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I put PB on the inward facing faces of the bread and J on the outward faces - excluding the two bread slices that are on the outside of the sandwich of course, those only get PB, while the innermost slice has J on both sides. (I usually make them with an odd number of slices so there is a defined middle slice)

I always put the peanut butter on top because it sticks to the bread better. If I pick up a slice of bread with jelly, there's more of a chance that some could fall off.

No, only downsides. Your jelly is more sugar than fruit, what passes for bread is an abomination, and peanut butter is typically more hydrogenated oil than peanuts...

Every once in a while I make loaf or real bread - but I can never keep it in the kitchen long enough to put anything else on it because it is so good. Not that real bread needs help anyway.

My grandma used to make some jelly without all the non-fruit additions (is this Jam?). I have also made peanut butter from just peanuts (and you can even buy this in stores). These would be required to have a good PBJ, but as I said, I can't keep real bread around long enough to see if there would be any upside to such a creation - my guess is hiding the flavor of real bread means this too is a downside but I will never know.

This is the American version of the jam/cream debate for scones. Incidentally, cream on top, fight me if you think otherwise!

You want the peanut butter next to the bread, due to its fat content, to prevent the jam (or jelly) soaking in to the bread and making it soggy. Best to spread both slices with peanut butter and have the jam in the middle. (as an aside for my fellow Brits this is why Devon has the correct approach to cream teas).

Sometimes I make it jelly side down if the jelly is really watery, and I let it sit for a couple minutes so the jelly soaks into the bread, but then I always flip it for eating. This helps prevent all the jelly from splooging out all the sides when I bite it, because I like my PB+j LOADED.

I'm more of a 3 slice pbj my self

Bread, definitely. Fillings should go in the middle

As an Australian I'd like to say that jelly doesn't go in sandwiches or anywhere near peanut butter. Jelly is a dessert food. Some people like it with ice cream or cake or pudding. It doesn't go with savoury lunch foods.

The top of a sandwich made of sliced bread is the same as the top side of the loaf.

A sandwich made of sliced bread has six sides. Two broad sides and four thin, crusted sides. Three of the crusted sides are straight and one is curvy. The curvy side is the top of the sandwich.

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You get a plate and 2 pieces of bread. Peanut butter one piece, jelly the other, then stick them bread-side-up to the plate. Consume with a knife and fork like a civilized person.

After you top both pieces with Swiss cheese and ketchup of course.