Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Please help stop this disgraceful practice.

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.

OP posts:
Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/06/2026 09:11

Let's settle on the stocks. We could throw all the unwanted greenery and edible flowers at you.

Malasana · 18/06/2026 09:01

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/06/2026 08:51

Gulag, I would say. Beans on toast does not require butter. Shock Worst thing I've read in ages.

Ah no - not Gulag. Maybe tarred and feathered?

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/06/2026 08:51

Malasana · 18/06/2026 08:38

Ha ha straight to jail for me 🤣

Gulag, I would say. Beans on toast does not require butter. Shock Worst thing I've read in ages.

Malasana · 18/06/2026 08:38

CaesarAugusta · 18/06/2026 08:12

Surely this entire post is a banning offence?

Ha ha straight to jail for me 🤣

CaesarAugusta · 18/06/2026 08:24

When I'm dictator I'll make cafes and restaurants that serve greenery with breakfasts conduct a survey where for, say, a month, they offer the choice of one meal with salad and the same meal with something else, e.g. an extra portion of toast. Then they would have to report back honestly on how that want. I'm prepared to bet that the vote would go almost exclusively in favour of no greenery.

CaesarAugusta · 18/06/2026 08:12

Malasana · 18/06/2026 05:05

I love baked beans and I love beans on toast.

I love sourdough.

Beans on toast does not require butter.

Pea shoots are glorious.

There - I said what I said 🙈

Surely this entire post is a banning offence?

MrsClatterbuck · 18/06/2026 08:06

I'm with you. I have even got this greenery on my
Fry where it most definitely doesn't belong. Also the other day out for lunch I got the liver bacon and onion gravy meal. Greenery again why.
Please just stop this stupid practice.
Also I always have to ask for extra butter for my scone. I like my butter. If hard I usually put it under my tea or coffee cup to soften it or the tea pot.

Thechaseison71 · 18/06/2026 08:04

DeftGoldHedgehog · 18/06/2026 08:00

It still soon melts in two minutes.

By which time the toast is getting cold

DeftGoldHedgehog · 18/06/2026 08:00

Thechaseison71 · 18/06/2026 07:57

Nor when it's rick solid in the first place

It still soon melts in two minutes.

Thechaseison71 · 18/06/2026 07:57

DeftGoldHedgehog · 18/06/2026 07:04

Doesn't the butter start to melt momentarily when you leave the little pat on the warm item?

Nor when it's rick solid in the first place

Thechaseison71 · 18/06/2026 07:56

Lovemycat2023 · 17/06/2026 22:27

Could not agree more about coriander. Nasty soapy stuff.

Coriander is strange that it tastes soapy to some people The rest of us it doesn't taste like that

darksideofthetoon · 18/06/2026 07:47

sunshinestar1986 · 18/06/2026 02:51

What's the other 10%?
I tried carnivore once for a month absolutely loved how it made me feel but I just got bored.
But now my diet has gone so bad, I'd like to give it another go

I tend to have things like olives, avocado and a little other fruit. But I avoid grains like the plague.

I don’t buy that they’re healthy and actually think they’re absolutely terrible for human health.

I’ve been doing this now for 1.5 years and I never get bored of juicy steaks, fatty pork, lamb, bacon, eggs, sausages, cheese & seafood.

I literally can’t put weight on eating like this and it’s so easy to stay satiated.

Maybe you’ll give it another try but go slow and it’s fine not to be 100% strict.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 18/06/2026 07:04

Contraryjane · 18/06/2026 05:58

And Another Thing!
If you order something that requires butter, eg toast, toasted teacake, or a cheese scone, they never give you enough and it’s always cold and won’t spread. Usually two teeny pats. I always have to ask for more and they look at me as if I’m a right lardy.

Doesn't the butter start to melt momentarily when you leave the little pat on the warm item?

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 18/06/2026 06:32

I would more incensed about the butter /soggy toast situation (Always butter on the toast BEFORE the beans) than the greenery, but honestly if it was coriander that would have finished me off.

And warm bread is not toast.

I wouldn't be going back!

Meadowfinch · 18/06/2026 06:29

Maybe they are trying to help you reach your five a day !

BiteSizeByzantine · 18/06/2026 06:27

I ordered poached egg on toast at a posh new cafe last year and there were violets and leaves all over it. Omg the texture 🤮

LondonMumo23 · 18/06/2026 06:26

This is my favourite mumsnet thread ever

im with you op!

Howmanycatsistoomany · 18/06/2026 06:25

Can't stand sourdough, don't mind pea shoots but ffs the only garni that belongs on beans on toast is grated cheddar.

Icantbebothered · 18/06/2026 06:21

I’m ok with the green stuff. But Coleslaw, or worse ‘Slaw’ is the food of the devil and should not be used to garnish anything

TheNoonBell · 18/06/2026 06:18

I had something similar recently, a rather expensive full english served on a bed of rocket. They'd even made their own not particularly great baked beans.

Poor DH was traumatised by the whole experience and kept mumbling "why..."

Contraryjane · 18/06/2026 05:58

And Another Thing!
If you order something that requires butter, eg toast, toasted teacake, or a cheese scone, they never give you enough and it’s always cold and won’t spread. Usually two teeny pats. I always have to ask for more and they look at me as if I’m a right lardy.

ItsNotMeEither · 18/06/2026 05:38

Forget the salad garnish, that can easily be pushed aside! The real crime here is the untoasted bread (eww Sourdough too).

I want TOAST! I want it toasted, not given a slight suntan if you squint into the light. I want my toast made from bread!

I don't mind if other people want sourdough, but toast should be toast and sourdough should be an option.

66babe · 18/06/2026 05:33

I paid £14 yesterday for avocado toast with poached egg and a pea shoot foam ! What the hell was a foam ? Looked like it had been blended and shot on the plate while all frothy
The utter look of disgust on her face when I asked for a bit of butter and some tea
I’m sure the roasted blended macchiato with oat milk or almond is lovely but some PG will do me thanks
Well done England 🎉🎉🎉

Malasana · 18/06/2026 05:05

I love baked beans and I love beans on toast.

I love sourdough.

Beans on toast does not require butter.

Pea shoots are glorious.

There - I said what I said 🙈

WarthogWoman · 18/06/2026 05:00

I love beans. I love greens. I love sourdough (unpopular opinion) They should not go together

Swipe left for the next trending thread