What are your fav. peanut butter sandwich combinations? Are mine really so strange?

[HereSince1628]

Over the last few months I've been putting together a collection of my family recipes for posterity that occassionally also tell stories of how I came to the recipes.

I've nearly got the thing done, and yesterday I showed the S.O. the index. She thinks my peanut butter and Lingonberry is fine, and she even thinks my peanut butter with cherry chutney is OK. But she says I shouldn't include my "truly wacked out" peanut butter sandwiches:

Peanut Butter, Honey and Onions
Peanut Butter and Remoulade
Peanut butter and Kim Chi-oid Vegetables
Sweet and Sour Peanut Butter with shrimp, scallions and bean sprouts


Although she admits that the last one is somewhat like Pad Thai on bread, she thinks these including mention of these will convince posterity that I am/was crazy.

So I am wondering if other people have favorite peanut butter sandwiches that break away from the old PB&J. are really wacky compared to other people's peanut butter sandwiches for adults.

If you have a favorite peanut butter sandwich I'd like to read about it...just for the sake of measuring my own sanity.

[HopeHoops]

1. Peanutbutter and banana

You have to put mayo on one of the bread slices - REAL mayo, not "salad dressing" crap.

[HereSince1628]

2. I think mayo is a perfect compliment to peanut butter

My mother made tartar sauce with mayo and pickle relish and I thought that was good on PB too.

[3.14158675309]

4. Oh, I usually just apply the peanut butter directly onto the banana! Yum!

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

25. Peanut butter also makes an excellent dip for apple slices.

[3.14158675309]

29. YES! I usually just apply it with a knife directly to the apple (or banana)

Peanut butter RAWKS!!1

:P

[Arugula Latte]

32. Peanut butter, banana and Nutella on toasted sourdough

:9

[Beer Snob-50]

34. i love this one also!!! NT

[HereSince1628]

36. I've never thought of sour dough and chocolate before, I don't do much chocolate

Interesting.

[3.14158675309]

3. OMG I LOVE this topic! And I have TWO favs:

One is a peanut butter and honey sandwich. That is usually a part of my daily lunch.

The second one is something my mom came up with when I was a kid: peanut butter and green olives sandwich! YUM! A little labor intensive, because you cut the olives in half, but worth the wait! :9

:hi:

[HereSince1628]

5. With the pimentos?

Sounds great.

[3.14158675309]

7. Yes! Yum yum!

:hi:

[TZ]

9. I LOVE peanut butter and honey!!

I was thinking of getting some honey for my poor throat today after work..Now, I think bread and peanut butter as well..
I have to say though...peanut butter and green olives..uhh, well I always knew you were an odd ball...:rofl:

[3.14158675309]

14. HEY, that's my mommy you're insulting!

Actually, I recently asked her from where she got that combination. She said that she liked green olives, and she liked peanut butter, and thought why not combine the two. Simple! :P

Hope your throat is feeling better. The pain might seem lessened compared to the smarting of your butt after this spanking=>:spank:

:P

[TZ]

16. lol--here this will amuse you

You know why I think I've been sick and hacking my throat raw? Cause of all the damn tree semen (pollen)! Yes, you got it...I'm having issues cause I can't help but swallow...:hide:

[3.14158675309]

33. Consider me amused

:rofl:

[HereSince1628]

19. Peanut butter, honey and onion is soothing for a sore throat

Not sure what it is about fresh onions but honey and onion is a long standing folk remedy.

[TZ]

20. Hmm. I would think that would have to be a very sweet onion

But I definitely know about the honey thing. My mom used to give it to me for my raw throat when I was little..:)

[lost-in-nj]

6. mine is not so strange

Rye toast with butter then a coating of PB on it....


I can't eat a lot of PB it just has to be a coating....


lost

oh and fluffernutter and a dab of PB on white bread

[HereSince1628]

8. That one could be a party snack!

[lizziegrace]

10. Peanut butter and sweet pickle slices

:)

[HereSince1628]

12. Do you have a favorite brand of pickles?

[lizziegrace]

13. My mother packed that sandwich for me all through school

since there were 3 kids, probably whatever was on sale. :)

[HopeHoops]

18. Clausen garlic dill are the best I can find around here.

They have to be refrigerated. The brand with the stork logo (forget it now) is too salty.

When I lived in NH, I could get Rosoff and they are even better - their sauerkraut is probably the best also.

