Have your Heinz beans gone mank?

[openroad]

If having baked beans always add butter and black pepper now!!

 

[the_mikey]

I like Heinz five beanz, nicer than Heinz baked beans.

 

[Doseone]

I've switched to Haynes Beans.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's quite likely that standard Heinz beans now 'taste mank' because they have less sugar and certainly less salt than a few years ago. That is the case with quite a lot of tinned products and I suppose it is A Good Thing.

I expect the starch in the sauce has been reduced too ...

 

[theclaud]

ahem!!!
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/baked-beans.84337/
Aint nuffin new under the sun!

Christ - I notice @srw is controversially endorsing Whole Earth beans! IIRC they taste of cinnamon, which is of course utterly wrong. As far as tinned beans go, I actually prefer the low sugar ones, just because the ordinary ones taste ridiculously sweet to those of us who don't otherwise eat much sugar. I've currently got some from Morrison's, which are called something stupid like NuMe. They are still improved by cheese, pepper or a dash of Worcester sauce, though.

 

[srw]

Your palate is more refined than mine - I've had to check the tin. Cinnamon is a fine base for any spice mix, and particularly for a bean. It adds a certain exotic tang of the Orient. Whole Earth also includes dill, garlic, cloves, cayenne and kelp. No added sugar, though - only 4% sugars, which is about a third more than a tin of tomatoes, so entirely consistent with naturally concentrated tomato puree.

I had a kitkat a few days ago. It was revoltingly sweet.

 

[theclaud]

Your palate is more refined than mine - I've had to check the tin. Cinnamon is a fine base for any spice mix, and particularly for a bean. It adds a certain exotic tang of the Orient. Whole Earth also includes dill, garlic, cloves, cayenne and kelp. No added sugar, though - only 4% sugars, which is about a third more than a tin of tomatoes, so entirely consistent with naturally concentrated tomato puree.

I had a kitkat a few days ago. It was revoltingly sweet.

The cinnamon dominates - it's all I remember. Dill's an odd choice. What's the kelp for in this context? Paging @Fab Foodie...

 

[Fab Foodie]

The cinnamon dominates - it's all I remember. Dill's an odd choice. What's the kelp for in this context? Paging @Fab Foodie...

I thought I was on everyone's ignore list

Kelp probably there for the gratification of middle class homeopathic yoghurt-knitting Guardian readers ... though of course seaweeds are also a source of many thickeners and stabilisers such as Agar-agar, Carageenans from red weeds and from Kelps we get Alginates which both gel and thicken. 'Kelp' though I've never seen used on an ingredient dec for anything other than some homeopathic source of wonder-health mineral provision (Kelp tablets are available in healthfood shops).
Baked-bean wise, the Branston (formerly Crosse and Blackwell beans?) are the best out of a tin IMO.
Baked beans may be improved by cheeses, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce et al but are severely degraded by the addition of a baked potato.

 

[Fab Foodie]

In Girvan in Ayreshire and San Diego there are seaweed processing planst where Kelp is turned into Alginates. In the UK in days of old, crofters made part of their income from collecting kelp washed-up on the beaches during storms. Once or twice a year a man would come round the islands in a boat to purchase the kelp to make Alginates for food, pharma, printing and many other applications.

 

[Over The Hill]

A vote for Branston Beans from me.

The most ruined sweet must be Club biscuits They used to be so nice and with thick chocolate, now no better than a penguin.

 

[theclaud]

I thought I was on everyone's ignore list

Kelp probably there for the gratification of middle class homeopathic yoghurt-knitting Guardian readers ... though of course seaweeds are also a source of many thickeners and stabilisers such as Agar-agar, Carageenans from red weeds and from Kelps we get Alginates which both gel and thicken. 'Kelp' though I've never seen used on an ingredient dec for anything other than some homeopathic source of wonder-health mineral provision (Kelp tablets are available in healthfood shops).
Baked-bean wise, the Branston (formerly Crosse and Blackwell beans?) are the best out of a tin IMO.
Baked beans may be improved by cheeses, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce et al but are severely degraded by the addition of a baked potato.

You've gone and ****ed it all up again.

 

[buggi]

twix has gone downhill as well. Half the size! And kitkats don't taste like they did when they were wrapped in foil.

 

[Fab Foodie]

You've gone and ****ed it all up again.

It's a good day for it.
I've had a corporate rogering from God's assistant today all because when his f'in miserable and soul destroying 8am weekly conference call of doom was cancelled I unfortunately 'Replied to all' on my response of 'Hooooraaaay' .....
Apparently considering the seriousness of the business of the moment it wasn't in good taste. I'm refraining from replying on account of having to loose my temper with God's assistant.
Anyway, the baked potato is boring, I know it's akin to not liking skiing, Mozart or the Beatles, but one must be true to oneself.

Anyone got any jobs available?

 

[theclaud]

It's a good day for it.
I've had a corporate rogering from God's assistant today all because when his f'in miserable and soul destroying 8am weekly conference call of doom was cancelled I unfortunately 'Replied to all' on my response of 'Hooooraaaay' .....
Apparently considering the seriousness of the business of the moment it wasn't in good taste. I'm refraining from replying on account of having to loose my temper with God's assistant.
Anyway, the baked potato is boring, I know it's akin to not liking skiing, Mozart or the Beatles, but one must be true to oneself.

Anyone got any jobs available?

Yes, ackshully...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Yes, ackshully...

I might have to eat humble-potato then ....