BAKED BEANS!

[rubeneski]

just thought it would be interesting to hear what make of baked beans they use!

[damocook]

beanz meanz heinz

[Huertecilla]

Which one causes you to produce the least amount of greenhouse gasses?

[Jeremy67]

We have Heinz but Waitrose are also very nice they have a slightly more spicy barbecue sort of flavour.

[gamingdave]

I've tried a lot over the years, and was always a Heinz man, but these days I go for the Waitrose ones as I "think" I prefer them and they are considerably cheaper. I should get the wife to do a blind test on me one day.

Depending on what they are going with I may add a healthy dollop of BBQ sauce when cooking them too.

[zelig]

Branston...
& sometimes Heinz.

z

[Omegamanic]

Heinz

Although during the baked bean war I set up a taste challenge and people preferred the 4p can of Safeways Saver beans!

[Foxy100]

Heinz

Although during the baked bean war I set up a taste challenge and people preferred the 4p can of Safeways Saver beans!

Aren't they just the broken ones from the bottom of the Heinz vat?

My wife says beans on toast is just for breakfast and at a push lunch. I maintain they're a perfect evening meal.

[stooo]

Branston, the best.

[imb1]

Branston, the best.

I prefer Branston as well.

[swanbourne]

I've always fancieed making an old fashioned crock pot full from scratch, a la cowboys.

Ingredients

400g dried haricot or cannellini beans
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
150g pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400g can chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar

Method

1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain them, place in a pan, cover with fresh water and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Cook for about 45 minutes-1 hour until tender, then remove from the heat and set aside for 30 minutes. Drain well.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the onions and pancetta and cook for 6-8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and 400ml water, then tip in the beans. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 1½-2 hours, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick sauce and tender beans. Serve the beans on toasted bread with grated cheese, if you like.


Eddie

[rubeneski]

I prefer Branston as well.

BRING OUT THE BRANSTON!!!

[jmarchitect]

I used to be a Heinz man by default but now have whatever finds its way into the cupboard. Whatever we have, it gets a solid dose of hot chilli sauce so any delicate flavour differences between the brands will be lost on me. I like the sound of Eddie's recipe for home made beans. I might just give that a go this weekend.

[Dave E]

Oddly, I find I like Tesco Value beans these days.

[Alessandro]

Has to be Heinz. It's not like I'm being biased for reasons. :worried:

[j0hnbarker]

Heinz Five Beanz if we're being specific. With a dash of Henderson's Relish as they go in the pan.

[RobinMasters]

I used to be a Heinz man by default but now have whatever finds its way into the cupboard. Whatever we have, it gets a solid dose of hot chilli sauce so any delicate flavour differences between the brands will be lost on me.

Same for me. If you eat beans on toast it probably matters, but when they're with other stuff the difference is too subtle to matter.

[Connor]

Branston with chedder melted on top.

[oldandgrumpy]

I've always fancieed making an old fashioned crock pot full from scratch, a la cowboys.

Ingredients

400g dried haricot or cannellini beans
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
150g pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400g can chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar

Method

1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain them, place in a pan, cover with fresh water and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Cook for about 45 minutes-1 hour until tender, then remove from the heat and set aside for 30 minutes. Drain well.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the onions and pancetta and cook for 6-8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and 400ml water, then tip in the beans. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 1½-2 hours, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick sauce and tender beans. Serve the beans on toasted bread with grated cheese, if you like.


Eddie

That's different. Tempted to give it a go.

[allaninspain]

aldi sell really good beans from Holland. sometimes in a jar and sometimes in a tin. really thick tomato sauce and lovely taste. as you would expect the price is great too. you should try them.

[baz1]

Tesco Value beans in our house.

[Rod]

Aldi beans for me! As good as Heinz.

Rod

[Jeremy67]

The ones we had when we were kids were much more tangy than any I've found lately. I think they might have been Cross & Blackwell. Anyone know any good old days tangy beans that aren't the spicy variety.

Try Waitrose.

[GraniteQuarry]

Waitrose hasn't made it up here yet

[Backward point]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs


Heinz.


Regards

Ian

[dforgrieve]

Own brand or do Cross & Blackwell still exist?

