 If you see my colleague Jo Parker striding toward you with a jar of peanut butter - beware. Chances are, she's got a Vidalia onion hidden somewhere on her person, and she's gonna try to make you eat these things together on bread. She means well, and she's just trying to spread the love of a childhood favorite. As Jo wrote to me, "The cool, crunchy sweetness of Vidalias pairs terrifically with the peanuttiness. Smooth or crunchy – up to you. I remember eating these as a girl in Illinois, but I really don’t know the sandwich’s pedigree." Now, most people would be content to enjoy their idiosyncratic creation behind closed doors. A strange sandwich is a private pleasure, borne of tradition, unsupervised youthful experimentation, between-paycheck thrift or, let's face it, coming home wicked hammered and having the wherewithal the next morning to recall an effective combination of ingredients. These are not sandwiches that are served to unsuspecting guests at dinner parties, or even shared between bedfellows. They are perhaps admitted to and laughed about amongst friends, but the enjoyment is almost inevitably a solitary one - if not swaddled in the semi-dark of a midnight kitchen, then at a table, surrounded by loved ones who are openly, if often affectionately, mocking your culinary quirks. If you're brave enough to admit to your likings in public, you will become an anecdote. "My college roommate used to eat...my Dad always used to have this nasty...I dated this guy who used to fix himself..." Jo Parker fears not this judgment. Her conviction holds firm. She claims, "I’ve been at parties where peanut butter combinations have been discussed. When I bring up PBnO, the reactions are predictable. Someone will make a gagging sound. Someone will beg me to tell them I’m not serious." She puts her money where the naysayers mouths are. "And usually there is one brave person who will say, 'I don’t think so, but maybe I’d try it.' And if the host has the magic ingredient - real Vidalias - I have been known to raid a pantry for peanut butter and bread and make samples on the spot. Hors d’oeuvres, if you will. Most try a bite, and I usually get at least one convert." Keep spreading the gospel of the PBnO, Jo Parker. There's someone out there who is bound to think it's nutty enough to work. Please share your strangest sandwich favorites in the comments below. Previously - The best sandwich in the universe – at least for the month of August |
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I like PB & tuna sandwiches (PB&T). I don't like mayo, and I needed something to act as an adherent for the tuna to stay on the bread; PB works well and the taste is good. Just spread PB on bread, drain the water from the tuna, & smush it onto the PB-covered bread. It makes a great sandwich.
Jiff smooth peanut butter on toasted onion bagel, topped with crispy bacon ... yum ... pass the toothbrush
I thought everyone ate this until I got to college:
Peanut Butter, Bread and Butter Pickles, Bacon on toasted wheat bread.
Grilled cheese with jelly (any type) spread on top after it comes off the grill.
Cream cheese mixed with chopped black olives thickly spread on wheat bread. This is the best.
Peanut butter and anything, absolutely anything!
My husband eats peanut butter, lettuce, and miracle whip. He's also been trying to get me to eat peanut butter and pickle for years!
Peanut butter, mustard, and sweet pickle relish on toast, or wheat bread
Fresh Spinach on 12 grain bread with a spread made of mayo, lemon juice, large chunks of blue cheese, pine nuts and lots of black pepper.
German-style liver sausage spread on rye bread, with yellow mustard and swiss cheese.
Peanut butter and Branston Pickle. I guess you have to be English to know what that even is, but when I find a jar over here in Seattle, I am delighted! :)
I actually happen to like pb & pickle. but your right the pickle kinda makes it.
bologna, mayo, and potato chips sqiushed together on white bread. sometimes i use dill pickle or salt and vinegar potato chips, which is also tasty, but typically it's just plain potato chips. SOOO GOOD!
Spaghetti sandwiches. Can be hot, fresh spaghetti or cold, leftover spaghetti. Bread can be versatile – usually sandwich bread or as a bonus – garlic bread.
that sounds delicious on garlic bread! Gonna have to try that...
pbutter and boogers!lol!
Peanut butter and jelly with Doritos
Also peanut butter and jelly with bologna, cheese, mayo and baked beans. May the force be with you!
I have been eating PB and onion for 45 years, mmmmmmm
Me too. My kids also eat them & love them. I also enjoy PB & bologna & onion.
Butter and lard on a sandwich. Preferably fried.
PB and potato chips on yellow egg bun
PB and Velveeta on white bread
PB and alfalfa sprouts on whole wheat bread
Chipped ham and lots of ketchup on white bread (don't know if you can get chipped ham outside of Pittsburgh)
Yellow mustard and iceberg lettuce on white bread (this was a cousin's favorite, not mine!)
Bread sandwich - two slices of white bread squeezed together and eaten (on those days when I lack imagination)
A generous spread of butter on the PB sandwiches makes them even better. The right bread is very important - no substitutes!
