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Waiting to scran this very soon, my wife thinks they are dangerous to open 😦,

anyway, beans and mashed tatties with this, who else likes this brand.

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The Real Maroonblood
Just now, Norm said:

Better off buying a mince round from the butchers, local or supermarket based, IMO. 

Better still is home made.

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Made in Scotland and should really have achieved geographical protection. 
A must for any camper van. 
10/10 for me. 

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Fire_At_The_Disco
30 minutes ago, Harry Potter said:

Waiting to scran this very soon, my wife thinks they are dangerous to open 😦,

anyway, beans and mashed tatties with this, who else likes this brand.

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I had a question on this on the logo game last night. Got all 4 on the card correct and went on to win the game....family was raging with my celebrations tbh. 

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Francis Albert

Used to like them. Went downhill when the Frey Bentos plant in the Uruguayan city of the same name closed. Audrey Baxter should have stuck with soup.

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Just now, Francis Albert said:

Used to like them. Went downhill when the Frey Bentos plant in the Uruguayan city of the same name closed. Audrey Baxter should have stuck with soup. PS agree with the OP's wife on the risk of slitting a wrist when opening them

 

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50 minutes ago, Harry Potter said:

Waiting to scran this very soon, my wife thinks they are dangerous to open 😦,

anyway, beans and mashed tatties with this, who else likes this brand.

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😲  Good luck finding any meat in it, Harry.   Your wife is correct .... if you want to avoid a visit to the cardiac ward.    The picture on the tin is an early example of the photoshopping principle.  😜

 

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1 minute ago, Tazio said:

To be bought and kept at the back of a cupboard in case of emergencies. 

A tin of Marks and Spencer’s chunky steak pieces is what you need for that. Absolutely lovely stuff  

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All roads lead to Gorgie

Haven't tried one of those for ages. Last one was OK on top but a pool of stodge on the base. Put me well off buying another.

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I see they do some for vegetarians now; a balti one and a cheese and onion.  Only slightly less meat than the originals.

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10 minutes ago, Tazio said:

To be bought and kept at the back of a cupboard in case of emergencies. 

Is that in case you are being robbed and need a solid frisbee to knock them out with?

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21 minutes ago, Lemongrab said:

I see they do some for vegetarians now; a balti one and a cheese and onion.  Only slightly less meat than the originals.

 

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12 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said:

It's a bit like cambell's meatballs, 

After a while you forget how bad they are, until you buy one again. 

That Princes meat paste was like that for me. Used to love it as a kid. Bought a jar of chicken and ham paste a few years back and just about spewed up.  😂

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1 minute ago, GinRummy said:

That Princes meat paste was like that for me. Used to love it as a kid. Bought a jar of chicken and ham paste a few years back and just about spewed up.  😂

 

A similar one for me and condensed milk - I used to love eating it straight from the tube. Detest it now, awful sickly stuff that it is.

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Just now, redjambo said:

 

A similar one for me and condensed milk - I used to love eating it straight from the tube. Detest it now, awful sickly stuff that it is.

Not had that for years. Loved it when I was wee. 

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39 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said:

It's a bit like cambell's meatballs, 

After a while you forget how bad they are, until you buy one again. 

Campbells meatballs are the dugz (pun somewhat intended). Almost impossible to get here so I always throw a couple of tips in my suitcase whenever I'm back home

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been here before

Talking of shite tinned meat products of dubious content, we are discussing tinned hamburgers yesterday, preferably in onion gravy. Tins of 4.

 

Do such delicacies still exist?

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Used to like them when I was a wee one.....mum couldn’t afford much tbh however.............probably had 2 - 3 of these over the last 10 years, maybe just me but they seemed to be a lot more gloopier gravy and not much chunks of beef..........

 

Point to note:  I’m a much greedier bar steward now so that may have an impact on my perspective 

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1 minute ago, been here before said:

Talking of shite tinned meat products of dubious content, we are discussing tinned hamburgers yesterday, preferably in onion gravy. Tins of 4.

 

Do such delicacies still exist?

They used to sell them with chips and beans on all the Cal-Mac ferries back in the day. Get a plate of it down you as soon as they started serving and guaranteed you wouldn’t get sea sick. 
Or that was my excuse for eating it. 

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2 minutes ago, been here before said:

Talking of shite tinned meat products of dubious content, we are discussing tinned hamburgers yesterday, preferably in onion gravy. Tins of 4.

