I went off JPs after a year in my first "digs"..
.......in Aberdeen as a first year student. We didn't pay a lot but it was dire! Every night, "tea" was a tepid JP, beans and mash accompanied by a slice of white plastic bread pre-spread with marge (very thinly) and a cup of tea. As a growing lad I was very hungry most of the time. I added to my diet by attending the Scandinavian Seamens' Church (in the company of a rather tasty young Norwegian lass) where they did a VERY good tea after the service. (I hid my heathenness very carefully).
The legendary Blackpool landladies had lots to learn from Mrs Taylor.
The Ancient Mariner