American dining site Eater reckons mince on toast is a 'British classic' - and the internet responds with #minceontoast mocking

An American dining site posted the picture on Twitter claiming mince meat on toast is a "quintessential British comfort classic". 

And the internet made ... well, mincemeat out of them.

They later corrected their tweet and said: "Forgive us. It’s more accurate to say it’s a quintessentially British dish, rather than a British *classic*"

But that didn't stop the mocking. 

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— Richard Cosgrove (@rcosgrove) July 10, 2017

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— David ❄ 🇪🇺 (@darissutton) July 10, 2017

Never ever ever ever ever, ever ever in a month of Sundays ever ever has anyone in Britain eaten this mess.

— Neil Claxton (@MintRoyale) July 10, 2017

In Britain we call mince meat “cheese”. Cheese on toast is a very popular dish in the U.K. Ask anyone about cheese on toast & they’ll agree

— Bert Swattermain (@BertSwattermain) July 10, 2017

And pretty soon after that #MinceonToast started trending on Twitter. 

I've never watched #loveisland ....and I've never eaten #minceontoast....#justsaying ...

— Deemac1 (@DaveMcwhan) July 10, 2017

But then the arguments started that this dish was perhaps a 'thing' after all. 

I did this once when I was a student, it was raining, and we ran out of pasta

— Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) July 10, 2017

I'm not reallt arguing, merely stating things. It's a classic North East dish, in the UK. IT's a British classic dish.

— Son of Apathy (@tjz1100) July 10, 2017

The most British thing about this is that a deadpan British person once told someone this was absolutely a British thing to eat.

— Dr Congo (@Samuellificatio) July 10, 2017

And then what could be more British than the argument descending into a Monty Python sketch...