Cross & Blackwell were rebranded as Branston. Still my favourite.

Dave

[bloater]

We always buy Heinz at home due to being dictated that is the brand we have to buy, if buying for consumption at work Branston wins for me, so I voted Branston.

[RobM]

Which one causes you to produce the best amount of greenhouse gasses?

I've corrected your typo, easy mistake to make... ;)

[ktmog6uk]

lidl here, with the occasional "hunger breaks" shite in a can on toast with cheese.....

[amleto]

much prefer branston to heinz!

[wolf]

Standard Heinz, but......add in a level teaspoon each of chilli, garlic and sun-dried tomato pastes (because these days on their own they taste of polystyrene). Yum!!

[jem0911]

There are other brands?

[aliasrichmond]

Heinz rulz

[Wednesday]

The choice used to be Heinz or HP, but HP are now made by Heinz and Heinz are pretty watery and disappointing compared back to back with Branston!

I was surprised, but I had a four pack of both in the cupboard, both bought when on promotion and all unused, so it was too good an opportunity to miss.

Branston better in every respect.

[Wild Rumpus]

I've always fancieed making an old fashioned crock pot full from scratch, a la cowboys.

Ingredients

400g dried haricot or cannellini beans
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
150g pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400g can chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar

Method

1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain them, place in a pan, cover with fresh water and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Cook for about 45 minutes-1 hour until tender, then remove from the heat and set aside for 30 minutes. Drain well.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the onions and pancetta and cook for 6-8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and 400ml water, then tip in the beans. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 1½-2 hours, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick sauce and tender beans. Serve the beans on toasted bread with grated cheese, if you like.


Eddie

I used to make my own Hot Boston Beans (similar ingredients but with some mustard powder & orange juice), fantastic served with garlic bread and a swirl of Raita! Takes ages to cook - though...

[Omegamanic]

I through a knob of butter in the pan when I am heating them and regardless of which brand of baked beans they taste fantastic!

Backed beans, two rashers of bacon and scrambled eggs on toast - a meal for any time of the day imo

[hogthrob]

lidl here, with the occasional "hunger breaks" shite in a can on toast with cheese.....

What, one of these?

[SpydieNut]

branston here - much prefer to heinz

but recently i've been making my own (boston baked beans - using hugh fearnley whittingstall's recipe) and they're very easy to make and taste superb!

[earlsy]

Been away from UK for 15 years, would have said Cross and Blackwell, guess its Branston now.

I remember years ago, hearing about a study - when asked, most people said they prefer Heinz, but in a blind test they actually preferred Cross and Blackwell.

[Hubs]

I'm always amazed at the numbers: about 1.25 Million cans bought a day. Say 200g of beans per can, that's 250 tonnes of beans a day.

May have identified cause of global warming..

[prexelor]

Not as complicated as Eddie's recipe... I have Heinz but firstly fry some onions with a dash of pepper. Then in goes the Heinz with some green chillies (only a very small amount!).

[tiny73]

1 tin of Heinz, drain most of the sauce (there's more these days than there used to be I'm sure), heat. stir in a knob of butter, salt and lashings of black pepper. Add the magic ingredient. 1 processed cheese slice.

Cook out until the beans soften a little (hard beans? nooooooo), serve on buttered toast.

I pay 1euro 17c for Heinz here, what are they in the UK these days?

[cdmed]

always heinz in my house. sometimes with raisins &/or curry powder added for something different

[rubeneski]

I think branston taste better than heinz.

[funkstar]

That's different. Tempted to give it a go.

It's really good. Jamie Oliver has it as a recipe in one of his books and it's damn brilliant.

[estoban7]

Branston for me. Heinz are too runny these days. I shake mine up before I open them, thickens them up, so they dont slide off your toast.

[magirus]

Branston these days. Used to be Armour.

[Alessandro]

What, one of these?

That, that isn't food.

[Chicken Pox]

What, one of these?

I'm guessing Monty is the name of the horse?

(and thanks to the other poster for the blazing saddles excerp, it shouldn't make me laugh but always gets me in the end so to speak...)

[Glamdring]

I used to quite like Heinz beans and sausages (pre-horsemeat) but now they're really not very pleasant. Maybe I've grown up finally I'm getting free prescriptions.