How to Make A Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich,
(For the sake of space, I am assuming you will be able to obtain the ingredients without a step-by-step guide, but I do understand that that would also be a process required in the process of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich)
Firstly grab the ingredients: you will need to collect a pack of sliced honey wheat bread, one jar of grape jelly, and one jar of peanut butter. Secondly, you will also need to obtain, through legal means: a plate and a butter knife. Once you have your tools and ingredients you may perform the following.
Set the plate on a flat surface, a clean kitchen table will do, so that the foot (a ceramics term describing the small indentation on the bottom of ceramics that helps the ceramic properly stand uniformly on a surface) of the plate is facing down.
Remove the twist tie from the bag of bread, by unfurling the tie. Next comes the easy part, by holding the newly formed opening of the bag, drop the rest of the bag, letting gravity unwind the twisted bag. Place the opened bag lengthwise on the kitchen table. Put your hand inside the bag to further open it. Using that same hand, remove two slices of bread from the bag; (do not take the end piece, very few people prefer that piece). Place the two slices of bread on top of the the plate, making sure one of the two sides with the largest surface area is facing downward. Double check to make sure that the pieces of bread are analogous to each other, and not sitting directly upon each other: this will come in handy on later steps.
After your bread is properly plated we can move onto properly topping the slices. Grab the jar of jelly with your nondominant hand, curling your fingers around the cylindrical body of the jar. Maintain this grip. Secure the top of the lid (to the jar of jelly) in the palm of the other. Curl the fingers on your dominant hand so that your fingertips firmly rest on the lower lip of the lid (to the jar of jelly). By using force from your dominant elbow and keeping your (dominant) arm straight and holding the jar firmly in your nondominant, use the torque produced to unscrew the lid counter-clockwise from the jar (of jelly). Place the lid down on the table, making sure to keep the jelly-side up, as to avoid ruining your table. Grab the knife by its handle, using the now free dominant hand. Make sure the blade is properly orientated: you want the handle to be wrapped by all four of your fingers, and you want your thumb to be pressed gently upon the non-cutting edge of the blade, this creates the most control: if it still feels unwieldy, find a manner that feels best for you. When working with blades, it is important to feel safe and confident. Maintaining your grip on the handle, stick the knife blade into the open jar of jelly. Do not let the jelly touch your hands, to prevent unnecessary cleanup. Using a scooping motion, remove the knife from the jar, keeping the broadside upward. If done correctly, the upper side of the knife blade should be coated in a small dollop of jelly. If not, repeat this scooping maneuver until you do. (We will repeat this process with the jar of peanut butter, if you do not feel confident in your ability, that’s okay. I will walk you through the steps later) At this point you may release your grip from the jar of jelly. Select one of the two slices of bread you have set upon the plate, slowly move your knife-wielding hand over it, keeping it within a height of 3 to 5 centimeters from any flat surface (to prevent spillage), keeping the jelly in an upright position. Once your hand is directly above the center of this first slice of bread, quickly turn your hand, so that that the upper (jelly coated) side is now facing downward, let gravity pull the jelly to the slice of bread. Maintain your grip on your knife it will be useful for this next step. Using the same broadside of the knife, spread the jelly on the slice of bread, making sure you do not exceed the surface area of the single face. The thin coating of jelly should not exceed 1 cm in height. Maintaining your grip on the knife, wipe both broad sides of the knife on the other piece of toast to remove excess jelly. Set the knife on a clean portion of the plate, it will soon be useful again. Now grab the jar of jelly in your nondominant hand, again curling your finger around the cylindrical shape. Grab the lid, flipping it over so the jelly side is now again facing downward. Using a similar motion as before you are going to add torque to the lid, this time pushing it clockwise thus shutting the jar. Place the now sealed jar back on the table, with the lid facing upward. At this point both hands should be free to aid in the opening of the peanut butter.
