# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/101 "2003-12-08T22:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sylkyn \* > \*\*Grits - floating in butter, with salt and pepper. Noooo, not sugar! Yankees mess up grits doing that. Just stop it! > \*\* The first person I ever personally saw do that was from Mississippi, actually 🙂 However, I never ate the grits in the cafeteria when I was going to school in Pennsylvania. Kind of like asking for Mexican food in the middle of North Dakota. Actually, my mother and my grandmother make potato cakes like the ones **WILLASS** describes, and we’re born and bred Americans. Is it peculiar to Tidewater Virginia (Mom and Grandma are from near Williamsburg) or is it common in other places as well? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/102 "2003-12-08T22:06:18Z")
I’ll take “Things That Shouldn’t Be Eaten for Breakfast” for 500, Alex. In Japan, the “American-style” breakfast often comes with green salad and creamed corn.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/103 "2003-12-09T01:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WILLASS \* > \*\*And what is considered the _classic_ cooked breakfast in the U.S (or anywhere other than Britain for that matter)? \*\* As you may have gathered by now, it varies by region. I thought I’d share a classic Hawaiian breakfast, one that I became fond of from my Navy days. Loco Moco: One bowl of steamed rice. One hamburger patty, griddle-cooked to your preferred specification. Two fried eggs (my personal preference is over medium, but if you’re okay with eating runny egg whites, feel free to go over easy). Assemble (stack, essentially) ingredients, bottom to top, in the order listed. Cover with beef gravy. Grind 'em. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/104 "2003-12-09T15:07:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Scrambled eggs in the _microwave_!? Are you insane? Wallpaper paste is better than microwaved eggs. \*\* If you have never had eggs scrambled in the micro then you don’t know what you are missing my friend. Wallpaper paste on toast…Mmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/105 "2003-12-09T15:36:45Z")
What? Nobody has avocados and tomatoes on a regular basis? Love 'em just in slices, love 'em in an omelet. The best! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/106 "2003-12-09T17:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by singular1 \* > \*\*What? Nobody has avocados and tomatoes on a regular basis? Love 'em just in slices, love 'em in an omelet. The best! \*\* I love tomatoes - I always put a ton in my omelets when I make them. And I adore avocado, but don’t eat it often…I should eat more:). I also like to slice roma tomatoes and eat the slices with mashed potatoes, preferably instant. I can’t explain this one. Ava ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/107 "2003-12-09T19:58:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*If you have never had eggs scrambled in the micro then you don’t know what you are missing my friend. > > Wallpaper paste on toast…Mmmmmmmmm \*\* I have to side with **Homebrew** on this one **spogga** , there are only two ways to make perfect scrambled eggs; either in a saucepan with a knob of butter (its best if the eggs aren’t whisked together too well, or in a bowl over a saucepan of water (bain marie stylee) but this second way is _very_ time consuming but does make the creamiest eggs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/108 "2003-12-09T20:24:32Z")
I’m not sure what a “knob” of butter is, but if it’s more than a “pat” then absolutely. REAL butter, not margarine is required. You are also correct about not whipping the eggs. I crack my eggs right into the heated pan. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/109 "2003-12-09T20:54:58Z")
Listen to me carefully: NEVER put shortening on your knob. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/110 "2003-12-09T20:56:39Z")
A knob of butter is an indeterminate amount of butter, but usually about the size of a walnut so it is probabley the same as a ‘pat’. I’m totally with you on the whisking the eggs in the pan, I think the slightly unmixed white and yolk looks really attractive. The only time I whisk fairly thoroughly is when adding other flavours like a teaspoon of wholegrain mustard for example. I recomend you try this served with fried potato and onions and maybe a sausage or two its really delicous. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/111 "2003-12-09T21:31:29Z")
