As a Latino, the first time trying sweet beans in a pastry was so alarming. I still don't like them, it's so weird.
Now sweet, fried plantains with a side of refried beans and avocado? Yes please!
An acquaintance of mine bought an ice cream in china thinking it to be grapes or something, but it was bean ice cream, they were pretty shocked. But anyway sweet bean paste in pastry is really good, and seems to be popular in all of the Asia
Beans, Beans,
They're good for your heart,
The more you eat,
The more you fart,
The more you fart,
The better you feel,
So eat some beans with every meal!
People shit on British food and come over here and make out its the best thing ever.
I couldn't convince my girlfriend to try my pie with veggies and fat chips all covered in gravy. Then she ate it and said "actually that's really nice".
"british food" has come to mean "british food from ration times", which is obviously going to result in it being dogshit because people had to stretch a hunk of ham over an entire week.
I think it's more of a meme than real at this point. Most of the time when I see "British food", I think it looks pretty good, even if it's not flashy.
Always cracks me up when Americans diss British food. Many have no idea how many American staple foods originate from Britain, especially in the Midwest.
And traditional dishes like corned beef and cabbage. I love me some corned beef with lots of mustard. And cabbage, you can eat it by the head and it has so few calories plus it has lots of vit c and fiber. It is excellent diet food.
There is great english food. It's just that your average brit ain't making it either. Ive been to Bournemouth on a school language program several times and we had amazing Yorkshire Pudding and more good stuff once. But we also had Microwaved raw Broccoli with soggy disgusting Pizza another time.
Also: You guys have an unhealthy obsession with vinegar.
The UK has some of the best produce in the world. What the average person at home does is of course something else but that's no different in a lot of countries.
As someone mentioned rationing didn't help the image but also the drabness of industrial canned food in the brown seventies. And people just forgot how to cook.
Off topic, but yesterday I tried a tamale for the first time. Apparently they're a common Christmas food in Mexico, so my boss brought some to our party. The first bite or two were strange (as a very picky US-American), but then it was really good! 10/10 would recommend and all that
Best use of my pressure cooker*! Bulk black and pinto beans, 40m in the cooker with water and salt, then onto the stove with sauteed onions and garlic, a fair amount of oil, apple cider vinegar, pickled jalapeno or two, spices... absolutely fantastic with some rice. And our toddler loves it too.
*Instant Pot, but pressure cooker sounds more... haute cuisine.
And yet if a fancy restaurant does pea puree, people are all over it.
Mushy peas are made from a specific variety (marrowfat) that were selectively bred to be softer and have a nicer texture when pureed. People are just snobby about it, baked beans, and food like it because it's working class food, without being fetishised 'exotic' working class food.
I imagine here in the US people would think pea puree was too much like baby food. Of course, if you've ever tried baby food, some of it is pretty darn good, so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Haven't been much of a cook in a while, but for some reason the part of my brain that recalls these things really wants me to suggest using a pressure cooker for beans. I honestly don't know if that's a good idea. I apologize for this information.
Definitely pressure cookers are great for just getting them cooked from dried. I do it with black beans and it takes about 40 min. It is a huge time saver vs the old way. I wouldn't do that here though because there is a browning of the top involved and time spent simmering in the sauce that you need and you won't get that with a pressure cooker.
Having lived in the UK and near the US southern border, they’re both great. Charro and frijoles are sublime, and Heinz baked beans are a superb side dish for potato or meat.
I still can’t enjoy sweet BBQ beans though, Bush’s just tastes like corn syrup with fiber blobs 🤮
As a Vermonter that's been told that we have a lot of British influences I'm surprised beens are not common in our diet. Like the only times I've ever had the chance to eat beens is when their mashed up for the 2 times I've had tacos. Tbh I didn't even know the Brits even had beens. Granted I'm presuming they are common over there due to the context of this meme.
Maybe if you've only had Mexican food made in Britain? Baked beans are good but relatively one dimensional. In Mexico, beans, rice, and corn are the staples of most meals. They're eating them at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Children have mashed beans and rice as their first solid food.
Do you think British people eat baked beans with every meal? They do in Mexico. They obviously make them in better and more varied ways.
They're prepared differently. Don't usually see baked beans of any kind in Mexican cuisine, just like you don't see a lot of refried beans in British cuisine.