Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

A peanut butter and jelly sandwich (PB&J) consists of peanut butter and fruit preserves spread on bread. The sandwich is popular in the United States, especially among children; a 2002 survey showed the average American will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school. There are many variations of the PB&J, which itself is a hybrid between a peanut butter sandwich and a jam sandwich. In American terminology, jelly is a fruit-based spread, made primarily from fruit juice boiled with a gelling agent and allowed to set, while jam contains crushed fruit and fruit pulp, heated with water and sugar and cooled until it sets with the aid of natural or added pectin. Preparation In basic preparation methods, a layer of peanut butter is spread on one slice of bread and a layer of fruit preserves is spread...