PB&J on rye bread -- y/n?

[Anonymous]

Help me settle a debate:

Is rye bread (including marble rye) an acceptable bread for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? If not, why not? Bonus question, what is best bread for PB&J?

[Anonymous]

Awful. That's just me. I hate the taste of rye.

My kid likes PB&J on brioche.

[Anonymous]

Oh absolutely not! Rye should not go with anything sweet...

[Anonymous]

White, but sourdough is better for your health!

[Anonymous]

If you like it, enjoy! If I went to your house and you said "I'm making PBJ sandwiches" and you gave me something on rye, I would eat it very politely and then you would become "the PBJ on rye lady" to me every time you were out of earshot for the rest of your life.

I'd say white bread for a PBJ, but a soft wheat could be fine. Nothing fancy.

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

It's your sandwich. I don't see why anyone else gets a vote. If it was some kind of stinky fish monstrosity maybe. But it's a PB&J. You do you.

[Anonymous]

God no.

I would eat it in desperation if it was light rye with NO caraway seeds, but I know that some people don't even that rye.

I know I'll be in the minority for this, but to me the best bread for pb and j is either basic grocery-store style wheat bread (no rough seeds or anything). Alternatively, if you're using something like Skippy, the best bread is grocery-store white.

[Anonymous]

I love rye but pb&j on it would be awful.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it sounds so bad. As a kid, we often had rye bread in the house, and I bet I ate PB&J on it just fine.

Grilled cheese on rye is better, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's your sandwich. I don't see why anyone else gets a vote. If it was some kind of stinky fish monstrosity maybe. But it's a PB&J. You do you.

This. It wouldn't be my bread of choice (and I like rye), but it's really up to the person eating the sandwich. If they like it, go for it. If they don't, don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's your sandwich. I don't see why anyone else gets a vote. If it was some kind of stinky fish monstrosity maybe. But it's a PB&J. You do you.

This. It wouldn't be my bread of choice (and I like rye), but it's really up to the person eating the sandwich. If they like it, go for it. If they don't, don't.

You're both right, obviously, but I think the OP is just having a fun debate and isn't actually having to fight off somebody literally taking away her sandwich (or isn't going to take away somebody else's).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help me settle a debate:

Is rye bread (including marble rye) an acceptable bread for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? If not, why not? Bonus question, what is best bread for PB&J?

Rye is acceptable, but the best bread for PB&J is challah.

[Anonymous]

no. gag

My why is because I hate rye.

But I would think it's also too savory.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it would taste good. The best bread for pbj is martins potato bread.