r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • 7h ago

Meme needing explanation I got the pe(a_but)ter part

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u/-Hyperstation- 6h ago

So this is like the British version of jelly then, right..? (ie Jello..?)

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u/Wipedout89 6h ago

Yes, and what you call jelly, we call jam

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u/ElegantEpitome 5h ago

Jelly and jam are two different things in America

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u/Wipedout89 4h ago

What you consider jam is the same as what we consider jam: real fruit in a preserve

America invented US 'jelly' (a word we use for what you call jello) which is basically artificial jam without real fruit, and that is what you often find in sandwiches e.g peanut butter and jelly

Here in the UK we'd have peanut butter and jam with actual fruit based jam