I’m not sure how or why grape became the default. For the longest time, I thought I didn’t like PB&J. But ever since trying it with strawberry instead, I understood the appeal. It’s so much better, and now I find it weird that the combination isn’t more common.

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    237 days ago

    Raspberry jam (jam>jelly) is my perfect go to, but I have never even been presented with grape on peanut butter as an option. Strawberry is the way I’ve always seen this presented. Is grape regional?

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        167 days ago

        Grape is a default in the US for historical reasons, that’s what was in the WWII ration packs, and inertia carried it from there.

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          67 days ago

          Generally. I hear so much about grape flavoured this and grape flavoured that from US-based media. Anything that goes beyond grape juice is a rarity here in Germany. A lot of what would be grape flavoured in the US is black currant flavoured here.

          My goto jam for pbnj is apricot though. Can highly recommend.

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            57 days ago

            Holy crap German jam aisles were delightful when I was last there! There are SO many interesting flavours, all PACKED with actual fruit and seeds ❤️

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            15 days ago

            Maybe I’ll have to try that. Apricot has always been a bbq ingredient and I don’t think I’ve ever had it directly