Why do Americans like to eat jam and peanut butter sandwiches?

[GhostOnToast]

I tried it a minute ago because I had some jam and peanut butter in the house, but it wasn't that nice. So why do you like it so much?

[BlueCoyote]

I think you need to be American to like that sorta thing :-). I'm not saying it's inherently bad... it's just sort of a cultural taste that other people don't like so much. Like many foreigners find it weird that one of the traditional dishes of my country Switzerland is Fondue... which is just a pot of melted cheese and a basked full of bread. I've tried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches a couple of times myself when I lived in the US and I didn't really like them either. But I think it also had to do with the bread. Many Americans only eat toast bread or similarly white, spongy bread. Maybe nowadays it's starting to change a bit but when I lived there a few years ago it was still very much like that. Real, crispy, whole grain German bread was one of the things I missed most in America.

[GhostOnToast]

Hmmm yeah you're right. Fondue sounds lovely though, like dipping bread into soup.
And I much prefer whole-wheat brown bread to white bread. I think each country eats very differently

[FredNerk]

The things Americans eat are unbelievable. No wonder they're so fat and loud, and up themselves.

[NearlyNapping]

Because it's good. Maybe we just develop a taste for it from the time we are young. Sometimes I skip the bread and just use a spoon to dip peanut butter and jelly straight out of the jar. I eat a LOT of peanut butter - like pretty much every day. I don't eat PB&J very often though.

Peanut butter is very nutritional and has a lot of healthy qualities. It's even used as a base for emergency food for severe malnutrition.

[GhostOnToast]

That sounds yucky eating it straight from the jar everyday, but each to their own. I really don't like nutella either

[NearlyNapping]

Yea, maybe it's an acquired taste. It's nutritional, but I eat too much of it.

I've never tried Nutella. I keep meaning to try it, but haven't yet. I've wanted to try Vegemite also, but I've never seen it in the stores here.

[GhostOnToast]

Yeah doesn't sound too healthy. And marmite is more popular and pretty much the same as vegemite. I despise the stuff though.

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh it's delicious! Everyday in elementary school and sometimes even now at the end of high school people eat pb&j's. It's an interesting taste but it's good to me! Easy to make and takes no more than a minute. When I go on picnics we either make pb&j's, or some other meat sandwhich. It's more of a kid thing to eat, but sometimes it's exactly what you need. Ooo and if you want to get really creative and elementary like, put chips in the sandwich or banana sliced. I hate banana, but the chips are decent. -haven't eaten that since 3rd grade! Kids will put different things on a pb&j to make it interesting. : / it's a nice memory from my childhood.

[GhostOnToast]

So you like everything but the healthy banana lol

[Opinion Owner]

Banana's are nasty. Horrible texture. I liked strawberries and raspberries and black berries on them. I'm not fat if that's what you're thinking😂 im actually skinny and muscular from sports. And eating the pb&j's were only for lunch which in my family was about the only unhealthy thing I was allowed to eat on a regular day.

[ninetynine]

You used strawberry jam? This is what I like to use: www.nourishnc.org/.../grape-jelly.jpg

But anyway, if you didn't grow up eating PBJs as a kid, you may have just not developed a taste for them. I feel like peanut butter isn't as popular in other countries.

I like the combination of nutty and sweet.

[GhostOnToast]

Ah but I only like raspberry and strawberry jam, if I have no choice and I have to eat blueberry jam then I try and pick the little berries out with a spoon, lol. I don't really like peanut butter, apart from the occasional reese's peanut butter cup. American's did one thing right creating those lovelies ;)

[ninetynine]

Ah okay, it makes sense to me why you wouldn't like it then, if you're not a huge peanut butter fan and only like raspberry and strawberry jam. I think most Americans use grape jelly. I am sooo hungry now! Haha

[FredNerk]

That's jam

[Azara]

i dont i think its gross. too gobby and super sweet. i don't mind peanut butter on toast. but the sandwiches with all that sugar its gross. just feels like junk food. not a sandwich. but americans like junk food i guess.

[Azara]

you might like it better on solid bread like thick whole grain with nuts seeds not spongy stuff, and with fruit puree like jam made only with fruit not sugar. then it might be ok.

nutter fluff or peanut butter with marshmallow fluff. i think its gross. its again the problem of too sweet. but i hate marshmallows..

[GhostOnToast]

I did try it with whole grain seeded bread. It's the only one I have.
I like marshmallows so I'm going to try a little fluff on bread

[NedfromtheNed]

Umm, excuse me! Its called Jelly!

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This is a bubbler!

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This is a soda!

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This is a Stop and Go Light!

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And this is a daven-port !

GOSH! Gt some culture you ignorant imperialists! :D

[NedfromtheNed]

Get*

[GhostOnToast]

https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/anNBvyE_700b.jpg

Yeah, okay silly

[NedfromtheNed]

Its elected official not frail old women! :)

[GhostOnToast]

Repeat in English please

[NedfromtheNed]

?

(nut or other mixture sandwiched between to pastries)

[FredNerk]

Americans are the odd one out. It's peanut butter and JAM. Traffic light, fountain, fizzy drink, couch. Bazzle (not bayzil), scollops (not scallops) ... Herbs (not erbs). So many bad pronunciations, so little time.

[NedfromtheNed]

@FredNerk
Ok, you just keep thinkin' that, bud.

[heavensgift2girls]

It is cheap and easy. American food is all about being cheap and convenient, over having complex flavors. They even sell a lot of cakes and sweets as healthy breakfast food now. Children's breakfast cereal is really nothing more than candy swimming in milk, but the box brags about all the vitamins and other healthy stuff in the cereal.

Unless you make your own peanut butter, and jam, you are basically just eating sugar. Most people I know that make their own jam only use about half of the amount of sugar suggested in most recipes or they can't even taste the flavor of the jam do to the amount of sugar it has. Instead of eating strawberry jam, we are basically eating red gooey sugar. So it is more like eating candy than a sandwich. We even put it on white bread making it even worse for us.

[ArtDent]

There are a few store bought peanut butters that are relatively healthy and not full of sugar.

[heavensgift2girls]

@ArtDent Yes but they are a lot more expensive, and aren't typically they type of peanut butter people are using. If you have a food processor it is really easy to make your own nut butters for a lot less than it would cost to buy them.

[ArtDent]

Yeah, they are about twice as expensive.

[9mfeo]

What's the difference between a cup of yogurt and an American? If you leave a cup of yogurt for 200 years, it'll develop a culture.

[AleDeEurope]

Dude, you're Canadian xD

[9mfeo]

@AleDeEurope Canada has far more culture than Canada's Pants.

[AleDeEurope]

I'm sure it does... hahahaha xD

[GhostOnToast]

Lol Canadian/American banter is the best 😂

[OrdinaryGentleman]

Seriously... who puts beans on their toast.
But to answer your Q its because we enjoy getting fat AF

[GhostOnToast]

Lol. Beans on toast is delish :P

[OrdinaryGentleman]

*hurls* you may have nice accents but your food choices... uhh super gruuss
https://i.imgur.com/lqKlotB.png?fb

[GhostOnToast]

Oh my goshhh have you no taste in toast toppings? 😂 beans on toast is amazing

[OrdinaryGentleman]

I don't eat toast you tard #haterzgonhate #potatoesgonpotate

[NedfromtheNed]

Hey mister! Mexico dethroned us with the highest % obesity!

[OrdinaryGentleman]

@NedfromtheNed Don't get cheeky russian scum; we still win at obesity

[NedfromtheNed]

lol.

[Cookies_AndMilk]

What kind of Jam did you use? I'm just curious lol. And I suppose it boils down to your personal tastes. There's people who prefer Peanut butter and banana, peanut butter and honey, or peanut butter and fluff (a marshmallow spread). I personally like all of those sandwiches but peanut butter and fluff is my favorite. If you haven't tried it yet, you must as soon as possible!

[GhostOnToast]

I used strawberry jam. And I guess that's true, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff? That sounds interesting I'll definitely try it soon

[Waffles731]

Its a new england thing,
I mentioned it to my dad's cousins in washington one time, they looked at me weird

[MargaritaPeach]

Don't forget Nutella!

[Cookies_AndMilk]

@MargaritaPeach Oh yes I did forget lol. Thank you.

[kxera]

I could ask the same about Aussies eating Vegemite and people in the UK eating Marmite on their bread.

They're distgusting.

As far as peanut butter in jelly , it's like a budget food. When I was younger, I didn't care for it much but it's actually pretty good. Depends on the jam as well. American and non American jam probably don't taste the same; the same goes for some peanut butter. You know how we Americans sugar everything up.

[GhostOnToast]

Marmite tastes like dog shit. It is vile. I hate it so much, and vegemite is similar I hate that too.
I'd eat Peanut butter jam sandwiches over that anyday

[FredNerk]

Americans eat the most disgusting food on the planet. Vegemite and butter on toast is awesome ;)

[abc3643]

Peanut butter is primarily a North American thing having been invented in the USA. In Europe and elsewhere, peanut butter is not part of the culture growing up so people there do not acquire a taste for it, so they usually dislike it on first tastings.