 

Do such delicacies still exist?


Yes. Bought my dad them for a joke Christmas present a few years ago as he used to make us eat them as kids. I think a company called Westler makes them. I got them from Tesco.  🤮

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The time of year for a bit of extravagence and culinary delights.

 

Nice to see Potter upgrading slightly from the Dog food to a Fray Bentos pie.

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10 minutes ago, trotter said:

Campbells meatballs are for the dugz (pun somewhat intended). Almost impossible to get here so I always throw a couple of tips in my suitcase whenever I'm back home

 

Fixed that for you. 

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been here before
3 minutes ago, Tazio said:

They used to sell them with chips and beans on all the Cal-Mac ferries back in the day. Get a plate of it down you as soon as they started serving and guaranteed you wouldn’t get sea sick. 
Or that was my excuse for eating it. 

 

That sounds not a bad combination to be honest.

 

2 minutes ago, gjcc said:


Yes. Bought my dad them for a joke Christmas present a few years ago as he used to make us eat them as kids. I think a company called Westler makes them. I got them from Tesco.  🤮

 

Nice one. Ill keep an eye out for them next time I do some 'essential' food shopping. Ironic really given theres probably eyes in them.

 

Any more than 20% meat though and Ill leave it.

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They're ****ing class, but they really really shouldn't be :lol:

 

Love the Steak and Kidney one, with some new potatoes and beans. 

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3 hours ago, Cairneyhill Jambo said:

Hrist. Thats a blast from the past. Haven't seen Fray Bentos in years.

 

I'll raise you with these bad boys

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love they meals, shock . not

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4 hours ago, Cairneyhill Jambo said:

Hrist. Thats a blast from the past. Haven't seen Fray Bentos in years.

 

I'll raise you with these bad boys

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They wee crispy things that go on the top are brilliant. Whatever happened to the sweet and sour one?

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4 hours ago, GinRummy said:

That Princes meat paste was like that for me. Used to love it as a kid. Bought a jar of chicken and ham paste a few years back and just about spewed up.  😂

 

Ha, I went through a phase of buying them and oat cakes, I might have been pregnant at the time. 

I lot of them are absolute dog shit but for some reason i didn't mind the sardine and tomato ones. 

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6 hours ago, Norm said:

Better off buying a mince round from the butchers, local or supermarket based, IMO. 

What’s the mince round joke? Tam Cowan likes a chuckle at it 

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6 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

What’s the mince round joke? Tam Cowan likes a chuckle at it 

guy goes into the butchers and says: "Can I have a mince round?"
The butcher says: "Okay, but hurry up - we close in five minutes.

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10 minutes ago, gjcc said:

guy goes into the butchers and says: "Can I have a mince round?"
The butcher says: "Okay, but hurry up - we close in five minutes.

It was "an effeminate" man that went into the butchers.

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Can I chuck Toast Toppers into the mix? Remember having them when I was on the dole and skint and thought they weren't that bad. Threw a couple of tins in the shopping trolley around 10 years ago; jesus they are awful.

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Weakened Offender
29 minutes ago, JWL said:

Can I chuck Toast Toppers into the mix? Remember having them when I was on the dole and skint and thought they weren't that bad. Threw a couple of tins in the shopping trolley around 10 years ago; jesus they are awful.

 

I'll add John West Salmon Paste. Used to love them at my granny's house. 

 

Tried it recently, rank. 😐

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luckyBatistuta
1 hour ago, gjcc said:

guy goes into the butchers and says: "Can I have a mince round?"
The butcher says: "Okay, but hurry up - we close in five minutes.

Not as good as the guy who goes into the butchers with a condom on his head and says “A pound a fillet“

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WoolfordsHearts
35 minutes ago, JWL said:

Can I chuck Toast Toppers into the mix? Remember having them when I was on the dole and skint and thought they weren't that bad. Threw a couple of tins in the shopping trolley around 10 years ago; jesus they are awful.

😄Toast Toppers,a blast from the past.

 

It was like putting a jar of baby food on toast. 

Tasty as **** though.

 

At the time.😟

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luckyBatistuta

Used to love the pastry on them as a kid, but wouldn’t touch one now🤮 Ye Olde Oak has to be one of, if not the worst canned crap out there. Remember years ago getting a Christmas hamper of their assorted tins and jars. We gave it all away, vile stuff

 

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