I eat peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches with my spaghetti
My best friend got pregnant in high school and I always had to try food with her. My favorite concoction was definitely creamy peanut butter with dill pickle chips covering the entire peanut butter spread.
Another delight was mayonnaise and strawberry preserve sandwiches.
Oooooh another one is grilled cheese with very thin apple slices (try to put on after cheese is melted and before putting on second piece of bread.
Peanut Butter and garlic koser pickles
I have two that I equally love:
1- Peanut butter and Mexican mole on white bread
2- Mayo and Mexican mole on white bread
You'll be amazed at how good those are!
The "Healthy Elvis". A Sahara Wheat Wrap with chunky peanut butter, banana mashed in with fork tines, honey and cinnamon. Actually GOOD for you!
Peanut butter and pepperoni. Try it on an everything, or a garlic bagel. Delicious!
Really? What the hay, I'll try it.
PB on waffles topped with bacon – heaven.
The peanut butter and Vidalia onion sandwich is great. Just add sliced pickles to the mix and it is an awesome sandwich!
I am all about butter, honey, and pickle sandwiches. If possible Killer Bee or Pepper Honey and then a true spicy/super sour pickle.
I also enjoy the peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwich. For this I prefer Killer Bee or Honeysuckle Honey but Lavender Honey is also pretty cool.
I blame the honey guy at the Ren Fest for my honey snobbery
Are you kidding, peanut butter and onion is the best, been eating them for years. I also like peanut butter and (believe it or not) baked beans and bacon, if I have any. Love It.
PB,pickles, and bacon on plain white bread. YUM!!
My favorite snack is creamy peanut butter on crackers topped with hot Picante sauce.
How about provencal omelette sandwich?
French fries between two halves of a poppyseed bagel. Carbo-load heaven. And yes, I'm skinny.
White country rolls with buttered mashed potatoes (powdered/bag kind work best) and Kraft mac-n-cheese slathered in between.
White bread, bologna, mayo, plain potatoe chips.
Flat bread (lavash or any kind of pita bread will work) with chunks of feta cheese, vidalia wedges, pickles, cilantro or parsley all rolled up like a burrito. Add some fresh jalapeno's for a little kick.
I love peanut butter and mayonnaise. My mom used to make these and bring them out to us as a snack when working in the field as a kid. Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmm Gonna go make one right now.
My dad would make "sandwiches" out of kraft swiss cheese slices and chunky peanutbutter – sans bread.
My husband has been trying to convert me to peanut butter and pickles ever since we met.
The strangest sandwich I like is cream cheese and paper thin slices of red onion on pumpernickle.
Another vote for PBnO from London, Ontario, Canada
Favorite from the north: Grilled cheese with Miracle Whip, or PB&J and cinnamon sugar between toasted bread
Favorite from the south: Pineapple & MW on white bread (a coworker introduced me to that one)
Sounds sort of like a
Thai peanut sauce deconstructed on bread.
Once in a pinch I mixed together some peanut butter, onion and a can of chicken. added a bit of tamari sauce and used it for a thail peanut sauce on a boboli for a trailside pizza. You can see other such food adventures this foodmacgyver concocts here at stranger than kitchen dot com
Sounds sort of like a thai peanut sauce deconstructed on bread.
Once in a pinch I mixed together some peanut butter, onion and a can of chicken. Added a bit of tamari sauce and used it for a thail peanut sauce on a boboli for a trailside pizza. You can see other such food adventures this @foodmacgyver concocts here at strangerthankitchen dot com
Sounds sort of like a thai peanut sauce deconstructed on bread.
Once in a pinch I mixed together some peanut butter, onion and a can of chicken. Added a bit of tamari sauce and used it for a thail peanut sauce on a boboli for a trailside pizza. You can see other such food adventures this @foodmacgyver concocts here at strangerthankitchen.com
sorry for the repeat comments, the site was locked up :(
I have loved peanut butter and onion sandwiches since I was a child in the 60's!!!
Grilled buffalo burger topped with a grilled brat, topped with a heavy slab of sharp cheddar cheese, with some nice tangy mustard...all sitting on a fresh kaiser roll....prep the crash cart!!!
Tuna salad & creamy Peter Pan peanut butter...must be Peter Pan.
My favorite is a peanut butter and bacon on toast! Although a toasted cheese and onion also does pretty good.
That's one of my favourites. LOVE peanut butter and bacon :)
Growing up on the west side of Cleveland mom would take me to Bearden's Restaurant. They had the best peanut butter and onion hamburgers! I've tried to re-create the taste, but nothing comes close.
I am a huge fan of a scrambled egg sandwich with cream cheese melted into the egg (do it right before it comes off the skillet) on bread with Duke's mayo and salt and pepper – its divine!
