Is this a crime? Thoughts?

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GRAPE-jelly in a squeezy, ketchup-style plastic bottle mixed with plastic bottle peanut butter in a standard-issue IKEA bowl, only then applied between two non-wholegrain, untoasted toasts.
Can someone add a YEAH, a guitar, an eagle and the US-American flag as effects?
- Nope, that's not American traditional, and you can't put that concoction on us.
  Also, it's really a stretch to call peanut butter "infamous sugar cream". It's got like 3g of sugar per 30g peanut butter. That's pretty close to just plain peanuts. It's not Nutella with it's 50% sugar content.
  You avoid eating too much peanut butter because peanuts are basically little nuggets of oil with the minimum amount of fiber and protein required for them to be a solid.
  
  Yeah, I remembered the PB sugar content wrong (I guess I was flabberghasted that they even added sugar in some PBs).
  
  Yeah, to keep it from separating they remove some of the sugar and oil and replace it with ones that don't separate so much. Molasses is a popular choice since it's got the "liquid" consistency you need and no negative marketing connotations like hfcs does.
  It's one of the only cases I can think of where sugar isn't being added to adjust the flavor, but for it's chemical properties.
  You can even do it at home. Blend peanuts, let it separate and pour off the oil, and add shortening and a splash of molasses. Maybe some salt to bring out the flavor. Reblend.
  
  Only children prefer PB with sugar added. Get Adams brand or "old-fashioned" style PB, no added sugar.
- Do you toast your pbj bread? Before or after you apply the pbj?
  
  Not op, but absolutely yes. Toast first, apply PB and J while still warm. If you have a toaster oven, stack the bread so the inside stays soft but warm.
  Just like witn fried PBJ, you should use less PB than usual, it can get larynx glueingly sticky if you use too much, ask me how I know. Self heimlich is worth knowing.
  
  I like to do the opposite - toast the inside of the bread in butter, and leave the outside soft and untoasted. The pb gets melty and squidges out the sides a bit since it's on the hot side of the bread, but you get the nice soft pillowy texture on the outside which is nicer on the roof of my mouth, so I accept the messy trade-off.
  
  Square bread belongs in an upright toaster before applying any topping, always :)
  TBH, I've never seen a toaster oven.
  [Offtopic] TIL There's even a movie about a toaster: The Brave Little Toaster 1987
- I hear you. That said, Skippy makes a traditional (must stir) version in a glass jar. It's decent, by our available standards (I've never had foreign pb). But the last time I bought Smuker's strawberry spread it had hfcs instead of cane sugar. :( So I went back to raw honey.
  
  Peanut butter is actually less popular outside of the US than you would imagine, given how much of a staple it is here.
  Countries that don't grow a lot of peanuts tend to eat way fewer of them, and places that do, largely central and southeast Asia, tend to go more of a saucy direction with their peanuts, or chopped and crushed.
  Having had the gamut of different peanut butters, I really don't think the small amount of oil and molasses used to keep everything integrated is bringing down the quality. Needing to stir it doesn't make it better for me.
  
  I like that stirring means it's not hydrogenated oil, it doesn't have added sugar (probably salt, idk, I just like it), no added sweetness unless I add honey. Stirring it is a lot of work, but it is worth the better flavor and consistency, for my preferences. That said, right now I have some off brand, and an Aldi brand of natural (must stir) almond butter in my staple pantry.
  ETA: oh yes, pad Thai is delicious.
  
  That's fair, preferences are preferences. :)
  When I learned that even the normal jif only had a gram more sugar in it than raw peanuts, I decided my "healthy choice" budget was better spent on higher impact items in the pantry.
  If you want a good Thai reminiscent food, you can get some red curry paste and mix it with peanut butter and your milk of choice (if you use almond milk, don't accidentally use vanilla, it's odd) and then add it to some almost fully cooked stir fry. Once it's hot for a bit the food should be done and you'll have an easy enough peanut curry sauce.
  
  That sounds good and quick! I'll try it.
  I hear you on budget. That's why there's an off brand in my pantry. My food shopping habits are curbed sharply.

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