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315 replies

likelysuspect · 17/06/2026 21:49

Greenery on things where it doesnt belong

Ordered baked beans on toast (we'll come back to that) today.

Came with a clump of greenery on top. Salad garni.

What person in their right mind does this?

And OF COURSE it was bloody sourdough. Because NO other bread exists these days. And it was not toasted. It was barely within sight of the toaster I reckon

So it turns up with its green clump and then, to make matters much worse, it came with some butter pats but THE BEANS WERE ALREADY ON THE UNTOASTED TOAST.

So I scraped off my beans to try to spread the butter but of course this was a wasted effort because the butter wouldnt adhere to the untoasted toast due to the bean juice so I ended up just smearing it around while it stuck to my knife.

Anyway back to the greenery. I cant tell you how many bits of rocket have gone flying down the road before when served atop something, because of course a bit of wind will pick up salad and send it flying into the face of an unsuspecting pedestrian.

And dont get me started on bloody pea shoots.

#endgreeneryoverload

YANBU - Garnishing perfectly adequate meals with frilly extras is a performative nonsense to make something out of nothing

YABU - I really like bits of salad on top of a full English and you're only posting this because your OH has the football on anyway and you're bored.

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Carouseloflife · 17/06/2026 22:10

I hate the beans on the toast, soggy toast is yuck

MrsMoastyToasty · 17/06/2026 22:08

Was it at a Wanky Hipster Cafe? If it was, therein lies the problem. What you need to do is to eat at a Greasy Caff if you want baked beans on proper (white sliced) bread.

ReadySaltedSquares · 17/06/2026 22:08

I hear you. Salad and dressing (usually with a shit load of raw red onion) really ruins the comfort of jacket potato beans and cheese 😢

likelysuspect · 17/06/2026 22:04

cosimarama · 17/06/2026 21:58

This kind of garnish is daft but offering butter after the beans have made contact with the toast is unacceptable.

Its completely unacceptable. But Im British and therefore I smiled sweetly when asked if everything is ok and seethed silently and then started a thread slagging off the practice on a forum.

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Placeoftides · 17/06/2026 22:01

@likelysuspect I don't know you but I'd love to have breakfast with you x

Delis · 17/06/2026 22:00

Not greenery, but I had poached eggs on toast served to me the other day with a balsamic drizzle all over it.
Notions. This shit needs to stop.

PacersSpanglesandaCabanabar · 17/06/2026 21:59

YANBU about the greens. The only thing that should be sprinkled on baked beans is copious amounts of grated extra mature cheddar. However, I do like a nice bit of sourdough, appropriately crozzled, with lashings of butter that goes all melty with the hot beans.

Lesina · 17/06/2026 21:59

Sourdough is the emperor new clothes of bread.

cosimarama · 17/06/2026 21:58

This kind of garnish is daft but offering butter after the beans have made contact with the toast is unacceptable.

Raera · 17/06/2026 21:57

In our house... it's got green shit on!

PollyBell · 17/06/2026 21:56

This genuinely has to be my thread of the year and sourdough needs to go in room 101

darksideofthetoon · 17/06/2026 21:55

You don’t have to convince me.

I think plant foods are overrated in so many ways and the plant based mantra is a load of nonsense.

I’m 90% animal based and never felt better.

Screamingabdabz · 17/06/2026 21:54

YANBU op. Baked beans are an abomination with or without unnecessary greenery - disgusting revolting balls of mush but I agree with you on mumsnetting due to football boredom.

IwanttoWFH · 17/06/2026 21:51

You are not being unreasonable. As someone who hates the majority of fresh/raw herbs (coriander being the main culprit) there are an alarming amount of eateries who sprinkle herbs all over everything, too. Most unnecessary (especially when it isn’t mentioned on the menu).

Iarthar · 17/06/2026 21:51

I swear there was someone else on here complaining about the baked beans in a community cafe last week. Too spicy or not from a tin or something. Maybe you could start a club? Picket offending establishments?