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Baked bean wars
Have just my first ever experience of Branston Baked Beans [on toast, of course].
I have to say they were mighty fine and could well be better than longtime champ Heinz. Very tasty and satisfying.
Anyone else have a view on the merits of either brand of bean? Or are there other beans less well-known that deserve the title of "World's Greatest Baked Bean"?
I have to say they were mighty fine and could well be better than longtime champ Heinz. Very tasty and satisfying.
Anyone else have a view on the merits of either brand of bean? Or are there other beans less well-known that deserve the title of "World's Greatest Baked Bean"?
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I would never have tried them but for the fact that (a) the Sunday Times Style section praised them recently and (b) Morrison's have a cracking deal on a 4-pack at the moment
If I think about it then the taste was slightly fuller and richer. And now I have been sad enough to check the rival ingredients I can exclusively reveal the following: Branston have a total 4% more beans and tomatoes in them than the Heinz can! Branston combined are 80% vs 76% at Heinz. Branston beans provide more calories [87 vs 72 per 100g] and more fat [0.4g vs 0.2g per 100g]. I've also just read the fibre content is 5.5g/100g with Branston vs 3.7g at Heinz
I missed a trick with my poll options - maybe the Heinz bean is now the has-bean?
If I think about it then the taste was slightly fuller and richer. And now I have been sad enough to check the rival ingredients I can exclusively reveal the following: Branston have a total 4% more beans and tomatoes in them than the Heinz can! Branston combined are 80% vs 76% at Heinz. Branston beans provide more calories [87 vs 72 per 100g] and more fat [0.4g vs 0.2g per 100g]. I've also just read the fibre content is 5.5g/100g with Branston vs 3.7g at Heinz
I missed a trick with my poll options - maybe the Heinz bean is now the has-bean?
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I knew when i wrote what I thought I was writing I was laying myself open to that kind of comment.
Can we decide that Tiger Woods is the best of this era and then get back to bean-eating please? I think this challenge from Branston is very serious and represents a potential seismic shift in the bean balance of the world, and needs to be discussed further.
PS Black pepper yes, brown sauce not this time as my stocks are out.
Can we decide that Tiger Woods is the best of this era and then get back to bean-eating please? I think this challenge from Branston is very serious and represents a potential seismic shift in the bean balance of the world, and needs to be discussed further.
PS Black pepper yes, brown sauce not this time as my stocks are out.
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Groomyd wrote:I've bought the beans
Tomorrow i dine.
The facts and not the opinions will then be in the public domain.
I always find the following recipe to be far superior to Beans when wanting a clear out.
1 sausage
1 head of cabbage
20 Jalapeno peppers
40 Walnuts
40 Peanuts
1/2 a box of All Bran Cereal
and top it off with a gallon of Prune Juice
one certainly finds out what your arse is for after eating that, trust me.
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Updateel_pappje wrote:Shhhhhh! I haven't told groomy about the side-efects of the extra fibre content yetMadchester wrote:please no... there's already enough hot air flying out of various oriphices on this forum
At 12pm today i had a tin of Branston beans.
The colour is more orangy than Heinz and while they were tasty i did not find the sauce as good as Heinz.
However Mrs Groomy has just told me that if i dont stop trumping i'm going to have to be put in the garden!
In sumary i think they are good enough for all to try.
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I tried the Branston ones a quite a while ago in a taste contest outside sainsbury's. When I said I didnt like either of them they were confused, no option for that on the form. I've always prefferred HP to Heinze, much tastier sauce IMO. The Hienze meanz beanz would be much better if they were actually HOT, I found them much too tame and had to add Tabasco.
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