# I don't want the beans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375 "2003-12-06T14:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/41 "2003-12-07T08:51:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Sorry 'bout that double post. > > Need…coffee…now… \*\* Would you like some beans with that? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/42 "2003-12-07T09:06:35Z")
Nah! I’m right off beans but a lump of black pudding would go down well ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/43 "2003-12-07T14:43:40Z")
I’m sorry, but I can’t eat baked beans unless they are served with a side of BBQ pork ribs and cole slaw. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/44 "2003-12-07T16:19:42Z")
I know exactley where you are coming from with this post **spogga** , the cafe I go to on the occasional sunday is in a supermarket and the amount of people who get flummoxed by the options is collosal, but i’m yet to have to intervene and take a plate off a mad woman yet. Fair play though, that is a classic way to deal with it - I have seen a lot of situations that could have been remedied by a quick thinking member of the line and a couple of burly security guards. That’ll learn the beanless freak. On a related topic, are tinned baked beans in tomatoe sauce not common place in America? I must be a total dumbass because I just assumed they were American originally. And what is considered the _classic_ cooked breakfast in the U.S (or anywhere other than Britain for that matter)? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/45 "2003-12-07T16:38:45Z")
Classic cooked breakfast in the USA: Eggs (scrambled, dippy, poached, or omelet) Bacon and/or Sausage Biscuit (not the British definition) perhaps sausage gravy over the biscuit or Pancakes or Waffles with butter & syrup Bacon and/or sausage ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/46 "2003-12-07T16:40:10Z")
And we have canned baked beans in sauce here. Several brand names, actually (Bush’s, Campbell’s). We just don’t eat them for breakfast. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/47 "2003-12-07T16:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*A glass of OJ? What insanely heathy part of the Continent have YOU visited? > > Continental Breakfast is two rolls, a huge cup of hot milk with a little coffee in it, and eight cigarettes. \*\* Only 8 ciggies? you trying to quit? Also you DON’T want the breakfast in Turkey/Tunisia or for that matter any part of N.Africa. Hard boiled eggs [God knows how old they are] Feta cheese [phew] Rock hard bread Olives Tomatoes All as cold as a witches tit and tasting about the same. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/48 "2003-12-07T16:55:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*A LITTLE oil is poured into frying pan and heated until smoking and then the bread is put into the pan, allowed to fry on one side for about 90 secs and the turned over for a repeat performance. > > Comes out lovely and crisp, try it. [/size] \*\* I’d wager that it’d be better with butter. Has that been tried and discarded? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/49 "2003-12-07T17:00:58Z")
Dippy Eggs? WTF ? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/50 "2003-12-07T17:05:48Z")
HOMEBREW: Tried and discarded, butter burns the bread and also one could put on far to much weight 😃 Did I mention that we sometimes add potato cakes to our traditional English brekky, just to fill any empty spaces y’understand ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/51 "2003-12-07T17:08:57Z")
Texas Breakfast: 2 (or 3 if you’re really hungry) fried eggs Chicken Fried Steak with gravy Cathead biscuits with gravy bacon and/or sausage Coffee and/or Milk Hashbrowns ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/52 "2003-12-07T17:15:43Z")
I practically threw up after reading the description of black pudding… Do you actually eat that? What’s Engish mustard? dwalin (still nauseated) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/53 "2003-12-07T17:15:43Z")
I practically threw up after reading the description of black pudding… Do you actually eat that? What’s Engish mustard? dwalin (still nauseated) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/54 "2003-12-07T17:32:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Dippy Eggs? WTF ? \*\* Sunny side up. Uncracked liquid yolks, perfect for dipping toast into. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/55 "2003-12-07T17:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Only 8 ciggies? you trying to quit?.. > > All as cold as a witches tit and tasting about the same. \*\* **spogga** , you are fast becoming one of my favorite posters. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/56 "2003-12-07T18:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Texas Breakfast: > > 2 (or 3 if you’re really hungry) fried eggs > Chicken Fried Steak with gravy > Cathead biscuits with gravy > bacon and/or sausage > Coffee and/or Milk > Hashbrowns \*\* ‘Chicken fried steak’ - is that like a fried chicken breast or some kind of beef steak fried in chicken fat or something? ‘Cathead biscuits’ - that has to be a brand name, not some grotesque baked feline abomination? All in all it don’t sound too bad, if I got the idea right…chicken or steak - good…gravy - good…catheads - good…bacon/sausage - good, baby its all good. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/57 "2003-12-07T20:23:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*\*\* astroboy \*\* for your info [and anyone elses] fried bread is not made in a pan FULL of hot oil \*\* crusoe \*\* here is the method > > A LITTLE oil is poured into frying pan and heated until smoking and then the bread is put into the pan, allowed to fry on one side for about 90 secs and the turned over for a repeat performance. > > Comes out lovely and crisp, try it. > > CRUSOE being a soft suvvener hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about. We Northerners on the other hand are real hard men 🙂 [/size] \*\* It’s still rank stuff. I may be a namby pamby southerner, but you northern monkeys clearly need some re-education…! ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/58 "2003-12-07T20:31:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*There’s been a trend in the UK over the last few years for very large out-of-town supermarkets. Large car parks, free bus services, creche facilities, cafes, post office services, pharmacy services, you name it. \*\* Ah, you are getting Super Wal-Marts! We’ve had those for a couple of decades here (Texas). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/59 "2003-12-07T20:49:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WILLASS \* > **’Chicken fried steak’ - is that like a fried chicken breast or some kind of beef steak fried in chicken fat or something?** “Chicken-fried steak” is a piece of cheap steak fried up in the same way you’d fry a chicken. Take a boneless round steak, season lavishly with salt and pepper, and dredge it in some flour that’s also been laced with S & P. Pan-fry it in what would seem to be far too much oil or bacon grease. It’s usually served with a pan gravy. It makes a nice breakfast once in a while, but you don’t see it often in the northeastern states. Here in New York City you’re more likely to get 2 eggs, fried or scrambled a large pile of sliced potatoes, fried with onions and peppers (home fries) bacon, ham, or sausage buttered toast: white, rye, or whole wheat small glass of juice: orange, grapefruit, or tomato all the weak coffee you can drink. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/60 "2003-12-07T21:32:35Z")
Cathead biscuits are so called because they are biscuits, hopefully butter-milk biscuits, the size of cat heads usually cooked in an iron skillet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375.md?page=4)