Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Jam Buttie

This painting has been sold

Oil on wooden panel 8" x 8" £50 or $US100 plus postage & packing

For months I wondered what "PB&J" stood for when I was looking at the American painter bloggers' blogs. They seemed to be painting sandwiches and calling them PB&J. I worked it out myself by scrutinising the fillings they painted. Ok, in the north of England (goodness knows about London, they're all peasants there - only joking !!!) we call sandwiches "butties" and we call jelly (for the benefit of any Americans who may be looking) "jam" and we would never mix peanut butter and jam on the same sandwich, although my mum used to make jam and cheese sandwiches and they tasted quite good, so who knows what the future holds. Actually it's years since I ate a jam buttie so when I'd finished painting this one I had the jam buttie and the glass of milk for my lunch.
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12 comments:

  1. Unknown10:35 PM

    As an American, you made me smile. It never crossed my mind that anyone would not know what a PB&J is. I'm glad you found out, but you really have to put some PB on that jam buttie and try it. Love your paintings.

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  2. Sheila Vaughan8:02 AM

    Hi Deborah, great to see you here. If I try the PB will you try the cheese?

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  3. Diana Moses Botkin9:23 AM

    And peanut butter and cheese is quite good on a sandwich!

    Lovely painting, Sheila. Thanks for the chuckles and the educational post. It's amusing to me that Americans call it a sandwich, which is supposedly of British origins. And Brits call it a buttie (which I never heard of before this evening!)

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  4. Sheila Vaughan11:04 AM

    Hi Diana, thanks for visiting and for your comments. I also love these differences in the way we use English. Actually I think "buttie" is only of north of England usage and especially amongst our working class people (includes me) - but I might be wrong about that. When I'm feeling very brave I might try a peanut butter and cheese one!

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  5. Sylvia Jenstad2:10 PM

    Thanks for the info and the lovely painting.... love your background... and of course the sandi....

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  6. Sheila Vaughan2:34 PM

    Thank you Sylvia. That green cloth keeps popping up in a number of paintings!

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  7. Paintings by Irit Bourla2:01 AM

    Love the painting, Sheila. Thanks for the chuckles.

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  8. Sheila Vaughan8:42 PM

    Thank you Irit, glad you enjoyed it!

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  9. Deborah Paris3:20 AM

    Very funny and educational for us on this side of the pond, Sheila and great little painting too!

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  10. Sheila Vaughan10:18 AM

    Thanks Deborah - still haven't tried the PB&J though

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  11. Roxanne Steed4:51 AM

    hehe- more fun phrasing! I had not heard of butties either....but I ate PBJs most every day of my childhood!

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  12. Sheila Vaughan8:36 AM

    I don't think you'll hear of "butties" in Ireland either Roxanne !

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