Cross cultural eating habits

My family use to do the peanut butter on a spoon thing when my sister and i were kids. We called the "peanut butter suckers and if we were really lucky we'd each get an M&M stuck in the middle of the pb. 

My family use to do the peanut butter on a spoon thing when my sister and i were kids. We called the "peanut butter suckers and if we were really lucky we'd each get an M&M stuck in the middle of the pb. 

 

<<hmmm, now there's a cross cultural thought>> .... Peanut Butter and Marmite sarnies!!
(actually don't sound that bad, does it?!)

<<hmmm, now there's a cross cultural thought>> .... Peanut Butter and Marmite sarnies!!
(actually don't sound that bad, does it?!)

My husband eats those!!!  He loves PB and loves Marmite so he figured he'd put them together in a sandwich.  I can't stand either 

June

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I've got one of those jars of Skippy!! I still do the spoon thing, but it should always be a Tablespoon.  My mom used to make us P.B. and maple syrup sandwiches......man those were good! Put some pb in a bowl, then add maple syrup and stir it all up, spread on a sandwich, or toast. I still do that sometimes. And don't forget pb pancakes!

Such a cute picture!!!

I love PB, but I'm on a diet so no PB for me!!

DH has been asking for an ooey gooey PB cake (its a Paula Deen recipe) so I may bring back a 1/2 gallon jar when I'm in America (11 days!!!!!!!!!!!)

We had a friend from Denmark staying with us. When asked if he'd like a peanut butter sandwich, he looked at us with disgust and explained, in great detail, why peanut butter was wrong.

But have you tried it with Jelly?

So he tried the PBJ and it was like the light of heaven had dawned. We couldn't make him stop for the rest of the visit.

mmm Spoon dippings! And yes only tablespoons allowed.

I haven't tried the maple syrup trick. That sounds ace.
BUT I will give the peanut butter and marmite thing a very wide berth. Ew yuk! What next a peanut butter and sardine sandwich?

I still get funny looks at work when I take P&J 'pieces' for my lunch.

Peanut butter is good for you. I don't go through peanut butter like I used to but I make sure it is part of my diet. It is full of all sorts of goodness like MONOunsaturated fat, protein, antioxidant etc.

A peanut butter and jelly sandwich stacks up well against other popular food items such as a chicken filet sandwich, a hot dog, a slice of pepperoni pizza and a hamburger.

A PB&J on white bread contains a lower percentage of calories from fat, less saturated fat, and almost no cholesterol (the small amount is from the bread) than the other items. The PB&J contains more fiber and less sodium than the other items (with only one exception -- the hamburger contains 2 mg less sodium than the PB&J).

http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/nutrition/stacks_up.html

Garry - what a cutie!!

We used to eat peanut butter on toast with maple syrup over the top. Sort of an open faced sandwich kind of thing and it was lovely, sweet enough to kill you, but lovely.

i have sandwiches of PB & apricot jam on wholemeal bread several times a week for lunch, and people at work look at me like i have a third nipple sprouting from my forehead!

I love PB on apples!  My english boyfriend looked at me like i was from Mars when i chopped up slices and sat with the jar of Skippy.  Didn't take long to convert him.  I also told him that growing up we had a lot of "ants on a log" which was PB in a celery stick with raisins on top.  He shook his head in wonder.

I recently did the same thing and my husband rolled his eyes.     He's used to me eating tablespoons of PB but never saw me put it on apples before. I think I'll get some celery today 

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It makes me wonder what sorts of things my children will eat.  We live in yorkshire and will most likely be here for the rest of our lives and raise children here.  I still find it slightly odd that on Sunday DB's family serves 3 forms of potatoes with the big family meal.  Have US mothers done a mixture of cultural foods or stuck with British things?

My kids eat like I do, so many american type things like PB&J's, ant on logs (although other mothers look at that like I am the worst mother in the world for forcing my kids to eat such a strange concoction), mexican food.  They also (shudder) eat haggis, mince and tatties like their father does.