What's for dinner ( or lunch )

Blessed said:
I just can't wrap my mind around beans on toast. I love both, I could have beans and toast for dinner but I would not put the beans on the toast. Toast is meant for butter, jam, jellies or in my case apple sauce.
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Beans on toast is a very favourite British snack...lots have it for breakfast or lunch, but I understand that American Baked beans are different to ours... Ours are in a tomato sauce..like this...
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..sometimes we add grated cheese....a lot of people add Worcestershire sauce
 

I know that is a normal snack and meal in England. My canned beans look just like that. They are also in a tomato based sauce. I have just never put them on toast. I will just have to try it. In the US, we have corn bread with pinto beans. Some people put the corn bread in the bowl with the beans, some eat the corn bread on the side with butter. I am an on the side with the butter type of girl. I will also admit I could probably live on just a bread and butter diet. LOL
 

hollydolly said:
Beans on toast is a very favourite British snack...lots have it for breakfast or lunch, but I understand that American Baked beans are different to ours... Ours are in a tomato sauce..like this...
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..sometimes we add grated cheese....a lot of people add Worcestershire sauce
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My first spouse loved this…..toast, then cheese, beans and of course ketchup…..NOT ME.
 
Cooked the sausage pie/quiche, boy, it is good. I used hot sausage like always but this package seemed to be extra hot. Someone at the factory put a little too much red pepper flakes. Also made some tuna salad for the next couple of days. Always better to be ahead of cooking when you can. I never know when I am going to get a migraine so I try to make sure there is always something to grab.
 
hollydolly said:
Beans on toast is a very favourite British snack...lots have it for breakfast or lunch, but I understand that American Baked beans are different to ours... Ours are in a tomato sauce..like this...
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..sometimes we add grated cheese....a lot of people add Worcestershire sauce
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We have beans on toast for dinner occasionally .. just as shown above. Sometimes we top it with a fried egg.
 
Why does an egg make so many things better. Potato sald, tuna salad, ham salad, tossed green salad, hamburgers, blt's, dressing and stuffings, Just throw an egg in or on there and it is a whole different ballgame. I can't understand Guy Fieri, well known chef and restauranteur but would sooner have a finger cutt off as eat an egg, anyone out there that does not like eggs and why?
 
hollydolly said:
Beans on toast is a very favourite British snack...lots have it for breakfast or lunch, but I understand that American Baked beans are different to ours... Ours are in a tomato sauce..like this...
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beans-on-toast-1578934200.jpg
..sometimes we add grated cheese....a lot of people add Worcestershire sauce
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Oh that looks really good! And, it would be simple and quick to prepare(y) I love the beans (we call those ones brown beans here) and I also love toast! Do you butter the toast first or just put the beans on dry toast? Also, is the Worcestershire sauce what Brits refer to as 'Brown Sauce' or is brown sauce more like what we in N.A. call Steak Sauce?
 
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Fresh local corn on the cob just became available at the fruit/vegetable stands here this week so I decided to BBQ some corn tonight. It's so good cooked on the grill rather than boiling any of the flavour out in a pot.

Peel back the husks and remove the silk first then replace the husks around the corn cob. Soak them in water for about 30 mins or even longer if you have time. I tie the tip of the husks with string just so they don't separate from the cob so much in the water or later on the grill.
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Then on to the BBQ. 15 mins. or so on medium heat, turning every few mins. so they don't burn in any one spot. They'll look something like this when done.
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Even though this is a gas grill, they still have that slightly smoky flavour that you can only get from grilling food. Pepper, salt & butter optional because these are moist and sweet right off the grill. That pre-grill bath in water keeps 'em from drying out.

I got so focused on eating them I forgot to take photos of the final product with the husks off. Trust me, they looked great and tasted even better :love:
 
Went out with the kids the last two evenings. Mexican the night before. Had a huge chicken, and green chille burrito with rice, and ate the whole thing. Normally I would have taken half of it home, but I think the fishbowl sized Margarita whetted my appetite. Was stuffed like a tick. Tonight we went out for Greek, and I had Gyros, then we had ice cream for desert (rocky road, and chocloate chip cookie dough, on a chocolate waffle cone for me), and took a walk down by the river. They are heading back to Denver tomorrow, so will be back to eating my usual fare.
 
hollydolly said:
Beans on toast is a very favourite British snack...lots have it for breakfast or lunch, but I understand that American Baked beans are different to ours... Ours are in a tomato sauce..like this...
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beans-on-toast-1578934200.jpg
..sometimes we add grated cheese....a lot of people add Worcestershire sauce
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I love beans on toast. I also had beans and raw onions to my hotdogs and buns. Everyone I know thinks that is very strange.

Tonight I made chili, vegan chili, and a meatloaf. I burned that meatloaf to a crisp because I forgot about it.
 
MrPants said:
Oh that looks really good! And, it would be simple and quick to prepare(y) I love the beans (we call those ones brown beans here) and I also love toast! Do you butter the toast first or just put the beans on dry toast? Also, is the Worcestershire sauce what Brits refer to as 'Brown Sauce' or is brown sauce more like what we in N.A. call Steak Sauce?
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we butter the toast first... and Worcestershire sauce is not Brown sauce it's this...
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not sure what steak sauce is.. but any hot sauce on the beans will do if you can't get worcestershire sauce... .. I don't liek hot sauce on my beans .. but many people do.. in truth you can add what you like to the beans tbh...
 
RadishRose said:
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce was originally made in England. In Worcester .
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Interesting!
I think when Brits refer to 'brown sauce' it's Steak Sauce such as ..............
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Many people prefer it to ketchup.

For me, I would have the beans on toast without either of the sauces mentioned. The flavour of the beans is too delicate to withstand those sauces IMO.

I would like to add maybe 2-3 tbsp of warmed honey to the beans going on the toast though. A little sweetness would be in line with this combo I think?
 
Blessed said:
anyone out there that does not like eggs and why?
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Can’t stand the sight of a bright yellow yolk or a runny yolk. I don’t know why. I do like scrambled, hard boiled, devilled - as long as they aren’t bright yellow.

Canadian canned beans are almost the same as British. There‘re several different varieties, including one that is called British. I bought it and a can of the British in the International aisle. They were identical except the price latter was double the price. I serve beans lots of ways, including cold in the summer with salads.

Tonight dinner was meatloaf cooked in the toaster oven. Potatoes, salad and fresh carrots.
 
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