I moved to Vidalia a few years ago, and was introduced by a wonderful friend who has lived in Vidalia for more than 60 years to "Peanut Butter, Mayo & Vidalia Onion" sandwiches. This combination is great and always hits the spot. This year's onion crop was really good, and reading the article made me go right into the kitchen for a night-time treat. :-)
Before I went vegetarian my favorite sandwich was a grilled blue cheese, anchovy and ketchup sandwich. Of course the house smelled for days!
THAT actually sounds like something I'd try! Thanks for the idea!
Raw hot onions with butter on white bread – a favorite from the time I was in junior high until I went to grad school. My father's favorite was peanut butter with potato chips, not because he particularly liked the taste combination but because he liked the crunch, and my mother wouldn't buy crunchy peanut butter because she liked the smooth kind (even though Dad and I preferred the crunchy and Mother ate peanut butter maybe once a year, if that). Also neufchatel cheese (marketed nowadays as "1/3 less fat cream cheese") with pineapple, from the time I was knee-high to a grasshopper until I discovered bagels and lox :-)
Creamy peanut butter and crispy iceburg lettuce on white bread. Add bacon and put it on toast for a switch up. Also, tunafish salad and Wise potato chips on white bread. Gotta be Wise brand chips. No kettle chips, no rippled chips. Pile the chips lavishly on the tuna, then smash the top slice of bread on top to hold it all together. Food heaven!
I still love my tuna fish and Wise sandwiches. My husband doesn't understand why it has to be Wise. This coming from a man who eats "chip butties". (A french fry sandwich)
white bread buttered then topped with a spread of ketchup.
My uncle used to eat Zesta Crackers topped with butter and ketchup...maybe you guys are onto something here :)
I love my pickle dogs. Slice of bread, Miracle Whip, slice of American cheese, and a kosher dill pickle spear. Wrap up the spear, eat.
Mom used to alternate PB&J with cream cheese & jelly. Yum!
Homemade whole grain macaroni and cheese (not out of the box) on homemade whole wheat.
Potato chips sandwich.............. white bread, butter, dill pickle slices and wavy potato chips. YUM!
There we go, someone finally has something I like! :)
Peanut Butter and sweet pickles...the BEST sandwich ever!!!
Try a salmon or tuna tartar sandwich...dice up the raw fish and add mayo, horseradish, capers, a splash of white balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper....mix together and spread on some toasted bread of your liking. With or without sliced tomatoes it's a great sandwich.
I believe the PBnO is called a "Mt. Everest Special." It's sometimes even topped with sprouts. The sandwich delight is described in one of E. Hemingway's novels. I forget which one.
Peanut Butter, mayonnaise, pickle, and lettuce. P-bar on one slice, mayo on the other. Pickles on the p-bar slice, lettuce on the mayo slice. Tangy from both the mayo and the pickles, crunchy from both the lettuce and pickles, and as filling as can be.
My mom always made our family PB and Sandwich Spread sandwiches. Delicious! I have never met anyone else who ever heard of such a combination.
Peanut butter and fried egg sandwich. My son and I love these. A couple variations – all good: add in some honey or a couple whole chili peppers laid right across everything.
I am 56 years old and still like a "sliced butter" and apple jelly sandwich. The butter needs to be slice about the thickness of a "pat" of butter (for those who might know what a "pat of butter" is.
I grew up in Mobile Alabama and remember eating peanut butter and vidalia onion sandwiches when i was round 6 or 7 with my Mother and her best friend Nell. We we sit at the table in our little eating area to eat them and have the best conversations
Peanut Butter and jalapenos. Yum.
Peanut butter and bacon
AND
Peanut butter and pickles
I like the PB and pickles too!
cheeseburger and peanut butter peanut butter with beacon is really good also
My family eats a few weird snadwiches– peanut butter and chedder slices, which other comments have mentioned, or the really strange but delicious one, cream cheese and green olives! Yum! Seriously, don't knock it til you try it. If you don't like green olives, try sun-dried tomatoes instead. Both variations are the best on rye bread, and are sooooo good!
cream cheese and green olives sounds delish. my favorite sandwich is smoked salmon with cream cheese, capers and onion so I can relate.
I love cream cheese and green olives too, but add pecans. The sweetness of the nuts goes great with the olives!
I buy cream cheese with olives mixed right in at a local bagel shop. It is to die for! I also love cream cheese on toast with a thick salsa on top too.
My favorite is grape jelly and cheese (something yellow) on whole wheat
I love jelly and cheese sandwiches. Any kind of jelly, grape, strawberry, and apple (especially apple, with chedder cheese (preferably sharp) is sooooooooo flipping yummy. Love you uncle Al
Gotta say potted meat with onions and mustard on white bread was mine and Dad's favorite sandwich when I was growing up. Still eat them to this day and dad's been gone 15 years. Wanna cry every time I eat one by myself now.
