@ibstubro said “Isn’t eating things open-faced on toast a British/English thing? Beans and the like?”
When you put it that way for some reason I picture peasants grubbing about with a platter of toast looking for things to put on it. Think of the Holy Grail scene with the old woman saying “Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down ‘ere” or the sketch about the Dead Bishop:
M: Whaddaya want with yer jugged fish?
K: ‘Alibut.
M: The jugged fish IS ‘alibut!
K: Well, what fish ‘ave you got that isn’t jugged?
M: Rabbit.
K: What, rabbit fish?
M: Uuh, yes…it’s got fins….
K: Is it dead?
M: Well, it was coughin’ up blood last night.
K: All right, I’ll have the dead unjugged rabbit fish.
Mmmmmm! Dead unjugged rabbit fish on toast!