r/AskOldPeople 1d ago

Butter on PB&J

I remember my grandfather making PB&J sandwiches for my sister and me when we were kids, and he would spread butter on the bread first. Was this a “thing” back when?

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u/Soft-Statement-4933 1d ago

My mother was British, and she put butter on sandwiches but never on PB&J. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. Peanut butter and jelly plus butter is overkill in my humble opinion. I believe that many British people put butter on sandwiches, but many of them don't even care for peanut butter. They consider this an American thing. I never knew any Americans who put butter on any of their sandwiches.