Yippee Beans On Toast

[samsiam]

Ahhh yes....sending your dregs of society to the best country in the world....what does that say about your elders ??

[loong]

No need to go bean hungry.

Brooks Beans are just as good as Heinz or SPC....I used to buy SPC here all the time, have not seen them for a little while though...but we do not live in Bkk anymore either.

Brooks are available in Tesco.

Someone told me...not sure if true or not....but Brooks is made by the same company, or owned same same etc so the taste is the same, but cost a lot less....that would make sense.

I am having them tonight....my special blend....I cut up smoked cocktail sausages, cracked pepper and a splash of tobasco sauce and mix it all up in the pan....outstanding.

Brook actually do taste the same as heinze you can buy them anywhere in Pattaya also nice with some curry powder added,as for vegamite ,its just a poor immitation of marmite ,but then what can you expect when we sent our convicts to Australia they tried but just couldnt quite manage the same taste

At last - a really useful thread on Thaivisa

I must admit that I haven't bought any baked beans in Thailand for many years - tried a few, was disappointed and never bothered with them again.

Well, here are 2 of you posting that Brooks are as good as Heinz. I will definitely try them out and if they really are as good as you say, then you will have my gratitude.

Brooks do canned tomato juice, 26 Baht for 565ML and I prefer that to all the other brands available and that's not because it is probably the cheapest

[trainman34014]

Shetland lamb is, in my humble opinion, the best I have tasted. That includes NZ lamb.

Mind you the chef was excellent!

Nah; Welsh new season Lamb is the very best if you buy it direct from the Farmer. Nothing frozen wherever it comes from is as good as that on your plate the day after it was running around in the field.......Baahhhh.

[smokie36]

Shetland lamb is, in my humble opinion, the best I have tasted. That includes NZ lamb.

Mind you the chef was excellent!

Nah; Welsh new season Lamb is the very best if you buy it direct from the Farmer. Nothing frozen wherever it comes from is as good as that on your plate the day after it was running around in the field.......Baahhhh.

We could argue this all day long....JT give us a poll please!

[pastitche]

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

I agree about beans not really something one need hanker for here, with their widespread availability, but to question you on the lamb, are you saying Aussie is better than New Zealand?

In a word yes; the best lamb I ever tasted was, believe it or not at the Gabba in the Brisbane Lions club. I was visiting my son and coincidentally his wife had gone back to the UK for a conference so we went there for lunch. The lamb was delectable and without the fat of NZ, Welsh, English and Scottish lamb.

It may be because grass in Australia is less succulent than elsewhere but I know that it tasted better - to me at least

[pastitche]

Shetland lamb is, in my humble opinion, the best I have tasted. That includes NZ lamb.

Mind you the chef was excellent!

Nah; Welsh new season Lamb is the very best if you buy it direct from the Farmer. Nothing frozen wherever it comes from is as good as that on your plate the day after it was running around in the field.......Baahhhh.

We could argue this all day long....JT give us a poll please!

I have bought mutton from an organic farm in Wales and it was amazing. I can't understand why mutton is no longer available except from specialist outlets, it beats lamb hands down for flavour.

[pastitche]

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

hmpf....goes to show how much you know.

Moreton bay bugs are here...just different name and about 5/700 per kilo from memory.

Crayfish is over rated....the bugs are much tastier than any crayfish or lobster.

Barramundi is available in plentiful supply...we have it regularly.

We have a freezer currently stocked with lamb chops and 2 legs....easily available and if you know where to shop...priced right too.

Pies available from 2 suppliers I know of and one sells a tub of mushy peas if that takes your fancy.

Vegemite a plenty.

I wasn't talking about availability, just my puzzlement that in a thread where the OP asked what people missed, the emphasis was on baked beans. I'm not Australian and only talked about things I enjoyed there.

I think that I was about the first to reply on the thread so if you look back you will see the absurd things that I miss and I don't believe they are available.

So why the gratuitous insult about how much I know?

Edited April 22, 2012 by pastitche

[notmyself]

No need to go bean hungry.

