Stan wrote on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:22:15 -0400:

>> Nancy Young wrote:
> >>
> >> I watched an animated movie tonight, Flushed Away. Set
> >> in London.
> >>
> >> Long story short, there was a boat made out of garbage
> >> (made by a rat, what do you expect?) and part of it was
> >> a can of Heinz Baked Beans.
> >>
> >> If it wasn't for this thread I wouldn't have thought
> >> anything was amusing about that can. Who knew Heinz baked
> >> beans would be big in England.
> >>
> >> nancy
>>
>> They've been eaten in the UK since the early 1900s.

I'd not realized that they predated me! I certainly remember them in
Britain as "beans on toast" during WWII.

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James Silverton
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