Food

[Henry Krinkle]

Yes, but beans on toast isn't a Canadian thing. When I do have it it is just as exotic as Jamaican patty and around here it is probably more exotic than Thai or Vietnamese food.

[Raza]

Do you ever have beans on toast, Hank? Or porridge?

Beans on toast? Porridge?

I’ve never had those either.

[Raza]

Yes, but beans on toast isn't a Canadian thing. When I do have it it is just as exotic as Jamaican patty and around here it is probably more exotic than Thai or Vietnamese food.

Jamaican patties are so good. Remind me of samosas, just with meat in them.

[geoffbot]

Beans on toast? Porridge?

I’ve never had those either.

Really?!

[boatme99]

In the colonies beans on bread is a New England dish. Go figure.
Traditionally Saturday was bean night. Baked a crock or pot for hours. For a extra treat, cut up some good natural skin hot dogs and add in before serving!
Unlike the tomato based UK version, the NE baked beans use either molasses (Boston and south) or maple syrup (north of Beantown, into the maritimes) with salt pork in it.
In the American south, they put mustard in the beans. Abomination!
After baking a whole pot of beans, what do you do with the leftovers? You have bean sandwiches for lunch!

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The NE version of beans on toast. Almost always on white bread, but steamed brown bread is used, too. Or toast the brown bread and serve open faced.
A hearty if somewhat messy lunch, too be sure.
I always preferred ice cold milk with mine.

[Henry Krinkle]

Jamaican patties are so good. Remind me of samosas, just with meat in them.

Until quite recently the only way for me to enjoy patties here was to make them myself. I got pretty good at them too. The ones I had yesterday were Canadian made Juici Patties. They've got a really cool method to get the shell crisp. Thye were the best frozen patty I've ever had, after my own.

[Henry Krinkle]

In the colonies beans on bread is a New England dish. Go figure.
Traditionally Saturday was bean night. Baked a crock or pot for hours. For a extra treat, cut up some good natural skin hot dogs and add in before serving!
Unlike the tomato based UK version, the NE baked beans use either molasses (Boston and south) or maple syrup (north of Beantown, into the maritimes) with salt pork in it.
In the American south, they put mustard in the beans. Abomination!
After baking a whole pot of beans, what do you do with the leftovers? You have bean sandwiches for lunch!

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The NE version of beans on toast. Almost always on white bread, but steamed brown bread is used, too. Or toast the brown bread and serve open faced.
A hearty if somewhat messy lunch, too be sure.
I always preferred ice cold milk with mine.

I usually do ranchero beans or charro beans or some variation of bbq'd beans but if I do baked it's always with molasses. Maple syrup is too sweet for me.

[Raza]

Really?!

Really. I’ve had beans. I’ve had toast. But never together. I’m not even 100% sure what porridge is.

[OhDark30]

I once had a recipe for haricot beans a l’americaine
Soaked the beans overnight
Did that thing with a gas flame to take the skin off tomatoes.
Seethed the tomatoes with a delicious spice combination, added to beans, cooked 40 mins
And it was exactly like baked beans. Not even posh baked beans, but whoever’s own brand (generic)

So since then I have an effort vs outcome rule :-)

Top comfort food:
Beans on toast
Bacon butty (sandwich)
Fish finger sandwich

[Henry Krinkle]

So since then I have an effort vs outcome rule :-)

This is a solid rule. I am currently just starting to dabble in cheesemaking and I will never attempt cheddar, gouda, gruyere and things like that. No matter how long I do it and how good I get at it I will never be able to make better than available, or even different enough. This is also why I don't make wine and beer.