Butter is fine for scrambled eggs, but I prefer olive oil: if you use good eggs, it’s better at letting their flavor show through. Save the butter for the toast. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/112 "2003-12-10T06:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CheekyMonkey613 \* > \*\*Actually, in Quebec, beans are very typically something you would eat for breakfast. It wouldn’t be typical to eat them with any other meal. > > \*\* I have been wondering what the hell that was I ate that one morning in Montreal for years. Thank you! It tasted somewhat bean like, but meaty, and a lot of it was mushy, like a pate. beans with lard. not bad, though. Beans for breakfast. hmm. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/113 "2003-12-10T06:21:39Z")
BTW, corn meal mush is best served seasoned with soy sauce. Hubby ate that for breakfast for years. Now we have oatmeal with real butter and real Maple syrup (Grade A Dark Amber), two Jimmy Dean sausage patties (Jimmy dean because it is a good quality nitrate free sausage) coffee, chocolate milk and juice. Only I have been bad lately and skipped the milk and juice. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/114 "2003-12-10T06:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Left Hand of Dorkness \* > \*\*Butter is fine for scrambled eggs, but I prefer olive oil: if you use good eggs, it’s better at letting their flavor show through. Save the butter for the toast. > > Daniel \*\* I would have thought a good quality extra virgin olive oil would totally overpower the flavour of the eggs, unless of course you are using an extremely mild 2nd or 3rd pressing olive oil which, if this is the case, may as well be sunflower or groundnut oil. I stand by my butter, eggs, dash of milk, salt and pepper recipe.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/115 "2003-12-10T08:56:34Z")
Question for the Brits: Do you ever make something like Yorkshire pudding for breakfast? My dad (who’s Finnish, incidentally)occasionally makes what he calls “oven pancakes”, where you mix up a batter (which is similar to the descriptions of Yorkshire pudding that I’ve read), dump it in a greased baking dish, and bake it till it’s done. It comes out all puffy and whatnot. If you want, you can add stuff like onions, cheese, or diced bacon to the batter. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/116 "2003-12-10T12:47:37Z")
Sorry HUNTER but Yorkshire Pudding is strictly for eating with roast beef. Onions? cheese? diced bacon?..you could be shot in England for EVEN suggesting adding any of these to Yorkshires. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/117 "2003-12-10T17:53:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SparrowHawk \* > \*\*Nobody’s mentioned Portugese sausage and rice. I can’t understand it. \*\* Hmmmm. Portugese sausage and rice from Jack-In-The-Box. Buger King’s isn’t too bad either, and McDonald’s will do in a pinch. Too bad I no longer live in an area where I can get Portugese sausage, much less Portugese sausage and rice at a fast-food place. ☹ * * * \<\< A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/118 "2003-12-11T05:47:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > Sorry HUNTER but Yorkshire Pudding is strictly for eating with roast beef. > > Onions? cheese? diced bacon?..you could be shot in England for EVEN suggesting adding any of these to Yorkshires. Hey, I didn’t say it _was_ Yorkshire Pudding, I said it was _like_ Yorkshire pudding. And a comment like that from a nation that puts lemon juice on pancakes? Da noive… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/119 "2003-12-11T05:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 'possum stalker \* > **I’m fine with the beans, it’s the dread black pudding ([“essentially congealed pig’s blood in a length of intestine”](http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk/bpudding/pudding.htm)) I can’t fathom.** Actually, black pudding is quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/120 "2003-12-11T20:59:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WILLASS \* > \*\*I would have thought a good quality extra virgin olive oil would totally overpower the flavour of the eggs, unless of course you are using an extremely mild 2nd or 3rd pressing olive oil which, if this is the case, may as well be sunflower or groundnut oil. I stand by my butter, eggs, dash of milk, salt and pepper recipe.😉 \*\* “Groundnut oil.” Listen to you Brits! That’s not what it’s called! How come you can’t call it by its proper name, goober oil? 😉 I use extra-virgin olive oil, though no promises as to its quality. Maybe it helps that I only use a wee little bit of it. All I know is I like its flavor with eggs more than butter’s flavor, which I find too distracting or heavy or something. Daniel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375.md?page=7)