Peanut Butter, the burning issue of our day

Trollheart · 03-05-2013, 05:49 PM

I ****ing HATE nuts of all kinds, and the mere thought of peanut butter makes me want to puke! Jesus! How do you Americans come up with this affront to taste?? And what is it with jelly? It's JAM,man! JAM! THIS is jelly!

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I don't believe it's possible to overstate this

Creamy

Crunchy

Jesus! Is that a dog from Hell or what? Second one. Looks like the sort of pet the Batlord would have!!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-05-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

And what is it with jelly? It's JAM,man! JAM! THIS is jelly!

Jam without seeds in has been called Jelly for as long as I can remember.

Paul Smeenus · 03-05-2013, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Jam without seeds in has been called Jelly for as long as I can remember.

So, marmalade means it has the peel shavings in it? I never was curious enough to look that up...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-05-2013, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

So, marmalade means it has the peel shavings in it? I never was curious enough to look that up...

Marmalade is made from only the peel, which is why it isn't classed as a jam or jelly. You can buy it with peel chunks or without.

Trollheart · 03-05-2013, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Jam without seeds in has been called Jelly for as long as I can remember.

Only in the US. You go into a store here and ask for jelly they'll give you a small rectangular packet of gelatin that you drop into boiling water, leave in the fridge for a few hours and then enjoy with ice cream or whatever.

Here on this side of the world jam is what you spread on your bread, toast, waffles, whatever. So what do you call what we call jelly then? The dessert?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-05-2013, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Only in the US. You go into a store here and ask for jelly they'll give you a small rectangular packet of gelatin that you drop into boiling water, leave in the fridge for a few hours and then enjoy with ice cream or whatever.

Here on this side of the world jam is what you spread on your bread, toast, waffles, whatever. So what do you call what we call jelly then? The dessert?

My mother was a chef, she calls seedless jam jelly, I went to catering college they called seedless jam jelly there too. I worked in a supermarket they were called jams & jellys there too.

It is possible for more than one thing to have the same name. I'm assuming you've never filled up a chip pan with Castrol GTX because you were confused by the word oil being used for several things.

My mother & the supermarket and the tutor at the collage were English btw.

Trollheart · 03-06-2013, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

My mother was a chef, she calls seedless jam jelly, I went to catering college they called seedless jam jelly there too. I worked in a supermarket they were called jams & jellys there too.

It is possible for more than one thing to have the same name. I'm assuming you've never filled up a chip pan with Castrol GTX because you were confused by the word oil being used for several things.

My mother & the supermarket and the tutor at the collage were English btw.

The mystery is solved! They never DID discover why my house burned down that time! Thanks, Urban! (Makes note: Castrol GTX NOT for cooking chips. Makes a second note: SPRY Crisp'n'Dry NOT for engine of car...)

The Batlord · 03-06-2013, 10:31 AM

I love both, but creamy is better for sandwiches, and since I eat PBJs a lot then I'll go with creamy. But if I'm eating it straight out of the jar, then crunchy all the way.

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I ****ing HATE nuts of all kinds

Peanuts are legumes.

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So what do you call what we call jelly then?

British weirdness.

View Poll Results: Which do you prefer?
Creamy peanut butter	17	31.48%
Crunchy peanut butter	25	46.30%
Old fashioned (the stuff you have to stir)	4	7.41%
I'm a regular little Martha Stewart, I make my own	1	1.85%
I don't care for peanut butter	6	11.11%
If I even look at peanut butter I'll dissolve into an allergic puddle of quivering goo	1	1.85%
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