Great product for busy parents

Let me take you back to a time, when the four year old is famished and whiny, the two year old just wants to be held, and you need to make a sandwich for said four year old with only one hand.

Now if you were to make a normal peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you'd have to get not one but two jars out, open not one but two jars (one-handed, remember!), get out two knives (if you're as much of a neatnik as my husband, that is - PB is PB and J is J and ne'er the two shall meet... in the jars. On the bread is OK), spread the PB and then spread the jelly.

As you can see, we are talking about a labor and time-intensive operation here.

But, never to fear! Busy parents everywhere, you may start the rejoicing now.

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OK are you done rejoicing? Because I really want to make sure you're paying attention to hear about the most wonderful, innovative product on the market to reduce the time it takes to make a PB & J sandwich: GOOBER GRAPE!

What is this magical concoction, you say? PB & J... in the same jar? Surely this creation was dreamed up by the magical creator who first put together peanut butter & chocolate in a reese's peanut butter cup, someone with an impressive imagination to be able to truly understand the lives and pains of busy parents around the world and create such an innovative product to optimize those pains.

Well whoever dreamed it up, all I know is that using Goober Grape instead of plain old boring normal peanut butter & Jelly has saved me at least 10 seconds a day, if not 15! At the rate of one PB&J sandwich per day (and let's be realistic here folks - sometimes it's more than one - I'm not into cooking) amortized over a year, that saves you ninety one minutes! But don't forget to count that time over the remaining 10 years that you can expect said four year old to continue to eat PB&J sandwiches, that's fifteen hours of your time saved, all because of this magical product!

But wait, that's not all... I saved the best for last: it doesn't require refrigeration.

Why not, you ask?

Hrm. I'm not actually sure. It's rather odd that jelly requires refrigeration but goober grape doesn't.

<shake head>

Well, nevermind! The important thing is fifteen seconds per day folks! I am not making this up! And with this, I return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Next time you're at the grocery (that is, if you can stop yourself from going and ordering it online this very minute!), be sure to pick up a jar or five.

P.S. I jest, but actually I love the stuff. Seriously.

Comments

[Heather]

Now they just need to make it in a squeeze bottle!

[Kristin]

Seriously? I must admit, the mere picture of it makes my stomach churn a little bit. I just can't see it. Not that I'm against 15 seconds a day, but for some reason this jar looks nasty.

[Suzanne]

You really had never heard of this stuff? Goober Grape has been around for at least 100 years... I remember it from when I was a kid. Ok, so maybe 25 years. I was always jealous of my friends who had this in their kitchens. Their moms were really cool, and in my kitchen we barely even had peanut butter. My mom doesn't like peanut butter. Imagine a childhood without peanut butter. Can you even call that a childhood?

[Jen]

Yeah - i remember goober grape - nasty looking stuff but Ill bet the 4 yr old doesnt mind a bit. You know - you can add quite a bit of time to the 15 seconds if you add up all the time obsessing over not mixing the peanut butter and jelly and the fight with your husband if ((GASP)) a little jelly gets into the peanut butter jar or ((LOUDER GASP)) a 'lil peanut butter gets into the jelly.

Not to mention the time it takes to put the extra knife into the dishwasher - or If you are a member of a certian family with CDO - washing the extra knife before you put it into the dishwasher...

They used to also have one of these flavors with chocolate and peanut butter I think. (why is that nasty when a reeses is soooo good??)

Interesting about the non-refridgeration part - love to see the preservative list - probably has a half life instead of shelf life. Did you check to see if the jar glows in the dark? Salmonella is our friend..doo dee doo...

[Mike]

Hmm. I'm liking Goober Grabe already.

Mike
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