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To be flabbergasted, amazed, and perplexed by my friends bean choice

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C64 · 02/09/2024 08:14

I was recently at a friend’s house and noticed they only had supermarket own brand beans. I was flabbergasted and astonished. It has rocked me to the core.

My friend isn’t short of money. She earns six figures, has a 900k house (mortgaged), has a BMW, and holidays in the Maldives annually.

I was there for lunch. I was expecting bruschetta with cherry tomatoes from the artisan farmer’s market. When she offered me beans on toast, I just couldn’t take it any longer and had to leave. I told her it was because I thought I’d left the hot tub on, but I think she knew it was the beans.

It’s been on my mind ever since, although I’ve tried to forget it. I thought about leaving a four pack of Heinz on her doorstep but not sure she’d take them with the kindess they were intended.

Should I just go no contact or low contact?

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NoahVale · 02/09/2024 20:16

branched out into Waitrose essential baked beans, bit more expensive than my usual tesco/asda value, but we will see

Didimum · 02/09/2024 19:48

Wasn’t there a running beans brand joke a while ago? I think you’re late to the game, OP.

LunaNorth · 02/09/2024 19:46

Bumcake · 02/09/2024 11:19

I’m guessing they are the sort of doormats who get pushed around endlessly IRL so take the little bit of power where possible.

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Definite school bully vibes.

ICallPeopleDudeNow · 02/09/2024 19:37

Branster · 02/09/2024 08:44

Same! Glad it's not just me, I thought I'm being weird and can't line them up properly so I stopped buying Heinz. I was also really annoyed when they reduced the quantity of beans in the tins about 4 years ago and you end up with 1/4 sauce and 3/4 beans.

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Try Branston, you’ll never eat anything else. Stackable tins and they taste like one product rather than beans with sauce added, if that makes sense. Bloody lovely.

grumpygrape · 02/09/2024 13:09

Hollowvoice · 02/09/2024 12:11

Cheese under the beans is acceptable as long there is also cheese on top of the beans

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Hmmmmm, double cheese eh? Not bad but of course it would have to be parmesan dahling 😉

Petitchat · 02/09/2024 13:00

usernother · 02/09/2024 10:26

@Growlybear83 But did you tilt your head

Oh God, no I forgot. Am I even a real Mumsnetter? (Sobs quietly into my favourite ever snack of plain rice cakes).

Are you a real mumsnetter?
Yes, if you can make a roast chicken last all week 👍

Hollowvoice · 02/09/2024 12:11

grumpygrape · 02/09/2024 10:13

Ahem, the cheese has to be on top of the toast and then the beans on top of the cheese. Anything else is just WRONG. 😂

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Cheese under the beans is acceptable as long there is also cheese on top of the beans

vodkaredbullgirl · 02/09/2024 11:55

grumpygrape · 02/09/2024 10:13

Ahem, the cheese has to be on top of the toast and then the beans on top of the cheese. Anything else is just WRONG. 😂

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Might have to try that lol

jay55 · 02/09/2024 11:37

Waitrose essentials are the best beans, taste like they used to.

Bumcake · 02/09/2024 11:19

LunaNorth · 02/09/2024 09:54

Why are posters so rude these days? If you don’t think a post is funny, just scroll by or put your phone down and do something else.

That you’d take time out of your day to try to make someone feel stupid or embarrassed for posting what they thought was a lighthearted post is a real pity.

I’m guessing they are the sort of doormats who get pushed around endlessly IRL so take the little bit of power where possible.

Bumcake · 02/09/2024 11:16

GalileoHumpkins · 02/09/2024 08:31

Oh yay a comedy thread 🙄

Can’t be helped, it’s compulsory to read and respond.

I don’t like my baked beans, I’d have just had the toast.

Toottooot · 02/09/2024 10:35

Sorry is this meant to be funny? Affa big fail min.

PandoraSox · 02/09/2024 10:33

usernother · 02/09/2024 10:26

@Growlybear83 But did you tilt your head

Oh God, no I forgot. Am I even a real Mumsnetter? (Sobs quietly into my favourite ever snack of plain rice cakes).