[fizzgig]

53. we always did dill pickles

i'll have to try sweet pickles. and here i've spent my whole life thinking my family was the only one freakish enough to like pb and pickles ;)

[Inspired]

72. Make that dill pickle slices and you have a winner!

[Lyric]

11. One part unsweetened peanut butter to two parts hummus, spread

on warm pita, topped with sliced black olives and sun-dried tomatoes, with a little dilled tzatziki on the side.

:hi:

[HereSince1628]

15. That really does sound good,

Do you make your own tzatziki sauce? Care to share the recipe?

[Lyric]

22. Yep--here you go!

One and a half cups plain yogurt, STRAINED. Unless you can find Greek yogurt in your local grocery store! To strain, put cheesecloth over a medium bowl, secure it with a slightly-concave indent in the middle, scoop the yogurt onto the cheesecloth, and put it in the fridge for a few hours. This will get rid of some of the water and make the yogurt thicker.

One small, seedless, COLD cucumber, diced and lightly salted. Let it stand after being salted for about fifteen minutes, and wipe off any excess water with a paper towel.

A teaspoon of EVOO

One tablespoon lemon juice (fresh-squeezed, if possible)

One tablespoons plain sour cream

Two teaspoons red wine vinegar

One tablespoon fresh dill, finely chopped

One chopped clove of garlic

Sea salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste

Put everything except for the yogurt into a food processor and blend it together for about a minute or two. Scoop out this mixture and stir it into the yogurt. Stick it in the fridge and let it sit for about three hours, to give all the flavors time to blend.

:hi:

[HereSince1628]

24. Thanks!

I'll be adding seedless cuke to my next run for produce.

[Chan790]

17. PB and Cream Cheese.

It needs something with crunch in the middle. I use peanuts usually but I've also used pine nuts, toffee-crunch, pepitas, shelled sunflower seeds and celery.

[HereSince1628]

21. Do you do the celery in combination with the other things or alone?

Are squash seeds available in the store? I don't think they are in stores in the Milwaukee suburbs

[Chan790]

23. No...all of the crunch-additives alone.

I make my own pepitas. I also make my own veggie stock, it's the one benefit of being a vegetarian. If I throw the veggie refuse in a bowl I have enough within 2-3 days to toss it on the stove with some water and reduce over low heat. Likewise, I always have squash seeds collecting up to roast.

[HereSince1628]

28. Do you dry the squash seeds before you roast them?

I've never roasted any.

[Chan790]

38. Yes...

I don't know if I'm supposed to but it takes a few meals to get enough to roast.

[HereSince1628]

39. thnx

[KitchenWitch]

26. Peanut butter mayonnaise and cayenne pepper.

:9

[HereSince1628]

30. Sounds quick and easy, too.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. My combination isn't strange, but maybe the way I eat it is unusual.

I haven't found anything to beat a plain ol' PB&J on whole wheat bread. However, I like to cut them into strips and dunk them in ice cold milk. It's just delicious.

[HereSince1628]

31. One of my brothers like to dunk his PB&Js bread crusts in milk.

For years he avoided eating bread crusts unless they were dunked.

I don't know if he still does that 45 years later

[merh]

35. peanut butter and strawberry jellie

and fritos or regular potato chips - the crunchy samwich is quite tasty

I also like to put chips on my tuna salad samwich

[HereSince1628]

37. I've known a large number of people who love fritos on their PB sandwiches.

Especially when they had been, how shall I say this?, um, smoking(?) and were in dire need of satisfying their "munchies."

[merh]

41. It began for me in elementary school.

The brown bag lunch of samwich and chips - you got to go out and play as soon as you ate all of your lunch, putting the fritos/chips on the samwich made it a faster way to eat all of my lunch.

some wonderful comfort food came from elementary school brown bag lunches, like meatloaf samwiches. mmmmm

:9

[HereSince1628]

43. Yes, meatloaf sandwiches are very good. n/t

[HopeHoops]

40. Peanutbutter, sauerkraut, raw squid, scrapple, and horseradish sauce on rye

Well, only should I be in the mood to :puke:

:hide:

[HereSince1628]

42. I've done saurkraut with PB and didn't like it, but then I'm not into saurkraut

I do like cole slaw on PB, and Remoulade is sort of between cole slaw and tartar sauce, and I think they are great.

Calimari would probably be Ok with some other stuff in support, like shredded carrot, onion and shredded lettuce with a dash of of fish sauce.

[TZ]

44. Thanks to you and Pi Guy...

I am having a Peanut Butter and Honey sandwich for lunch. Maybe for dinner too!:D

[HereSince1628]

46. Enjoy, Peanut butter was one of the original health food crazes...

Sadly so many people now have allergies to it that it needs to be eaten where it doesn't hurt others.

