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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wtf is that jelly? Why does it come in what appears to be a ketchup squeeze bottle? Why does it mix homogeneously with the PB? That's not jelly, it's some kind of synthetic grape-flavour paste!

[–] ares35@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

it's basically a little grape juice, an abundance of corn syrup and hfcs, and just enough pectin to hold it together.

[+] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Canadian.

Only thing I've ever put on a PB&J is fruit preserves from a glass jar. The kind that is a heterogeneous suspension of small fruit chunks in a medium. I would use the terms jelly and jam completely interchangeably talking about that stuff.

Never heard of or seen "seedless jam" like that in the OP image before.

Jell-O and jelly are completely different in my mind. Jell-O is Jell-O, jelly is the thing I described above.

We seem to have stumbled onto a very strange cultural/linguistic oddity. I legitimately never considered that Americans put this "seedless jam" stuff on their sandwiches. I always assumed American PB&J was identical to Canadian.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You’re a Canadian and you’ve never seen Welch’s grape jelly, or jelly in general?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've seen Welch's gummies before... Never jelly in a squeeze bottle like that though. The jam aisle at most grocery stores I've gone to is pretty much just Smuckers and similar jarred jams

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting. We have jars of smucker's jellies here in America too, but it's the homogenous seedless kind as described above, same stuff that's in the squeeze bottle. We don't really call it "seedless preserves" here though, that's just implied with jelly. I might call the heterogeneous kind you described "jam" or "preserves" instead of jelly, but that distinction might be a local thing.

[–] CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

From what I know, jam is what you described as the heterogenous fruit preserve. It'a basically fruits roughly choped, sugar and pectine.

Jelly is kinda the same thing, but instead of using whole fruits, you use juice (with sugar and pectine).

Jell-o is generally artificially flavored gelatine (which comes from animal bones).

If I'm not mistaken, in Canada there are laws specifying what can be labeled as jam and jelly, like sugar concentration and stuff like that.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In the US jelly, jam, and preserves are all close to the same thing (fruit spread that you put on sandwiches)

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's a little weird, here's an article that would describe the process of making some if you're curious:

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-easy-homemade-jelly-basic-jelly

I prefer jam in general, but a lot of people find this stuff easier to spread on a pb&j sandwich (like softer untoasted bread) or other uses where a thick texture would make jam more difficult to use but they still want the fruit goo (like filling a pastry with maybe). Usually we would use the word jam to mean like a chunkier fruit preserve, and jelly specifically refers to this stuff.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

American Jelly, in regards to Peanut Butter and Jelly, is often made from fruit juice of usually concord grapes.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess they don't have sieves or strainers in Canada? It's very interesting technology, I'd look into it! I recommend a chinois for starters, but if you really wanna go all out, get a tamis.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I love your username. Great reference!

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They make that peanut butter and jelly combo jar but it’s not fully blended like this. I could have sworn there was a squeeze version with both too back in the day but I can’t find evidence.

[–] Transwithvans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I know exactly what you're talking about. I've seen those too.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Btw, a bit of honey to peanut butter makes it better.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

🤔

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago

Because he's already experienced it here on earth 😎

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I did that as a kid on occasion and have done it as an adult to relive my childhood.

Don't knock it until you try it. In the right proportions, the sugar of the jelly mixed with the fat of the peanut butter, creates PB&J flavored frosting.

For example eating a stick of butter is gross or eating a cup of sugar is too much. But mix them together and you get frosting which when spread on cake is amazing.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

My family used to do peanut butter and honey sandwiches like this, whipping them together. The texture is a bit unreal it gets so smooth and light feeling

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Well, I hate frosting.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Never heard of it before... but I am intrigued 🤔

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

It looks like too much extra work for too little benefit, unless it's super-important to you that it's blended. It doesn't seem outrageous, though.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Dude on a tow-boat I was on recently would mix them in a bowl and just eat that, with a spoon. Based on the aftermath I had to wash though, he was a lot less thorough than this.

What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Where I live: Plasticizers are really unhealthy, we should be avoiding them for food packaging.

Meanwhile in this person's life: Would you like some grape flavor with your plasticizers?