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EOSM37
2nd Jul 2011, 17:28
Or really good supermarkets who specialise in 'em. Any advice welcome.
EO
PS
Heinz, or other manufacturers.
R SCANDAL
2nd Jul 2011, 17:35
Branston. End of story. Heinz are, in my opinion, the F3 of beans; not very good and a tad passe.
Wander00
2nd Jul 2011, 17:45
Why the need for a recommendation - or we again going to be treated to a TV shot of baby pilots eating them from the tin
I'lll get my coat
PS Wife's ex husband, on request, brought some UK baked beans out to us in France - cheeky sod brought " low fat, low sugar" (ie no flavour beans!)
Willard Whyte
2nd Jul 2011, 17:49
Branston. Plus, they're on offer at Sainsbury's - 99p/4
Biggus
2nd Jul 2011, 17:56
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
Mind you, strictly speaking baked beans are legumes....!!
We were also still being told at Cranwell at that time to buy a trilby, for "town wear".....
Union Jack
2nd Jul 2011, 17:59
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
Don't you just love inverted snobbery!:ooh:
Jack
Clockwork Mouse
2nd Jul 2011, 17:59
Whichever, a shot of worcester sauce makes all the difference!
Biggus
2nd Jul 2011, 18:08
UJ
Given the following definition of inverted snobbery...
inverted snobbery - definition of inverted snobbery by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inverted+snobbery)
...I don't see how your comment makes sense?
Willard Whyte
2nd Jul 2011, 18:11
CM, I favour mine with a dash of Tabasco.
jamesdevice
2nd Jul 2011, 18:13
the cheapest you can get, as long as you spice them with Marmite and Cayenne pepper
and its best to fry them in bacon fat rather than simply heat them in a saucepan
Willard Whyte
2nd Jul 2011, 18:13
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
They told me many things at Cranners, almost none of which I can recall.
Biggus
2nd Jul 2011, 18:20
I tend to remember the more obscure, wacky, and ridiculous things I was told at Cranwell.....rather than the mundane stuff!
uffington sb
2nd Jul 2011, 19:02
It's got to be Branston. Plenty of beans in a good tomato sauce :ok:
And usually on offer!
BEagle
2nd Jul 2011, 19:39
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
They had to tell you that?
Standards. I don't know, I really don't.....
Union Jack
2nd Jul 2011, 19:41
Given the following definition of inverted snobbery...
inverted snobbery - definition of inverted snobbery by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
...I don't see how your comment makes sense?
Oh dear, Biggus! I thought that it was fairly apparent that my tongue was firmly in my cheek - I certainly meant no offence .....:D Curiously enough, you've just reminded me of the raised eyebrows in a naval mess when an RAF officer started eating potato crisps out of a packet rather than those in the silver salver on the bar.:eek:
Incidentally, it would be considered unthinkable for a "submarine breakfast" not to include baked beans!
Jack
PS For fun, here's another comment on inverted snobbery -
http://more-to-life-than-shoes.********.com/2010/02/inverted-snobbery.html
:E
ALDI
Baked beans and sausage - same taste as Heinz and well cheap.
ExAscoteer
2nd Jul 2011, 19:57
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
Which was rather hypocritical considering they were served at Breakfast in CHOM.
BEagle
2nd Jul 2011, 20:17
That was a test - didn't you spot the Cdt Wg spies taking notes?
Normally the oiks would have been spotted and weeded out long before they crossed the road to College Hall, but standards dropped when Henlow closed and RAFC went comprehensive...:uhoh:
I hope no-one is taking this seriously?
WE Branch Fanatic
2nd Jul 2011, 20:32
MODBeans are produced in the United States as this reduces production costs by 30%, and then they are shipped to the UK and opened, after which the sauce is drained and replaced with a British specification sauce. They are then shipped back to the US for repackaging, after which they are delivered to the consumer in the UK.
The consumer may notice fewer beans per can than other brands, this is due to the need to cover traansport costs.
Hope this helps.
Fareastdriver
2nd Jul 2011, 20:34
Curried baked bean butties. That's what you call lunch!
