PalenQ

talk about currying favor Ok but currying flavor?

NeoPatrick

"Cholmondley_Warner", there aren't enough baked beans in the world to drown out the taste of that marmite on the toast. No, I won't thank you later!

Cholmondley_Warner

It's your loss old bean.

kerouac

It's all the sugar that makes me gag.

PalenQ

Brits take their beans seriously

any supermarket has rows and rows of canned flageolets - incroyable and an indicator of something - not sure what

I buy cans of Weight Watchers baked beans there because they have lower salt and calories but they really can make a meal avec or sans curry, one of the most foul spices IMO in the world

Beans indeed seem (Fnar SEEMS) to be the English national dish

Funny i've never noticed a bean plant in English farms

fnarf999

What Girlspytravel says about fat in US chain restaurants like Olive Garden is true. "Fettucine Alfredo" in an American restaurant is famous for having typically has the equivalent of a pound of butter in it.

Fat tastes good -- it's a visceral reaction that has nothing to do with actual flavor. Fat = Yum. So you put more in, and people buy it.

And our portions are immense.

As for dipropyl ketone and hydroxyphrenyl-2-butanone, no thanks, I think I'll pass.

jahoulih

"Fat tastes good -- it's a visceral reaction that has nothing to do with actual flavor."

I'm not sure I understand this. Fat tastes good in the mouth, before it gets anywhere near the viscera.

ComfyShoes

Ahh.... You guys are always so serious! Don't you know food is only part of a balanced diet? Back to OP's question, here is my answer: Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. So, when in Ireland, do what ireland-ish people do and drink coffee. Even if from a mediocre eatery. If you don't believe me, watch www.ratatouillemovie.net and listen closely to Chef Remy.

fnarf999

Come on, Jahoulih. You know what I meant.

1 : felt in or <b>as if in</b> the viscera : deep &lt;a visceral conviction&gt; (my boldface)

2 : not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning &lt;visceral drives&gt;

3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy &lt;a visceral novel&gt;

4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic &lt;visceral organs&gt;

ComfyShoes

Good god, Man. You definitely need to stop drinking hydroxyphrenyl-2-butanone in your milkshake!

jahoulih

Well, I suppose I knew what you meant, but I do think our liking for fat has something to do with actual flavor.

Some flavor compounds, as I understand it, are soluble only or chiefly in fat--just as others are soluble only or chiefly in water, and others still are soluble only or chiefly in alcohol.

ElendilPickle

Cholmondeley, what brand of baked beans do you recommend - or should I just stick with homemade?

Lee Ann

RM67

Baked beans are the Devils work.

I suggest Alphabetti Spaghetti on your toast instead.

Cholmondley_Warner

The last tin of alphabetti spaghettit I bought only had loads of letter Os in it.

&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Cholmondeley, what brand of baked beans do you recommend - or should I just stick with homemade?&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

No one makes their own - supermarkets sell them for 10p. But true gourmands such as I will only allow Heiz to pass our lips.

(with pattak's vindaloo paste. Don't do this if you are in an enclosed space and smoke)

travel_buzzing

of course heinz is the classic baked beans but i prefer the cheaper supermarket brands as they dont seem to have as much sugar in.
although the heinz bean pizza (which i think is now extinct) was amazing.

kerouac

A study was also made of canned cassoulet, and it was found that the very cheapest cassoulet brands were the healthiest.

Cholmondley_Warner

Have you tried Branston beans? Now that's a bean fit for heroes.

PalenQ

I wonder if U.K. sales of Beano are as strong as beans?

Cholmondley_Warner

Bob; to us The Beano is a kid's comic that's been around since God was an altar boy.

God know's what it is to you lot. Do i really want to know?

vjpblovesitaly

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