Ask Lemmy

Depends on which fingers you want to get dirty.

Absofuckinglutely! The jelly will gooify the bread on on a much faster rate than the peanut butter. You have to eat that sumbitch jelly up and that’s all there is to it!

Jelly on the top slice, probably because that side has less structural stability as it becomes moistened by the jelly/jam.

The obviously correct answer is neither.

You have to peanut butter BOTH pieces of bread to create a jelly proof barrier. Then there is no top side!

It’s a matter of structural stability. Peanut butter, being more dense, makes for a superior foundation. In the event of earthquakes, sudden stops, or cabin depressurization, a PBJ with the peanut butter side down stands a stronger chance of maintaining position and surviving.

I put peanut butter on both slices, then jam on top of the peanut butter.

And no butter!

I don't know what's up with those weirdos buttering their bread before putting spreads on, but I'm not one of em!

Everyone keeps talking about structure. Yet no one seems to consider eating. If you do PB top side then you get PB stuck to the roof of your mouth

Jelly belongs on top. Peanut butter belongs on the bottom. Banana belongs on top of the peanut butter. Chia seeds must be worked into both peanut butter and jelly before setting the banana.

The whole "pb on both pieces of bread" thing is SPECIFICALLY for making the sandwich IN ADVANCE like making your lunch in the morning. If you're eating it immediately then that's unnecessary.

That method increases the likelihood of cross-contamination (don't get one ingredient in the other's jar, you heathen), so don't do it UNLESS you're making it in advance.

Anyway, the correct way (for eating-immediately scenarios) is jam on top, as it's less likely to drip that way.

You spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread, then wipe the knife off on the second slice, spreading a super thin layer of peanut butter across the surface to seal it, so the jelly doesn't seep in.

Then you use the now clean knife to spread the jam or preserves over the thin layer of peanut butter, and slap them together, and slice it in half.

Whichever one I want to taste more of on the next bite goes down!

Does nobody else flip their sandwiches over periodically like this?

From top to bottom:

Bread
Light layer of PB
Regular layer of Jelly
Regular layer of PB
Bread

If you can spread peanut butter on top of jelly, you're a witch.

Peanut butter is placed on BOTH sides of bread, and the jelly goes in-between those layers of peanut butter. This keeps the jelly from making your bread soggy.

Stripes. Side by side. Peanut butter next to jelly next to peanut butter, and so on. No top. No bottom. Just utter chaos.

Just use the Reese's peanut butter since there's no wrong way to eat a Reese's.

While I agree with all the comments about structural integrity, I'll point out that platonically, it's a peanutbutter sandwich with jelly, and condiments belong on top of meats, not under them.

Correctly made, a PB&J should be symmetrical. A layer of peanut butter on each slice of bread with jelly in between, so the jelly doesn't sog up the bread, especially if the sandwich is to be stored for awhile as in a packed lunch.

I look forward to reading the debate about toilet roll orientation tomorrow.

three pieces of bread. the outer two each get pb on one side, the inner one gets j on both sides