Pontius Navigator
2nd Jul 2011, 20:43
When I went through Cranwell I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable......
You obviously took something in even if you missed the lesson on apostrophes.
Now I am surprised that BEagle didn't mention why beans are not an officers' vegetable, or rather why aircrew should not eat beans before flight.
BEagle
2nd Jul 2011, 20:51
I see no apostrophic abuse in the usage of weren't. It has been an acceptable form of 'were not' since 1691, I understand.
An officers' vegetable, however, is incorrect. Either An Officer's vegetable or Officers' vegetables.
Take first.....
stiknruda
2nd Jul 2011, 21:07
Unless of course, a bunch of chaps all agreed to prepare the land, acquire the seed and grow a single carrot - then surely that would be an officers' vegetable?
I raise you my third rate public skool against your grammar and remind you that I was so good I did Cranners twice!!
Apostrophe-shamostrophe!
jamesdevice
2nd Jul 2011, 21:24
"I was told that baked beans weren't an officers vegetable"
thats because its wrong for vegetables to eat vegetables
red zebra
2nd Jul 2011, 21:31
Morrisons own (yellow label) brand by a country mile, close second Aldis sausage & beans but be ready for mucho gasso :sad:
Willard Whyte
2nd Jul 2011, 21:51
What is considered an Officer's vegetable?
Nothing green, obviously, as this is the way Nature warns us of its foul and rancid taste.
Tankertrashnav
2nd Jul 2011, 22:50
Incidentally, it would be considered unthinkable for a "submarine breakfast" not to include baked beans!
Just think, as you breathe in, where that recirculated air had been 5 minutes ago :eek:
alisoncc
2nd Jul 2011, 23:40
Any beans are acceptable as long as they are consumed with square sausages out of a fire blackened mess tin.
glad rag
3rd Jul 2011, 00:37
ALDI
Baked beans and sausage - same taste as Heinz and well cheap.
You tried their 80p bags of crinkle crisps, awesome, peas are good at 15p too.:8
Henry09
3rd Jul 2011, 04:43
Heinz by a mile. Where I live I have to pay 3.5 GBP for 4 small pots of British Heinz beans, a small price to pay for the luxury of a Sunday morning beans on toast.
Lantern10
3rd Jul 2011, 05:19
ALDI
Pleasantly surprised by the taste of these. Rather nice, I thought.:ok:
Sideshow Bob
3rd Jul 2011, 05:59
For me it has to be Morrisons, cheap as chips and just as nice (plus it's a proper Yorkshire supermarket :ok:).
Any grammar or spelling mistakes are attributed to the fact I'm from Yorkshire.
I find that they work best just before the Henlow refresher.
Pontius Navigator
3rd Jul 2011, 08:15
MODBeans are produced in the United States as this reduces production costs by 30%, and then they are shipped to the UK and opened, after which the sauce is drained and replaced with a British specification sauce. They are then shipped back to the US for repackaging, after which they are delivered to the consumer in the UK. .
We had MoD beans at Machrihanish once during an exercise. The exercise was a deployment of RNlAF Atlantic for a nudge nudge wink wink, and we were boltholing there.
During their Det there was a daily delivery from Campbeltown with the Baked Bean tanker leading the Tinned Tomato truck and the sausage cart. As soon as their Det was finished we reverted to proper full Jock breakfasts.
goudie
3rd Jul 2011, 09:07
One has just enjoyed a breakfast of bacon and Branston 'Bloomin' Big Baked Beans'. Dash of wooster sauce, very yummy. Being a former SNCO I, of course, had no doubts about whether or not, the beans were the right food for one!:ok:
Pontius Navigator
3rd Jul 2011, 09:46
phart phumpf
NutLoose
3rd Jul 2011, 10:17
What ever the beans, they deserve the old Compo sausage to go with them......... Yummy
goudie
3rd Jul 2011, 11:09
phart phumpf
PN
Took the words right out of my...!
old Compo sausage
Were they the skinless ones that one would dunk in a glass of light beer and horrify the onlookers?:eek:
You tried their 80p bags of crinkle crisps, awesome, peas are good at 15p too.
