We all knew that coffee was a valid currency, but beans?
Heinz baked beans, c. 1990.
In the JHQ NAAFI I came across one of my lads with about 50 large size tins of beansin the trolley.
Curiosity overcame me [it usually does]
He explained that they were:
a. regarded as a delicacy
b. difficult to buy on the local economy [?????????? what?????????]
c. for a German friend's 51st birthday, a tin for every year.
You couldn't make it up.