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Originally Posted by spaghetti
hey...pssst! Mr X I don't know exactly what the English mean by the word baked (means "cooked" somehow, but how?) but there are lots of classic beans recipes in the italian traditional home cooking, especially Tuscan.
The most popular recipes are Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta and beans, but is't basically a soup), and Fagioli all'uccelletto (curious name: translated in english it would sound as something like "watch-the-birdy beans", ha ha ha, true! It's a side dish to accompany meat courses).
recipes:
fagioli all'uccelletto (watch-the-birdy beans):
W4E: Fagioli all'Uccelletto Recipe (Italian white beans with tomato & sage) | Italy
pasta e fagioli:
Pasta and Bean Soup -- Pasta e Fagioli
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Spaghetti, I think baked beans probably originated in the good ol' US of A, as cowboy food "a mess of beans" or as "pork and beans". You can still get cans of them in the US & some are very good (Bush's?). I believe they are/were navel beans in sweetened tomato sauce and they became very popular in the UK when Heinz sold and heavily advertised them ("Beanz Meanz Heinz"). "Beans on Toast" is the classic serving (for pretty much any meal) but beans are also often served with a "Full English Breakfast" or with chips (french fries) and usually something else like meat/egg/battered fish/sausage/pie/pastie. Best washed down with a mug of hot tea (not wine). You been missing out Spaghetti - time for a visit to Old Blighty
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A good source of fibre, protein, sugar, salt &...wind (gas).
We get Pasta e Fagioli in cans too (and Italian white beans) and some very poor imitations of pizza. BTW have you every tried Chicago-style sausage pizza with a corn flour base?
