Curried Baked Beans on Toast

This is an interesting and delicious breakfasty thing that a friend of mine posted a photo of on Facebook - along with oh-so  floofy and handsome Nigel the kitty-cat looking for a nibble.

The dish is Curried Beans on Toast topped with an egg. 

 Although baked beans seem to be a foodstuff of American invention, the putting them on toast seems to be a British thing hearkening back to World War II when sources of good protein were difficult to come by.  

At some point someone decided to curry them - perhaps due to the British colonization of India a taste for curry was acquired,  the two were combined and dish was born?  I just supposing, but it makes sense.  At least to me it does.

So, I decided to try it and, I must say, I actually liked it quite a lot.  It's very easy to make, tasty and satisfying.  

Quick Curry Beans On Toast (for two)


1 20.7 Oz. Can Campbells Pork and Beans
3 Teaspoons Curry Powder
1 Pinch Salt
1 Pinch Pepper
1 Teaspoon Finely Chopped Mint
4 Slices Bread
3 Tbsp Butter
4 Eggs, Poached or Fried

Empty the beans into a saucepan.  Add the salt, pepper,  mint and curry powder.  The mint is not so much for flavor as to round out the spiciness of the curry.

Mix well, and then cook until warmed through over medium heat.  

Once the beans are warmed through, add one tablespoon of butter and mix well.  This makes the curry creamy.

Toast and butter the bread then arrange two slices per plate.  

Pour the cooked beans onto the toast. Arrange an egg atop each of the bean covered toast slices.

Enjoy!

Firewater Friday - No bread. Then bring me some toast!

The other day I was watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory.   Sheldon, the know-it-all  theoretical physicist, was explaining what a toast was . . . despite how totally obnoxious he is it was interesting so I’ll share.  Hopefully, minus his ever present I'm-smarter-than you, holier-than-thou attitude.  




Toasting hails from ancient Greece . . . it was a time when they drank a lot of wine . . . not necessarily good wine.    It was dark and thick and had to be diluted with water . . . and it was often acrid and sour tasting.

To make the fermented grape juice more palatable, spices were added to improve the flavor and it was topped off with a slice of heat treated bread  . . . tostare  or toast to you non-Latinificiandos . . . to absorb some the acidity and mellow out the wine.

Before they drank they would symbolically make an offering of wine to their gods.   With cup in hand, they would raise up their arms to the heavens and say a prayer . . . a toast.  Afterwards they would drink their libation . . .  


A side note . . . a libation is an alcoholic drink which is offered as a religious ritual.


Cheers!

Rihannsu Starita

3/4 Cup Tequila

1/2 Cup Blue Curacao Liqueur

1 Teaspoon Lime Juice

4 Ounces Orange Juice

Ice

Mix the tequila, blue curacao liqueur, orange juice and lime juice in a 2-cup measuring cup, and pour over ice in a salt rimmed margarita glass. 

No bread. Then bring me some toast!
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