How PB&J Became America’s Favorite Sandwich

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From fancy finger sandwich to lunch box staple, this seemingly simple sandwich has a history far more complex than you might think.

to judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. To American viewers, that combination seemed like a no-brainer, but both British judges reacted in confusion and revulsion. Hollywood commented “peanut and fruit. You wouldn’t normally put them together,” while Leith agreed it was “quite strange.” As an American watching, I flinched at what felt like a rejection of our culture; or perhaps, an illustration of just how deeply our love of peanut butter and jelly runs.

In 1895, Kellogg filed a patent for a new method of grinding boiled nuts into butter, promoting nut butters, including peanut butters, as aprotein alternative. As a Seventh-day Adventist, vegetarianism was a part of his faith, but the push towards a no-animal diet was already a nationwide trend at the time.

Carver is often mistakenly identified as the creator of peanut butter because he became so famous for his work with peanuts. As one of America’s leading agricultural minds, he was asked to speak before Congress on the benefits of peanut agriculture and potential peanut products. At the time, it was rare for a Black man to speak on the floor of the House, and the event made him both a national celebrity and forever associated in the public mind with peanuts.

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