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Article: Bring on the baked beans and serve over anything
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- Arlington Heights Post (IL)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2007
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Emma and I were on a search for a public tennis court, something one wouldn't expect to be difficult here in England, but a task that proved exceedingly elusive one sunny autumn morning. We drove around for an hour with our rackets in the boot of Emma's car, looking for a place to play and finally pulling up to a promising looking leisure centre.
We didn't find tennis courts at the centre, but we did find baked beans. That's right, cans upon cans of Branston baked beans, stacked at the entrance counter with a sign proclaiming, "Try Branston baked beans now! Ask the receptionist for your free sample."
As Emma and I carried our rackets out to the car once more, she couldn't understand why I was ...