[QUOTE=tdracer;11337852]First of all they are not 'baked beans' - nearly everything you can buy in the UK is canned uncooked and steamed in the can (on this side of the pond, you can buy canned beans that were properly baked in large kettles prior to being canned, although steamed in the can is also common).
But the real complaint is having to sit next to someone in the afternoon who had a generous serving of beans for breakfast
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I could be talking out of my arse ( pun intended) however I think our taste for baked beans (whistleberries) comes courtesy of your good selves, and visiting GI’s introduced them to the UK during the war.
Baked beans on toast, topped off with a poached egg, and the obligatory Tabasco. As we’ve shot our taste buds to hell over the years. Culinary Heaven. And musical fruit afterwards.