The Surprisingly Short History of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich 

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Anyone else make a PB&J sandwich while watching this?

Sliced bread: the best thing since wrapped bread.

PBJ sandwiches are in the Sandwhich Hall of Fame. Simple, filling, delicious.

Pb&j is a comfort food and a family tradition.

I'm glad I didn't grow up in a world without PB&J sandwiches.

Watching this whilst eating a peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich with coffee in the U.K. Working a night shift shortly so this little meal will give me the necessary energy. Stay strong people.

I visited the Netherlands in 2001. When I made a PB&J sandwich, the family I was staying with was shocked and disgusted. They had never heard of peanut butter and jelly being combined, and they refused to try it.

IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!

Peanuts aren't a legume because they're grown underground, they're a legume because they are seeds held within a casing.

Peanut butter on celery is actually really good, especially with raisins on top.

They always photo those with Jelly and Peanut-butter oozing from the edges and onto the counter. I am pretty exacting and would be pissed if I got it everywhere. But in a pic it looks yummy.

Bonus fact. Pectin is not necessary to make most jelly or jam. The secret is in using the whole fruit before straining off the juice for jelly. And for jam using a mixture of ripe and less ripe berries which amp up the natural pectin or adding citrus zest which does the same. Then you just use equal parts of sugar to fruit. Essentially jam and jelly are just extremely thick fruit syrup. It's very easy to make but does take a bit of patience to cook. Basic jam; equal parts sugar and crushed berries. That's it!

I think I'll make myself a pb&j sandwiche. Thanks Simon.

Simon whistler, you talk like I read the warning labels or instruction manuals on things. Very precise.

My personal variation is PB&J on toast, which adds warmth, and Fluffer nutter PB & J, in which you do marshmellow creme on one slice, and peanut butter and jam on the other and then come together with a center piece of bread with PB so marshmellow comes together with PB also.. triple decker.

My sister was a US exchange student in Australia. When her host mom asked her what she wanted for her packed school lunch. She asked for a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. The host mom refused to make it, so my sister did, confused as to the issue. The entire host family stared at her and were shocked that Amercans ate something so strange.

can you give a brief history of the sloppy joe sandwich and how it became popular in the U.S?

All these years, I've been calling jam as jelly. Thank you for the information Simon and his team.

I never liked PB and J until I used Jalapeno jelly. It isn't the overwhelmingly sweet that standard jellies are, and the heat pairs well with sweet and savory peanut butter. :)

Great show. I love PBJ since I started living in the US (1960) and discovered it one day in 8th grade when a schoolmate traded lunches with me and I got his PBJ. I was hooked for life. It's great with orange juice. The acidity of the OJ balances wonderfully the sweetness of the PBJ. Take a bite of sandwich and a sip of juice. Yum !

😂😂😂Mr peanut goes to war 😂😂😂

I used to have a friend from Coventry, England who saw me eating a PB&J sandwich and thought it was a disgusting idea. I didn't know at the time, but apparently nobody in England eats PB & jelly/jam together. He also said root beer tasted like some kind of childhood medicine they have there and was also disgusting.

Like most other students, I usually carried my lunch in grade school. My lunchbox held sandwiches (always PB&J) and a thermos of tomato soup. Mom always offered other things but I'd want nothing else. Sometimes I'd trade half a sandwich with another kid. Good times!

This just inspired me to have my first ever pb&j sandwich......wow I've been missing out!

Man does not live by bread alone!He needs peanutbutter and jelly!

Who are all these people who say they have never had a PB&J??? Where are you from that you've never known the childlike joy of thick, luscious peanut butter and sweet fruit jam lovingly embracing each other between two slices of soft, pillowy white bread? I'm over 50 years old, and I still love it. There's nothing like it in the world to make you feel like a kid again! It's the ultimate comfort food! 😍

1:30 AM and I'm researching the history on pb& jelly sandwiches

Simon, although improvement is a never ending process, I find your channel to be perfectly polished. It’s very well balanced. Thank you for the time you put into this!

I had heard that it forever became even more popular in the baby boomer generation during the 40's-60's as a common school lunch item. Because a well known pediatrician at the time claimed it was good for providing school children with the carbs from the bread, jam/jelly and peanut butter to give them energy to focus in class. Protein to stick with them till they get through till their evening meal. It also had certain vitamins for good health and energy like B vitamins. On another note. Peanut butter is still a staple in U.S. military rations today. They've tried to change things a bit by offering both creamy and chunky along with chocolate peanut butter. It isn't every ration that has peanut butter that has the fixings for a PB&J but there are a select few that do. They offer strawberry Jam, grape jelly, blackberry jam (awesome) and apple jelly. I believe they may have had apple butter at one point. So one meal might have crackers and peanut butter or jelly/jam but not always both peanut butter and jelly. They also have something considered wheat snack bread. It's the army's attempt at offering real bread that's soft. I like them a lot but my fellow soldiers hate them. Can't really describe the taste but texture is similar to pita bread. I had a buddy in basic training who was set on having a PB&J at least once every day in basic. Whether in the chow hall or in the field. I think he succeeded. He had to trade some items to get what he needed but he got it. The army likes peanut butter because it offers protein, fat and carbs all packed into one substance that is cheap. I considered requesting for walnut or almond butter but they can be anywhere from 3-5 times as much.

I recall watching interviews with Americans who were alive when pre-sliced bread was introduced to the market. Until then, perfectly uniform slices of bread seemed a great luxury, so ordinary people were eager to try pre-sliced bread ... and they loved it.

Me and my son enjoyed a pb&j while watching this.... very nice. :) he said we're eating like royalty. Yes my son, yes we are! 🥰

Thank you guys for making good job on your videos. Wish you good stuff.

Cool video ! I’m super stoned and I made myself a pb&j , as I took a bite , I thought to myself?... who came up with this perfect combo. And now I’m here , still high af lol.

Currently eating Pbj and a Mimosa ...Surprisingly Amazing!!!

Hi Simon. I like a lot your videos. Thanks for doing them. I hope you make soon one about why and how "the rest is history" was created and when that started. Thanks and best regards

There's like 300 things I would give up before PB&J's and rootbeer. I'm so American.

What about the 'Fluffernutter", a 60 year old treat. bread, peanut butter and marshmallow spread. Was or is the official sandwich of the State of Massachudetts

Bonus fact! Don't let any jam fall on your keyboard. You will come back from work and find your dog has destroyed it. ; )

Try buttering and grilling a PB&J like you were making a grilled cheese - Delicious!

1900: A rich decedent dessert topping for rich people 2000: given in food boxes everywhere to the poor

So many bonus facts do a part 2 we need more PB&J

I forgot what the video was on but I was doing research into learning HTML and CSS coding and found a video you made that was really old explaining something. Was pretty ace to have you teaching me something for uni!

PB&J is my all time favorite sandwich. Anyone else?

A friend of mine just discovered the deliciousness of PB&Js about a month ago. It now seems to be one of his favorite meals to bring into work.

I want that "Mister Peanut goes to war" poster so bad now.

I love the mixed jam called Traffic Jam. Yummy.

Great u added in the thorough explanation between jelly and jam

Its great bc I looked this up while making a late snack just out of curiosity and as I was finishing up i got to the part of "peanut paste and currant" which my pb&j was straight up a traditional presided brioche, peanut butter, and black currant. So I was eating the og authentic stuff the whole time

Best ever: PB&J and marshmallow fluff sandwiches. Yum!

enjoyed this one very much

Peanut better jelly is really delicious I absolutely adore it one of the best basic sandwiches ever made

When I was visiting the UK. I had a craving for peanut butter, I got some and jelly. My friends kids killed off the jars within hours after they saw me eating a PB&J sandwich. Same with the American cheese slices I got for making cheeseburgers the night before.

I was just thinking of this in the morning today. Neat

It doesn't surprise me at all that a meal like this didn't come around until World War II. When you kept referring to its late arrival, I was convinced you were going to say the '80s or '90s. If anything, it's older than I would have guessed.

Thanks. I wondered about it as I was about to make a PBJ. Then I watched it while making it. Now I know.

Bonus shotout to marshmallow fluff & peanut butter sandwich!! Because someone in Mass looked at the sugary deliciousness and said "how can i make this even more sugary...."

I find it amazing that many Brits and Irish have never had PB&J.

Peanut butter and jelly are really a great combo. I bought PB once to try it out, and it was pretty meh on just a bread alone, so I asked some Americans how can I improve it. They recommended jelly or banana, and both were extremely tasty.

This is my life. PB&J is still my favorite in high school.

This is, by far, the deepest and most important video you've ever done.

Just awesome!

But Simon! What is marmalade!?!?

Thanks Simon. It’s 12:15 am local, but I am going downstairs to have a pb with strawberry jam. Once again, thanks for being the enabler that you are.

Find it interesting at where I'm living (Pacific NW) jelly has the seeds and fruit bits, and jam is the smoother one. Wondering if someone mucked up on the labeling during production at one point and just left it.

Do peanut butter and chocolate!

Nothing beats a good ol pb and j sandwich with a pepsi

This guy can talk about anything and make it sound interesting

I'm drunk and a peanut butter jelly time sammich is like adding cocaine to my drunken stupor. It's marvelous!

I did not know Peanut butter existed before Washington Carver. I always learn something new when I come here.

You can't make jam out of figs. My great-grandmother made _great_ preserves, though, from the fig trees in her back yard...)

Like Smuckers Traverse City Cherry preserves and Jif Extra Crunchy, your videos are awesome.

This is an amazing channel.

And, in the first part of the 21st Century, peanut butter became anathema in school lunches, as some kid in the next county who shouldn't be eating YOUR lunch to begin with might be allergic to peanuts, so suck it up and eat what we tell you to, preferably purchased in the school cafeteria. =>[.]

They banned nuts in our schools in Canada years ago. My daughter has never had a taste for PBJ sandwiches, most likely because of the ban. A economical and healthy lunch food lost in my opinion. It would be better to teach our teachers and children about allergies then a blanket ban. and TRump would say ....SAD

Have you tried pb&j on saltines? I also like jelly/jam/compote/marmalade on saltines. All the above with milk or cuppa.

Honestly, I can live without jelly. But jam is THE SHIT! You might say that it's my...jam. Using the colloquial terms, I prefer preserves but whatever... I've never heard of CONserves, but it sounds potentially amazing!

Canned BRead! The Greatest Invention SInce Sliced Bread!

Seedless raspberry jam. Yum.

You guys should do a video on why currants aren't popular in the US. I love currants but they are so much harder to find.

Didn't realize that I grew up with the introduction of sliced bread, and peanut butter.I do remember seeing both sliced and unsliced bread in grocery stores when I was very young.

Apple Butter is popular in this area. Some will use flour to make a pancake like item, then put in the apple butter, fold over, and pinch the edges together, and then bake or fry. Very yummy either way. I have never made, but have watched my mother and others make it. Fried seems to taste better to me. I'm certain that there must be many recipes online for this concoction. I always wondered about what apple butter is, and this video hit on what this actually is. It is like a jam. I would never have guessed that. Even with me having helped with the canning when I was a boy.

me eating a honey peanut butter and jelly sandwich led me here lol i just thought man i wanna see how people back in the day enjoyed this sweet yet simple food nowadays and or lunch. thank you for the video Lol Glad to know i am eating so rich lol celery and peanut butter is my fav snack haha awesome

No history is short with Simon

Man can not live on bread alone, he must have peanut butter to go with it!

Smuckers holds the patent on crustless pbnj sandwiches... yes there is a patent on crustless pbnj sandwich... there is also one for siting in a standard swing and then going forward and back (your fordward and back, not the swing's)

Damnit. Now I'm hungry....just as I am ready to go to sleep.

2:21 I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that the word "grapelade", clearly a portmanteau of "grape" and "marmalade", would be or would have been pronounced "grapple-aid". Unless you call the round purple fruit it's made with "grap". 4:11 That's better.

I love this channel lmao

I like Simon. The hand motions make everything so much easier to understand. If he stood there perfectly still I'd have a really difficult time understanding what he was saying. And I'm not being facetious.

I eat peanut butter and jelly/jam EVERY DAY. Every day now for as long as I can remember..

Very interesting. I thought I invented the 3 bread slice PBJ (to delay the mixing of jam and peanut butter until its in the mouth) but apparently not.

Nice video!

In American packaging jam and preserves are different, preserves contain seeds. I don't know if that's only a naming scheme for certain companies or if that is how it's defined by our food and drug agency but yeah.. food for thought if you will

Who else has watched this after watching Lawrence Brown of Lost in the Pond make and eat peanut butter and jelly version 1 and 2?😆😆😆

Cool didn’t know that and I love them

Lol in Minnesota jam is when there are large chunks and jelly is when there are no chunks at all

Peanut butter, Nutella, mashed banana, and fresh marionberries. Thank me later.

Fav so far. this is my "jam"

Very interesting.