[siligut]

45. Peanut butter candy recipe sorta.

Because I always just eyeball the amounts.

But about 2 parts peanut butter to 1 part powdered milk and 1/2 part honey. Mix together, flatten into pie pan and place in freezer. This is a relatively healthy and delicious sweet.

I even saw a commercialized version for sale as health bars. Much better and cheaper to make your own.


We also used to put peanut butter on BLTs!

[HereSince1628]

47. Did you also have mayo on the BLTs?

Just wondering, as mayo and PB are such great companions.

[siligut]

48. YES!

Can't have a BLT w/o mayo. I make FLTs now since I am vegetarian, the F stands for facon, lots of mayo on those too.

[HereSince1628]

50. facon! I love it. n/t

[Scout]

49. peanut butter and bacon sandwiches, yummmmm

i've heard of, but don't think i'd like, pb and mayo

[HereSince1628]

51. well, if you don't like mayo, I'd recommend PB with a glass of Dry Sherry.

That's pretty good, and after several glasses of sherry you just might give mayo a chance!

[geardaddy]

57. P B and B

:thumbsup:

[lumberingbear]

52. Peanut Butter, Blackberry Jam and Bacon Bits

:9

[HereSince1628]

62. Jam and bacon is something I've never tried...

Do you use maple cured, or hickory smoked or some special flavored bacon?

[lumberingbear]

69. I have used regular bacon, turkey bacon, but...

when I'm out of bacon, I just use bacon bits that you put on salads.

[fizzgig]

54. i can't say that any of yours sound all that appetizing

but hey, if you like it, knock yourself out.

i usually do just pb&j, but i prefer pb and honey on toast or pb with fresh strawberries and chocolate syrup

[HereSince1628]

64. I learned to think of peanut butter as a condiment a couple decades ago

and I've never regretted it.

No doubt, if you don't like Kim-chi, you'll not like Kim-chi with PB.

You can make lots of interesting Asian flavored PB's. I am sure it would make NY'ers nuts, but curried PB, gingered PB ketchup, and Chile paste and PB are all interesting with diced onion on Nathan's Hot Dogs.

[unpossibles]

55. I too like peanut butter with savory sandwich ingredients

for one thing, it works well as something to hold the peppers or tomato on the sandwich. I like peanut butter with carrots, red bell peppers, some cheese, and some BBQ sauce. Maybe some sprouts too.

PB with avocado is good too, although definitely not low fat.

[HereSince1628]

60. I've done PB and Open Pit BBQ never added chees as an option.

[geardaddy]

56. Mine

Peanut butter and bacon
English muffin, peanut butter, Swiss cheese, brown mustard broiled.

[HereSince1628]

61. I do peanut butter and brown mustard on hot dog.

I think mustard and peanut butter go together pretty well.

[geardaddy]

75. Agreed.

They are so complementary.

[mikeytherat]

58. PB+brown sugar+banana

Yum

mikey_the_rat

[whistler162]

59. PB & J with salami and Velvetta cheese cut from the brick

and let staqnd until the jelly soaks into the bread,

[HereSince1628]

66. jelly with salami...can't say as I've ever considered that.

I think the popularity of cheddar cheese crackers and peanut butter, makes sense for the rest of it.

[Brother Buzz]

63. Peanut butter and butter

I gained ten pounds a month for six months and my doctor was thrilled. Another couple of weeks and I'll reach my fighting weight.

[HereSince1628]

65. As a kid peanut butter and butter (real butter) was a favorite of mine.

It certainly will add weight if you do it on a regular basis.

[oregonjen]

67. Peanut butter and Iceburg lettuce = yum!

The crunch from the Iceburg lettuce is great!

[RebelOne]

68. OK, here's a good one.

My co-worker today told me she loves peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches. All I could say was "YUCK!"

[fizzgig]

71. it really is damn tasty

it was my favorite sandwich when i was a kid.

[Xipe Totec]

70. Fluffernutter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIpEYZbN-0

[The empressof all]

73. Peanut Butter, Applesauce and Raisens

Sometimes I add a little honey. Sometimes I add bacon, Someimes both. It's really wonderful on rye bread with seeds but even better on thick cut whole wheat lightly toasted. Best with Adams Chunky PB.

You also really can't beat a fluffernutter which is even better if you add some bananas and chocolate chips and stick it in the oven for a bit to warm. Yummers.

[madeline_con]

74. Peanut butter and tomato.

My dad used to eat them. It's an acquired taste, but not too bad. I prefer bananas or jelly. Mayo is o.k.