You can eat a whole rice cake? I eat them by one rice grain per day. I'd be stuffed otherwise.

Moltenpink · 02/09/2024 10:33

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This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines - previously banned poster.

Best post this year 😂

PandoraSox · 02/09/2024 10:32

EffortlesslyInelegant · 02/09/2024 09:42

This is not a 'positive butt-sucky comments only' forum. The simple fact is that the OP is about as funny as a shit sandwich and we are doing her a favour by telling her this.

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Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning...

usernother · 02/09/2024 10:26

@Growlybear83 But did you tilt your head

Oh God, no I forgot. Am I even a real Mumsnetter? (Sobs quietly into my favourite ever snack of plain rice cakes).

Womblealongwithme · 02/09/2024 10:25

God there's some right miserable sods on here. Even if you don't think it's funny, just ignore it. Talk about pissing on someone's chips, just because they posted a light-hearted thread. 😂

At least ... I think it was light-hearted ...

SiobhanSharpe · 02/09/2024 10:24

No, no! Heinz beans are terribly, terribly sweet -- so bad for you.
The only way to go is to make your own, with Borlotti beans you have soaked overnight, and Tuscan tomatoes, darling.
Failing that, Heinz No Added Sugar beans are a (barely) acceptable substitute. Or possibly Waitrose own brand if you must have shop-bought. But you will be judged...

SquirrelSoShiny · 02/09/2024 10:22

I hope you were discusted and fumming too.

DontCallAnyoneAnIdiotOrYouWillBeBannedAgain · 02/09/2024 10:20

Definitely low contact - if I had a friend acting in this preposterous way I would check whether she was ok first, then if she was, just limit my contact.

You can only support her up to a point @C64 . Her life, her choices. She will realise in time when other Proper Bean Lovers (PBL) fade away, just what she has lost in you. Beans on TOAST?? An act of desecration to the wonderful bean.

I had a friend who I shall call "Doris" (will change some of the details so as not to be outing) who - and my hands are shaking writing this - PUT HER CHOCOLATE IN THE FRIDGE. There, I have written it. If was a horrific discovery and I gently brought it up to her, that chocolate loses flavour in the fridge, but no, she wasn't going to listen. Whatever I said, she was determined to do it her way. In the end, I had to wobble walk away.

I heard years later that other friends had tried to tell her. But she had to learn the hard way - by breaking her teeth on the Whole Nut bar. It caused her untold pain and misery so I am told and her front tooth

If you are reading "Doris", I am still hear for you. I bear no grudges.

Edit - yes I have too much time on my hands this morning 😃

laveritable · 02/09/2024 10:17

True story ! I did visit a very wealthy 70 yr old neighbour once and she had a spread of all beige food ( just like school dinners ) . I was really trying to be polite! A cup of tea and 2 biscuits is good enough for me!

Catafult · 02/09/2024 10:15

EffortlesslyInelegant · 02/09/2024 09:42

This is not a 'positive butt-sucky comments only' forum. The simple fact is that the OP is about as funny as a shit sandwich and we are doing her a favour by telling her this.

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It’s better than the endless threads complaining about things imo

sunseaandsoundingoff · 02/09/2024 10:15

BBCLW · 02/09/2024 08:30

I boycott Heinz beans because the tins don't stack properly.

anyone who stacks tins has a death wish, they're saving you from yourself.

SatansBobbleheadedDashboardOrnament · 02/09/2024 10:14

ClairDeLaLune · 02/09/2024 10:01

@AgnesX important question: do Branston beans taste of Branston pickle? There’s a tin in my mum’s cupboard that I’m too scared to try! (My mum doesn’t eat that sort of food anymore)

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Branston beans are far superior and pickle-free. Further enhanced by a bit of brown sauce.

BabaYetu · 02/09/2024 10:13

The important part is the pronunciation of bruschetta, obviously.

Did you pronounce it correctly or like a teenager with a Saturday job at Pizza Express?