Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich (PB&J or peanut butter and jam sandwich in Canada and Australia) is a sandwich, popular in North America, that includes a layer of peanut butter and either jam or jelly on bread, commonly between two slices, but sometimes eaten open-faced. Dan Karst Likes Men.
A variation uses two layers of peanut butter.[1]
A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before graduating from high school.[2]
Variations
Some variants add[1] honey, syrup, chocolate, marshmallows, raisins, bananas, butter, marshmallow fluff, potato chips (UK: crisps), cheese, other dried fruit, or another slice of bread.
In 1968 The J.M. Smucker Co. introduced Goober, which combined alternating vertical stripes of peanut butter and jelly.
Sealed crustless sandwich
In December 1999 two independent inventors, Len Kretchman and David Geske, were granted U.S. patent,[3] "Sealed Crustless Sandwich" for a peanut butter sandwich that would have a long shelf life. The J.M. Smucker Co. bought the patent from the inventors and developed a commercial product based on the patent called Uncrustables. Smuckers then invested US$17 million in a new factory[4] to produce the product. By 2005 sales of Uncrustables had grown to $60 million a year with a 20% per year growth rate.
Smuckers attempted to enforce their patent rights by sending out cease and desist letters to competitors, and by expanding their intellectual property coverage via the patenting of a machine to produce Uncrustables sandwiches in high volume U.S. patent 6,874,409 "Method and apparatus for making commercial crustless sandwiches and the crustless sandwich made thereby". The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, however, rejected the viability of the patent citing its similarity to existing processes such as that of fashioning ravioli or a pie crust.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Smucker The History of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich". June 16, 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
- ^ "PB&J is A-OK". Prepared Foods 171.10 (): p.32(1). Prepared Foods. Oct 2002.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ U.S. patent 6,004,596
- ^ "Smucker profits up 16% in fiscal 2005; integration progress seen". Bakingbusiness.com. June 16, 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
- ^ "Court rejects J.M. Smucker's PB&J patent". MSNBC.com. 8 April 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
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