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Peanut butter and banana sandwiches and other non sequiturs

lioneljay posted on Jul 12, 2007 | views: 617 | Tags: nonsense, food, nummies, sandwiches, banana, no thanks, concoctions
When you make a peanut butter and banana sandwich, do you slice the banana longitudinally (cut the long way) or transversely (in cross section)? Because I am a fan of precision, I prefer the transverse method. This draws on one's skill with a knife, for to be a symmetrical sandwich and not lopsided due to unevenly cut sections, one must make each cut with care so as to result in many sections of virtually equivalent thickness. Precision is an odd component of such a combination of sticky and slippery, and yet that appeals to me more in this sandwich than in almost any other.

And does your tongue take joy in the contrasting stickiness of the peanut butter and the cartoon-image-inducing slipperiness of the banana? This contrast is enhanced, I feel, when one uses smooth peanut butter. For the smooth peanut butter is hardly less oily than the potassium-rich fruit. And so the intellect of your tongue is stretched to imagine that the oily peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth even as the slick banana slice begins to slide past taste buds marked for salt and sour and sweet.

Or do you take the bus?

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  • MissMimi said on Jul 12, 2007....
    I can see you need a little more excitement in your life.  Tsk tsk...
     
    I was wondering the other day when I was making a birthday cake for B, if I could bake it in a 9x13 oblong pan, or if I should go with the traditional two-layer configuration.  Oblong is certainly easier, less cleanup, and no risk of one layer sliding off the other in this high humidity.  I went with the tradional configuration and even used homemade chocolate icing made with real butter.
     
    Happy Nude Week.
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 12, 2007....
    um...i definitely take the bus.

    peanut butter is something i mix only with cream cheese or with jelly.

    ed
  • lioneljay said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Why, Mimi, happy nude week to you, too.

    SW, I never thought of you as being so closed-minded about food (of course, we both know that NY pizza is not really food and so your obsession in that department doesn't count). Have you never tried gado-gado?
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 12, 2007....
    you know, i'm not very familiar w/ indonesian cuisine. and btw, chicago-style "pizza" is simply not a pizza; it's a tart.

    ed
  • MissMimi said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Boys.  I will have my son settle this debate once and for all as he is in NYC for the next 10 days and is a pizza afficionado. 
     
    I am making turkey Italian sausages and peppers and onions for dinner tonight, and can't decide whether to add tomato sauce to the onions and peppers or serve it on the side.  I've been worrying about it all day.
  • lioneljay said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Mimi, put the sauce on the side.

    Ed, that's the best thing you've ever said about Chicago pizza. Just as a tart is a finer concoction than a pie, so is Chicago pizza finer than New York's. :D
  • Perdy said on Jul 12, 2007....
    *blinks wildly*.... Wow. I cut it *scrolls up to see the smart person word for it*........Um, ahh yes, transversely.
    In blonde language, that means "I make little circle shapes with my nanas." 
    I'm going to give all of you scholarly folks a serious run for your money when it comes to typin' all fancy like...I can see it now! Hehe...
    ~Perdy
  • lioneljay said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Perdy, you don't have to rely on blonde language here. I'm an equal-opportunity perv and pay attention to redhead and brunette just as well.

    The real question is this: how do you react to the texture on your tongue?
  • Eilan said on Jul 12, 2007....
    I guess now isn't the time to admit that I've never had a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
  • AlisonMarie19 said on Jul 12, 2007....
    You're not alone Eilan. Neither have I. I never cared for the combo myself. My mom, however, does neither.... she mashes the banana.
     
                       =(^-^)=
     
    (This computer is not enabled with the Asian language pack, so I can't sign with my new kitty.)
  • MissMimi said on Jul 12, 2007....
    My mother used to eat them until she got all weird with her eating habits but in addition to peanut butter and bananas, she put Miracle Whip on hers. 
     
    I will often spread crunchy peanut butter on bananas or apple slices, but not in a sandwich.
  • mirrorimage said on Jul 12, 2007....
    I'm not quite sure what it was that made this post a little sexy to me.... I think i'm either a pervert or took too many meds today! Lmao
     
    I cut them in slices and they have to be the same width...I can not stand uneven banana slices... I'm the same way when I slice them for my cereal though...they all have to be the same width or I have a hard time eating them....not sure why.
  • botoni said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Perfectly even slices are mandatory to the esthetic appeal. The slippery banana segment is totally destroyed when there is not uniformity. The Obsessive/compulsive meeting is at my house at 8 pm.
  • Eilan said on Jul 12, 2007....
    My grandma eats peanut butter and tomato, peanut butter and onion, and peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.  She probably likes peanut butter and banana sandwiches as well.
  • mirrorimage said on Jul 12, 2007....
    botoni, please don't open the door until I am finished knocking. I have to knock in three sets of three and I can't function if the door is opened to early and I can't finish....LOL kidding
     
