Heinz baked beans, served on buttered toast, is the national dish of contemporary Britain, bjd, beating out tinned spaghetti on toast and spotted dick.
Beans on toast died off in the late 90s; tinned spag and spotted dick in the mid 70s.
Your mischievous example, Vinny, would be like a British person writing that current US filmgoers adore John Wayne, Rock Hudson and such dreadful actors.
Talking of Heinz....
Do the UK folk here have a 'Poundland' nearby ?
Last weekend I bought a 410 mls bottle of Heinz Worcester Sauce for a nicker, as opposed to a titchy bottle of Lea & Perrins Original for twice the price. This Heinz stuff in a China import - and so very Chinese in texture and flavour. Doesn't resemble L&P's recipe very much - at all, but it's jolly good.
UK Heinz Beans sit in the imported food sections of a couple of stores I know. One has enough imported food that it's sorted by origin. The UK section, in addition to haggis & beans, has canned Spotted Dick, Marmite, Branston Pickle, mustard, salad cream, Bisto, & other stuff that I forget. The Vegemite sits next to the Marmite, as they don't have an Aussie section.
The Weetabix and imported oats, however, sit with the other cereals.
In France too, Weetabix is with the other cereal. As are Quaker Oats.
But here we see some British food that is not likely to be sold in France anytime soon.
Your mischievous example, Vinny, would be like a British person writing that current US filmgoers adore John Wayne, Rock Hudson and such dreadful actors.
Oh, but there are people like that in the US, Tony. They are called Republicans.