[Lonely_Blue_Moon]

It's this perfect concotion of savory and sweet.

Also, I saw you used crunchy peanut butter. That's a no-no. Also, not jam, jelly. Jelly has no fruit chunks in it, and trust me, it makes a big difference.

Get grape jelly, and smooth and creamy peanut butter. Get some white bread, of the squishy and spongey variety, and slather the peanut butter and jelly on there in roughly equal amounts.

The sandwhich shouldn't be crunchy at all, it should be squishy and a little chewy.

[Waffles731]

What kind of jam did you use.
And if you are British, you cannot throw stones about food,
We have Cajun, Barbacue, and other things, (I'm from New England and prefer peanut butter and fluff)
I'm mean spotted dick, toad in the hole, bangers and mash, I mean come on people at least try not to name your food an edible innuedo

[palek]

We only eat them when we run out of beans on toast and Spotted Dick, our favorite British poverty food!

[GhostOnToast]

Beans on toast is a favourite of mine, savory food all the way

[palek]

How did I know that, GhostOnToast?

[ElissaDido]

I always heard about peanut butter and jelly on TV when I was younger, specially on Disney Channel lol, so I decided to try it a couple of years ago, was kind of disappointed :(

[MargaritaPeach]

Our white bread, peanut butter, and jellies or jams are packed with refined sugar. That's what most of us are addicted to, and that's why we like it. Sad but true.

[Phoenix98]

Uh because it's delicious that's why, besides every country has some food that another country thinks is weird, Asia has dog, France has snails, Africa has bugs, etc, etc, we have peanut butter and jam.

[GhostOnToast]

Great how you chose the worst foods of each country as an example of their national cuisine

[Phoenix98]

I wasn't choosing the worst, I was just choosing dishes that are known for being strange to people from other countries. Dog actually isn't bad, snail is kind of and the bugs are cooked so they actually taste more like roasted nuts.

[GhostOnToast]

Uh huh

[Phoenix98]

You don't have to take my word for it but I have actually eaten bugs they aren't that bad and neither is dog, taste just like any other meat, snail though I've heard is kind of bad.

But irregardless my point stands it's a food item that the people there find good or tasty and that other people find weird.

[eagleriverjohn]

I never liked it. I don't know why others do (and it's jelly by the way, at least here there is a difference between jam and jelly I'm not sure there is where you live)

[GhostOnToast]

I know right, it's not got a particularly special taste to it. And I say jam because that's what we call it in the UK

[eagleriverjohn]

Ok. I wasn't sure if there was a difference between Jam and Jelly there

[GhostOnToast]

Jelly over here is the wobbly cold stuff that some put with ice cream

[BlueCoyote]

So... what's jelly in the US is jam in the UK... and what's jam in the US is jello in the UK? Or no? I'm confused^^

Jam is the more soft stuff, a little more liquid-ish stuff while jelly is more gelatine-like, correct?

[GhostOnToast]

@BlueCoyote Yup you got it

[BlueCoyote]

Wait but you guys in the UK also use the word "marmalade", right? So how's marmalade different from jam and jello? Cuz in Germany, they use the word marmalade (Marmelade) for what you guys call Jello. Mmmh... this is a science of its own ;-).

[GhostOnToast]

@BlueCoyote Marmalade is Paddington Bear's favourite

[DodgersGM]

Try peanut butter and honey next time. So, so good!

[GhostOnToast]

That sounds crazy, but I'll give it a whirl

[MargaritaPeach]

I love that... on warm, toasty bread.

[joeb73]

I personally don't like them but my wife loves them. A lot of parents give kid PB&J because it's fast, easy and cheap to make. And as an adult some keep eating it. And for some people since they grew up eating it , it became comfort food

[AleDeEurope]

I've been living in America for 2 years, and I haven't tried it, I haven't even tried peanut butter yet xD It just doesn't catch my attention, I don't think it's gonna be that good :/

[ConsultantIsBack]

Mind blown!! U gotta try!!

[AleDeEurope]

@ConsultantIsBack Ehhh there's too much good food in Chicago to try that xD I've always disliked Jam, that's what really puts me off.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Love Chicago man, I was there last summer for a week

[AleDeEurope]

@ConsultantIsBack And you didn't hit a bro up? What the fuck, man? -_-
xD
Yeah, I love Chicago too, especially during the summer.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Haha next time well hang out! And get @buchybuchita too

[ConsultantIsBack]

Or whatever her name is lol

[AleDeEurope]

@ConsultantIsBack it's @BuchitaBuchys I think xD

[ConsultantIsBack]

Haha that's it, mixed it up

[EmpatheticLady]

PB! You gotta try PB! 😛

[AleDeEurope]

@EmpatheticLady Only if you make it :P

[EmpatheticLady]

I'd gladly do it. Haha.

