Matt Probert > wrote:
>Keeping it short. Did Heinz invent baked beans, or did he package and
>market an existing American dish?
>
>Yes, I have asked Heinz, Heinz UK don't know and I am awaiting
>(without much hope) on a reply from Heinz USA.

Americans have been baking beans for far longer than Heinz
has been in business.

And Americans probably got it from Europeans.

--Blair
"And they're crap for food."