A food critic called mince on toast a ‘quintessentially British dish’ and the entire internet put him right
What do you fancy for dinner tonight? How about something ‘quintessentially British’, according to Eater.com which has nearly half a million followers on Twitter so it must know what it’s talking about, right?
Wrong.
Watch: Mince meat on toast is a quintessential British comfort classic https://t.co/hq9PxFZSe8 pic.twitter.com/HdpPV7K1I8
— Eater (@Eater) July 10, 2017
Mince on toast? Quintessential British classic? Traditional English dish?
Twitter, it’s over to you.
Never ever ever ever ever, ever ever in a month of Sundays ever ever has anyone in Britain eaten this mess.
— Neil Claxton (@MintRoyale) July 10, 2017
Dear God, no it isn't. You mean beans. It's BEANS on toast.
— Louise (@UncannyVal) July 10, 2017
No British person has ever eaten this.
— Jackie Leonard (@JackieLeonard01) July 10, 2017
One of your contributors is making stuff up because they've run out of things to cook. I approve. Give them a raise.
— rob manuel (@robmanuel) July 10, 2017
This is not something we ever do, ever.
— Dr Fern Riddell (@FernRiddell) July 10, 2017
Well, SOME people do, it turns out.
I have
— OurKid (@Eekyrich) July 10, 2017
I'm sorry to hear about your period of temporary insanity.
— Neil Claxton (@MintRoyale) July 10, 2017
Late 70's early 80's in northwest England
— OurKid (@Eekyrich) July 10, 2017
I'm finding it hard to see a few instances about 40 years ago as evidence of British quintessentiallity but I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
— Neil Claxton (@MintRoyale) July 10, 2017
So @Eater thought maybe they should tweak their original tweet to reflect people’s reaction.
Forgive us. It’s more accurate to say it’s a quintessentially British dish, rather than a British *classic*
— Eater (@Eater) July 10, 2017
To which the general response was …
still no
— karl smith (@karlthomassmith) July 10, 2017
This one’s going to run and run.
In America this is quintessential cat food.
— alexandra halaby (@iskandrah) July 10, 2017
Same in Britain actually. It seems to be only eaten by the minority in Britain, definitely not most of us.
— Catherine Chisnall (@catherinechisna) July 10, 2017
I've been thinking about it and we have something similar with tomato sauce called a 'sloppy joe' or 'Spanish hamburger' pic.twitter.com/33r5gW52pD
— alexandra halaby (@iskandrah) July 10, 2017
The most British thing about this is that a deadpan British person once told someone this was absolutely a British thing to eat.
— Dr Congo (@Samuellificatio) July 10, 2017
— David (@darissutton) July 10, 2017
