I used to love this burger place that serves a PB&J burger. When I first heard of it, I thought it was super disgusting. But I decided to just try it, and it was surprisingly good. It was peanut butter spread on the bun and jalapeño jelly on the burger. When I expressed surprise at how tasty it was after I tried it, my friend pointed out that savory peanut butter dishes are not unheard of and that it sounds kind of like a pad Thai burger.
I make "fake hummus" where the tahini is replaced with PB and yogurt. It provides the nutty taste but you would never know it was peanuts specifically under the salt acid, and garlic.
I usually eyeball it. Add garlic, any herbs (cilantro and cayenne is good) and a splash of oil in the food processor and grind that up. Dump in cooked chickpeas and blend. Add yogurt until the texure is right for hummus, then about half that in PB (usually something like a heaping tablespoon, or two smaller heaping ones depending on how big the batch is). Salt and lemon juice to taste. It's pretty flexible and even if it's too peanutty or runny it's still tasty. Normally hummus depends on oil to loosen so this is a "healthier" version but it isn't too far off.
For a non-hummus bean spread you can do just use yogurt on it's own along with a bit more oil for a cleaner flavour. I will save rough chopped stems of cilantro (freezer even) and the annoying small whole cloves of garlic for these recipes since you're blasting it all at the start anyway, and the flavours are heavy enough to stand up to stems only.
I clicked on the PB and cream cheese sandwich. Included in that was a recipe for sour cream coffee cake. As soon as it popped I recognized the print type. Scrolled down.
Sure enough my home town newspaper from 1971. So cool!
If you put some PB on both slices of bread, no worries about sogginess. Both sound good to me.
My mom loved peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches as a kid. I tried and enjoyed PB and sweet pickle sandwiches (usually bread and butter pickles) but dill pickle didn't do it for me.
Peanut butter and onion was Ernest Hemingway's favorite sandwich. It's actually pretty good. I would use sweet Vidalia onion (or a 1015 onion), and a sprinkle or two of red pepper flakes. You could use mayo instead of the butter on the sandwich.
My dad's peanut butter sandwich: Peanut butter on one slice of toast, Spin Blend or Miracle Whip on the second slice of toast. Fill with one egg fried over hard and crisp bacon.
My dad sandwich. Peanut butter on the bottom slice of bread. 3 or 4 slices of Oscar Mayer salami, with the pepper corns. 2 slices of American cheese. Top slice of bread with Miracle Whip. He took 2 of them to work for lunch every day. (Had a heart attack 37 years ago, but he’s now 90 and still going strong! Credits peanut butter for that!)
My go to pb sandwich is pb and dill pickles. It's not uncommon where I'm from. It's also delicious. I'm also a fan of pb and pimento cheese. My former husband's go to was pb and mayonnaise.
My dad's peanut butter sandwich recipe: peanut butter, iceberg lettuce, and mayonnaise on white bread. He grew up during the Great Depression and clearly remembers the day Pearl Harbor happened while mine is 9/11. He likes the lettuce for the crunch and the mayo for saltiness. Sorry, I can't say I've tried it because I barely tolerate mayo to begin with.
I don't know if it qualifies for old but in the early 90s Parent's magazine had a peanut butter sandwich spread recipe. It was peanut butter, honey, finely shredded carrot, sunflower kernels and raisins I liked it my kids weren't that crazy about it.
You can click on them in the article to see, actually! But they're generally from between the 1920s and 1970s. I think some of these recipes have roots in the early days of peanut butter sandwiches, especially the savory ones.
I could get behind that. Honestly, I was more stuck on the mechanics of adding the liquid and was just imagining people pouring milk over the whole thing. Now that I’m understanding mixing with the peanut butter, I can at least go to sleep.
I've had peanut butter and banana (didn't Elvis like that one?) and peanut butter and honey. But how on earth would peanut butter and orange juice even work? At best it would make the bread all soggy.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure peanut butter was less easily spreadable at one point in time, but i'm not sure when that issue was improved 🧐 (Edit: or maybe not, since peanut butter is naturally oily? I don't know 😅)
I had a Charlie Brown cookbook when I was a kid and one of the recipes was a peanut butter, ketchup, and celery sandwich. I made it every once in a while back then and really liked it. I’m tempted to try one again to see if I still like it.
What about peanut butter and banana? It's a classic old recipe. One of Elvis Presley's faves! I grew up eating it and actually prefer it to PBJ. The banana adds a lot of substance and makes it feel more filling.
