# Why Do Brits Eat Heinz Baked Beans when Americans Don't?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [January 17, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brits-eat-heinz-baked-beans-when-americans-dont/930701 "2021-01-17T01:25:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brits-eat-heinz-baked-beans-when-americans-dont/930701/63 "2021-01-18T21:47:25Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#):
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> Scene: a brawl at an English pub:
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> Constable: 'Ere now, stop that, stop that! Wot’s all this then?
> 
> Brawler: Oi 'eared d’is 'ere Yank say 'Einz Beans is American beans!
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> Constable: Roight, carry on with the thrashing, but moind the furniture!

To-day I’m a copper  
And as you can see  
A copper 'as scruples  
Of 'ighest degree…

…And I’ll turn a blind eye  
To this Yank battery

([explanation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fHppd_KtP4))

j

PS: (Hideous anachronism warning) - this has nothing whatever to do with the thread, but I just have to share this. I confess, I used a 1987 Roget’s thesaurus to clean that up. Specifically, the synonyms of _Probity_, which include (quoting): “…truepenny, brick, trump, true Briton, white man…”. Sheesh.

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