Two things that jumped out at me while we were in Scotland were beans and peas. Scots (or maybe Brits generally) love baked beans! For example, when we ate breakfast at our hotels, there would be the usual fare, such as cereal, porridge, yogurt, toast, pastries, sausage, fruit, juices, and scrambled eggs, but also a large container of . . . baked beans! We saw this everywhere, and not just for breakfast. I like baked beans as much as the next person, but this is ridiculous. As for peas, I would never have thought that peas, especially mashed peas mixed with ham (called "mushy peas"), would be served with fish and chips. I had fish and chips twice during our stay, but passed on the ham-infiltrated peas both times. These oddities make me wonder which aspects of our American diet strike Scots (or other foreigners) as strange. Any ideas?
Scotland
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