We went to a Scottish restaurant for brunch this morning and every meal came with a small ramekin of baked beans, which were served cold. The beans I was expecting but their being cold seemed strange. Do you all warm your breakfast beans up or what over there? - ThreadSky

ianboudreau.com • 56 days ago

We went to a Scottish restaurant for brunch this morning and every meal came with a small ramekin of baked beans, which were served cold. The beans I was expecting but their being cold seemed strange. Do you all warm your breakfast beans up or what over there?

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donrowlett.bsky.social•56 days ago

When did McDonald's start serving baked beans?

clofsnitville.bsky.social•56 days ago

I am now unreasonably curious about this.

lornabernard.bsky.social•56 days ago

My late, great (Scottish) mother would only eat baked beans cold. The rest of us, however, had them hot - as they're supposed to be!

tassja.bsky.social•56 days ago

they are supposed to be hot??

ianboudreau.com•56 days ago

That's kind of what I was expecting!

eternalcatwar.bsky.social•56 days ago

depends on the beans I think, I usually do cold ones in salads, etc

ianboudreau.com•56 days ago

These are like, Heinz baked beans

tassja.bsky.social•56 days ago

yeah that's fucked up. They're supposed to be served insanely hot (and with some hendersons relish stirred in)

eternalcatwar.bsky.social•56 days ago

I am at a loss, usually any baked bean dishes I have are served almost straight from the oven

aidan456.bsky.social•56 days ago

The Chef must have been out of his mind on scotch. Baked Beans are never served cold with any meal in the UK.

mollyjeffery.bsky.social•56 days ago

Unlike toast.

stottybairn.bsky.social•56 days ago

Sounds like chef forgot to whack it in the microwave. Cold beans is post-apocalyptic behaviour.

snarkysteff.bsky.social•56 days ago

I experienced them both ways in the UK, pretty much always discernibly the canned variety.

bananaboat.bsky.social•56 days ago

Is there another variety? All UK baked beans are tinned.

snarkysteff.bsky.social•56 days ago

You can make it yourself very easily.

bananaboat.bsky.social•55 days ago

I'd always assumed this was the case, but I've never heard of anyone making them - the assumption in the UK is that they're tinned, especially in restaurants.

snarkysteff.bsky.social•55 days ago

All about the real deal — skip to the recipe at the bottom if you like:

https://www.seriouseats.com/boston-baked-beans-recipe

snarkysteff.bsky.social•55 days ago

(The tins are crap compared to the real deal. And it freezes great!)

hillidh.bsky.social•56 days ago

"You can have those beans when you pry them from their cold, dead cans".

ed3d.net•56 days ago

just reaching out and clutching that third rail, both hands

(I’ve gotten yelled at by Britons both for warm breakfast beans and cold, I’m never trusting a breakfast again)

canaryburgundy.bsky.social•56 days ago

Baked beans are absolutely not supposed to be served cold in Scotland and Im profoundly sorry on behalf of everyone here.

diveamydive.bsky.social•56 days ago

They definitely should not have been cold 👀👀👀 Like really not.

suzlou.bsky.social•56 days ago

Nope that's not how we serve baked beans in Scotland. I don't know what the chef was on.

jsystem.bsky.social•55 days ago

Excuse me how do I find a Scottish retaurant

unmech.bsky.social•56 days ago

As a Scottish person who's never heard of cold beans at every meal, I am SO curious about this

casssssio.bsky.social•56 days ago

As a Scottish, i have never come across this, very weird

ghurford.bsky.social•56 days ago

Was there a nice skin congealing on it? 😩

suecowley.bsky.social•56 days ago

We definitely always heat them up.

sammgreer.bsky.social•56 days ago

I am here to assure you that us Scots obviously heat our beans up like regular folk and this is v weird???

sammgreer.bsky.social•56 days ago

Also, serving them with every meal?? I have never heard of this in my puff

tassja.bsky.social•56 days ago

you not having beans with your tea, sam?

ianboudreau.com•56 days ago

Well, the four of us all ordered a different option off the brunch menu and every meal included the beans. They all arrived cold! My girlfriend asked the server about it and she told us that's how the chef wanted them. So we figured, hey, okay, maybe that's how it's done.

darksatanicmills.bsky.social•56 days ago

Chef was hungover.

kpdirection.bsky.social•56 days ago

“she told us that's how the chef wanted them.”

“Well, the cooks not paying for them, so 30 seconds in the microwave, please…”

tassja.bsky.social•56 days ago

chef's not eating them, so

gumbercules23.bsky.social•56 days ago

Cold beans are f'ing awesome -upstate ny, which once upon a time shared a mountain range w scotland

doghog42.bsky.social•56 days ago

Absolutely not. Hot beans. Chef can go fuck themselves

kandour.bsky.social•55 days ago

I'm a bit confused about a Scottish restaurant doing brunch. Frankly anything goes at that point. Did they at least warm the obligatory half pint of Buckfast with your elevenses?

threepeacesweet.bsky.social•56 days ago

I think you need to name and shame here. This is unacceptable behaviour from the restaurant

threepeacesweet.bsky.social•56 days ago

Well. I’ve had cold beans at breakfast before in Italy. They were different types of beans and not in a sauce, that would be acceptable

But cold baked beans in tomato sauce, definitely not

tangatoo.bsky.social•56 days ago

Never come across that. Suspect it was a mistake. Cold beans? Yuck. Ah but I think there is a cold beans for salad thing. Different beans from the usual baked ones though.

agreeableknievel.bsky.social•56 days ago

different beans for different means

seven.modr.us•55 days ago

Chef was being lazy, and I mean they are likely from a tin, so the term chef is doing a lot of work here…

grannie-mutch.bsky.social•56 days ago

No real Scottish breakfast comes with beans of any kind, hot or cold, that's a pernicious Sassenach practice. Lorne sausage, Stornoway black pudding, a fried slice of clootie dumpling, yes please, but beans do not belong there even if they are in a wee ramekin.

root2702.bsky.social•55 days ago

I apologize. I've had these referee memes in my phone for years and never have the chance to use one. I don't even disagree with you.

bornfree63.bsky.social•56 days ago

I know nothing about Scottish food. I'm just here to say that I love how you called it a wee ramekin. Anytime I hear a Scottish person say wee it makes me smile.

caraellison.bsky.social•56 days ago

If you are Scottish and have your beans cold I think this is an offense

belal-hoor.bsky.social•56 days ago

Hello my dear ❤️❤️
please help my daughter get healthy food 🥺🥺
And repost my pinned post 🆕🥺🙏🏾

bigbadstorylad.bsky.social•56 days ago

They shouldn’t be cold but eating baked beans cold from the tin isn’t unheard of if you’re struggling.

ianboudreau.com•56 days ago

Oh no doubt, I've been there! Just not what you'd expect at a nice sit-down place.

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