Peanut Butter and Pickles! Not the strangest on here, but people always ask if I am pregnant when eating this!
The peanut butter and onion sandwich actually sounds pretty good to me, but my brother used to eat some really weird stuff. Two of his favorite sandwiches were Velveeta cheese and jelly, and peanut butter and mayonnaise.
Close to my 2 favs as a kid. Jelly and american cheese & PB and Miracle Whip! MMMMMMMMM
I'm all about livermush and fried bologna on a hamburger roll with cheese, onion, pickle, and mustard!
Also, it may not be a sandwich in the traditional definition of the term, but take a cheese-filled hotdog (I use the Oscar Meyer brand), wrap in bacon, secure the bacon with toothpicks, deep fry until the bacon is crispy, drain on a paper towel, wrap in canned crescent rolls, and bake to make bacon-wrapped cheese pigs in blankets! I've been making them for months and you don't see me with heart prob- *keels over dead*
Bummer dude!
hahaha... I love having my mother's freakishly-low genetic cholesterol! I can make stuff like that and not even think twice about it!!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! I loooove me some livermush...
Wow, that modified pigs-in-a-blanket sounds awesome...so trying that tomorrow!
Pickle & Pimento loaf with barbecue chips & mayonaisse!
I like peanut butter and onion, but its best with a good layer of butter. On a side note, I would like to request that the author of this article try to minimize the use of "Swaddled" in the future.
swaddled LOL –it was a strangely written article
Ham with bavarian saurkraut and grilled onions and peppers.
Liverwurst with pickled beets.
Growing up here in AK, I used to love a Moose Nose Sandwich with my Uncle, he's full native Yupik but a special treat was Mom's grilled cheese, seaweed and salmon – that takes me back!
Sliced cucumbers or tomatos w/ chopped raw onions on fresh bread
Diced bacon w/ mayo on top
Bolonga w/ Curry-Tomato ketchup
Curry-tomato ketchup. I haven['t tasted that since I was in northern Germany back in the 70's. Good stuff once you get used to it.
Peanut butter and yellow mustard on any kind of bread ( called a Jit Jit ) and a coke for Sat. lunch
My grandpa goes one up on the PB and onion....his is peanut butter, onion and yellow mustard......i cant eat onions but i do love me some pb and mustard sandwiches!!!
Cream cheese on white bread with sliced up green olives! Best salty sandwich ever!
Pork and bean sandwiches: take a slice of bread and spread on drained pork and beans, cover with a slice of American cheese and two strips of bacon crossed over the top. Salt and pepper, then toast under the broiler until the cheese is melted and a little burned and bubbly. We had these a lot when I was a kid. Easy and cheap! :)
and super healthy!
Peanut Butter, Lettuce & Mayonnaise sandwiches! Especially with nice crisp iceberg or romaine lettuce and either Kraft or Hellman's mayo (a different but equally enjoyable choice). My grandmother used to eat them and now they are my favorite, and the subject of a lot of teasing from the uninitiated... Gonna have to try adding bacon after reading all of these posts!
Bacon makes everything better. Try adding pickles as well.
My mom used to eat peanut butter and mayo.. I thought it was the grossest thing. All three of us kids love PB&J with any kind of potato chips on it.. something about the crunch! :)
Have you ever had a fried egg sandwich with either fried bologna or fried sliced hot dogs? (poor man's bacon)
It's to die for.
Fry and egg......over hard.....fry slice of bologna or slice the hotdogs (length-wise).
Toast the bread.....then smear with......stay with me now......ketchup, mustard, mayo.....add lettuce, fried egg and a cheese slice to melt over the egg......add your meat of choice, bologna, hotdog, or bacon.
This sandwich is heavenly........
I don't mean deep fried.......just sauteed in a pan! ;-)
When I was a kid my babysitter used to make that – but with a thumb-thick slice of spam instead of balogna or a hotdog.
They were actually a really filling lunch, but you couldn't get me anywhere near spam now.
Toast the bread, then slather both sides of the toasted bread with chunky style PB. Add sliced RED DELICIOUS Apples, or any similar apple that is sweet.
So far, this is the only sandwich mentioned I'd try.
First one not a sandwich but so good together! Doritos with a canned smoked oyster on top! YUM!
This sandwich is to die for! English muffin (toast first) then place in the following order a slice of tomatoe, a slice of swiss cheese, a dollop of mayo, sprinkle with dill and place in toaster oven until cheese is melted (have open faced); YUM!!!!!
AWESOME!
Peanut-butter and crispy bacon, on homemade white bread, grilled. Banana slices optional.
Will try the PB&O this weekend!
