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Old Oct 7th 2018 | 6:32 pm
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Some of the stuff in here deserves a thread of its own.
 
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150 years before they can even reproduce.........these sharks are quite remarkable it seems.

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/shar...e-nothing-fear
 
Old Oct 8th 2018 | 2:53 am
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Old Oct 8th 2018 | 4:17 am
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I had a tin of baked beans that didn't have that piece of fat in and I've a mind to make a complaint.

If they can do it with this tin, why not all of them?
 
Old Oct 8th 2018 | 4:35 am
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I had a tin of baked beans that didn't have that piece of fat in and I've a mind to make a complaint.
If they can do it with this tin, why not all of them?
Ha ha ha, Bristol ate the fat!
 
Old Oct 8th 2018 | 5:02 am
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Ha ha ha, Bristol ate the fat!


Not a chance though. When I open a tin I meticulously teaspoon the contents into a dish, bit by bit, looking to find it.
 
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Not a chance though. When I open a tin I meticulously teaspoon the contents into a dish, bit by bit, looking to find it.
40 years ago I worked for a week putting out fires on a rail grinding train. It was from Tennessee and was manned by a mixture of youngsters and Vietnam vets, all southerners. The cook made fatback and beans for lunch which was white navy bean soup and big chunks of fat. I'd give it 2 stars.
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
I had a tin of baked beans that didn't have that piece of fat in and I've a mind to make a complaint.

If they can do it with this tin, why not all of them?
There's fat in beans? What kind of beans?
 
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There's fat in beans? What kind of beans?
Canned pork and beans.
 
Old Oct 8th 2018 | 10:18 am
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There's fat in beans? What kind of beans?
It seems it's every tin that's not "in tomato sauce" and, of course, I do buy those, but others too. In English it says Pork and in French it says Lard.

The first time I bought one, I saw the word pork on the tin but not the rest and thought "great, they have beans with pork sausage too" only to discover it was fat. But the beans are actually very good and I prefer them to plain ol' tomato ones.

Maybe they cook/taste better because of the fat but it really looks like it's been added to gross you out.
 
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It seems it's every tin that's not "in tomato sauce" and, of course, I do buy those, but others too. In English it says Pork and in French it says Lard.

The first time I bought one, I saw the word pork on the tin but not the rest and thought "great, they have beans with pork sausage too" only to discover it was fat. But the beans are actually very good and I prefer them to plain ol' tomato ones.

Maybe they cook/taste better because of the fat but it really looks like it's been added to gross you out.
How desperate are you for them, lol..
https://www.amazon.com/Heinz-Baked-Beans-Pork-Sausages/dp/B004G968M0
https://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/...ges-large-size

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B004G92ELE/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Now here's a thought - get a tin of those little sausages and chuck them in with the beans! https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/maple-l...=richrelevance

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Originally Posted by Siouxie
How desperate are you for them, lol..
Not at all. I'd rather have the curried beans




Now here's a thought - get a tin of those little sausages and chuck them in with the beans!
Done that too. Actually, there are some beans that have slices of hot dog type sausage in them. I just remembered that.
 
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Not at all. I'd rather have the curried beans


Done that too. Actually, there are some beans that have slices of hot dog type sausage in them. I just remembered that.
They are called Beanee Weenee's
 
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Cool picture from the San Diego reddit. 1 hour from downtown roughly.


https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/co...the_beautiful/
 
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My eyes were drawn to a picture of milk bottles on a doorstep at the bottom of the front page of today's newspaper. Ah, nostalgia.

Do you remember when milk was only 24c a quart? it said alongside.

Naturally it was advertising funeral planning.
 


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