape jelly. I think raspberry jam on almost anything is the perfect breakfast food, but for some reason, the concord grape jelly complements the peanut butter better for me.
PB&J is for kids. Adults with grown-up tastes should graduate to honey.
I’m a kid at heart. Now that I’ve entered my 40′s I take whatever youth comes my way.
I’ve never had homemade grape jelly, but I can’t imagine it being remotely as tasty as raspberry or strawberry jam (also homemade, of course). Though I’d be more than happy to let someone try to convince me.
Strawberry jam to be good has to be homemade and made with those small fragile but tasty wild strawberries. Those nasty large easily transportable strawberries you find at the store are horrible. A genetic engineering monstrosity.
For some reason I don’t mind store raspberry jam. I’ve never had home made concord grape jam.
One thing I love, even though it doesn’t go with PB, is orange marmalade. Yumm.
Oh, and saskatoon jam with PB is great.
Peanut butter and jelly, definitely.
That’s because honey should be savored in its purity, unadulterated by any other spread.
Ardis, that’s if you’re talking about premium artisanal honeys, where the type of flower the bee pollinated is important.
One can appreciate those, and the more gourmet peanut butter styles, and still occasionally enjoy regular old peanut butter and regular old honey (mass-produced) on some tasteless white bread from the factory instead of the bakery.
It has to be crunchy peanut butter, however. Creamy is an abomination.
I prefer the jams and jellies with regular butter (or more often, alone) instead of peanut butter.
Mix my honey with some butter and now we’re talking.
I can’t even stomach the smell of peanut butter- you couldn’t pay me to eat it.