As I understand it, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a USA thing.

[jake4480@c.im]

As I understand it, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a USA thing. Europeans, have you tried it, do you eat it?

[rtfm@social.lol]

@jake4480 Yes! It’s weird and unappealing. So like me, but I feel no kinship.

[krystman@mastodon.social]

@jake4480 Yeah. They are ok

[chris@mstdn.games]

@jake4480 Never. Isn't this what killed Elvis?

[aguirre@23.social]

@jake4480
I like peanut butter and mustard sandwiches

[petes_bread_eqn_xls@mastodo.neoliber.al]

@jake4480 of course “jelly” in American English is not referring to gelatin.

[wendigo@metalhead.club]

@chris @jake4480 Elvis was a fan of peanut butter and banana sandwiches, which incidentally, my Dad also ate like crazy... ;>)

[marklavenia@fosstodon.org]

@jake4480 US ex-pat in NZ here: Our son is a PB&J fiend, and my kiwi acquaintances are ever amused at how very American that is. Also, I use the word ‘jelly’ interchangeably to mean jam or preserves. But here, jelly evokes a reaction of disgust, until I clarify PB & Jam, which is like US preserves.

[javensbukan@mstdn.ca]

@jake4480 Fun fact, the first commercial modern use of PB preparation was actually first patented by a Montrealer in 1884, with another two patents from two other American inventors later on in 1894 and 1898.

So I'd suggest maybe adjusting that to a "North American thing". &

PB was actually first invented and consumed by the Aztecs and Incans!

And yes, PB is wildly popular in Canada too.