I used to love this burger place that serves a PB&J burger. When I first heard of it, I thought it was super disgusting. But I decided to just try it, and it was surprisingly good. It was peanut butter spread on the bun and jalapeño jelly on the burger. When I expressed surprise at how tasty it was after I tried it, my friend pointed out that savory peanut butter dishes are not unheard of and that it sounds kind of like a pad Thai burger.
The pb&j burger in my town has bacon onion jam! To die for!
I’d eat it in a hot second!
I make "fake hummus" where the tahini is replaced with PB and yogurt. It provides the nutty taste but you would never know it was peanuts specifically under the salt acid, and garlic.
That sounds yummy! How much PB do you add? And what’s ballpark the radios? Like 1 part PB, 1 part yogurt, and 4 parts hummus?
I usually eyeball it. Add garlic, any herbs (cilantro and cayenne is good) and a splash of oil in the food processor and grind that up. Dump in cooked chickpeas and blend. Add yogurt until the texure is right for hummus, then about half that in PB (usually something like a heaping tablespoon, or two smaller heaping ones depending on how big the batch is). Salt and lemon juice to taste. It's pretty flexible and even if it's too peanutty or runny it's still tasty. Normally hummus depends on oil to loosen so this is a "healthier" version but it isn't too far off.
For a non-hummus bean spread you can do just use yogurt on it's own along with a bit more oil for a cleaner flavour. I will save rough chopped stems of cilantro (freezer even) and the annoying small whole cloves of garlic for these recipes since you're blasting it all at the start anyway, and the flavours are heavy enough to stand up to stems only.
There is a hole in the wall steak house on the Delta outside of Stockton CA that has a jar of peanut butter on every table. Must have on a Ribeye!!
I think I’d really actually enjoy that! It certainly doesn’t sound weirder than a pbj burger.
I clicked on the PB and cream cheese sandwich. Included in that was a recipe for sour cream coffee cake. As soon as it popped I recognized the print type. Scrolled down.
Sure enough my home town newspaper from 1971. So cool!
Omg that's such a delightful coincidence! That sandwich is meant to be!
how is this just not pb&j?
if you drained the juice, I bet this would be just fine.
how did i not even realize 🤦🤦🤦
This is a go to Thanksgiving leftover lunch
that's why i didn't even think of it as a pb&j! cranberry sauce in a sandwich = thanksgiving leftovers
If you put some PB on both slices of bread, no worries about sogginess. Both sound good to me.
My mom loved peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches as a kid. I tried and enjoyed PB and sweet pickle sandwiches (usually bread and butter pickles) but dill pickle didn't do it for me.
I'm opposite. Dill pickle/pb *chefkiss*
yes! that's the GOAT. Sometimes when I'm feeling fancy I add onion and/or garlic. salty tater chips on it are dope too
Peanut butter and onion was Ernest Hemingway's favorite sandwich. It's actually pretty good. I would use sweet Vidalia onion (or a 1015 onion), and a sprinkle or two of red pepper flakes. You could use mayo instead of the butter on the sandwich.
i feel like caramelized onions would be tasty, maybe
I've had a peanut butter and caramelized onion sandwich. Delicious!
I like just onion sandwiches too (soft white bread, mayo, salt).
While at college and between funds, out of desperation, I invented the peanut butter and baloney sandwich. Wasn’t half bad.
protein-packed!
I ate them too - even better if you fry the baloney
I ate these as a kid too!
My dad's peanut butter sandwich: Peanut butter on one slice of toast, Spin Blend or Miracle Whip on the second slice of toast. Fill with one egg fried over hard and crisp bacon.
My dad sandwich. Peanut butter on the bottom slice of bread. 3 or 4 slices of Oscar Mayer salami, with the pepper corns. 2 slices of American cheese. Top slice of bread with Miracle Whip. He took 2 of them to work for lunch every day. (Had a heart attack 37 years ago, but he’s now 90 and still going strong! Credits peanut butter for that!)
I think my dad would have loved this sandwich.
Funny how 1, they both liked pork products with the peanut butter and 2, wanted them “constructed” (my dad’s word for it) in a specific way)!
Hells to the yeah that sounds freaking delicious.
Peanut butter and bacon is really good on its own, so I could see that expanded version working.
Peanut butter and bacon is amazing.
Peanut butter, sharp cheddar cheese on toast is weird yet tasty
I've been eating pb and cheese sandwiches since I was a kid. Crunchy pb only!
That's breakfast sorted tomorrow
My go to pb sandwich is pb and dill pickles. It's not uncommon where I'm from. It's also delicious. I'm also a fan of pb and pimento cheese. My former husband's go to was pb and mayonnaise.
I love a PB pickle sandwich. And while I like it with dill pickles, I love it with sweet Polish pickles.