The mushy peas are well nice. I shall try the crinkle crisps on my next grand day out.
May I be so bold as to recommend their mackerel fillets in the finest tomato sauce.
jamesdevice
3rd Jul 2011, 14:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpB3ME_Xem0
TorqueOfTheDevil
3rd Jul 2011, 16:02
The consumer may notice fewer beans per can than other brands, this is due to the need to cover traansport costs.
Plus it makes it easier for the beancounters.
stumpey
4th Jul 2011, 00:22
Tinned Compo ration sausages in lard, oh YES. What happy memories that brings back, (Hair, a waist line, a life worth looking forward to)!
And why do I find the comment about re saucing and re canning to be so BELIEVABLE? (MOD :mad:).
seafuryfan
4th Jul 2011, 06:04
If you HAVE to get baked beans from Tesco (and their own brand is very tasty, well up to Heinz standard IMHO), beware of buying Tesco 4 packs shrink wrapped in plastic.
While appealing due to ease of carriage and an assumption that they are cheaper, BEWARE. Individual tins are cheaper, not the multipack! :ooh:
The realities of a civilian wage :hmm:
Branston (bought out of neccesity one day), I consider too rich. Heinz: superb, but not worth the money, despite it's retro appearance being pleasing to the eye (noted when re-aligning the labels forward during an occasional cupboard tidy).
Mal Drop
4th Jul 2011, 10:02
Tinned Compo ration sausages in lard, oh YES. What happy memories that brings back, (Hair, a waist line, a life worth looking forward to)!
I contacted Westlers (who make the Compo Sausages). They do supply them direct to sad old giffers like me but currently have none in stock and are waiting for an order from the MOD. I have given them my contact details and will get an e-mail when they are able to ship some out. I plan to buy at least a case of them as a safeguard against the forthcoming Zombie Apocalypse.
The product name (as mentioned above) is Sausages in Lard.
Westlers Product Enquiries number is 0800 027 6336 or +44 (0) 1653 693966.
Pontius Navigator
4th Jul 2011, 10:51
Mal Drop, next you'll be wanting tinned steak and kidney pie
goudie
4th Jul 2011, 11:41
(noted when re-aligning the labels forward during an occasional cupboard tidy).
Seafuryfan, You really should try to get out more often old chap. Having said that, I do like our tins to be stacked by product grouping:sad:
ExAscoteer
4th Jul 2011, 11:44
next you'll be wanting tinned steak and kidney pie
Babies' Heads! Mmmmmmmm!
NutLoose
4th Jul 2011, 11:57
Double Mmmmmmmmmmmm
Union Jack
4th Jul 2011, 13:42
Next you'll be wanting tinned steak and kidney pie - PN
Babies' Heads! Mmmmmmmm! - ExAscoteer
On a point of order, surely "Babies' Heads" are steak and kidney puddings rather than pies! :=
Jack
Clockwork Mouse
4th Jul 2011, 15:53
Honestly, you really are a load of has-beans!
Art Field
4th Jul 2011, 16:32
On the subject of square sausages (consumed behind the sceen in the transit mess at Luqa, for V force only) is there no modern day equivalent?. The sausage of today is all hard pork and very unappetizing. If only Wrestlers could be persuaded to put them on general release.
Wander00
4th Jul 2011, 16:34
Re-supply from UK arrived yesterday - Beanz meanz Heinz(six packs!)
ExAscoteer
4th Jul 2011, 16:49
On the subject of square sausages, is there no modern day equivalent?.
Very common in Scotland.
Fareastdriver
4th Jul 2011, 19:21
They're not sausages, they're Mars Bars.
jamesdevice
4th Jul 2011, 19:32
YouTube - ‪The Goodies - Beans Boy Ads‬‏
Or the TV advert according to our cpl in ATC.. (thats the spacies not the ones in air traffic)
We played cowboys and indians my brother and me
caught us a squaw and tied her to a tree
we took off her bra and then took off her jeans
And then we went home for a plate of Heinz Beanz!
We s****ged her too, but it didn't rhyme.
Heinz for me.:ok: