• starik@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Can a British person here explain what is up with you guys and baked beans? We have them in the US, but nobody likes them. They’re used as filler for one of the small compartments in the styrofoam to-go boxes when we have grilled chicken events, along with slaw and a shitty roll. We never eat beans for breakfast.

    • gajahmada@awful.systems
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      4 days ago

      I know it’s just because similar culture and what not between you guys and the Europe.

      But I’m here reading this and like “No one here also eats you guys American (or the Brits) consume , we eat rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner”

      But, I agree beans are weird. Unless it’s cashew, I never seen anyone eat beans around my vicinity.

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        4 days ago

        The beans we are talking about are a specific dish called “baked beans”, which are canned white beans in a sweet tomato sauce.

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      1 month ago

      A 1927 Heinz marketing campaign for “beans on toast” helped establish them as a breakfast food". It’s just taken for granted now.