cna't find much to back up my claims succintly, so i'll put it into my own words

and you can look it up later in your encyclopedia britannica when you get home.

Basically the pilgrims ate a crappy version of cassoulet made with beans and maple syrup and pork bits, but then mr heinz industrialized the process and put it all in a tin. later, to cut costs, he left out the pork.

Posted By: Dave in France on September 6th 2007 at 16:34:30

Message Thread

Anyone experienced Heinz baked beans & cumberland sausages? (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 15:58:25
- A Cumberland sausage is supposed to be one very long curly sausage (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 6, 16:27:09
- It's national sausage week. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 6, 16:19:34
  - Is that what you told the Girl Guides when they came round on bob a job? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 6, 16:24:16
    - What'(wa)s a tanner? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 6, 17:13:40
      - Come on Young Hawes, you're older than me and even I know that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 6, 17:17:43
    - No, I told them it was National Clothes Swapping week. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 6, 16:26:56
  - Damn! (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Sep 6, 16:21:31
- They make the beans taste funny in my experience. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 6, 16:16:27
  - baked beans originally had pork in them (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 6, 16:20:35
    - I don't believe you (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 6, 16:21:53
      - Never argue with Dave in France, son (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 6, 16:27:50
        
        Good advice (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 6, 16:29:09
        
        cna't find much to back up my claims succintly, so i'll put it into my own words (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 6, 16:34:30
        
        *can't* (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 6, 17:11:49
        
        i'll put it into my own words (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:38:25
        
        no (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 6, 16:45:57
  - Have to fess up (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:19:07
    - Have you ever had a cup of beans? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Sep 6, 16:20:28
      - With a sausage? Savoury 99. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 6, 16:28:09
      - like a a brazillion times (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:23:49
        
        haha (General Chat) - Small, Sep 6, 16:27:54
        
        brilliant lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:35:50
- Why do Frankfurters come in packs of 10 and finger buns in 6 or 8? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 6, 16:09:38
- 9 (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 6, 16:04:07
  - 9 would be a bit excessive though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:07:39
    - alright 7 then (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 6, 16:11:18
      - Mr Heinz is indeed a genius (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:13:09
        
        *was* (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Sep 6, 16:14:19
        
        bloody hell (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:15:16
- To die for mate (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Sep 6, 16:01:21
  - Jolly nice but a bit light on the sausage/bean ratio I thought (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:03:53
    - have you got some of these? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 6, 16:14:28
      - nope, I am not a sossige smuggler (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:16:41
    - Acksherly, Ainsley Herriott's cous-cous things are OK. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 6, 16:14:16
      - BENDER (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 6, 16:21:29
      - how long does it take to make a taboulé yourself, seriously? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 6, 16:18:25
    - Don't swear (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Sep 6, 16:05:20
    - Are they curly cumberlands? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Sep 6, 16:04:40
      - fraid not just small'uns (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 6, 16:05:19

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