Nothing weird here.
May 3rd 2017, 6:19 pm
#34
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Re: Nothing weird here.
Heinz Beans have the best sauce of any "British style" baked bean*, with every other brand of baked bean being watery in comparison ...I mean, you couldn't beat Tesco's 9p tins of beans back in the day for price, but they were always lacking in the sauce department.
Heinz never lets you down. The beans with sausages, I seem to remember, had an even thicker sauce than the normal beans and nothing, and I mean nothing, beats Heinz beans with sausages over two slices of hot, buttery toast for a quick and easy Saturday lunch.
May 3rd 2017, 7:55 pm
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Re: Nothing weird here.
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!
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!
May 3rd 2017, 7:57 pm
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May 3rd 2017, 8:15 pm
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Re: Nothing weird here.
I have been an enthusiastic kitchen "bowl scraper" since I was a small child and almost no matter what sort of sauce, batter, or baking crumbs are left in a pan, bowl, jar, or tin, I will, to this day, be there to scrape it clean and eat the scrapings.
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May 3rd 2017, 8:23 pm
#38
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Re: Nothing weird here.
I have nothing against cold Heinz beans, but I do make a point of scraping the inside of the tin clean while the bulk of the beans are warming up, and I certainly agree that cold Heinz baked bean sauce is delicious.
I have been an enthusiastic kitchen "bowl scraper" since I was a small child and almost no matter what sort of sauce, batter, or baking crumbs are left in a pan, bowl, jar, or tin, I will, to this day, be there to scrape it clean and eat the scrapings.
I have been an enthusiastic kitchen "bowl scraper" since I was a small child and almost no matter what sort of sauce, batter, or baking crumbs are left in a pan, bowl, jar, or tin, I will, to this day, be there to scrape it clean and eat the scrapings.
May 3rd 2017, 9:11 pm
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Re: Nothing weird here.
I'm very sorry to say I'm rapidly losing all respect for you three.... Culinary Philistines!
May 3rd 2017, 9:17 pm
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May 4th 2017, 12:12 am
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Re: Nothing weird here.
I can see a visit to my local pasty shop in the very near future, run by a Londoner (not 'proper' Wes'country but you can't have everything) baker - he makes a wicked pork pie. Nom nom