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Mmmm the fabled half english.
I tried the fabled beans on toast and i was shocked when I bit into the toast that there was butter on the toast. It was a dumb thing to be shocked by but I did not expect it 😂.
That being said, it looks really stupid in person because it's literally toast with a ton of beans. Taste wise, it was ok.
Here's a crappy photo:
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If that sandwich is bland it's on you it clearly says to add butter, salt and pepper to taste.
If you think you can make something not bland with just butter, salt and pepper, you may be a Brit.
Good butter ain't bland.
the key is just that the bread has to be properly baked, so with toast you have to.. toast it.. first.
Untoasted toast with butter is still going to be kinda bland.
Fat and salt are the key ingredients in most fried food, so it's basically deep fried bread.
Fat and salt are the key ingredients in most fried food,
If we ignore the literal food being fried, yes
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It's a wartime / depression era food, not something you'd make by choice, typically
Cause bread was cheaper than say meat or cheese or what not
and that applies to all the british (and "white people" food in general) that people think is boring, yeah it's boring because the main goal was not starving to death..
First appeared in an 1861 cookbook, target for this was sick people. Would be easy to keep down, carbs and fats to nourish more than just a broth.
Ive had it a couple of times, for a laugh, while broke as a joke. Only just discovered that i didnt invent it though.
Incidentally a UK paper a few years back called it "the cheapest british meal" and invited someone to send in a cheaper meal and they'd get an award. They got flooded and had to pick the winner at random.
I dunno man when I was in the UK I had a shit ton of awesome food. Lots of fried fish, roasted meat, savory and sweet pies, sausages, breads, cheeses, not to mention the crossover and fusion food like Indian and South Asian.
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What even is jove
Edit: okay this one's complicated. It's like saying "holy shit" ("oh my god"), but you're Roman and saying "holy jupiter(the god)", but you're also English and it entered popular usage through Shakespeare, and you're also from before it became "by george"....Or something.... Tldr it's old Latin and jove=jupiter
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an empire built on stealing spice from brown people and they REFUSE to use them
very funny and all, but most of the "indian" food westerners are used to was invented in the UK
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It was invented for a "cheapest meal" competition if I recall. If someone really made this, the inside bread would be drowned in something with several insane flavours. Probably Branston pickle.
You're half right. Wiki says it's been around since at least Victorian times, but the modern version revival happened as you say
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The Fat Duck, a restaurant with three Michelin stars, serves toast sandwich as a side dish.
So, you tell me.
Your not improving the reputation of British food your just making the reputation of Michelin stars worse
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This isn't typical cuisine, this reads much more extremely poor so all I have is bread and fortunately butter.
I saw "toast sandwich" on QI and, yes, I tried it. Added butter, salt, and pepper to the toast.
Was pretty good.
Yeah ngl I tried this about a decade ago for shits and giggles
Given I wasn't expecting much, I was pleasantly surprised!
For Americans that aren't getting it, you know how hard shell tacos are good, but taco bell wraps it in a tortilla sometimes for a bit of decadence?
Toast is good, why doesn't it also deserve a jacket from time to time?
OTOH, I have better sandwich fillings than just more bread, so I've never done it since. Might as well make a club sandwich if I'm having that much bread
you know how hard shell tacos are good, but taco bell wraps it in a tortilla sometimes for a bit of decadence?
I just want you to know how much I enjoyed this comparison
you guys remind me of a girl I used to work with who would always mock "white people food," except that to her that really just meant "poor white people food." It's not gourmet, but sometimes all you have is fucking bread.
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Yeah, it's filling and I would like to see you come up with better for £0.06 a meal.
Poverty food exists for a reason.
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I feel like I’m the strange person for answering yes, I eat these now and again. I like to toast only the middle slice, and when it is done, butter salt and pepper both sides. The butter soaks in and softens the toasted slice up again, but it keeps a chew. Gives it a meaty texture that way.
"Yo dawg, I heard you liked bread..."
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The only people who survived medieval England were those who could psychologically tolerate bland food.
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I've made it out of curiosity. It tasted like buttered toast with pepper. Honestly pretty good
Not even my dad ate this and he liked all sorts of crazy rationing-era foods he'd grown up with in the war.
Wasn't this like midwar bombing rations when things got bad or something?
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I ate a lot of good food when I visited the UK. Honestly anyone who claims has only bad food has a skill issue.
Yeah I agree, there was always weird things like every culture, blood pudding and stuff, but generally there is absolutely nothing wrong with average UK food, except it's not that healthy.
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