Sweet pickles have never been my thing. I have them for my husband but I don't eat them.
PB and dill pickle is a staple in my immediate family.
Sooooo good!
My dad's peanut butter sandwich recipe: peanut butter, iceberg lettuce, and mayonnaise on white bread. He grew up during the Great Depression and clearly remembers the day Pearl Harbor happened while mine is 9/11. He likes the lettuce for the crunch and the mayo for saltiness. Sorry, I can't say I've tried it because I barely tolerate mayo to begin with.
Have you tried home-made mayo? Even if you don't like the store-bought one, you might like it if it's home-made. They're basically different products
That's a good idea! I only ever eat it mixed into other recipes so you wouldn't know it's there, but I would try homemade mayo on a BLT
I love pb and mayo! Never thought to add lettuce.
All this time I thought my dad was alone in his love for this sandwich!
I don't know if it qualifies for old but in the early 90s Parent's magazine had a peanut butter sandwich spread recipe. It was peanut butter, honey, finely shredded carrot, sunflower kernels and raisins I liked it my kids weren't that crazy about it.
Love peanut butter and honey!
Peanut butter, honey and sliced banana is really good.
How old are the recipes? OG peanut butter had no sugar and was basically just puréed peanut.
I distinctly prefer nut and salt only peanut butter- it's gotten easy to find these days.
Especially since it's often mixed with sugar: PB&J's, PB and bananas, PB cookies.
You can click on them in the article to see, actually! But they're generally from between the 1920s and 1970s. I think some of these recipes have roots in the early days of peanut butter sandwiches, especially the savory ones.
A "Thai" sandwich of PB, pickled veg of some sort (I tend to use kimchi), and marmalade is very tasty. Best one yet was on a pretzel bun.
I wonder if Branston Pickle couldn’t be subbed in here
How do you put milk on a sandwich?
you mix it in with the peanut butter! otherwise I’d say scrap the sandwich and just make french toast 😂
Okay but what if it was coconut milk instead? That sounds like a better match for the intended flavor profile to me
I could get behind that. Honestly, I was more stuck on the mechanics of adding the liquid and was just imagining people pouring milk over the whole thing. Now that I’m understanding mixing with the peanut butter, I can at least go to sleep.
i think I’d prefer that, actually! but i don't like the taste of dairy milk so maybe that's a me-thing
Then you end up with satay. Should work.
Thank you! Thinking about this was making my brain hurt!
Powdered milk maybe? Sprinkle it on?
My buddy would bring pb and spinach sandwiches for our uni in to late 2000’s. She still eats them on occasion.
Pb and raisins on celery is popular so I guess why not?
In the summer, I like peanut butter on toast with fresh slices strawberries or peaches. Pears are nice too.
that sounds delightful!
The peanut butter and cranberry sauce is an awesome combo, can confirm. It's a good excuse to make the sauce from scratch for Thanksgiving
The peanut butter and ginger one sounds awful. I’m going to have to try it.
Let us know what you think! Honestly I think that one sounds great, but would be improved with jelly
Some of these might benefit from using a different nut/seed butter
My recommendations would be almond, tahini (sesame seed), and pistachio
agreed! Tahini and olive sandwich would be tasty
I've had peanut butter and banana (didn't Elvis like that one?) and peanut butter and honey. But how on earth would peanut butter and orange juice even work? At best it would make the bread all soggy.
i'm guessing the orange juice is mixed into the peanut butter. which does not sound suuper great?
Hmm. Did they have thicker peanut butter back then, maybe?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure peanut butter was less easily spreadable at one point in time, but i'm not sure when that issue was improved 🧐 (Edit: or maybe not, since peanut butter is naturally oily? I don't know 😅)
The peanut butter & lettuce is my go to on a rainy day.
Has to be on toast. Crunchy toast, melting peanut butter, crisp cold iceberg lettuce. Milk chaser.
I had a Charlie Brown cookbook when I was a kid and one of the recipes was a peanut butter, ketchup, and celery sandwich. I made it every once in a while back then and really liked it. I’m tempted to try one again to see if I still like it.
i'd be curious to know what you think if you do try it again!
What about peanut butter and banana? It's a classic old recipe. One of Elvis Presley's faves! I grew up eating it and actually prefer it to PBJ. The banana adds a lot of substance and makes it feel more filling.
https://www.food.com/recipe/elvis-presleys-grilled-peanut-butter-and-banana-sandwich-5465
it's in the list!
IMO the best PB sandwiches are PB/pickle (no mayo, for God's sake!), PB bacon, and PB honey.
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