Please help stop this disgraceful practice.

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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.

South African here and second your American friend's view about beans at a BBQ. My dad always did this when we were growing up (kept in the fridge so nice and cold). Not sure how prevalent it was outside our house though. Don't recall ever having hot beans on toast until I came to the UK - love both versions now! And hot beans in jackets with cheese - yum!

Bean haterz posters are U!

I love poached eggs on toast as a breakfast treat in a cafe. My favourite cafe, that had always made perfect soft poached eggs on hot buttered (normal, not sourdough) toast, one day randomly decided to serve it covered in chopped chives. Literally covered.

They were "trying something new".

I am allergic to anything in the onion type family, including chives.

I had to ask them to make me a fresh serving, and they seemed quite put out.

I referred them back to their menu item, which mentioned eggs, bread and butter. Not a word about chives.

They made me a fresh serving.

I put mine in my bum, problem solved!

Oh i assumed this was about the five second rule, twice this week on school pickup i've seen small children drop sweets / biscuits on the floor to pick it up and their mum tell them its fine to eat.

I've seen threads about this.

As if 20% of people want a clump of rocket on their beans?!

(Unless they’re even weirder than that and they like untoasted toast with no butter on!)

I could have written your post. My husband and I moan about the same thing every time we go out for brunch. 😅

Completely agree - I loathe sprout type garnishes on top of breakfast/brunch time meals inparticular. I do not mind chives, a little parsley or even a sprig of chervil which can add to the meal. But an enormous clump of sprouts atop a poached egg is vile.

And the prevalence of sour dough seemingly to the exclusion of all other types of bread is infuriating. It suits some meals but dominates other dishes, The crust if toasted properly is too hard to cut easily with poached eggs and untoasted, and barely warm, as most places seem to serve it the flavour is too strong, the texture unpleasant.

It has nothing to do with not liking ‘proper’ bread a 5 grain is great, a proper white loaf perfect. Sour dough is always sliced too thickly, the crust too dominant, it doesn’t absorb yolk and it just slides around on your plate leaving a slightly unpleasant aftertaste.

It’s ok well toasted with jam. A nightmare in any dish that requires a knife and fork to cut it.

edit- spelling

Well, I must be on my own....as I don't feel 'right' if I haven't had a bit of greenery on the side with my meal :(
Although....that said, breakfast is not one of those meals.

I once had fish and chips in a pub served on a bed of lettuce, the peas were missing so I wondered if they'd substituted them with the lettuce.

I actually complained to the waiter as the lettuce was all mushy and it looked gross, but he just looked at me like I was mad.

Bloody hell! I'd need a lie down after that, and some counselling.

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 clicked on this thinking it was going to be an eco post about non-native flora being introduced into urban landscapes - this is so much better 😂

I like greenery, and sourdough.
But. The beans should come in a pot on the side. The bread should be toasted. You can then decide if you want to butter your bread before putting the beans on yourself.
The greenery should also be on the side.
It's all about practicalities for me.

Cress on top of nachos is the worst I’ve experienced. Impossible to pick out all the cress from the salsa, guacamole, sour cream and melty cheese. It wasn’t just pointless, it negatively impacted on the dish, imo at least.

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

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 🙈

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 🎉🎉🎉

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.

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.

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..."

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

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

This is my favourite mumsnet thread ever

im with you op!

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 🤮