sirinrob

Yes, i know I would get the dry beans, i wouldn't buy baked beans. By your reckoning baked beans have absolutely nothing to do with haricot beans oh well.

Ok, by a result of the special relationship between UK and America. They are still haricot beans soaked and baked which ever way you look at it.

Sorry, Haricot beans came from America into Europe during the 16 th century. With the colonization of America the various recipes such as cassoulet, sobronnade, and others were taken up by the settlers. Bean pots filled with variations on these recipes were buried in fire pits to cook over night. Eventually they were provided in tinned form, with just the beans and tomato sauce. So historically they came , with modification, from the French and Italian recipes. Heinz is an American company based in Pittsburgh, founded 1869.

Ok, but the beans in a tin came from the roots I describe.

Bruce Chatwin

Haricot beans, tomatoes, turnip, celeriac, carrot, onoin, garlic, oregano, potatoes, pork, sausage. Rather delish

Basically a baked bean dish from the SW of France.

Baked beans not Mediterranean????? - you haven't eaten sobronnade then.

Braised Pork chop, braised Florence Fennel, a cider based mushroom, pancetta and cream sauce with linguine.

The oldest book I have is a 1910 edition of Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I do like the look and feel of old editions of books.

Surprisingly it's less expensive than beef. There's a butcher in Cardiff market that sells it, and a reasonable size escalope costs about

Halldor Laxness

Two suggestions: Bitter Eden by Tatamkhulu Afrika and Heresy S J Parris

Elizabet Barret Browning

Marcel Proust

Gunther Grass

Honore de Balzac

Friedrich Schiller

Some meats I like haven't been mentioned. Venison for starters.I know it evokes images of Bambi etc, but it is a tasty, rich meat which is lean. This one is likely to cause cries of anguish, but I like veal. It is hard to obtain in this country, but it is versatile as a flavour absorber/carrier.

Funny enough, I made a French toast sandwich yesterday, though I didn't Sally

Hermann Hesse

Read upto Chapter 5 of How We buried Pusto. Good, but flaws in writing mar it.

Peter Hoeg

Peter Handke

Well done - cute and homely