    Eilan...peanut butter and tomato and peanut butter and onion? I've never tried those before...have you? are they good?
  • botoni said on Jul 12, 2007....
    PB and dill pickle was the craving of choice for my ex wife when she was pregnant. Mirror....Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.....lalalala.......lol.
  • Eilan said on Jul 12, 2007....
    No, mirrorimage, I haven't.  My grandma hasn't found anything that, in her opinion, doesn't taste good with peanut butter.  She's braver than I am.
  • Perdy said on Jul 12, 2007....
    It totally rocks my socks, buddy!
    *wink*
    ~Perdy
  • pickersplock said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Are you somehow related to Martha Stewart?  Because one day a while back on her show, she was doing something similar about dusting.  When should you dust, before or after you vacuum?  And why?
    I like peanut butter and jelly!
  • sweetsoul said on Jul 12, 2007....

    Not being one who likes raw bananas I eat my peanut butter sandwich on its own. If you're asking about how I cut them...since the only way I eat bananas is in banana bread, and the bananas are usually frozen, I cut them in 1/2 and put them in the Cuisinart.

    As for the bus...I much prefer the subway.

  • lioneljay said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Eilan, truth be told, I had my first one today. Your grandmother is slightly more bold with her experimentation than I am as well.

    Ali, mashing the bananas would require a separate dish, wouldn't it? I prefer to keep my dishwashing to a minimum so I didn't even think in terms of trying to mash the bananas.

    Mimi, I agree: Miiracle Whip on a peanut butter sandwich is decidedly weird.

    Mirror, at least you admitted to seeing the hints of perversion that I slid into my post. Everyone else played naive.

    Botoni, I'm not sure that cutting one's bananas evenly qualifies as O-C, but I agree that it's an essential step.

    Pickers, not even close. I don't dust. I actually prefer peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff, but that's a whole nother blog.

    SS, actually I prefer to fly. And I'd heard that about you: that you choose not to eat raw bananas. Well, as Joe E. Brown once said, nobody's perfect. ;)
  • sweetsoul said on Jul 12, 2007....

    LJ...no you don't need a separate dish/plate to mash the bananas. You spread the peanut butter onto the bread/toast, slice the bananas and place them on top of the peanut butter, then with a fork, mash the bananas down. That's how my Mom always did it.

    I used to love to fly, but frankly the airlines have taken most of the fun out of it. I still do it to get where I want to go, but frankly don't enjoy it as much as before. The subway is on a closer plane to the bus.

    Yup...you're right. But I have other redeeming qualities I've been told.

  • lioneljay said on Jul 12, 2007....
    I've heard about some of those redeeming qualities, SS. Something about zen, wasn't it? ;)

    I'll have to try the mashed banana thing just for the sake of scientific inquiry, of course.
  • MissMimi said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Yes, you do, ss my dear.  :)
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 12, 2007....
    [trout-smacks LJ into next week]
  • Susmaryosep said on Jul 12, 2007....
    Has anyone here tried peanut butter/salted fish Sandwich?  :-)) One that you should not miss is peanut butter with Durian sandwich !! ROFLOL


  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Thanks, ed. This week was close to being so "last week" anyway.
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    my pleasure, sir. :>

    ed
  • mommyof2 said on Jul 13, 2007....
    I'll just stay on the bus, I'm a picky eater.
  • Suddenrain said on Jul 13, 2007....

    I slice the long way. I'm odd man out I geuss. But I've done it enough years that I've gotten pretty good at doing it evenly. I use Kraft real mayo with it. Never had Bananas with peanut butter in my life.

    Another concoction I learned from a babysitter as a kid was to mix peanut butter and Mrs. butterworths syrup together in a bowl. Swirl it up real good and dip fresh bread into it and eat it. Ohhhh its so good. Especially if you warm it in the microwave about 30 seconds before. mmmmmmm   :-P

  • jadestar said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Can I add my 2 cents - is it too late? Sorry, I missed the bus. Public Transport not so jacked in SA. And have you ever travelled a mini-bus taxi???? waaay scary - dodging bullets in taxi wars, white knuckles as you clutch & pray that wheels don't come off of this one....but, I digress.......
    I've done banana & honey, I've done peanut butter & honey. But never peanut butter AND banana. Way too conservative of a girl.............
  • destinydiva said on Jul 13, 2007....
    i dont like to spoil the taste of banana with bread or peanut butter!! I like to eat it whole... hmmmmm  cept I always end up turned on.... ha de ha de ha
    lion can I have some of what you had to come up with this crazy but great post please???   :-)   

    ps I'll take the bus....
  • Susmaryosep said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Here, we sometimes feed banana trunks to the pigs...... :-))
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Susmaryosep, the combination of salted fish and peanut butter sounds remarkably unappetizing to me - but it could easily be one of those combinations that tastes much better than one thinks.

    Suddenrain, your mixture of syrup and peanut butter sounds intriguing, though it must be extraordinarily high in calories.

