Has TGI Friday's lost their mind?

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

They're both British dietary staples.

http://www.scottishsport.co.uk/runni....htm#breakfast
http://www.recipezaar.com/180946
http://www.mrsbridgespantry.com/tearoom.htm (scroll down to British Favorites)

But I hate beans

Mrs. Bridge's Pantry cannot be used as a valid reference because a. it's in Connecticut and b. they serve crumpets with jam and clotted cream. That's blasphemy! Crumpets are to be eaten with butter and butter only! :P

Beans on toast is The dietary staple and spaghetti on toast is a variant. Most people will say, 'cor I really fancy beans on toast', not spaghetti. Even though it's the sauce that makes the meal worth it, which can be acquired from either baked beans or canned spaghetti.
Also, you can't really make beans on toast over here. The bread is too small so there are too many beans! Though I did make some the other week, after procuring a rare can of English baked-beany goodness.

[Drolefille]

I did try Fridays' 3 meat fondito (or however you say it.) THAT is one excellent skillet of cheesy meaty goodness.

/just saw the ads for the other New Appetizers...

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Mrs. Bridge's Pantry cannot be used as a valid reference because a. it's in Connecticut and b. they serve crumpets with jam and clotted cream. That's blasphemy! Crumpets are to be eaten with butter and butter only! :P

Beans on toast is The dietary staple and spaghetti on toast is a variant. Most people will say, 'cor I really fancy beans on toast', not spaghetti. Even though it's the sauce that makes the meal worth it, which can be acquired from either baked beans or canned spaghetti.
Also, you can't really make beans on toast over here. The bread is too small so there are too many beans! Though I did make some the other week, after procuring a rare can of English baked-beany goodness.

And what precisely is wrong with Connecticut?? Connecticut is in New England, after all...

I still hold to my position that they are both current dietary staples - whether beans on toast predated spaghetti on toast or not.

-- aephi alum, whose British mother never served her either one

ETA: There's a great little store called UK Gourmet that sells a number of food items that are hard to find outside the UK, including sweets, very good bangers, and many different varieties of cheese. It's in Connecticut too.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

And what precisely is wrong with Connecticut?? Connecticut is in New England, after all...

I still hold to my position that they are both current dietary staples - whether beans on toast predated spaghetti on toast or not.

-- aephi alum, whose British mother never served her either one

ETA: There's a great little store called UK Gourmet that sells a number of food items that are hard to find outside the UK, including sweets, very good bangers, and many different varieties of cheese. It's in Connecticut too.

There's a store in MA called British Delights where I go squeal like a schoolgirl every few months But good to know about the other one in the area. There's nothing wrong with CT...it's a pahkin' lot!

EDIT: That website is an eyesore but it's making me drool. They have way more stuff than British Delights, at least fresh food wise. Sausages, sausage rolls, steak and kidney pie, bacon, and all the sweets in the world. I'm only two hours away...I think I'll be popping in for a visit