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The recipe is as simple as the name -- one slice of bread spread with peanut butter, the other spread with jelly (traditionally rasberry-flavored), jam, marmalade, or preserves . Because the peanut butter will not slide or drip off from the bread when it is put together with the jelly slice, even a child can master its preparation.
The origin of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich probably dates to the early years of the 20th century. Peanut butter was first widely introduced in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition although it had been sold as a medical nutritional supplement in Saint Louis, Missouri, for about 15 years.
PB&J sandwiches are also popular because they can be kept for relatively long periods without refrigeration (unlike, for example, a ham and cheese with mayonnaise).
The United States Department of Defense is researching ways of preserving a PB&J for up to 3 years for its combat troops in the field. Previously, peanut butter and jelly has been available in the military instant food Meal, Ready-to-EatMeal, Ready-to-Eat MRE is a self-contained meal in lightweight packaging produced by the United States of America for its soldiers in the battlefield where organized food facilities are not available. They replaced C-rations in the early 1980s. Each meal (MRE) for many years. However, it is very difficult to preserve bread for so many years.
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The first claim of Menusaver's patent reads:
In plain English, what this invention described, is nothing but a sealed, crustless sandwich, which has at least one filling -- just a plain jelly sandwich. In the communications between the patent examiner and applicants, the examiner rejected this application as obvious at first, but Menusaver argued that the "crimped edge" makes a difference between this invention and all prior sandwiches. Therefore the patent was awarded. However, many intellectual property experts take it as a joke.
Currently, Smucker's is selling the patented sandwiches under the "Incredible Uncrustables®" trademark. As of September 2004, despite of a lawsuit to challenge the validity of said patent, this patent remains effective.
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