    Jadestar, perhaps bananas and honey and peanut butter would be a good interim step for you. When you get to the bananas and peanut butter combination, it might actually seem bland without the honey.

    Destinydiva, all I did was try something new and then I wrote about it.

    Susmaryosep, I didn't know that, but I suppose it only makes sense to get as much use from the plant as possible.
  • Zayda said on Jul 13, 2007....
    LJ--Face it, Silver is a food snob. ;)

    My bananas are cut transversely. And as far as how I handle the texture on my tongue, well, you'd just have to see me eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich to understand. ;)
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    wait a sec: i'm a food snob? when did that happen?

    ed
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Z, where do I buy tickets to this exhibition? :p

    SW, you're in no danger of being a true food snob so long as you continue to insist that NY pizza is both edible and superior to anything above Cheez-Whiz in the food chain.
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    ah, but you see LJ, i'm quite correct about NY pizza. that aberration you favor is unclean--unclean, i say!

    ed
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    What, you're seeing cloven hooves in my pizza now? You might want to get those specs checked out, pal. 
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    nay, sir: the cloven hooves are imprinted on the very crust of that unnatural thing!

    ed
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Well, at least it has a crust. That which you besmirch the word by calling it "pizza" is barely supported by a limp cracker. Oh wait, I just got a flash of inspiration. NY pizza is where the rock group Limp Biscuit (sic, so what!) must have gotten the inspiration for their name. :D
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    you heretics of the midwest go too far, sir--too far indeed!

    [summons the holy hand grenade of antioch]
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    How very true. We have taken pizza to a level of excellence that is unimaginable to the lesser cooks on the east coast. Yes, we have gone far indeed. And we're quite proud of it.
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2007....
    lesser cooks? mm...yeah...

    [leaves LJ his happy delusion]

    :D

    ed
  • kruuyai said on Jul 13, 2007....
    I take the tram and then transfer to the subway.  I find that standing... on both the tram and the subway.... allows me to earn brownie points with the elders as well as relieve the stress on my hemorrhoids.  I eat lunch at Subway, but I sit down for that.  It seems that the sharply contrasting flavors of the jalapeno peppers and the horsey sauce take my mind off the roids long enough to take a load off.

    Do you think I should switch to a Mac?
  • lioneljay said on Jul 13, 2007....
    Kruuyai, I'd lay off the Macs if I were you - for any number of reasons. Subway does a good sandwich imho. I often get the veggie burger sub with hot giardinera.
  • moonriver said on Jul 13, 2007....
    kruu, if you mean switch to macintosh, by all means, lady. if you mean mcdonald's... no. for the sake of your rhoids' peace of mind, no!

  • destinydiva said on Jul 13, 2007....
    kruyaa  ~I have a mac book ...and I would not recommend......
    and LMAO at your comment :-)


  • moonriver said on Jul 13, 2007....
    destiny -- really? and why's that? i had thought that the mac book is, in the words of ed, teh shiz.

  • destinydiva said on Jul 13, 2007....
    because.......you cant use webcam or download smilies or send nudges or winks on msn .....and I like all that crap :-)
  • destinydiva said on Jul 13, 2007....
    and software super expensive........ and whenever you download anything .....it says...uh sorry we are not ready for mac users yet but we will be shortly....hmmmm
    and...... because you cant listen to most radio stations livefeeds ....and....... anyways I actually refer to mine as crappymac :-)  but it looks cute....  and Its kinda hip to have an apple right??
    he he
    Destiny x
  • moonriver said on Jul 13, 2007....
    ah i see what you mean, destiny. mac's ok for high-end multimedia stuff, but teh sux (again, borrowing ed's words) for accessing all the fun pc stuff via the internet. (sorry for this bit of digression, lj...:-)

  • Susmaryosep said on Jul 14, 2007....
    Now everybody, back to the banana sandwich..... :-))



  • kruuyai said on Jul 14, 2007....
    LJ & moon:  I was talking about the computer.  LJ, I'm surprised you didn't get that, since you set up the pattern for commenting on this post.  :)

    destiny: Thanks for the info... I was seriously thinking about switching to a Mac because of the lower risk of viral infections, but I do like listening to radio and watching videos online.  Hmmmm, maybe I should just go to Lake Titicaca instead.
  • moonriver said on Jul 14, 2007....
    kruu -- i'm sure you'd have less risk of viral infections if you just go to lake titicaca... lol

  • lioneljay said on Jul 14, 2007....
    Kruu, I think you should switch to hitchhiking instead. ;)
  • kruuyai said on Jul 14, 2007....

    moon:  You never know what's swimming around in the primordial soup!  There's probably a better way to get gum out of my hair.

    LJ: 

  • kruuyai said on Jul 14, 2007....
    LJ:  I tried hitchhiking to Turkey, but the Polish girl didn't want to put her dog on the train, so I ended up getting two sandals and one boot repaired.... all for under $5.
  • Susmaryosep said on Jul 14, 2007....
    virus infections? I know they are developing a vaccine for Bird Flu..


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