British baked beans become reality after successful Lincolnshire harvest

[Still Waters]

British-grown beans on toast is to become a reality after the first commercial crop of haricot beans was successfully harvested in Lincolnshire.

The UK's farmers had previously been unable to grow the variety - used for baked beans - because it was unsuited to the country's climate.

But University of Warwick scientists developed a specially adapted seed that can thrive in British soil.

Farmer Andrew Ward said this week's harvest was "very exciting".

Mr Ward, who grew the legumes in a 13-acre field in Leadenham, said it had been "one of the most stressful experiments" due to unpredictable weather and the need for specialist harvesting equipment.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66966056

[Doc Socks Junior]

Fun note, "haricot" in French means "bean". So the Brits are happy about growing their "bean beans".

[quiXilver]

Well this yank would love to come and visit and have a go at em... good on ya mates!

[Hawken]

Beans are good for the heart, the more you eat, the more you fart.

The more you fart, the better you feel, so eat those beans every meal. 

[+Hammerclaw]

Should go well with English potato salad.

[Still Waters]

American baked beans taste much sweeter than what we have in Britain. Unless it was just that particular brand but there was a noticeable difference. Too sweet to be honest. I usually buy Heinz.

[Abramelin]

20 hours ago, Doc Socks Junior said:

Fun note, "haricot" in French means "bean". So the Brits are happy about growing their "bean beans".

The haricot is a type of bean, but it doesn't mean bean:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/haricot

[Doc Socks Junior]

3 hours ago, Abramelin said:

The haricot is a type of bean, but it doesn't mean bean:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/haricot

And yet that link says it does mean bean, in French.

Honestly I'm not a language whiz. 

Yet, underneath where your link says it means 'bean', it provides a list of derived terms which point to haricot being the common denominator, modified by various adjectives. Lima beans, green beans, navy beans, runner beans. Hence my belief that haricot meant bean in general.

Who knows, really.

[openozy]

Will bananas be the next British crop? Bit of a worry.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

There used to be a science programme on BBC 1 called Tomorrow's World. Years ago it had an article about the problem of growing haricot beans in the UK. At that time a variety had just been created that could survive, but it was useless for baked beans because it was black in colour. It looks like they have finally solved the problem.