“In The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley, David Adler relates that young Elvis subsisted on a meager diet of bread, lard, greens, and peanut butter. According to his uncle Vester, little Elvis ‘could eat his weight in peanut butter and crackers’ and pitched a King-sized fit when Vester pretended to take them away.”
This quote is why I’ve decided today to pay homage to another favorite PB combination of The King’s: PB & Crackers.
Ahh…is there another more simple and delicate, yet satisfying and dynamic duo? In this life? You might be hard-pressed to find one that rivals the blissfulness of PB & Crackers. And one of the best things about these two components are their equally long shelf life and lack of necessary refrigeration. These loving companions can be your best friends in a power outage, or in your purse, or in your car, or in your desk, or on a picnic or a plane or a lunchbox….you get the idea.
Another fantabulous aspect of PB & Crackers is their versatility. Do you prefer just a dab of PB on a huge cracker? Or maybe you’re like me and smother your itty bitty cracker in large quantities of chunky Krema PB. Lee Zalben on seriouseats.com poetically poses this perfectly-fitting question,
“Do you have a peanut butter and crack(er) habit? Do you go for a prim and proper Carr’s water cracker, or do you go ga-ga for the buttery, flaky texture of a Ritz? Perhaps you like the multigrain goodness of a Triscuit, or the nutty crunch of a Wheat Thin? Or, maybe you even cross borders and reach for Wasa, the famous Swedish crispbread.”
So, how DO you DO PB & Crackers? Has it been a long time since you relished in their taste-bud pleasing friendship? Are you Lonesome Tonight? Go ahead. Get out that jar of Krema PB and those graham crackers, turn on that Elvis song and rekindle that relationship.
The King and I guarantee – you won’t be sorry 
♥ Kimberly
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