A PB&J is pretty much the simplest meal a human can make. But when it comes to mom and food blogger Bev Weidner (a.k.a. Bev Cooks), a PB&J is anything but simple.Weidner recently starred in a video for the Food Network's Facebook page, where she teaches you, "the brilliant peanut butter hack you never knew you needed!" Before the video even starts, it's clear there is no peanut butter hack I never knew I needed.Her hack is called Peanut Butter Slices, and it involves spreading blobs of peanut butter on parchment paper, folding the paper in half to conceal the PB, and then using a rolling pin to flatten the concoction. Then, put it in the freezer overnight. In the morning, take your frozen peanut butter blob out, use kitchen shears to cut the flattened PB into bread-sized squares, peel the parchment paper off, and place the PB on your bread.Or, you know, you could just use a knife and spread the peanut butter onto the bread like everyone else.Weidner doesn't give a good reason as to why she chooses to overcomplicate the five-second process of spreading peanut butter directly onto her bread, other than briefly mentioning that this will protect your bread from ripping. Okay, girl, I'd rather my bread rip every single time I made a peanut butter sandwich (which, TBH, rarely happens. Nor does it bother me when it does) if it meant I only had to use one knife as opposed to kitchen shears, a rolling pin, parchment paper, and an overnight waiting period. And on top of all that, this recipe is pretty wasteful–in terms of both parchment paper and time.The video has been viewed nearly 6 million times on Facebook, and many skeptical people have commented with some pretty hilarious jokes. Food Network/Facebook Food Network/Facebook Food Network/Facebook Food Network/Facebook Food Network/Facebook Food Network/FacebookHere's hoping Weidner puts jelly on the normal way.
