On 4/13/2011 9:34 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In >,
> says...
>>
>> On 4/13/2011 8:13 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> On 4/13/2011 1:01 AM, I'm back. wrote:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3j6l8pw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My breakfast nowadays is 2 tablespoons of baked beans with a fried
>>>> egg, sunny
>>>> side up, on top, the egg cut up and mixed in with the baked beans.
>>>>
>>>> I opened a can of the 'English Style' beans (above) this morning, and had
>>>> them with my egg.
>>>>
>>>> They would have to be the most insipid, lack lustre, flavourless baked
>>>> beans
>>>> I have ever had the misfortune to eat.
>>>
>>> You might have given the brand name. Heinz, bought in a "goormet import"
>>> store does not seem too bad to me.
>>>
>>>
>> Oh sorry, not completely awake! The brand is given in the subject line
>> and the TinyUrl but my opinion of Heinz stands.
>
> He's in Australia and the beans in question were not "gourmet imports".
> They weren't the British beans that you get in the US, they were
> Australian imitation British beans which according to the label on the
> can were "packaged _for_ Heinz" by somebody I can't make out.
>
> Not that I would buy British baked beans anyway--B&M and Bush and the
> rest give such a wide rangs of options that there seems to be little
> point to it.

I do agree with you on the vast range of US domestic baked beans and I
very seldom (almost never) buy imports. Usually, I'll have to admit that
I buy non-fat varieties but sometimes add a little Worcestershire sauce
when heating them up.

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James Silverton, Potomac

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