A PBB Please

(Peanut Butter Bacon)

Everyone eats. It’s that simple.
What’s not always so simple, is our approach to it.

For most, what’s on your plate is based on what region you come from. If you’re in Texas, it’s easier to find a brisket than it is to find an oyster. For some, their plate is filled for a diet. Whether you’re cutting carbs for your high school reunion or bulking up for your next Mr. Olympia. Then some of us even approach food based on social acceptability. Just as where I come from, it’s considered taboo to drink a glass of milk as an adult, but if you add a shot of espresso, it suddenly becomes encouraged.

But there’s a particular person who’s approach to eating doesn’t care about your regional delicacies, fad diets, or social norms. No, this person knows nothing about salt, fat, acid, heat. They don’t seek Michelin stars, or consult with their favorite chefs about their culinary concoctions. Their approach to eating is untethered, uncorrupted, uninfluenced, unblemished, and undefined. They care only for foods that bring them pleasure, forgoing any sense of rational taste. And this person once existed in all of us.

Just like many, when young, you might mix and match all the foods that brought you joy. Whether you tried putting candy in pancakes, mixing your favorite sodas, or maybe making a sandwich of your favorite thanksgiving side dishes. Then you would try it out and either love it or hate the results. If it was awful, we would try to make a friend try it too (to experience in our misery), but if we loved it, sometimes those dishes managed to be carried into our adult lives as well.

Well this dish of mine is the one that made it past the critics and into my rotation still to this day. A Peanut Butter and Bacon Sandwich (On Toasted Cinnamon Bread).

If you’re curious to try it, feel free to mix it up with your favorite versions of these ingredients, but I will teach you how I’ve always made it since I was a kid.

Here are the ingredients that you’ll need:

1. Peanut Butter (Peter Pan Creamy)
2. Bacon (Original Oscar Mayer)
3. Bread (Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Bread)

(I didn’t do natural peanut butter as a kid, but it was all they had when I went to shop for ingredients)

Step 1: Cook the Bacon

(I just follow the instructions on the packaging. Nothing fancy. And no, you don’t have to cook all of it, I just prefer to get it all out of the way since they still don’t make their bacon packaging resealable)

Step 2: Toast the bread

(I prefer a medium toast personally, but when it comes to having a cheap toaster, it’s often dealer’s choice)

Step 3: Spread the Peanut Butter

(Just take a guess how much peanut butter you’re feeling, but I only do one side)

Step 4: Add the Bacon

(Usually two or three slices gets the job done)

Step 5: Serve it up and enjoy!
(And as a suggested pairing for this dish, I always served it up with a glass of milk.)