Try cherry tomatoes with Ritz (or similar) crackers.
Peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches on toasted bread are fantastic! They kind of remind me of Thai peanut dipping sauce paired with spring rolls.
Karl – I LOVE crunchy peanut butter, GRAPE jelly, and dill pickle slices on soft, wheat bread.
The sweet, the salty, and the crunchy.
YUMMMMMMM
Turkey, chopped liver, swiss cheese, tomato, raw onion on rye. Yum!
Wow. I can't believe someone else eats the exact same thing that my father loved, peanut butter and onion sandwiches! As much as I love onion, I could never develop a taste for it myself and I always thought it was just him.
Anyone know if this combination comes from somewhere in particular?
I don't know where it comes from. Maybe it's Illinois thinking. I "invented" them when I was a kid.
I thought it was just my dad too. I no idea this was such a wide spread phenomena.
Peanut Butter with a thick slab of cheddar cheese on top. Toasted in the toaster oven until the cheese is brown.
Peanut butter and tomato sandwiches are great. Spread a thin layer of PB on both pieces of bread (this keeps the tomato from making the bread soggy), then put thick slices of tomato between. Yummy.
I grew up in the UK, and over there this is not a strange sandwich, but here in the US it's quite unusual so I think it deserves a mention. My favorite is cheese and Branston Pickle. I usually just buy some sharp cheddar, but any stronger cheese would probably be good.
This is so delicious! A British friend of mine converted me a few months ago. Yummm
Oh, cheese and pickle sandwiches–even better when the cheese is melted and the sharper the cheese the better.
As a kid I hated breakfast, you know the eggs, bacon, sausage kind of breakfast, so I would take a huge scoop of peanut butter and mix in lots of maple syrup!! Best thing in the world with fresh biscuits, but even toast will work.
For a cheapie sandwich though, a slice of imitation cheese with ranch dressing smothering it on white bread. Sure you could add onions, pickles or whatever, but kids loved it as much as I did, errr, still do. Great memories all!
I thought I was the only one!!!! Also love PB on my BLT sandwiches. Took them to a "bring your comfort food" party and they were a big hit....
Oh I love marmite....will have to give it a try with cheese.
My mom used to eat apple and mayo sandwiches.
Sliced peeled apple, mayo in both slices of bread ,
topped with salt and pepper.......yum.
mmmmm Peanut butter and SPAM for me! While you fry your Spam to a nice golden crispyness you toast your bread and spread on lots of creamy peanut butter. Once you add the Spam it turns into a gooey melty mess, but is sooooo delish! The salty Spam with the creamy peanut butter is a GREAT combo.
While I've had PB and Onion, I also found adding ketchup to the combo added an interesting dimension. Really. But my pick for "sandwich that nobody else will eat" is Marmite and cheese on toast. It's a pretty normal finding in England, but as an American, I usually have this all to myself :).
PB and Rice Krispies!
Perfect Spring garden sandwich: radish sandwich. White or wheat bread, butter on both slices, sliced red radishes straight from the garden. Salt to taste and voila! Delicious!
My dad used to eat these and out of curiosity I tried one a few years ago and never looked back. A variation – butter on one slice and real mayo (preferably Hellmans) on the other.
That was my dad's favorite summer sandwich, too! Mom and I were busy eating fresh tomato sandwiches: homemade white bread, mayo, thick-sliced tomato still warm from the garden, sprinkled with Jane's Krazy Mixed-Up Salt.
OMG...I love PB, but I guess I'm weird because I eat it with jelly! I don't think I could get many of these past the thinking stage...maybe with bacon..but tomato or onion? nope lol
Janet – make sure you use GRAPE jelly, and slide some dill pickle slices on it!
MAN – I know what I'm havin for dinner now!
Not PB related but i love cheeze whiz and minced onion on white.yumm. Lots of minced onion.
banana sandwiches...sliced banana, mayo, white bread.
try bananas sandwich with peanut butter instead of mayo. I love both of them but i think banana and pb is my favorite
Peanut butter and bacon. Mmmmmm.
There are restaurants out here that serve peanut butter and onion sandwiches. Usually the onions are fried in butter. Sometimes the whole sandwich is, like a grilled cheese.
Apparently, they were very popular with the miners, when folks were still mining for gold. Or rather, during one of the previous times that folks were mining for gold.
Now there you go!! I think I might try it if the onions were grilled! Raw onion.....Mmmm.... Not so much.... Like the PB and bacon idea though...
The ones I've had feature raw onions. I don't think I'd like them cooked because I'd lose the crisp, cool crunch factor. But never say never - I might have to try it!
My mom eats cold pink beans squished with cold Kraft macaroni and cheese on wonder bread.
BBQ sauce and tuna
My vote is for a peanut butter and dill pickle sandwich – toast the bread and the peanut butter gets all melty. Delicious!
