And it's nutrtionally sound.. In order to get the full protein value
from pulses you apparently have to consume them with a grain. All
cuisines seem to have dishes which combine pulses with wheat or rice.
Baked beans on toast, the ultimate form being the baked bean jaffle, is
noe of the first - and often the last - things an Australian kid learns
to cook!

Christine

Victor Sack wrote:

>Margaret Suran > wrote:
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>>I saw something that was strange to me. On 2nd Avenue and 77th Street,
>>in an Irish restaurant, there was a Sunday Brunch written out on a
>>small blackboard on the sidewalk. $10.95 for two drinks such as
>>Bloody Marys or Beer or Screw Drivers and several others, plus coffee
>>or tea and a choice of eggs or hamburgers and many other choices. One
>>of them was "Baked Beans On Toast". Isn't that a strange sandwich or
>>brunch dish?
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>Are you kidding? That's as traditional British/Irish as any dish could
>ever hope to be. It is not necessarily as plain as the name implies,
>either, for it can very well also contain some cheese, and some egg
>preparation, fried or poached. Can be rather good.
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>Bubba
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