Brooks Beans are just as good as Heinz or SPC....I used to buy SPC here all the time, have not seen them for a little while though...but we do not live in Bkk anymore either.

Brooks are available in Tesco.

Someone told me...not sure if true or not....but Brooks is made by the same company, or owned same same etc so the taste is the same, but cost a lot less....that would make sense.

I am having them tonight....my special blend....I cut up smoked cocktail sausages, cracked pepper and a splash of tobasco sauce and mix it all up in the pan....outstanding.

Brook actually do taste the same as heinze you can buy them anywhere in Pattaya also nice with some curry powder added,as for vegamite ,its just a poor immitation of marmite ,but then what can you expect when we sent our convicts to Australia they tried but just couldnt quite manage the same taste

At last - a really useful thread on Thaivisa

I must admit that I haven't bought any baked beans in Thailand for many years - tried a few, was disappointed and never bothered with them again.

Well, here are 2 of you posting that Brooks are as good as Heinz. I will definitely try them out and if they really are as good as you say, then you will have my gratitude.

Brooks do canned tomato juice, 26 Baht for 565ML and I prefer that to all the other brands available and that's not because it is probably the cheapest

Same here, I just give up on beans until I tried what another poster mentioned by adding malt vinegar and a good dash of Tabasco to tighten them up. Never seen the light version mentioned nor Heinz.

I also gave up on milk a couple of years back. I seriously tried because I'm a massive tea drinker but I just couldn't continue so now I just make batches of ice lemon tea which is great if I wake up thirsty during the night.

The only thing that I really miss is Dutch style herrings with onion. Known as rollmop or Bismark in the UK. As usual my sister will pick me up from the airport when I return to the UK end of June. She will also, as usual bring along a pot of 2 herrings which I shall eat before leaving the arrival area. Then it will be off to her local for a couple of jars before dinner of you know what.... Beans on toast.

[samsiam]

I dont know how much you know...so why would you be insulted by it ??

[pastitche]

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

hmpf....goes to show how much you know.

Moreton bay bugs are here...just different name and about 5/700 per kilo from memory.

Crayfish is over rated....the bugs are much tastier than any crayfish or lobster.

Barramundi is available in plentiful supply...we have it regularly.

We have a freezer currently stocked with lamb chops and 2 legs....easily available and if you know where to shop...priced right too.

Pies available from 2 suppliers I know of and one sells a tub of mushy peas if that takes your fancy.

Vegemite a plenty.

I dont know how much you know...so why would you be insulted by it ??

Have a look at what you said or are you suggesting that "hmpf... goes to show how much you know" is not meant to be offensive? I am sure that you are not that silly.

[notmyself]

Shetland lamb is, in my humble opinion, the best I have tasted. That includes NZ lamb.

Mind you the chef was excellent!

Nah; Welsh new season Lamb is the very best if you buy it direct from the Farmer. Nothing frozen wherever it comes from is as good as that on your plate the day after it was running around in the field.......Baahhhh.

We could argue this all day long....JT give us a poll please!

I have bought mutton from an organic farm in Wales and it was amazing. I can't understand why mutton is no longer available except from specialist outlets, it beats lamb hands down for flavour.

Using lamb instead of mutton ruins a good old Lancashire hotpot. I've managed to get a few people onto mutton the last three years or so with money being tight. Don't know what the price is now but middle of last year I bought a boned out shoulder for around 4 quid, plenty of fresh seasonal veg to go with it and it fed 6 people for well under a tenner. Don't even have to pay for the stock as it's made out of the bone with herbs from the garden. My elder sister comes to watch me cook now (when I'm in the UK). I think she realises that all those years as young kids when she was out playing but I was in the kitchen watching my mother or father cook paid off.

[edwinclapham]

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

hmpf....goes to show how much you know.

Moreton bay bugs are here...just different name and about 5/700 per kilo from memory.

Crayfish is over rated....the bugs are much tastier than any crayfish or lobster.

Barramundi is available in plentiful supply...we have it regularly.

We have a freezer currently stocked with lamb chops and 2 legs....easily available and if you know where to shop...priced right too.