@ Josh:
You might want to go easy on that stuff: the outside wrapper warns that you should not eat unbaked pillsbury biscuit dough. I know this because I read it just as I was eating some unbaked pillsbury biscuit dough...
I like PB & Honey, which really should not be that horribly shocking since they actually sell honey roasted peanuts.
My mom made cheese & jelly sandwiches. I ate them but they weren't the greatest. Any kind of sliced cheese – munster, colby, etc. and a normal fruit jelly – strawberry, raspberry, grape, etc.
My weird sandwich is a fried cottage cheese. I got it out of a Jewish cookbook years ago, don't know if it is unique to that culture. Filling was cottage cheese with a bit of nutmeg and black pepper, put inbetween thickly sliced braided egg bread (hallah – sp??), dip into beaten eggs, fry in butter until golden and crispy.
Winner! I'm trying this, thank you so much.
sounds like a poor man's blintz.... Interesting.... I could go for that....
Ugh! Stupid auto correct. ***toasted*** not roared.
Don't forget about the good ole' depression era "Wish" sandwich. Two slices of bread and wishing you had some meat!
My uncle eats peanut butter, banana and onion sandwiches. He grew up in Virgina so I doubt it's a 'yankee' thing. I'm a PB&B girl myself, but I remember this one sandwich from high school. Tuna fish, french onion dip, kraft singles, brown mustard,and corn chips on Mrs. Bairds white bread roared over a bunsen burner. We used to eat lunch in our science teacher's classroom. Mr. Stierling also used to fill soap bubbles with natural gas and light them on fire as they floated towards the ceiling.
Peanut Butter and BBQ potato chip sandwiches...YUMMMMMM
Refried beans spread on toast. Add onions and Miracle Whip. Poor mans sandwitch. The beans replace meat.
That sounds really good. I'm gonna try it with mayo.
Mmmm.... grilled with some cheese.... Never know what to do with left over refried beans.... Now I know!
THIS is my favorite sandwich...peanut butter and onion. I put slices w/ pb, and cold milk. I had to make these for my uncle when I would visit, my aunt wouldn't. Finally, I tried the combo...50 yrs ago. I read in an old mag. that this was a favorite during the depression era.
Peanut Butter Toast with Bacon!
YES! Peanut butter and bacon – a great sandwich.
Although when I make one, my wife asks if I am pregnant....
One of my favorites.... bakery cheddar cheese bread, the kind with shreds of cheese you can see – toasted, with a thin layer of smooth peanut butter and some thin, crisp bacon.... YUMMY!!!
A kid in my first grade class used to eat Butter and Sugar (white sugar) sandwiches made on white bread. He used to tell everyone that they were "Yummmmmmy!" I think he later became an engineer at the Johnson Space Flight center in Houston, TX.
I had a friend who ate butter and sprinkles (or jimmies depending on where you're from) on white bread every day in grammar school.
i used to eat that without the bread. just take a little chunk of butter and roll it in some sugar. and for the record i am underweight!
My sister used to eat these every day – she called it a "sugar bread" sandwich.
I occasionally like PB&T (peanut butter and tuna) and my mom used to make PB&B (peanut butter and butter), but my all time favorite is grilled cheese with tomato and pepperoni.
oh my parents owned a restaurant and I used to make grilled cheese with bacon and pepperoncinis. I don't know how strange that is. I crave one every once in a while.
wow... I thought I am only one who do this. I always put Peanut butter on brown bread then I put garlic or dill pickles on it then put Parma or Serrano Proscuitto ham together.. salty,sour and sweet, crunchy all together–YUM! another one–I like crunchy peanut butter spread on rye bread with bacon with crushed chips with pickles! soo good.
another one, I use Norweigan Gjeost carmelized goat cheese with rye bread with pickles with cream cheese with bacon, of course peanut butter. so good and rich–yummmmmy.
aren't smooth and creamy the same thing with regards to peanut butter?
Well, cat's out of the bag, I guess. :) I like it with smooth PB. But we're correcting the post to fix the Freudian slip!
So funny that the common ingrediant to almost all of these odd creations is peanut butter. My mom loves peanut butter. So two of my favorites are:
1. Toast with peanut butter and applesauce (I prefer cinnamon applesauce).
2. Toast with peanut butter and vanilla ice cream. Since the bread is toasted you, of course, can't spread all of the ice cream on at once. You have to put on one spoonful at a time.
No strange sandwiches... but I like onion rings with hot chocolate.
Strange coincidence but I just watched the movie Little Monsters (starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandell) with my daughter and at the beginning of the movie, Fred Savage's character eats a PB & onion sandwich. I didn't realize people actually ate them in real life! I guess I have to try one.
