Wheres Toto Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Have you ever heard the term Beanies and Weenies for hotdogs and beans? I just asked dh to pick me up some baked beans when he goes shopping tomorrow morning because I have turkey hotdogs and like them with beans. I said I wanted "beanies and weenies". And dd started hysterically laughing because she had never heard that before. I didn't realize it would be that unusual. Google had a bunch of recipes come up, as well an article about a brand called "Beenie Weenies" . 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Here we say beanie weenies, no "and." So I voted mandatory other. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I have only heard "Beanie weenies" no "and" but what else would you call them? Now, I want beanie weenies. We haven't had those in a while. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I don't remember exactly what we called them when I was a kid, but I do recognize the term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 We didn't use the term, but I am sure I've heard it somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Gosh, I haven't thought about beanies weenies (also no "and") in years. One of my favorite meals growing up but not a favorite of my own kiddos. Beanie weenies was my craving of choice when pregnant with oldest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 We have beanie-weenies when we go camping. 🙂 Not beanies and weenies. It just runs together. Okay, I eat them. The rest of the family chooses to have their beanies and weenies separately, not touching. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 My mom always called them beans and weenies. I haven't had them since I was a kid. None of my kids will eat beans, so I never served them to them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Another mandatory other vote because I have never heard it with the “and.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Mandatory other. Beanie-weenies. No "and". I've heard it called "beans and wieners" but not "beanies and weenies". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Mandatory Other. I've never heard it used for hot dogs and beans but there were times in my lean college years when I survived on canned Beanie Weenies. That's the only way I heard it used. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Yes, and I always heard it with the “and.” It was a staple meal in my early-marriage years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I always thought of hot dogs and beans as being slightly more "gourmet" than the beanie-weenies that came in a can! (I guess because you can adjust the sweetness and/or spices etc.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I voted wrong. There's no "and" in our beanie weanies here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) I guess beenies and weenies makes sense if you are making them yourself. Beenee Weenees is a canned product where the hot dogs and beans are in the can. I'm not sure they make it anymore. Edited July 1, 2023 by KungFuPanda 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I associate beanies with TY beanies (soft toy) while my husband associate them with the beret like item. We know the slang meaning for weenies though its usually spelled slightly differently. My husband loves baked beans but doesn’t like hot dogs. I love hot dogs but not baked beans. So we have not eat them together. We have seen people eat bratwurst and baked beans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I’ve heard many variations of that term for the food. 5 hours ago, stephanier.1765 said: Gosh, I haven't thought about beanies weenies (also no "and") in years. One of my favorite meals growing up but not a favorite of my own kiddos. Beanie weenies was my craving of choice when pregnant with oldest. And is your oldest a boy? 😉 Sorry, couldn’t resist. My MIL invited herself to drive her tonight from another state without confirming it was okay, and she’s downstairs. I need a humorous diversion from the money we’re spending that we don’t have that will be going to a hotel tonight. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 33 minutes ago, kbutton said: I’ve heard many variations of that term for the food. And is your oldest a boy? 😉 Sorry, couldn’t resist. My MIL invited herself to drive her tonight from another state without confirming it was okay, and she’s downstairs. I need a humorous diversion from the money we’re spending that we don’t have that will be going to a hotel tonight. Got a Greyhound station near you? "Here's your bus ticket, MIL!" 🚌 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) I think I've only heard "Beanee weenee" the brand... and those are a guilty pleasure that I rarely eat. I know "weenie" on its own for hot dog. Edited July 1, 2023 by heartlikealion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 My mother referred to hot dogs (on a bun) with baked beans on the side as "weenies and beans." I've never heard the term "beanie weenies" or seen the canned product before this thread, and as a kid I never ate hot dogs cut up in beans like that. Hot dogs and baked beans were always separate items on a plate, usually with corn on the cob or coleslaw on the side. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) We usually say beanie weenies, or beans and weens, but I've heard several variations. 8 hours ago, Lady Florida. said: Mandatory Other. I've never heard it used for hot dogs and beans but there were times in my lean college years when I survived on canned Beanie Weenies. That's the only way I heard it used. It would have to be ramen these days; Beanie Weenies have priced themselves out of the lean college years market. 7 hours ago, KungFuPanda said: Beenee Weenees is a canned product where the hot dogs and beans are in the can. I'm not sure they make it anymore. They do, but it's frakking expensive for what it is. The can actually says Beanie Weenee, singular, which I've always considered weird. We make our own occasionally for a hot but very fast and easy meal, and eat it over rice. Edited July 1, 2023 by katilac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I remember it as beans and weenies. I’m sure my adult children would totally crack up laughing if I called them that now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I've never heard of that term, nor seen that can label above! