Peanut butter and syrup. This is the best sandwich on earth, but it may be unique to my mother's family, because everyone else makes fun of me for it. I Googled it, and got a bunch of hits, but none of them do it right. The wikihow referred to "squeezing" the syrup, which, since you should only ever make this with pure maple syrup (indeed, you should only ever eat pure maple syrup in any syrup context), there can be no squeezing involved.
Here is the correct method:
Get two slices of bread, your choice. I prefer potato bread or white bread. You want a kind of bread that will absorb the syrup, and you don't want one with too much of its own flavor to interfere with the heavenly combination you are about to create.
Spread peanut butter (I prefer Simply Jif--no added sugar--but any creamy variety will do) on one slice.
Wipe your knife clean on the second slice of bread and pour somewhere between a quarter-sized and half dollar-sized amount of syrup onto the second slice. Spread the syrup evenly. You have to work quickly, lest the syrup be absorbed before you can reach every square millimeter of bread.
Put the slices together and cut in half, diagonally. (Note: All spread sandwiches, plus grilled cheese, should be cut diagonally. All cold cut sandwiches should be cut horizontally. Do not question, just do.)
Eat your delicious peanut butter and syrup sandwich, and repeat as necessary. Sometimes, you are so overcome by the deliciousness that you cannot be sated by one mere sandwich, and must have a second. It's okay.
I promise.
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Interesting. When I was growing up, we had something very similar. But instead of sammiches, we used pancakes and belgian waffles. I suppose you could also use regluar waffles, such as eggos, but we only ever had home made belgian waffles on Sunday mornings before church. On waffles, you must fill every nook ... cranny? These aren't english muffins .... with peanut butter. Only kind my mother ever bought was Laura Skudders I think it was, could have been some other natural brand. With the oil on top that you have to stir into the must-be-refrigerated crunchy peanut butter. Or smooth over entire top of pancake. Then you pour syrup over the top and eat away. And then later in life when you ever bring it up to anyone you know, they will call you a crazed maniac to ever eat something so disgusting. So thanks for the memories ... ;) I may try it on eggos with jif and some REAL maple syrup soon. :) Magzzzzz
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