Little Monsters was the first thought that came up when I read the title of this article! The little monsters probably had many other sandwich combinations.
I've got a couple that are greatT Don't laugh until you try them! Sardines mixed with mustard, mayo (mix these three together to form a spread) and sliced raw onions on whole wheat. Great! Also try sauteed liver with grilled onions, maple syrup and hot sauce on whole wheat. One of the best there is!
Farmers Sandwich: Peanut butter and fresh sliced tomatoes, salted . Incredibly good.
Not a sandwich, but my sister and I will pig out on uncooked pillsbury biscuits and croissants. Right out of the can. They're delicious!
I see pickles in a number of posts....my mom used to use slices of fresh cucumbers instead of pickles.
Yes! Peanut butter and onion!!!! I've been eating that combo for years, but I'm not as picky as Jo – they don't have to be Vidalia onions.
Same here!! I've been eating these for decades!
I just love PB, Mircle Whip, American Cheese, and Hot dog sandwich. Pick you bread and dive in. Got to go, my mouth is watering.
Peanut butter and bacon bits. Doesn't get any better than that!
I am delighted to find all the peanut butter and bacon sandwich lovers out there!!! I particularly like it on rye toast, and have sometimes even added some tasty apple slices to jazz it up!
Crunchy peanut butter, applewood smoked bacon and banana on whole grain toast. Got that whole crunchy / salty / nutty / sweet thing going. Good source of energy for dancers on a performance day.
Kraft singles, artichoke hearts, and mustard on sourdough...on the george foreman grill .
"The Breakfast Club"...Biggest idiot movie ever. The only "Club" here should be used to soundly beat whoever made this tripe.
Thanks for the friendly post, neighbor.
"That's what I thought. You're a gutless turd."
:) My dad and I love to reference this sandwich!
One of my favorites is a Peanut Butter and Bologna sandwich. Gotta try one!!
PBJ with Doritos on it, so crunchy! :)
my college roommate used to do the same thing, and wound up converting me...I believe we did it with the cool ranch variety.
Crunchy Peanut Butter and ham or crunchy peanut butter and summer sausage. Always favorites of mine
Peanut butter and ham – thought I was the only one who tried that! I admit, I mostly ate them to outdo my brother's grossout favorite – liverwurst and grape jelly.
Not peanut butter related, but my dad has taught me the art of french fries dipped into a Wendy's Frosty. I came up with the sour cream and onion chips on my Subway turkey sandwich. I still cannot eat it any other way!
chips on any sammich! We call it a cruncher! YUM!
Has anyone ever told you that you need professional help?
"Cruncher" – too perfect. You get the sandwich variation naming award. I can see it now – "I'll have the tuna on wheat, extra mayo, and make it a CRUNCHER." Yeah!
Chips smashed up with ketchup on a kaiser roll! Yum!
I was just thinking about posting the same thing – french fries and a frostie. Also a good combo I discovered was french fries in muffin mix. Sweet and salty...amazing.
crunchy peanut butter, Sliced sharp cheddar cheese, mustard, on whole multi grain bread, darker the better. want to zing it up add salsa. Lived off these back in my wanderlust days, rock climbing, paddling and peak bagging. easy, cheap and nobody wants a bite!
peanut butter and sliced green olives with pimentos is really good. Also grilled cheese with potato chips squished into it before it is grilled.
Yes.And peanut butter with jalapenos or sliced dill pickles.
I have two childhood favorites that my Dad always made for me. First – bananas cut in half the long way, sprinkled with salt on white bread spread with mayo (Best Foods only!). It sounds weird but it is soooo good. Second – white bread spread with butter, topped with brown sugar and baby marshmallows. Place under broiler just long enough to brown the marshmallows and caramelize the sugar a little. YUM – takes like a smores!
Thick layer of salty butter, chocolate bars, chocolate shavings or chocolate jimmies on crusty bread.
As a teen, my friend and I experimented with gross kitchen concoctions until we came up with one that was gross, and yet delicious. Peanut butter and Miracle Whip on white bread. Haven't had it in years, and now that I'm vegan, it would have to be PB& Veganaise - but I'll bet it'd still be good.
As a kid and even now we ate "Jit Jit" sandwiches-PB and yellow mustard.
Peanut butter and bacon is to die for. Don't knock it if you have not tried it.
My mom used to make peanut butter, egg (over easy) and bacon sandwiches on toast for us when we were little. I haven't had one in years but they were yummy!
You know, I have the office to myself tomorrow, and there's a bag of pre-cooked bacon in the fridge at home...I see an idea coming...
And for the record, how is the view from 30...? Was not a big deal for me, but then again, I was loving life at the time.
My husband eats peanut butter and pickle sandwiches with lettuce and mayo. O_o
Mayonnaise, peanut butter, & dill pickle!!! My dad introduced me to these tasty creations years ago (bread and butter pickles are also yummy if you're in the mood for a little more sweet)!
