Peanut Butter and Jelly - Breakfast of Champions

This morning, instead of just toast with butter and Pollaner, I decided to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sometimes I do this on race day too, as the PB has more substance and fends off my morning hunger longer than just toast. Lately I've been getting pretty hungry mid-morning, so I went with the PB&J to see if it might help me make it till noon withoug heading down to the caf.

I still toasted my bread. In fact, today I used one slice of russian rye, and one slice of Baker's Inn multigrain. I keep my Smucker's reduced fat natural peanut butter in the fridge. Spreading it is not easy. Today I put a glob on a saucer and gave it 15 seconds in the microwave. Perfect, nice and easy. KL prefers crappy old Jif, Peter Pan, or in a pinch Skippy peanut butter because their sweet taste makes her feel like a kid again. But how best to make the sandwich? Do you need PB on both slices of bread?

Sheldon Brown seems to disagree with noted authority Paullywog. For Sheldon's link, see the part about prevention. For the 'wog, see the Q&A at the bottom of the page.

Gewilli seems to be just as anal about his food as the 'wog. I am not sure if the lowly PB&J is beneath him or not. The 'wog loses a lot of credibility with me, because he believes any flavor jelly is OK. Me? No way, gotta be grape, although Pollaner grape is not easy to find. I'll sometimes cave an use blueberry in a pinch, but never apricot or orange or apple, no way.

This is an important topic. What are your opinions? I'd love to see the 'wog and Gewilli throw down in a food critic jamboree. Any other race morning food recommendations? Thanks for reading.