[AleDeEurope]

@EmpatheticLady Yass!! Then come with ConsultantIsBack next time he's in Chicago xD

[CHARismatic110]

Ale you STILL haven't tried it! I remember asking a peanut butter question awhile back and you hadn't tried it. You have to!

[AleDeEurope]

@CHARismatic110 Hahahaha I remember that conversation xD Sorry, haven't tried it yet :(
xD

[CHARismatic110]

Lol you're just missing out!

[EmpatheticLady]

@ConsultantIsBack Let's go! We gotta go visit Ale and feed him peanut butter, haha.

[ConsultantIsBack]

@EmpatheticLady I'm so there if u are!!

[EmpatheticLady]

@ConsultantIsBack Woo hoo! Party in Chicago, folks!

[BuchitaBuchys]

What's going on? Lol why have you summoned the demon @ConsultantIsBack?

And @AleDeEurope you have never had peanut butter? What? Blasphemy! :x

[ConsultantIsBack]

@BuchitaBuchys because we missed you ❤ that's why

[Nettie29Howie]

I love peanut butter and jelly. But the bread has to be thick and the jelly has to be strawberry or apricot. Also, the peanut butter has to be creamy and organic. Well everything has to be organic. Finally a glass of rice milk, so yummy.

[reptocarl]

Depends on the jelly not jam. I like mine with Apple jelly but the most popular by far is with grape jelly. Why do Aussies like vegimite?

[GhostOnToast]

I hate vegimite, yuck.

[NedfromtheNed]

Hey, in Australia can you hear the thunder?

[GhostOnToast]

@NedfromtheNed I'm in the UK

[NedfromtheNed]

Oh, so do you buy bread from the man in Brussels? You know, he is six foot tall and full of muscles?

[Waffles731]

@NedfromtheNed
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

[NedfromtheNed]

:D

I was just listening to the song an heard 6'4" and realized my mistake.

[FredNerk]

It's VEGEMITE

[existing_not_living]

Lol, I don't like it. When I was younger I used to, but now I would not touch one even if it's the only thing to eat.

[EmpatheticLady]

Maybe that's because you had it with jam and not grape jelly. It's quite delicious.

[akadatank44]

Jam just has the fruit pectin in it. Still taste great. But I make my own strawberry 😛

[EmpatheticLady]

@akadatank44 It's still not the same, now is it? Haha.

[akadatank44]

Ahh no. 😛 similar tho. Jam just has the fruit in it. Like mused strawberries

[meatballs21]

Why do I like eating anything? Because it tastes nice *to me*.

[Casper286]

I don't know I guess it's an iconic American food but I'm an American and I have to be in the mood for it to eat it.

[SansiSavvy]

If it's something you grew up with I guess it's just a taste that never tasted bad/weird

[BR0CK]

Jam and jelly are kinda different. With jelly its wayyyyyyyy better. Also yeah it's probably because we grew up with it.

[maria96]

It's just delicious. Especially with strawberry jam :P

[Anonymous]

most people I know dont like it but it is really fast to make so they do it out of time... I like it aslong as the penut butter doesn't get stuck onto my teeth

[justbanANNAz]

i know omg they're so weird :P
i tried it too and I'm like 'wth is this?' 😂

[Hidden_P]

I think it's an American thing. I don't like it either.

[orphan]

i don't care for jam.

i can indulge in some strawberry preserves though.

[GhostOnToast]

It's not the same thing?

[Hidden_P]

They are to you and me asker.
Unfortunately in the same way that American chips are crisps to us, jam is actually called jelly in America. They have jam but it's something else.

[orphan]

they're different. in short, jam is a homogeneous mixture, but preserves is not.

[ArtDent]

@Hidden_P Jam uses whole fruit. Jelly uses only the juices

[orphan]

@ArtDent word. wasn't aware of that myself.

[Hidden_P]

Well preserves in this country must be different. Or google is wrong. But this was my knowledge of what a preserve is:

1.
a foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.
"a jar of cherry preserve"
synonyms: jam, jelly, marmalade, conserve, confection;

@ArtDent

[Hidden_P]

@ArtDent thank you for explaining the difference to me.

[orphan]

the most noticeable difference is jam is a consistent jelly.

preserves is like bits of strawberry strewn through out the jelly.

[orphan]

at the grocery... the Knotts Berry Farm Strawberry Jam sits right besides the Knotts Berry Farm Strawberry Preserves. also the preserves isn't nearly as thick, quite runny actually.

