Baked beans

[Ihavenojob]

My beans arrived and have been eaten. I had a quick squint at the info on the tin, haricot beans blah blah blah, packed in Italy blah blah blah, contains 49% beans! 'kinell, that's not much, so I checked a tin of Branston, 51% beans, so not a huge difference. They weren't too bad,-a bit small and a bit hard, my daughter said they weren't as sweet as Heinz, but then a bar of Cadbury Dairy milk is not as sweet as a tin of Heinz beans. Would I buy again? Probably not, unless they were the only beans available anywhere. I just cannot get over the fact that they were 49p DELIVERED.

 

[MNW67]

a bit small and a bit hard

That's also the problem with Sainsburys beans. What are the Branston ones like in those respects.

 

[opps]

I eat beans so infrequently that I want extra salt. I have a mate who employs s me from time to time. When he gives me his Heinz low salt/sugar, I add more salt. I like salt...

 

[Ihavenojob]

That's also the problem with Sainsburys beans. What are the Branston ones like in those respects.

Bigger than the Amazon ones and not hard. A much richer sauce and not as sweet as Heinz . I just can't stomach Heinz beans, though I expect with makes of beans it is personal taste.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

Bigger than the Amazon ones and not hard. A much richer sauce and not as sweet as Heinz . I just can't stomach Heinz beans, though I expect with makes of beans it is personal taste.

Are we all cooking beans in a pan and finishing them with a knob of butter ?

I used to buy cheap beans when I was a single man, added a little tomato purée and hot sauce.

 

[MNW67]

Are we all cooking beans in a pan and finishing them with a knob of butter ?

I do that quite often. But Sainsbury's beans never seem to go creamy like Heinz. Does it work well with Branston ones.

 

[noseall]

There are baked beans other than Heinz?

 

[Mottie]

Are we all cooking beans in a pan and finishing them with a knob of butter ?

I always microwave mine.

 

[noseall]

I always microwave mine.

We do unless they want them thicker and darker and richer, then they go into the bacon pan and are reduced a bit.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

I always microwave mine.

They just aren’t the same imo.

 

[Mottie]

We do unless they want them thicker and darker and richer, then they go into the bacon pan and are reduced a bit.

You have a special pan for bacon?

 

[Mottie]

They just aren’t the same imo.

I always end up burning them on the hob.

 

[noseall]

You have a special pan for bacon?

I meant the same pan the bacon was fried in.

 

[opps]

I meant the same pan the bacon was fried in.

I used to have a dedicated frying pan for making pilau rice. Unfortunately, she who no longer speaks to me used it for frying bacon and beggered it up.

Like you, I often used the pan the bacon was fried in to cook my beans. Not only did it absorb the taste of the bacon, it saved on washing up.

 

[Mottie]

I meant the same pan the bacon was fried in.

If you want an unhealthy but tasty treat, make a bacon sandwich, don’t cut it in half, but pop the whole sandwich back in the pan and fry both sides of the sandwich in the bacon fat. Delish.