Baked beans on toast

Listening to N and J, there seem to be some very interesting food combinations here. They have mentioned Toad in the Hole which sounds like a game rather than a food, bangers and mash which sounds kinda like a heavy metal band, and the other day N had a Breakfast Pasty which had sausage, egg and baked beans in it. N says that a traditional english breakfast seems to include baked beans which for most back in Canada would think is weird. N did too until she had that Pasty. It was apparently pretty good. I would not know since I was not there when she had it...maybe next time.

But this brings me to the point of this post. Back in Canada, there were several times when N would make baked beans on toast and J thought that she was absolutely nuts. She had no idea where it came from just that her mom had made it and it was really good. For those wondering, baked beans on toast is quite literally baked beans (i.e., heinz or whatever) on bread, with a slice of cheese melted on top. Sounds a bit weird, but I would eat it....but I digress.

Yes, back to the point again. So J thought N was nuts but today she was vindicated....it seems that beans on toast (without the cheese) is an English dish. I guess this means that she was meant to come here...or at least will fit in a bit better. Beans on toast, not so weird here! Interestingly J has apparently come full circle as his great grandparents are actually from the Yorkshire area which is where Leeds is. So both of them were meant to be here. Me, I am just cute so I am meant to be anywhere. 

And for those of you who are wondering and don't know, Toad in the Hole is sausages and Yorkshire pudding, a pasty is a baked pastry with a filling (i.e., sausage, egg and baked beans), and bangers and mash are sausages and mashed potatoes.