What's Up With the Beans?

I love breakfast. It’s my absolutely FAVORITE meal of the day. So many choices, so many options. And I love breakfast on pretty china dishes, even more. I have some great breakfast sets I’ve purchased for such occasions. I have the “Marguerite” pattern by Royal Winton (it’s really old so I don’t use it much, just sort of stare at it and think it’s pretty):

And my all-time favorite Wade breakfast set:

And years ago I bought this amazing breakfast set (Meakin Romantic England) and I’ve added to it over the years:

 

But enough about the dishes. Back to the FOOD! My breakfast yesterday morning was pretty basic:

I always have eggs in some form, a protein, and toast or muffins with butter and jam. Then, there is the traditional English Breakfast:

There’s one thing about a truly English breakfast I don’t understand. Beans? Why beans? I mean, the tomatoes and mushrooms I get, but beans? Where is the appeal? For me, beans are something you eat when you have backyard-grilled hamburgers and potato salad. But…beans for breakfast? This girl says...um...okay?

Then again, for perspective, years ago at BYU, my roommate, who was from Australia, thought the fact I put peanut butter on my toast was abjectly disgusting. She used Vegemite on her toast,

which I won’t say much about other than I think after trying it I dubbed it "Satan's Vaseline," so, I guess to each his own?

 Happy Breakfasting! With or without beans!

(Hint: try it on pretty dishes. It makes a real difference!)