How is beans on toast a treat?

[kit05]

Saw someone on here the other day said they were having beans on toast as a "treat".

Why is this a treat? Is it due to salt and sugar in them ?

This was staple of my student diet, not sure I see it as a treat , more so that times are hard.

Any other treats ?

[isabellerossignol]

I'm desperate for a home grown lentils and massive salad mumsnetter to start a YouTube channel where they taste the food of the masses.

I can see it now. Opening the Angel Delight packet and getting the powder all over them. Then making it up and tasting it suspiciously before declaring that she expected it to taste more like panacotta.

Quick taste of Cathedral City cheddar and 'oh, it's got a stronger flavour than the Comte that I usually buy...'

[chipsychopsy]

This place is a hotbed of batshit disorder eating, or a lot of people lying.

Beans on toast is a great meal option. Cheap, quick, nutritionally good, and even fussy eaters enjoy it.

[isabellerossignol]

Actually, for all my mocking, I love beans on toast. And I also love lentils. And salad...

[Rickandportly]

Low carb here - beans on toast is a lovely day off the diet treat!

[perplexedagain]

I had beans on toast last night - what's the problem?

[Longdistance]

My dds had beans on toast last night, with grated cheese on top.

Now, fish finger sandwich with runny fried egg 😋

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

isabelle

kateandme, how dare you doubt me?

[randomchap]

My wife couldn't stand beans so whenever she went out for dinner and left me at home I'd have beans on toast. Anything can be a treat if you have it rarely.

[phoenixrosehere]

Yanbu.

Would never ever consider it a treat, but then the sight and thought of it grossed me out. I like beans and I love toast but not those kind and definitely not on toast.

[Ferretyone]

Now cold baked beans out of the tin, that's another matter!

To make baked beans even vaguely palatable else these days you need to add what they took out. Salt, sugar [yes the horror of it] and some tomato puree or - at a pinch - ketchup.

Then to convert it to super baked beans. Freshly toasted good white bread with butter. Hot beans on top topped with grated good cheese and sliced raw tomatoes.

You will note - I hope - that I am a gourmet

[isabellerossignol]

If I were having beans on toast, I'd actually be having beans beside toast, because I don't like stuff on toast, just with it.

Wonder what that would be called on Masterchef. Haricot beans with a tomato reduction, pres d'un piece of toast perhaps?

[dreichwinter]

It would be a treat for me.
Living in the USA hienz baked beans are hard to get and very expensive!

[GorgonzolaTombola]

It's a treat because it has to be paid for in flatulence.

[Babybel90]

I think it’s a treat because you don’t have it often but enjoy it. I have a pot noodle once a year on our camping holiday as a ‘treat’. Technically I could have one every day if I wanted but they’re junk so I don’t!

[dancinginthekitchen]

My daughter and I had it for lunch today. It’s a treat to have when you arrive home cold and wet and need a quick hot lunch or tea, or perhaps are a bit upset and need something comforting and familiar that doesn’t take much preparation - I love it, but it is a treat!

[Slazengerbag]

It’s a treat for me. It’s comfort food. If I’m feeling under the weather beans on toast is my pick me up. Toast with real butter, beans with cheese stirred in whilst they are cooking and a poached egg on top. Love it 😊

[Thehop]

It’s a treat for me on weight watchers because it’s really high in points.

[RuffleCrow]

It's a treat for the person who doesn't have to think about cooking!

[Thinkingabout1t]

Of course it's a treat if it's something you love and don't eat very often. It doesn't matter what it is.
My favourite comment on this thread so far, Zara. Simple pleasures.

[Ragwort]

I think it’s a typical Mumsnet inverse snobbery at its best, of course I cook from scratch every night, we all love sea bass and quinoa, once in a while I might serve (organic) beans on (wholemeal) toast to give myself a night off cooking.

No one I know, poncey middle class types, cooks from scratch every single night.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

It's not a 'treat' in terms of monetary value, treat yourself to something posh, more like treat yourself to something easy, crappy and comforting.

Totally!

Cheap, easy, delicious and actually not that bad nutritionally, surely?

There's protein as well as carbs in them thar beans, and they are full of fibre which is also good for your digestion. You can put bit of cheese or a poached egg on them if you fancy jazzing them up (I don't - I'm a purist in these matters) and increasing their nutrition value even more.

[Bouledeneige]

To me it's comfort food and rather nice when you don't fancy a big meal. Has resonance with childhood. My kids love it too.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

Sorry Slazenger - didn't realise you'd already mentioned the cheese and egg.

(Reading backwards up the thread - as you do!)

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

Wonder what that would be called on Masterchef. Haricot beans with a tomato reduction, pres d'un piece of toast perhaps?

"Pres d'un piece du pain brûlée" maybe Isabelle

'Tis starting to sound quite exotic . . .

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

I'm also longing to watch your YouTube "Is this what poor people eat?" channel Isabelle - sounds like a winner to me!