TODAY IN GOBSMACKERY

People were equal parts gobsmacked and impressed after the foodie shared her 'genius' serving idea for beans on toast

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(Thanks to John Lobert, who says "I think the British are just easily gobsmacked.")

Comments

[wanderer2575]

Wait'll you see what she does with s@#& on a shingle.

[Mr. Bill]

I've noticed that the older I get the more important it is to hold the hose up.

[Jim]

I think British typewriters have a special key for term “gobsmacked.” Or perhaps this is just the case at “The Mirror.”

[Cosmo Kramer]

I find the current level of gobsmackery to be gobsmacking.

[Jeff Meyerson]

The "delicacy"? Really? A "British classic"? This shows that all the comments by Dave and others about the low quality of British cooking were right all along.

[Archie B.]

@Jeff: Not to stereotype, offend, or be politically incorrect, but it's been suggested that heaven is 1) a Chinese cook, 2) an American salary, 3) an English house, and 4) a Japanese wife; whereas hell is 1) an English cook, 2) a Chinese salary, 3) a Japanese house, and 4) an American wife.

[Jeff Meyerson]

My friend from England, who moved here about 50 years ago with she was about 12, said the only "genius" method of serving baked beans on toast is to "drown it in Daddy's Brown Sauce."

[Pullet Surprise]

Marcel Marceau

Note: Mr Marceau has raised his arms up in the air and is wiggling his fingers at the sky assuming the mime posture of "I am flambed." Roughly translated French to British English "I am gobsmacked."

[MrX]

Baked beans on toast with HP sauce is awesome (sorry not a Daddies fan).

Used to drive past the factory on a regular basis. Sadly despite its UK roots and popularity sauce production was moved to the Netherlands and the factory demolished.

[Steverino]

I eat my beans with honey,
I've done so all my life,
It makes the beans taste funny,
but it keeps them on my knife.

[Meanie the Blue]

The Internet, keeping the world informed since whenever.

[Lucky Jack]

Pretty sure the current level of "Gobsmackery" explains the overall poor dental health in Great Britain. You can only smack your gob so often without experiencing deleterious consequences.