A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is called “PB&J,” and this sounds like “plebeian/plebian J.” A riddle was posted on Twitter on June 30, 2010:
Q: What is the favorite sandwich of the proletariat?
A: A plebian J.
Wikipedia: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or PB&J, includes one or more layers of peanut butter and one or more layers of either jelly or jam on bread. Sometimes the sandwich is eaten open-faced or with one slice of bread folded over (effectively a “half sandwich”). If the peanut butter is not spread on each slice of bread, the sandwich will become soggy if it’s left too long to sit.
Twitter
Arthur N. Ebuen
@ArtEbuen
Replying to @thelaurenobrien
@mikeyshowlauren (In @mikeyshowmikey ‘s voice) What kind of sandwich is that? A Plebian J? (Sorry corny, had to get that out).
6:14 PM - 29 Mar 2010
Twitter
Gabe Cinquepalmi
@5palmtechnique
Q: What is the favorite sandwich of the proletariat?
A: A plebian J
6:02 PM - 30 Jun 2010
Twitter
Robb Enzmann
@CoffeeWithMIDI
@WaltzOnOver “the plebian-j”. Champion sandwich of 2013
9:09 PM - 25 Aug 2013
Twitter
JohnBadpuns
@JohnBadpuns
My full name is Plebeian J. Sandwich.
10:26 AM - 15 Nov 2013
Reddit—Jokes
What was Nero’s favorite kind of sandwich?
submitted April 6, 2015 by Manoftheyear69
A Plebeian J
Twitter
Jon Mahaffey 🎗
@Jon_Not_Jacob
What do you call a lower class sandwich? A Plebeian J
9:43 AM - 1 Sep 2016
Reddit—Jokes
What is the preferred sandwich of the working class? [OC]
submitted May 31, 2017 by DinosaurWarlock
A plebian-J.
Reddit—Jokes
What is the preferred sandwich of the working class? [OC]
submitted July 4, 2017 by supercoooldudewithab
A plebian-J.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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