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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I wonder if it has a similar history to the Cornish pasty ?
For the uninitiated, a Cornish pasty is, these days, a flaky pastry case filled with meat and vegetables.
But originally it had meat and potato at one end and jam or fruit at the other.
Used by Cornish Tin miners back in the day so that they could eat whilst working without having to carry separate tins/boxes containing their lunch down the mine.
According to a brief piece on Wikipedia it suggests PB&J has only been around since WW2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_and_jelly_sandwich
For the uninitiated, a Cornish pasty is, these days, a flaky pastry case filled with meat and vegetables.
But originally it had meat and potato at one end and jam or fruit at the other.
Used by Cornish Tin miners back in the day so that they could eat whilst working without having to carry separate tins/boxes containing their lunch down the mine.
According to a brief piece on Wikipedia it suggests PB&J has only been around since WW2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_and_jelly_sandwich