Peanut Butter, thinly sliced dill pickles and tobasco sauce- done open face under the broiler. i swear, try it once and you'll be hooked!
Peanut butter, dill pickles & mayonnaise. My dad used to eat it when he was a kid and we love it too. My mom despises it, lol. My sister eats it without the mayo. Best on white bread but any bread is good.
You haven't lived until you've had a peanut butter, lettuce and bacon on toasted rye
peanut butter, jelly, and margrine. on toasted bread. Delicious. The margarine melts on the toasted bread along with the jelly it amazing
Peanut butter and cottage cheese-even better grilled and my favorite. Also peanut butter and bacon. And bacon and applesauce. What can I say–my mother made some interesting sandwiches.
Peanut butter with Sriracha Sauce on sour dough or wheat bread.
Other favourite is peanut butter with a cilantro-jalapeno mix.
The first thing I do with a jar of peanut butter is empty the jar into a bowl, and mix in a couple shots of Whisky. I then put it back into the jar and use it normally.
It makes the best Peanut Butter Toast in the mornings.
that sounds fantastic!
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My favorite sandwich is a grilled cheese with grilled veggies on it (onions, mushrooms, jalapeños, and tomatoe). It is very good!
I loved Peanut Butter and Bread 'n Butter Pickle sandwiches as a kid (Thanks Grandpa!). The combination doesn't do my adult stomach much good, but I sneak one every once in a while.
Try it will dills instead of bread & butters.
Pickled ring bologna, white onion, and plain potato chips on white bread with yellow mustard. Crush a little to mush down the chips!! YUM!!!
It sounds mundane compared to the combos mentioned in the article, but Peanut Butter with Bread and Butter Pickles is still my go-to favorite sandwich.
Peanut butter and garlic dill pickle on whole wheat. A girl in high school turned me on to this combo and I have discovered a few people around the country that also enjoy this. Also, peanut butter and cinnamon is very good.
My father and brothers ate "Raw Dog" sandwiches or some called them "Canibals" Raw ground round steak with a raw egg mixed in and spread on cocktail rye bread, topped with black pepper and thin sliced onion.
Sounds like they were ahead of the curve with steak tartar.
peanut butter and dill pickles are an AWESOME duo!!! love it!!!. especially with some good cheezy doritos on the side! YUM! :o)
Yup – my dad did that, his version of steak tartar. We all thought it was gross. I had steak tartar, and this just tasted like raw meat to me. Bleah! But he loved it.
Smooth or creamy? What happened to poor crunchy?
Peanut butter, mayonaise, mustard, and pickles... Yum!
There's a great restaurant where I live in PA called "PB&U" which serves all kinds of peanut butter & creations. The best is the peanut butter, cheddar, bacon, and pickle. Delish!
Tomato and Pickle Sandwich W/ Mayo.
That actually sounds kinda awesome.
I like pickles and mayo on plain bread or either tomatoes and mayo.. never tried all 3 together.. sounds good though
Or just tomatoes with (real) mayo, salt and pepper.
Um- are you my twin? I do like to add lettuce to my tomato, pickle and Miracle Whip sandwich!
Oh, I loved pickle, cheese, and tomato sandwiches. Doesn't matter if the cheese is American (although that's the basic), cheddar, or co-jack. Throw some Miracle Whip on there to hold the tomatoes and pickles in place on the whole wheat bread, and devour. YUM. (Yes, if you must use mayo...)
I can't say that I've tried the Tang powder combination, but I'm always looking for new flavors that would taste great in sandwich form. My favorite one this year has probably been Green Goddess Grilled Cheese, where I combined lots of Green Goddess dressing ingredients – fresh herbs, garlic, anchovies – mixed them in with sharp cheddar, mozzarella and cream cheese and grilled it on sourdough.
My granddaddy, who was originally from Pittsburgh, ate PB&O sandwiches so maybe it's a Yank-eh thang. He also occasionally ate crisp bacon on a PB sandwich.
I thought I invented tomato/mayo sandwiches but Mario Batalli claims (and I agree) that this is the best sandwich in the world. However, Mario, I eat mine open face!
i grew up on tomato/mayo/butter sandwiches....nothing better on a summer day!
Agreed tonia! For years I watched my Pap Pap eat tomato and mayo on white w/ tons of salt & pepper. Delish! I had one last night w/ awesome toms from my hubby's garden...
Tomato with real mayo, not miracle whip, on white bread and lots of salt and pepper....I'd buy tomatoes in December for that sandwich!
My Mom made PBnO sandwiched on left over buscuits from breakfast!! My husband leaves the room everytime I have one. You haven't lived unitl you try one :)