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Baked Beans on Toast!

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10:56 / 20.02.06

On the soggy toast thing- isn't that kind of the point- the toast gets soggy in parts but if you angle the beans then the crust remains crispy- and the butter melts into the beans.... i may need beans i'm getting hungry....

11:08 / 20.02.06

I find it's important to keep as many of the beans on the toast as possible, otherwise they go cold too quickly.

11:13 / 20.02.06

Yay! GOOD NEWS! Experts have cooked up a formula which they say produces the perfect baked beans on toast.
The recipe specifies every ingredient needed - right down to the thickness of the bread.
The key is white bread, cut to a thickness of 1.56cm, and toasted under an oven grill.
Unsalted butter, chilled to 16.8C, is next on the list, finally topped with baked beans, cooked to a temperature of 64C.

Boo! BAD TOAST AND BEANS NEWS (although it was printed in the Sun):
A LAD who only ate chips, toast and baked beans was killed by his junk diet — aged just 20.
“Scott would never eat any fruit or vegetables. There were only a few things he would eat — McDonald’s chips were his favourite.
“He would eat toast — but only if it was made from sliced white Danish bread, with a thin spreading of Lurpak butter.
“ He would eat baked beans, but only Morrisons’ own brand and only now and then.

And. in the interests of Lack of Balance / Beans promotion: YAY! MORE GOOD NEWS!
Baked beans can help you live longer.

11:22 / 20.02.06

Thank you Kit Kat and Xoc for bringing science to the discussion.

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

16:19 / 20.02.06

Booo, science!

...anyway. What exactlY IS the difference between the beans you Brits eat and the ones that North Americans eat?

I generally buy Heinz "Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce". Never heard of them going over fries/chips, or rice, and generally as I said I use the toast for scooping. And this curried beans thing is somewhat new to me.

16:27 / 20.02.06

Alas goes into the differences here and here.

But then I'm not sure she was talking about American Heinz beans.

18:06 / 20.02.06

Can I pipe in to say "cowboy beans" are generally something different from American "baked beans," which are also called "Boston baked beans"?

The baked beans are pea beans or navy beans made with vinegar, tomatoes and brown sugar. Cowboy beans are usually pinto beans (bigger things), and they're cooked in a savory way with things like sage and thyme.

In my book, anyway.

18:10 / 20.02.06

baked beans.

cowboy beans.

18:21 / 20.02.06

what does "Pick over beans" mean?

(first line of that first linked recipe: "pick over beans and rinse.")

19:05 / 20.02.06

pickin
out
the
bad
ones.

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

19:38 / 20.02.06

Hmm. Ok. I can see what alas is saying there. This would also explain why you can, as previous posters have mentioned, flavor British baked beans more than Canadian/American baked beans (since the North American stuff has more flavoring in it already). British beans were made for customization. The North American stuff was made for us lazy students. In theory, I suppose.

My mother, in a day of boredom and insanity, actually made baked beans once.

I mean the woman literally bought beans and soaked them. Then she went and made the whole damn thing and baked it for most of the day. With salt pork. It was VERY good...but ever so slightly nuts.

...I'm gonna make beans this week. One can with an onion and half a green pepper lasts me two meals.

08:00 / 21.02.06

My mother, in a day of boredom and insanity, actually made baked beans once.

Fasolada is a staple Greek dish. We used to have it a lot when I was a kid and my brother and I didn't like it. "But you like baked beans!" my dad would implore. Now that I'm a grown up I like it. I made it last week in fact, although the beans didn't soften properly so it wasn't that good.

I made beans with onions and peppers last night and it was delicious.

And just in case anyone would like to know how NOT to serve baked beans, take a note of how they served it at a B & B I stayed at on the weekend. Take one piece of white bread, lightly toasted. Cut the crusts off. Place in centre of the plate and just barely cover with beans. WTF?

08:30 / 21.02.06

The B&B bean serving was indeed ridiculous. Especially if you know Loomis, the hungriest man who ever lived. It was like a baked bean canapé. A nouvelle bean cuisine portion.

08:53 / 21.02.06

The whole point of baked beans is that there's heaps of it, IMO. Poor Loomis.

Any British 'lithers remember the eighties baked bean ad that featured a family of animated crocodiles chowing down on beans on toast?

As a member of the baked beans fan club I had loads of crocodile stickers.

The Natural Way

10:17 / 21.02.06

Uh, apart from the recipe above, there's the French dish, cassoulet. Bard, cooking up yr own hardly constitutes madness.