Pies available from 2 suppliers I know of and one sells a tub of mushy peas if that takes your fancy.

Vegemite a plenty.

I dont know how much you know...so why would you be insulted by it ??

Have a look at what you said or are you suggesting that "hmpf... goes to show how much you know" is not meant to be offensive? I am sure that you are not that silly.

Freshly caught Mangrove Jack, Fresh Barramundi, you are right we love the Crays, Bugs etc

Despite all the wonderful fruits available in Thailand, they also exist here in Australia and one thing I always long for when I away is the good old Ozzie Apple or Pommie Coxs. Cant be doing with all the tasteless apples on the market.

Edited April 22, 2012 by edwinclapham

[thenervoussurgeon]

No need to go bean hungry.

Brooks Beans are just as good as Heinz or SPC....I used to buy SPC here all the time, have not seen them for a little while though...but we do not live in Bkk anymore either.

Brooks are available in Tesco.

Someone told me...not sure if true or not....but Brooks is made by the same company, or owned same same etc so the taste is the same, but cost a lot less....that would make sense.

I am having them tonight....my special blend....I cut up smoked cocktail sausages, cracked pepper and a splash of tobasco sauce and mix it all up in the pan....outstanding.

Brook actually do taste the same as heinze you can buy them anywhere in Pattaya also nice with some curry powder added,as for vegamite ,its just a poor immitation of marmite ,but then what can you expect when we sent our convicts to Australia they tried but just couldnt quite manage the same taste

At last - a really useful thread on Thaivisa

I must admit that I haven't bought any baked beans in Thailand for many years - tried a few, was disappointed and never bothered with them again.

Well, here are 2 of you posting that Brooks are as good as Heinz. I will definitely try them out and if they really are as good as you say, then you will have my gratitude.

Brooks do canned tomato juice, 26 Baht for 565ML and I prefer that to all the other brands available and that's not because it is probably the cheapest

Same here, I just give up on beans until I tried what another poster mentioned by adding malt vinegar and a good dash of Tabasco to tighten them up. Never seen the light version mentioned nor Heinz.

I also gave up on milk a couple of years back. I seriously tried because I'm a massive tea drinker but I just couldn't continue so now I just make batches of ice lemon tea which is great if I wake up thirsty during the night.

The only thing that I really miss is Dutch style herrings with onion. Known as rollmop or Bismark in the UK. As usual my sister will pick me up from the airport when I return to the UK end of June. She will also, as usual bring along a pot of 2 herrings which I shall eat before leaving the arrival area. Then it will be off to her local for a couple of jars before dinner of you know what.... Beans on toast.

They sell them in most villa supermarkets ,bur at the price they charge (about360 i do begrudge buyying them

[notmyself]

They sell them in most villa supermarkets ,bur at the price they charge (about360 i do begrudge buyying them

Pretty sure there is no Villa on Samui but I thank you very much for the information. Cost is not really an issue but I'm not sure I am willing to go all the way to perhaps Surat for them. They are the Dutch syle ones I take it rather than the Swedish ones which are sweet?

[BigJohnnyBKK]

The only food I crave and can't find here is marzipan.

I don't mean the little flowers or animals already shaped, but by-the-kilogram logs.

And some soft drinks, especially Birch Beer and genuine spicy Ginger Beer. Also Mountain Dew.

[raymp]

The baked beans i get from tops are SPC brand. Australian.

Baked beans on toast, breakfast of champions.

[samsiam]

I dont know how much you know...so why would you be insulted by it ??

Have a look at what you said or are you suggesting that "hmpf... goes to show how much you know" is not meant to be offensive? I am sure that you are not that silly.

How dare you tell me I cannot be that silly...I'll have you know I can well be.

The baked beans i get from tops are SPC brand. Australian.

Baked beans on toast, breakfast of champions.

For hungry little human beans.......a Warnie fav.

[raymp]

Last time we were in Australia i bought kangaroo steaks about 3 kg.

Froze them wrapped them put em in a cooler bag and then in the suitcase and brought it back to Thailand.