[FredNerk]

Yeah - it's the same thing.

[Riseagainst29]

I normally don't like it. I do like beans on toast though. And sometimes fried bread.

[CHARismatic110]

Because it is delicious! PBnJ is a classic. Easy to make and so damn good.

[Octavius]

You have to put the right amount on for it to be really good.

[Anonymous]

Don't use jam. Use jelly. There's a big difference. Make sure it's grape jelly too!!

[GhostOnToast]

Jam over here is jelly in America

[Opinion Owner]

No. They're similar but they're ultimately two different things.

[GhostOnToast]

Tastes the same though. And everyone thinks of them as pretty much the same

[Opinion Owner]

Jelly and jam are two different things in my book. Different textures and tastes but if ya don't believe me you can look it up. Trust me they're different.

[GhostOnToast]

Agree to disagree

[FredNerk]

Jelly goes in a trifle - would never eat peanut butter and jelly!

[douride2]

You have it all wrong peanut butter & jam is a Canadian thing.

[douride2]

Whats with the down vote? lol hahaaha

[bubbletrouble]

I dont know. Why do the English like tea so much? Why do the French like snails?

[GhostOnToast]

That's different though, because tea is actually delicious, and apparently snails taste like chewing gum. But peanut butter and jam sandwiches are odd and overrated in my opinion

[PizzaGuy22]

that shit looks so gross and it probably tastes awful

[GhostOnToast]

That's because it is. Full of sugars and yuckness.

[PizzaGuy22]

yea it's too mixed up and peanut butter and something sweet does not mix well. weird ass food ahah

[GhostOnToast]

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Yes

[vekin]

Try peanutbutter with chocolade pasta that is great

[GhostOnToast]

Much sugar, many heart attack

[vekin]

but it's really tasty

[Iron_Man]

Its good stuff thats why and have a glass of milk with it

[ThisAndThat]

It needs to be American peanut butter and Jelly for it to be any good. :D

[FredNerk]

Isn't it jam? Jelly with peanut butter sounds odd!

[ThisAndThat]

@FredNerk Actually it's jam that sounds odd with peanut butter, jam is way to thick!

[mntwins66]

I honestly just like regular peanut butter on it, without jelly.

[KDA20]

I am inclined to agree - It sounds disgusting.

[Anonymous]

I like them they are sweet and salty, kind a reminds me of some girls

[GhostOnToast]

Haha

[Opinion Owner]

Yiu have a cool profile background picture of space.

[GhostOnToast]

Thanks

[blondfrog]

I don't know I never liked it lol

[MissNowhere]

No clue man, I've never tried that shit.

[ZionOrtov]

Most Americans were subjected to it as kids.

[GhostOnToast]

Poor souls

[akadatank44]

What kind of peanutbutter did you have tho?

[GhostOnToast]

Extra crunchy?

[akadatank44]

Oh was it skippy? Lol

[GhostOnToast]

No just a basic Sainsbury's one

[Anonymous]

it's not only americans lol

[GhostOnToast]

I know, but mostly American's like it

[ConsultantIsBack]

Um it's delicious lol
I like sugar free jam tho

[Waffles731]

Sugar free Jam, You know my dad did some bodybuilding in the air force. He said the diet was hellish.]
My dad was also on a rugby team with some pararescue guys,
My dad played a contact sport with special forces personell

[ConsultantIsBack]

@Waffles731 I'll make sure not to mess with him lol

[Waffles731]

Yeah, My parents are ex-military and taught me something important
If you are in a life or death situation
NEVER FIGHT FAIR.
There is no such thing as a fair fight and those who attempt to fight fair in real fights die

[ConsultantIsBack]

@Waffles731 I never fight fair in general lmao

[Waffles731]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBHTH41xAE
Filler

[Phoenix98]

I know right? these foreigners are crazy peanut butter and homemade jam it's heavenly, some lightly toasted bread a little bit of butter so good.

[Anonymous]

I prefer just toast and jam, personally.

[ThatBritishLad]

I guess they taste ballin'

[Anonymous]

I really dislike it personally

[xxcchhllaauu]

cause I'm staving and poor

[ArtDent]

It's peanut butter and jelly.

[ArtDent]

Strawberry or sometimes grape.

[GhostOnToast]

Maybe I should give you that one, since it's your national dish and all

[ArtDent]

lol downvotes for correctly stating that it's called PB&J for short for a reason :D

[GhostOnToast]

Peanut Butter and Jam perhaps? :D

[ArtDent]

If ever I find myself in england

[FredNerk]

No, JAM.

[Anonymous]

i eat them separately. . not jammed together.