PB and J
The Smooth History of a Sticky Snack
Peanut butter has certainly come a long way since it's beginnings in the 19th century.
According to the Skippy Peanut Butter website,
Peanut butter was first introduced in 1890, when a unknown St. Louis physician encouraged the owner of food products company to process and package ground peanut paste as a nutritious protein substitute. Peanut butter was finally introduced to the masses at the 1904 Universal Exposition in St. Louis.
Contrary to popular belief, George Washington Carver is not the founder or inventor of this tasty treat. However, he loved peanuts so much,
...he developed more than 300 other uses for peanuts and so improved peanut horticulture that he is considered by many to be the father of the peanut industry.(Source: Peanut Butter Lovers.com)
As for the history of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, historians have no recorded information before 1940. They do know that rations of peanut butter and jelly were sent to the troops in World War 2. (Source: The Kitchen Project)
Peanut Butter Today
Smooth and chunky. How about squeezable or sliced? Yep, peanut butter is now available in slices (like sliced American cheese) for those who prefer the quick and easy method of making the sandwich.
Skippy, a top seller in the peanut butter market, has made it easier for kids who fumble with utensils while making their PB and J sandwiches. Introducing peanut butter in a squeezable tube!
Skippy also sells peanut butter in portable pouches called "Squeeze-Stix" (similar to the Go-Gurt style pouches) so kids can just grab and gulp the tasty treat!
PB and J Today
Peanut butter and jelly together in one jar, or in-between wafers, even crimped into a crustless sandwich...are just a few ways people all over America are enjoying their PB and J sandwiches!
Goober, the peanut butter and jelly together in a jar, is sort of like the bachelor's answer to making PB and J. It's all there, in one scoop!
School children who buy lunch may have seen their PB and J sandwiches get a face lift recently. The "sandwiches" they used to get were ones made with wafer-like crackers in place of the bread.
Now, my son's PB and J's at school are the fancy, new, Un-Crustables" made by Smucker's.
Finally, we cannot forget our canine friends who seem to love the stuff almost as much as we enjoy watching
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