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Counterpoint: peanut butter and honey sandwich is delicious, and a worthy competitor to the king of childhood sandwiches, the venerable PB&J.

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Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches are even better

Just ask Elvis. You'll probably see him soon if you eat too many of these ;)

Peanut butter, bacon, and molasses is even better.

Bacon, bacon, and bacon without bread is my goto.

Uh, this doesn't sound very delicious. Have you considered adding bacon?

I feel like what it really misses is a slice or two of bacon, to make it nice and rounded.

Can I have that without the bacon?

This

I'm not sure if this will be great or I'm being punked.

PB goes kind of well with meat, as do peanut sauces in Asian cuisine. I get the same vibe out of it but only eat organic PB, not the processed garbage which has the texture of liquid plastic.

Peanut butter and honey on cinnamon bread is fantastic. I'm not sure how good it would be on rye though.

add some banana, cinnamon and you've got my favorite healthy breakfast! fancy coffee shop next door puts pollen on too, subs in almond butter, and it's amazing.

“Healthy” is a bit questionable but that does sound delicious.

Can you detail your complaints against peanut butter, honey, banana, and rye bread?

I studied nutrition in a formal setting for four years, so I could detail some complaints, but I’d like to head yours first.

The peanut butter we buy is peanuts made in to butter. But in the supermarket it has a lot of sugar, and some salt to cover the sweetness, I don't understand why - I guess some far rich twat realised her could pack it out with a cheap sugar source and reduce the peanut cost.

Similarly honey is, I gather from various media, not usually just honey but has quite a lot of sugar syrup added.

So, just saying "peanut butter and honey" you'll get quite different supermarket products on different geographies (I'm in the UK, fwiw).

This is odd from my perspective (in Canada). Sweetened peanut butter is there for people who have a taste for it. You can usually find unsweetened right next to it for the same price at any store. Salt is surely added for flavour and preservation. It doesn't cover sweetness.

Not sure about honey but just check the peanut butter ingredients? There are some in the shop here which have some sugar and salt added, but there are also varieties with 100% peanuts, though you need to mix the oil before you eat each time.

You pay quite a bit extra for peanut butter without sugar or corn syrup as the second listed ingredient, in the US, and have to look around a bit to find it on the shelves that are 95%+ full of peanut+sugar butter. That's "normal" peanut butter here and lots of folks will wonder WTF you're feeding them if you sub in "real" peanut butter (it tastes quite a bit different and the consistency's different)

haha i would hope the $10 single slice of this toast at the fancy coffee shop uses real stuff :)

i once looked at the almond butter label that I buy and it has a TON of calories!

Sorry for the late reply.

Peanut butter, if it’s made with just peanuts is fine, assuming that the person can tolerate legumes well. There are better actual nut butters though with better omega 3 to 6 ratios.

Honey is just sugar. The supposed pollen allergy prevention benefits people tout is questionable at best.

Banana is just some potassium with a tiny bit of fiber and lots of sugar. One can get their fiber and potassium from greens or tart fruits easily.

Refined carbs is just not good for you.

Again, I have no problem eating it. I just wouldn’t do it regularly and I wouldn’t personally call it healthy.

Sounds like too much sugars/simple carbs for my breakfast taste. The rest of the content (fat, protein, fiber) seem rather OK.

Agreed, but on rye with a side of red pepper hummus?

With a side of hummus?

sure, but on rye?

it's the caraway you're objecting to. Simply purchase a hearty rye wheat loaf, and it'll work perfectly.

Yes absolutely! rye is amazing!

So is ice cream, but I wouldn't want chunks of steak on top.

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