Kangaroo was still cool when the motherlaw got it that night.

Next day everyone in the soi had kangaroo chilli .

They all loved kangaroo,

But then i have seen them eat rats and lizards to.

BUt they wont touch baked beans or vegemite

[chonabot]

Wowo - just found some Ayam baked beans in the Kalasin branch of Tesco/Clitus......

[Bagwan]

Ahhh yes....sending your dregs of society to the best country in the world....what does that say about your elders ??

It was the dregs of society that decided that those who stole just to feed their families should be transported. Few of the transported were hardened criminals. That such events occured is a very large blot on the face of British justice.

P.S. I am English.

[Bagwan]

I'd kill for a pair of fat oily Loch Fyne kippers. I have to made do with kipper fillets that the label states are Swiss Canadian - whatever that means. Real Cheddar cheese from Cheddar doesn't form part of my diet these days but I can make do with the King of Cheeses, Stilton. Black Pudding is available but bottles of Dandelion and Burdock seem to have gone walkabout.

[elwood]

Wowo - just found some Ayam baked beans in the Kalasin branch of Tesco/Clitus......

Tesco/Clitus - that sounds promising.

[arthurwait]

It's probably been said on the thread already, but you can get BB in makro. Well at least you could in my local branch. They introduced a foreign foods section about 6 months ago and they were on there. I think they probably just put everything imported on this section that was already in the store. The Spanish or Mexican looking brand (although probably Thai) are probably better than Heinz and reasonably priced.

[notmyself]

I'd kill for a pair of fat oily Loch Fyne kippers. I have to made do with kipper fillets that the label states are Swiss Canadian - whatever that means. Real Cheddar cheese from Cheddar doesn't form part of my diet these days but I can make do with the King of Cheeses, Stilton. Black Pudding is available but bottles of Dandelion and Burdock seem to have gone walkabout.

I was of a mind to report this post on the grounds of torture.

[tutsiwarrior]

Brooks beans are the best for a bean salad, good texture and better than Ayam brand...I wash off the sauce and then combine with a can of red kidneys and fresh cooked green beans or them french beans; mix with onion and garlic and extra virgin olive oil, salt, lotsa fresh ground pepper and lime juice in the fridge and then yer cookin'...good fer a couple of days of quick meals...

tutsi will prepare in his kitchen with the step daughter in attendance and observing...then, after refrigeration and the right combination of flavour I will say to the step daughter: 'here, have some...' and then she will turn up her nose, pro forma to indicate that all falang cuisine tastes like shit and then I say: 'you are a little thai food fascist that doesn't know shit...' and then she says: 'so what? whaddaya gonna do about it?...' she is 18 y.o. and an excellent thai cook, btw...

what is a well intentioned falang then to do?

Edited April 25, 2012 by tutsiwarrior

[Rhiwfawr]

Ginsters pasty and Beef and Tomatoe Pot Noodle!!

[StreetCowboy]

Short crust mutton pies

Brown sauce diluted with vinegar

The best samosas I've had since I left Scotland are from the Sentral Chappatti House in Brickfields.

Haddock

SC

[bonobo]

Where are you getting your lamb?

NZ lamb chops are simply the best in the world....Mmmmmm!

I might have agreed with this before I went to Jordan. The absolute best lamb chops I have ever had were at the Greater Amman Restaurant near Circle 5 in Amman. Heavenly!

[smokie36]

Short crust mutton pies

Brown sauce diluted with vinegar

The best samosas I've had since I left Scotland are from the Sentral Chappatti House in Brickfields.

Haddock

SC

I've had all of those in the last week!

Time to visit the gym now....

[attrayant]

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else?

I'd have to say dairy products such as sour cream and cheese. Especially the bright yellow American cheese. The faded amber sandwich slices I find here taste more like cheddar. If I want cheddar, I'll buy a block of cheddar. I want American cheese, dammit!

As for baked beans, I've found the canned versions here to be too tomato-ish. Surprising, since the Thais seem to want most foods to be sweet. I always have to add some brown sugar or molasses to canned baked beans that I buy here.