We are using peanut butter second because it is stickier than jelly and thus harder to clean between steps, if we were to put it first. Now you can grab the jar of peanut butter with your nondominant hand, curling your fingers around the cylindrical body of the jar. Maintain this grip. Secure the top of the lid (to the jar of peanut butter) in the palm of the other. Curl the fingers on your dominant hand so that your fingertips firmly rest on the lower lip of the lid (to the jar of peanut butter). By using force from your dominant elbow and keeping your (dominant) arm straight and holding the jar firmly in your nondominant, use the torque produced to unscrew the lid counter-clockwise from the jar (of peanut butter). Place the lid down on the table, making sure to keep the peanut butter-side up, as to avoid ruining your table. Grab the knife by its handle, using the now free dominant hand. Make sure the blade is properly orientated: you want the handle to be wrapped by all four of your fingers, and you want your thumb to be pressed gently upon the non-cutting edge of the blade: again, if it feels unwieldy, find a manner that feels best for you. Always prioritize your safety, stick the knife blade into the open jar of peanut butter. Do not let the peanut butter touch your hands, to prevent unnecessary cleanup. Using a scooping motion, remove the knife from the jar, keeping the broadside upward. If done correctly, the upper side of the knife blade should be coated in a small dollop of peanut butter. If not, repeat this scooping maneuver until you do. At this point you may release your grip from the jar of peanut butter. Slowly move your knife-wielding hand to the undoctored slice of bread, keeping it within a height of 3 to 5 centimeters from any flat surface (to prevent spillage), keeping the peanut butter in an upright position. Once your hand is directly above the center of the second slice of bread, quickly turn your hand, so that that the upper (peanut butter coated) side is now facing downward. As peanut butter is more adhesive, gravity may not work here. Maintain your grip on your knife it will be useful for this next step. Using the same broadside of the knife, spread the peanut butter on the second slice of bread, making sure you do not exceed the surface area of the single face. The thin coating of peanut butter should not exceed 1 cm in height. Maintaining your grip on the knife, wipe both broad sides of the knife on innermost lip of the jar of peanut butter to remove excess peanut butter, and prevent wasting precious peanut butter. If done correctly the peanut butter should clutch the the inside of the peanut butter jar, and not get into the tap for the lid. Set the knife on a clean portion of the plate, it may still be useful coming up. Now grab the jar of peanut butter in your nondominant hand, again curling your finger around the cylindrical shape. Grab the lid, flipping it over so the peanut butter side is now again facing downward. Using a similar motion as before you are going to add torque to the lid, this time pushing it clockwise thus shutting the jar. Place the now sealed jar back on the table, with the lid facing upward. At this point both hands should be free.
Using both hands, lift the slice of bread with peanut butter on it, ensuring you use only the tips of your fingers on the crust of the bread to prevent getting peanut butter on your hands, and from crushing the sandwich. Flip this piece of bread over so it is now facing downward. Place on the jelly slice of bread, so that the crust of both slices is in line with each other, it won’t be exactly flush because of the peanut butter and jelly, this is normal.
This following step may be the most dangerous part of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Only the professionals attempt this risky maneuver. It is perfectly okay and socially acceptable to stop now and consume this sandwich. Take the knife in the same grip as before. Grab the knife by its handle, using the dominant hand. Make sure the blade is properly orientated: you want the handle to be wrapped by all four of your fingers, and you want your thumb to be pressed gently upon the non-cutting edge of the blade: again, if it feels unwieldy, find a manner that feels best for you. We will actually be using the cutting edge of this knife; however, so we will take extra precautions to hold the knife handle firmer, but not exerting excessive pressure to it. With the non dominant hand secure the sandwich at one of the four corners, by pressing lightly on the upper piece of bread. Take the knife pressing the cutting edge gently into the top piece of bread, at one of the adjacent corners to the one you are holding, pressing until the blade cut through both pieces of bread, drag the blade diagonally across the sandwich, splitting it in twain.
Now you should have two smaller triangular sandwiches to enjoy with a friend.
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