21:02 / 21.02.06

Of course, all this good wholesome legume is sending methane up into the dwindling Ozone layer! Your digestion is tormenting penguins. I hope you're happy.

Goodness Gracious Meme

22:21 / 21.02.06

Ahhhh. And for the first time since this thread started, I acutally have beans and bread in the house. And eggs. Mmmm.

08:27 / 31.05.07

...+bacon +mayonnaise = a meal fit for a king. Had last night!

YUM!

08:33 / 31.05.07

Mayonnaise with Beans? Are we living in a world of madness? Could it be that you have discovered a secret that flies in the face of all known niceness?

Explain.

08:49 / 31.05.07

That scares me on a spiritual level.

Me am like my toasted baked bean sandwiches with splashings and splashings of tobasco sauce.

Mmm, that's good eating.

Boboss has the right idea about poached eggs and beans. They work together in perfect harmony.

Scrambled too. I mix a big old tin of beans into my pan of scrambled eggs.

10:46 / 31.05.07

Then explain I shall.

Baked beans, on toast, with mayonnaise, are jolly nice. This does not "fly in the face of niceness" as you call it, but, in fact, increases the niceness of the beans.

Poached EGGS? With BEANS? Are you so subtracted of your very SENTIENCE? I would be rushed to the nearest Accident and Emergency Department and placed in a oxygen tent at the SIGHT of such an unhappy conconction. Beans contain tomato sauce, which is pleasant enough in its own right, but be assured that the sage among the barbeloids will relate to you the inauspicious consequences of the conjuction of Egg and Tomato.

It. Tastes. Nasty.

10:51 / 31.05.07

I now, really really want beans on toast for lunch and there's nowhere that does that around where I work.

11:15 / 31.05.07

I agree that beans with egg can be a problem. Unlike the Scientist I eschew beans avec le scambled egg, but with a poached egg and crunchy toast I think the combination works.

Mayonnaise with beans sounds like witchery to me. Where did you hear about this unholy combination? Did you conduct EXPERIMENTS on TEST SUBJECTS!?

(In the spirit of adventure I may have to look into this dark corner of food combinations)

11:26 / 31.05.07

Poached, eh? A beard-stroker, there, yes... Mayhap I spoke in haste. However, we are in agreement as regards Scrambled with beans which = a pox on humanity.

You have not heard, Boboss, that mayonnaise is the god of condiments? I hear it improves even the dusty taste of tuna. Yea, even the flavour of tarmac.

11:32 / 31.05.07

My problem is that I always reach for the brown sauce when eating the beans. Is beans and mayonnaise better than beans and brown sauce? I have my doubts but I am brave.

12:06 / 31.05.07

You'll all be eating scrambled eggs mixed with beans when I rule the world, so you had better start getting used to the taste.

You have not heard, Boboss, that mayonnaise is the god of condiments? I hear it improves even the dusty taste of tuna. Yea, even the flavour of tarmac.

A demi-god perhaps. The true Ubergod of the condiments would be Econa Hot Pepper Sauce.

And demi-gods are not eaten with beans, that way insanity lies.

13:01 / 31.05.07

Is Encona better than Tabasco?

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13:07 / 31.05.07

Hmm, that's a tricky one, Boboss. Tabasco has the better and more complex taste... this, however, means it is not always the most suitable; whereas the simplicity of Encona lends itself to any taste combination, really.

13:09 / 31.05.07

'Cause it's just hot, yeah? I haven't eaten it in years and really can't remember what it tastes like. Used to like it a lot when I was a teen.

I love the taste of Tabasco

13:42 / 31.05.07

Is beans and mayonnaise better than beans and brown sauce?

Assuredly, if for no reason other than that to spend brown sauce on anything other than the finest bacon sandwich is an INSULT to the Brown Sauce Spirit.

13:54 / 31.05.07

Tobasco certainly works better with beans. It complements the flavour rather than obscuring it as the Econa would.

Although, their BBQ sauce is rather heavenly with cheesy beans on toast.

14:31 / 31.05.07

Sib, be honest now, have ever actually tried beans with brown sauce? I was convinced it was foulyak until I manned-up and braved it.

14:32 / 31.05.07

Econa's is all about the heat, then? I seem to remember it being rather hot.

14:40 / 31.05.07

Boboss, I am a sucker for subtextual challenges to my masculinity. I now must consume beans with brown sauce.

You realise that this is all your fault?

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14:42 / 31.05.07

And a wonderful call-out from Boboss there!

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