MsElui

fish finger sandwiches, id forgotten all about them. now im drooling

id never had chips with gravy until i went to Uni in Brum. Then it was a literal staple lunch item for most students. Hubbie is more a curry sauce on chips kind of guy - bloody heathen.

Pulaski

I am sure the bit about pudding, puddings, pies, and meat would have been clearer if it had included an explanation of the steak and kidney pudding; well I think I'm sure.

WEBlue

I agree. Someone once told me I couldn't be a 'proper' Brit if I hate Heinz beans.

Most other kinds of beans/legumes of all kinds I love. Kidney beans, pinto, black, white, navy, pink, black-eyed, lentils, edamame, whatever. But those gooey little nothing beans in that thin gooey tasteless Heinz sauce--yuk! (Also just remembered that I hate American lima beans almost, but not quite, as much as British beans.)


Never tried Vegemite (--isn't it similar/same as Marmite?) but Marmite is the food of heaven. On carrot or celery sticks is even better than toast IMHO....
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The rest of those choices in the clip are not weird, just double carb-y (as is pointed out there)....

Pulaski

"Thin"? Heinz Beans have the best sauce of any "British style" baked bean*, with every other brand of baked bean being watery in comparison, such that I don't understand why, say, Tesco and Sainsbury's even bother with own-brand beans if they can't get a thicker sauce similar to the sauce in Heinz beans.

* US baked beans have a much thicker sauce, usually with a load of sugar or molasses.

I am sure that purists will try to tell you that they are different, but I bought a small jar of Vegemite a couple of years ago and while I would agree that it is subtly different from Marmite I can't really explain how it is different because it is so similar.

WEBlue

Since I've always abhorred any British baked beans, I've never even tried anything other than Heinz, the only brand espoused by the Brits in the family.

I make bean soups & chilis from scratch, and they come out far thicker than Heinz' insipid "sauce"...more flavourful too.

If you mean the Boston baked bean style sauce with brown sugar & no or little tomato--yes, that's completely foul too.

The ONLY sauced beans from a tin I've ever had that were OK (not great, but OK) were American, Bush's Chili Beans in Hot Sauce. We take those camping with us here...& they are tolerable.

Pulaski

All I'll say is that you're not comparing like with like - Heinz beans aren't supposed to taste like chili beans, be like a soup, or have a thicker sauce like either your home-made chili, or Boston style beans. Heinz make them just like they're supposed to be, perfect!

moneypenny20

I like most bean apart from red kidney which don't like me. I even like haricot beans. Just not in that foul 'tomato' goop Heinz et al put them in.

Nutek

Heinz are beans.

Everything else is a lie.

mikelincs

Nutek gets it in one...

chawkins99

Beanz Meanz Heinz

Get it right

Nutek

Fartz actually. But yes.

Pulaski

If only Heinz had US operations then we'd be able to get them in the US at a sensible price.

Nutek

On the plus side, Mrs. N. makes excellent BBQ beans

WEBlue

The consistency of both the Heinz beans (flabby & a bit slimy) & their sauce (thin, insipid) is what I object to most. Lower down on my 'dislike' list is the flavourlessness of both beans & sauce.

But I do understand why many folks love the whole Heinz beans thing; it's because for these peeps beans go so very well with the toast (on top of or sopped up by), or as the 'glue' amongst the items in the fried brekkie, etc. I doubt even many 'true' Brits would ever enjoy them on their own. I can't stand even a taste of them, though, & would much rather 'bind' my big brekkie with nice runny egg yolk as the 'glue'.

Yes!

WEBlue

But is hers a thick sauce or a thin one? And which kind of beans does she use? I bet hers is delish! Do you have a photo?