If the chop and cornbread were good then while potatoes would be better, I would be ok with the beans, prefer B&M from the jar, well drained please. Price in the low twenties?

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Originally posted by banjo bill-e

If the chop and cornbread were good then while potatoes would be better, I would be ok with the beans, prefer B&M from the jar, well drained please. Price in the low twenties?

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Maybe part of turnoff was the thin liquid from the canned beans oozing all over.  

If not rice, how about tricked out canned butter beans, at least I like em.
But not risotto, they could not hold risotto. Pilaf, making a come back around here. Plain seasoned white rice would do for me. Maybe a light sauce?

I assume by "for" you mean fix/help/improve, as in "I don't know what to do for this cold."

Tongue-in-cheek, it sounds to me like you've come across some "real" pork and beans ... unlike the small lump of fat in canned pork and beans*.... I say count yer blessings!!  I trust you gave 'em a healthy gratuity.   [I was gonna say tip, but "...considered an alternative" might be seen as a tip.]  

* which, btw, are right up there on my "good eating" list.

.... A Canadian "Sorry" for again being of no help whatsoever.

But I do understand being confused by certain food combos. I still think those Jersey guys putting the slaw and fries ON the sandwich--which just ruins it--- is beyond dumb, but hey, they've got their crowd.

Mashed potatoes.

Ya…I’ve never liked Boston baked beans from a can…that would’ve soured my appetite as well.

Any other kind of homemade bean would have been great with that chop…but not sweet beans from a can.

I like Boston baked bean candies that we used to get at work in the little vending machine that took quarters.

If I was cooking chops for supper....I'd season them with Tony's...then sear them on both sides with butter...then put them in a casserole dish and dump a couple cans of cream of mushroom soup over them...bake for 30 mins. Serve with a veggie and black beans on top of yellow rice. 

Brown...hot..n..plenty of it...
Lima beans would work..

“Chef” is a loosely-used term here. … I tend to go to restaurants where I can order dishes I couldn’t make at home. This pork chop dinner above doesn’t seem to pass that test.

How about long green beans, with chopped bacon? Brad

I'm British - so baked beans on toast is a frequent quick lunch. If I'm feeling very fancy I'll put a poached egg on top. Next Friday I'm going to restaurant for a friend's birthday. Said restaurant does a mean pork chop - on the specials board not a menu regular. But if they serve it with baked beans I'll be sorely disappointed. I'm hoping for what I got last time: saute potatoes and ratatouille.

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Originally posted by rinemb

Recently, I have been going to my favorite old restaurant and watering hole in Western Kansas. It is under new management. The folks are upgrading the menu and bar a bit to expand their attraction to locals and travelers. This includes a new chef/cook who has been given charge to update the menu. One item is a pork chop dinner. It consists of a huge thick bone-in chop, at least finished on a grill. The pork chop bone end rests atop a huge thick square of corn bread, draped with a fried green tomato and sesame seeds. The meat end of the chop rests atop runny spill of plain canned baked beans. Now who does not like canned baked beans...with hot dogs or hamburgers etc. But I thought it was a turn off for this rather expensive dinner.
>>> How about a rice fixin', a different bean, or a ????
The new cook asked me what I thought of the dinner, and I complimented the chop and the tomato, but asked if he considered an alternative to the dump of canned baked beans. He said no, that he is from Boston-and those were "Boston" baked beans. I did not reply.
Brad

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After reading through the other replies, here's my take: The "chef" didn't really want to know what you thought of the dinner. You had no way of knowing that he was fishing for a stroke to his apparent hefty, albeit fragile ego. Order it with a sub for the runny beans (yuck) next time. 

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Originally posted by AndrewD

I'm British - so baked beans on toast is a frequent quick lunch. If I'm feeling very fancy I'll put a poached egg on top. Next Friday I'm going to restaurant for a friend's birthday. Said restaurant does a mean pork chop - on the specials board not a menu regular. But if they serve it with baked beans I'll be sorely disappointed. I'm hoping for what I got last time: saute potatoes and ratatouille.

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We always have Heinz canned beans on hand, and mushy peas.  It's hard to shake those Island roots, even if they are 200 years or so past.  ;-)

I want more colors than brown in front of me.
I don't eat at restaurants very much.
I don't know those people.

I once asked at a “nice” place (actually a private dinner club) why they did not have anything green on their popular Monday night fried chicken buffet. The manager replied-“that is what the salad bar is for!” I had no response. Brad

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Originally posted by AndrewD

I'm British - so baked beans on toast is a frequent quick lunch. If I'm feeling very fancy I'll put a poached egg on top. Next Friday I'm going to restaurant for a friend's birthday. Said restaurant does a mean pork chop - on the specials board not a menu regular. But if they serve it with baked beans I'll be sorely disappointed. I'm hoping for what I got last time: saute potatoes and ratatouille.

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H'mm , Will have to try the BB on toast !

BTW , we are havin chops , scalloped taters , dinner roll ,& a combo of broccoli & green beans tonight w/ slices of cheese cake for dessert   

For anyone who wants to experience the British delicacy of baked beans on toast I recommend Branston baked beans, not Heinz.

"Will have to try the BB on toast."

We used to occasionally mash canned pork and beans and use it in sandwiches in our school lunches  .... haven't made one of 'em in some time, but they're pretty good .... almost as good as bologna or bologna and onion/cheese/tomato/etc.  [Just sayin'??]

Baked beans on toast got me through some lean years, and I still enjoy on occasion. I do insist on B&M Boston Baked Beans, in the brown jar, way better than Heinz in a can.

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Originally posted by banjo bill-e

Baked beans on toast got me through some lean years, and I still enjoy on occasion. I do insist on B&M Boston Baked Beans, in the brown jar, way better than Heinz in a can.

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I prefer Bush baked beans over Campbells and others. I don't know about B&M beans?  Nor Andrew's Branston recommendation, but I will google. Thanks.  Either way, we always trick any of them out a bit.  Brad

I still buy B&M ,but they aren't as good since they dropped the large kidney beans.

this would do me just fine'

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Originally posted by 1935tb-11

this would do me just fine'

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Originally posted by AndrewD

For anyone who wants to experience the British delicacy of baked beans on toast I recommend Branston baked beans, not Heinz.

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Yup, you beat me to it! Branston beans are wayyyyy better than Heinz.

Steve I see that B&M moved their plant to a new location in 2021, and that their logo no longer includes the words "brick oven baked", so they are NOT the same. Dang, why do companies ruin long-established products? Oscar Mayer did the same thing with their Hard Salami and it's no longer even edible. Campbell's even changed their Chicken Noodle Soup, is nothing sacred?