of coffee, jam, butter and a salad

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If you were having coffee with me, we would be enjoying a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. A friend dared me to try it so here goes.

First of all I have no words to explain how I felt when I realised that a peanut butter sandwich was just basically…..BREAD spread with PEANUT BUTTER!!! No fancy stuff. So you can imagine how I am feeling now that I have discovered a PB & J also known as Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich is bread with one slice spread with peanut butter and the other with Jam!!! Plain regular Jam.

I love jam and I love peanut butter but I have always thought together they would taste awkward you see.So today I shall introduce my taste-buds to something new.

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Step number 1 I spread half a slice with jam and another slice with jam. (so as not to waste bread if I did not like the combination)

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Step number 2 I said a little prayer to the culinary Gods then I took a bite first from the jam side then from the butter side and chewed. Not bad at all I thought to myself

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Step number 3 I finished spreading the bread, because well it’s a taste, I could get used to, I like it suddenly and I insist I take another bite.

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Step number 4 I joined the two and made the sandwich complete then finished it. (see what I did there)

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Thank you Nakku for challenging me to do the #ProjectPeanutButter&Jam that is one item struck off from my To-Do List yey, and one item added to my fave snacks.

If you were having coffee with me, I would tell you contrary to Betty’s tongue twister; Never add a bit of better butter to bitter butter to make the bitter better because you will end up with more of the not so good bitter butter since you make the better bitter.. simply throw away the bitter butter enjoy fresh butter . . . . you are welcome.

If you were having coffee with me I would ask you that since we name a sandwich after whatever is on the middle why do we never speak of margarine sandwiches, even air sandwiches if there is nothing in between the bread, or what if you stack 3 slices of bread together is that a bread sandwich?

And better yet, if two people on opposite sides of the world drop slices of bread at exactly the same time, for a little while is that an Earth Sandwich with everyone on it??!!! The things that keep me up at night.

If you were having coffee with me, I would share with you a secret, I want to be uncommon and sophisticated, I walk around with the pretentious airs that I am marmalade jam,  even though I am really orange jelly and all I want to do is bounce bounce bounce……

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I guess if you can be anything be the best version of it, like why insist on being a plain boiled cabbage when you can be,  A salad dressed in rich mayo, freshly garnished and tossed on a bed of salad……

~Step out of the ordinary~

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~B

 

 

 

 

Responses to “of coffee, jam, butter and a salad”

  1. subtleroyalty avatar

    Ah, but B, i enjoy these ‘coffee sessions’ a little too much 🙂
    Plus, is that a B you bit into the bread??? Huh! *Aside: but people can be full of themselves sometimes hihi*
    Now that I am nicely hungry, let me go try this at home 🙂

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahaha yey glad you find the company interesting and the coffee chats amusing that you keep coming back, careful, coffee is addictive lol

      ~B
      P.S. do tell how yours went and oh tried to bite a heart shape and the letter B lol

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  2. milliethom avatar

    That was the most entertaining read I’ve had today. I believe peanut butter and jam (or jelly) is a common sandwhich in the US. And why not? A little bit of what you fancy can’t be bad. In Yorkshire in the UK, it’s quite common to have jam and cheese in a sandwhich, or on crackers – or Marmite and cheese. Yorkshire people also like a piece of cheese with their fruit cake. Anything goes!
    I enoyed your precarious journey towards taking that first bite. Congratulations on getting there. Happy bouncing. 🙂

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    1. Beaton avatar

      I Love cheese on anything, i even have my cheese with extra cheese.
      Am glad you enjoyed my journey to making the perfect sandwich, as you can tell might have slightly obsessive compulsions hahahaha

      thank you and bounce bounce bounce
      ~B

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      1. milliethom avatar

        😀 😀 😀

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  3. Josh Gross | The Jaguar avatar

    Haha, the things you think about make me laugh! I was particularly amused by the concept of an Earth sandwich.

    Also, I’m glad you’ve finally discovered the joys of peanut butter and jelly. I think I would’ve starved to death as a child without PB & J sandwiches, because I ate them almost every day. That’s probably not healthy.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahaha you should live in my head, there is never a dull moment…
      The concept of an Earth Sandwich is all fun and games till a giant tries to eat the sandwich with everyone on it lol
      The joys of PB&J sandwiches but too much of them cant possibly be good right 🙂
      ~B

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      1. Josh Gross | The Jaguar avatar

        Oh snap, I never thought about the possibility of a giant trying to eat the Earth sandwich. We have to make sure no two people ever drop a piece of bread at the exact same time.

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  4. nakkkkuuuu avatar

    “Step number 1 I spread half a slice with jam and another slice with jam. (so as not to waste bread if I did not like the combination)”

    LMAO. you cracked me up.

