peanut butter and jelly...

No Nutella is good because its hazelnut but still i wouldnt eat it on bread. Maybe pancakes or something.

James does that and I always give him a hard time about it..   maybe I should be more tolerant...  you think?? LOL!!

No Nutella is good because its hazelnut but still i wouldnt eat it on bread. Maybe pancakes or something. Im talking more like the Milky Way or the Cadbury spread ON BREAD. Blah! My sons dont even like it.

LOVE it on toast - it melts...mmmm sweetness.  Sorta like having cinnamon sugar toast for me!

Mmm PB & J is my favourite!  Like another poster, I found Bonne Maman Raspberry Jam to be a pretty good substitute for Smuckers, my favourite US brand.  I get my Skippy PB in the small jars from, of all places, a Chinese supermarket here in Glasgow!  I think Skippy is made a little bit different for the overseas market, though -- it's not as sweet and the "Smooth" variety still has a few stray peanut pieces in it.  Good enough for me, though!  I've tried UK brands like Sun-Pat and they just don't do it for me!

I'm not a big fan of Sun-Pat either. Does anyone have a good UK alternative (as I probably won't be able to find Smuckers here)?

i can say that my wife and others find it odd i have pb n j at all, seems not a usual thing in uk

I'm not a big fan of Sun-Pat either. Does anyone have a good UK alternative (as I probably won't be able to find Smuckers here)?

SunPat do a 'super smooth' one (dark blue label) that is pretty good... much better than their normal smooth one (light blue label).

Whole Earth does a lovely peanut butter.  Not as oily or sugary as Jif or Skippy and as a previously die-hard Jif fan, I'd never buy anything but Whole Earth now.

i LOVe whole earth!!! the crunch and smooth.....

Who sells Whole Earth?

Sainsburys

Thanks!

is it all organic  and  healthy for you??

is it all organic  and  healthy for you??

Yes it is, it says on the site it's organic. I only eat organic peanut butter. The only problem with it I see in the ingredients is palm oil, which isn't so good, but there's no added sugar. I wonder if they sell 100% pure, natural peanut butter somewhere like they do in the States? Anyway, here's where I'm getting all this info: http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/495017.html

I wonder if they sell 100% pure, natural peanut butter somewhere like they do in the States?

Try ebay.
I bought some on ebay at Christmas time... home-made by a very nice woman down Devon/Cornwall way.

(edited to add:  i have just searched ebay and didnt see the stuff, but i have emailed the woman to ask about it and will let you know when she comes back to me..)

I'd say that most British kids grow up without PB&J sandwiches.  It's just a combination which never seems to have caught on here -- or something which people just hear about in American TV shows. 

I remember getting the notion to try PB&J when I was young, loved it, and still make PB&J sandwiches for myself sometimes (strawberry jelly usually).   I've had some weird comments about it though, so you'll find a lot of people here who'll think you're nuts!   

Quite a lot of Brits don't realize that jelly = jam though.  When I've explained the difference, several who at first expressed near-disgust at the combination have said that PB & "jam" doesn't sound quite so bad.  They still seemed reluctant to try it though.

Incidentally, in my estimation I would say that peanut butter in general is much less popular here than in the States.