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 5 hours ago, katilac said: It would have to be ramen these days; Beanie Weenies have priced themselves out of the lean college years market. Wow! That's definitely not something I'd pay a high price for. My roommate and I ate them because they were cheap, not because they were were good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 10 hours ago, kbutton said: I’ve heard many variations of that term for the food. And is your oldest a boy? 😉 Sorry, couldn’t resist. My MIL invited herself to drive her tonight from another state without confirming it was okay, and she’s downstairs. I need a humorous diversion from the money we’re spending that we don’t have that will be going to a hotel tonight. In the entirety of the 35 years of my son's life, did I ever put the humor of that together. OMG, that is just too funny and from now on I will be using it. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I vaguely recall hearing “beanie weenies” once or twice, and not knowing exactly what it was. Is it hot dogs cut up and mixed into baked beans? I’ve never eaten that. We ate hot dogs in buns, baked beans on the side, with other sides. We moved often, about once a year, so maybe I missed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachGal Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 We called them franks and beans. I think it’s the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 FTR, except for the canned stuff I've never eaten cut up hot dogs mixed with beans. In my world hot dogs are eaten on a bun with beans on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Yes, I have heard of it a few times. Definitely not a regular thing. But when I was reading your tittle yesterday I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Thank you all for answering. Sounds like beenie weenies, without the AND, is more common even when not talking about the branded product. I don't know that I've ever had the canned product but I like cutting up a hot dog (turkey dogs these days) into a bowl of beans. I also will put beans on my hot dog in a bun, but the bowl is definitely an easier, less messy, way to eat them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 17 hours ago, Lady Florida. said: Wow! That's definitely not something I'd pay a high price for. My roommate and I ate them because they were cheap, not because they were were good. I actually like them, lol, although I haven't had them in years. High price is perhaps not fair - they're like $1.50 a can, but this little can about half the size of canned vegetables. One can would never have been enough for college me (or current me), and $3 isn't a cheap lunch in my book. I don't have to constantly have cheap lunches these days, but I'm personally offended by what they're charging for a small amount of beans and an even smaller amount of weens. For what I make for the four of us, it would be $12 for cans or $3.50 for separate beans and weans, lol. As the difference in effort is opening cans versus opening cans and cutting up hot dogs, I'd feel a little silly buying them. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen3kids Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 When my youngest was 5 or 6, he was so excited for us to go visit his great uncle at a campsite and insisted we have 'beanie-weinies'. He was disgusted when he realized what it was. I ate it all the time as a kid, but referred to it as 'beans and weiners'; I guess I never fed it to my kids though 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Hopper Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 3:12 PM, Pawz4me said: Here we say beanie weenies, no "and." So I voted mandatory other. We also just say beanie-weenies but I voted that I’d heard of “beanies and weenies” because I figured that’s what you were talking about, OP. Gosh I haven’t fixed those since my kids were teeny-weeny. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 I've heard of Beanie babies plush toys, and weiner dogs (dachshunds). There's also another slang use of 'weenie' I've heard of and would never use myself. I personally couldn't even amagine saying "beanie weenies" without blushing. It just sounds really, really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, wintermom said: I've heard of Beanie babies plush toys, and weiner dogs (dachshunds). There's also another slang use of 'weenie' I've heard of and would never use myself. I personally couldn't even amagine saying "beanie weenies" without blushing. It just sounds really, really weird. When you grow up with it, you don't give a lot of thought to the words. It was just one of those favorite things my brother and I begged my mother for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, stephanier.1765 said: When you grow up with it, you don't give a lot of thought to the words. It was just one of those favorite things my brother and I begged my mother for. Another tough word to try and say without blushing is 'seal' in French, which is spelled 'phoque' and is pronounced 'fock.' It's just too close to the English word and I know I'd mess it up. 😅 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 8:04 PM, wintermom said: Another tough word to try and say without blushing is 'seal' in French, which is spelled 'phoque' and is pronounced 'fock.' It's just too close to the English word and I know I'd mess it up. 😅 I feel this way about “only” in Arabic. It’s faqat and it makes me nervous. On 7/2/2023 at 2:19 AM, katilac said: I actually like them, lol, although I haven't had them in years. High price is perhaps not fair - they're like $1.50 a can, but this little can about half the size of canned vegetables. One can would never have been enough for college me (or current me), and $3 isn't a cheap lunch in my book. I don't have to constantly have cheap lunches these days, but I'm personally offended by what they're charging for a small amount of beans and an even smaller amount of weens. For what I make for the four of us, it would be $12 for cans or $3.50 for separate beans and weans, lol. As the difference in effort is opening cans versus opening cans and cutting up hot dogs, I'd feel a little silly buying them. You have the exact energy of this young woman who makes a copycat of Rao’s sauce. 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSera Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 1:10 PM, Wheres Toto said: Google had a bunch of recipes come up, as well an article about a brand called "Beenie Weenies" . Am I the only one who has the entire jingle from the Beanee Wenee commercial in my head now? Why does my brain hang onto these things?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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