    I’m glad you accepted the challenge and loved the combination.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahaha Thanks a span…. am glad you dared me to it lol ♥♥
      ~B

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  5. Tuli Tokyo avatar

    First things first,Welcome to the PB &J side of life
    Second things second Are you with a giant stitch in the pic??does he have the same voice?Did he say Ohana means family?????
    Third things third Another great post my friend really enjoyed it ,Will work on those sandwich related queries and get back to you

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    1. Beaton avatar

      yes that is a giant Stitch, yes the voice was the same, although only said the same few few words including “Ohana means Family….”
      Yes do update me on any interesting answers you come up with as to the sandwich queries.
      ~B

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  6. roughghosts avatar

    Oh heavens, I was weaned on peanut butter and jam. They even sell PB&J at Starbucks here! Have you tried peanut butter and honey? Peanut butter and banana? Live dangerously! 🙂

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    1. Beaton avatar

      havent yet tried butter with anything else outside of jam…..
      I have tried peanut butter and Nutella Hazel Nut or Choc spread

      erm peanut butter and banana?????? hahaha I live on the edge but that ?? yeah will pass

      ~B

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  7. Natasha Roxby avatar

    I was never a big fan of peanut butter and jelly. It was too sticky for me. 😛

    And oh my goodness, that thought about the two slices of bread on opposite sides of the world, and it being a world sandwich… I don’t even know what to say. That’s crazy and really awesome. o.O

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  8. BeingChipo (@miss_maziriri94) avatar

    PB&J is just peanut butter and wait for it…..jam!? Really? I have been going about life feeling incomplete but probably “discovered” this sandwich Americans always refer to long (long) ago. Thanks B, great piece- as usual.
    I sure hope a giant won’t want to have an Earth sandwich. I sure like Earth uneaten.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahaha you know!!!!
      you welcome Chipo, and am glad you stopped by
      ~B
      P.S. I prefer Earth uneaten too

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  9. Bookenies avatar

    Why am I so scared to try this out.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      do it do it do it do it…. That was me just a few days ago, now guess what my fave type of sandwich is …..
      ~B

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      1. Bookenies avatar

        Coffee, jam, peanut butter.
        Oh Lord it doesn’t even sound preetteeeee.

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      2. Beaton avatar

        thats cause you said it wrong, you have to say Peanut butter and jelly, that sounds pwetty enough to eat right ?

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      3. Bookenies avatar

        Hahahaha, that’s more convincing to try.

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  10. Sinawo Bukani avatar

    hahaha @ earth sandwich…

    I’ve been having it since forever. totally my favorite thing to have with bread.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahaha cheers Sinawo
      we been having those nothing to see here lol
      Ta
      ~B

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  11. Stephanae V. McCoy avatar

    B. this was such an enjoyable read and as one of your other followers suggested PB&J is a staple here in the US. If you like PB& J you’ll need to try PB & Bannana. When I was first introduced to a peanut butter and banana sandwich I was like ewwww sounds disgusting but for once I tried something I felt was strange and have loved it ever since. I like the earth sandwich as well 😉

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hi Steph 🙂 peanut butter and banana???? I am still taking baby steps here hahaha that sounds a tad eeew hahaha OK so the banana part do I take a banana and mash it up and spread it on the bread or what ???? hahaha isn’t it a bit weird lol

      ~B

      p.s. an earth sandwich is soooo Zen

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      1. Stephanae V. McCoy avatar

        I know I thought the same – yuk. But there really is no pickier eater than me and if like, well… All you have to do is cut the banana in slices and throw them on the peanut butter laced bread. Well maybe not throw but rather gently place.

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      2. Beaton avatar

        well if you put it like that….. I am tempted to give it a do…. actually I will, soon as I get my next banana (I always have peanut butter)

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      3. Stephanae V. McCoy avatar

        You’ll have to let me know what you think. If you like peanut butter and you like bananas you just may like them together.

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      4. Beaton avatar

        will do ☺

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  12. The Hopeful Wanderer avatar

    This post was very amusing. Thanks for the laughs B

    “The things that keep me up at night.” – I really struggled to keep my tea down when I was reading this.

    Once again, thanks for the laughs.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      hahahahahhaha thank you for dropping by just you wait till you see what I got upto this weekend I went fishing 🙂 post coming up soon
      fishong and coffee ha!
      ~B

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      1. The Hopeful Wanderer avatar

        Hahaha! I’m looking forward to that 🙂
        My mind’s going a bit crazy right now hehe

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  13. farai tonzani avatar

    Cant believe you hadnt tried peanut butter and jam sandwiches. Thats child’s play. I have tried fancier combinations. Bread, marg and potato crisps, bread marg sprinkled with a bit of sugar, even bread peanut butter and maputi. Thats what happens when you are a border in high school and have too much time on your hands lol

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  14. Shuvai Mlilo avatar

    I’m not a big fan of trying new stuff but I really loved loved this sandwich.

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    1. Beaton avatar

      *thumbs Up*
      ~B

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  15. Of Coffee And Bitter Butter Better – Becoming The Muse avatar

    […] If I did not love peanut butter before, then I definitely got addicted after that. I would add peanut butter to everything, coat it on my loose biscuits, as a dip for corn snacks (maputi), as a flavour in tea, pretty much anything, though I never tried a peanut butter and jelly and sandwich until far much later in my life (and of course I wrote down that experience HERE) […]

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