Who invented pb j sandwich

The world was first graced with peanut butter's presence at the Chicago World's Fair. While peanut butter is now found in nearly every grocery store nationwide, it was essentially considered a delicacy in the s. You'd find it being served in upscale tea rooms in New York City with watercress, pimentos, or on toast triangles with soda crackers.

The question of who invented PB and J sandwiches—or at least who wrote it down as a recipe—can be answered with the name of Julia Davis Chandler. While at the time the PB and J was not a food of the masses yet, Joseph Rosefield turned peanut oil into a saturated fat in Perhaps not the healthiest choice in the long-run, this landmark alteration prevented peanut butter from going rancid so soon and from sticking to the roof of your mouth.

He called this new brand of peanut butter "Skippy. Peanut butter also became more commercialized in the s, decreasing in price so most families could afford it and adding more sugar for the tykes to rave about. During the Great Depression of the s, PB and J sandwiches took off, as they were considered a protein-enriched, easily assembled, and inexpensive meal.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches also rose to prominence among soldiers during WWII. Soldiers found peanut butter to be a snack that was easily portable along long marches in addition to their protein power. And while soldiers had already grown accustomed to making Grapelade sandwiches during WWI , the introduction of sliced bread only made the combination along with peanut butter a natural fit.

And post-war to now, America's love for PB and J has remained steadfast. Peanut butter was first introduced at the Chicago World Fair.

In Dr. Straub got a food company to develop the peanut spread and they took it to the St. Louis World Fair where it became so popular, grocery stores began ordering it. Around the same time, peanut butter appeared in upscale tea rooms in New York City and was considered a delicacy. On the menu of Vanity Fair Tea Room was peanut butter with watercress. Other tea rooms featured peanut butter and pimento sandwich and peanut butter on toast triangles with soda crackers.

She said to use currant or crab-apple jelly and called the combination delicious and as far as she knew, original. Still, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was an exclusive food, and its popularity among the masses was yet to come.

And during the Great Depression of the s, families discovered peanut butter provided a satisfying, high protein, less expensive meal. A s boom in the commercial peanut industry made the spread more affordable and brought peanut butter from high society to the family table. The National Peanut Board says the sandwich became a family staple during the Great Depression, when it served as a belly-filling, high-protein, and inexpensive meal.

From to , both peanut butter and jelly appeared on the U. When the soldiers returned home, they reached for the familiar comfort food again. Over the years, the bread may have changed from white to wheat, allergies and food science may have given us options like almond butter, and culinary adventure may have shown us that one can replace jelly with bananas or even marshmallow fluff hello, fluffernutter.

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