Frey Bentos pies

[Inchy]

Best pastry in the world? Discuss

[Boss Hogg]

Gip

[bfcjg]

I thought this was going to be the tin food count.

[claretonthecoast1882]

I thought this was going to be the remember these when nobody knew what a pie was and these poor efforts qualified

[Bigvince]

They’re a bit marmite, I like them Mrs BV absolutely detests them. Haven’t had one for years tho

[cockneyclaret]

Used to love them in my early 20s.. then realised the errors of my ways (realising eating crap like this isn't good for you) forward 15 years, tried one not so long ago.. Jesus they taste like crap even the dog didn't want to know.

[jedi_master]

No supermarket shop was complete without a couple of the curry Fray Bentos pies when I was at Uni.

[BurnleyFC]

Dog food.

The best pie pastry in the world is Haffner’s pork pie. The best ‘pub’ pie is Sparrowhawk in Fence steak and ale pie.

[CharlieinNewMexico]

3 in an hour. Oh this is not the tinned food count?

[SalisburyClaret]

You can now get a vegan Fray Bentos pie - I’d not bother to be honest

[AlargeClaret]

Fray Bentos are pleasingly disgusting, the urge and desire then the gorging following by queasy slightly nauseous regret. Not unlike picking up a rough old tart at 3am

[Bosscat]

Fray Bentos pies ...
A mixture of mystery meat & glutenous gristle with some mouse kidneys in brown gloop ... under a part burnt mushroom of 1/2 cooked 1/2 Raw puff pastry ...

Mmmmmmmmmmmm lovely

[Steve1956]

Fray Bentos are pleasingly disgusting, the urge and desire then the gorging following by queasy slightly nauseous regret. Not unlike picking up a rough old tart at 3am

brilliant

[tim_noone]

Best pastry in the world? Discuss

Tried one for old time sake a while back.....you forgot to mention the Dog Sh!t filling..

[Bosscat]

Tried one for old time sake a while back.....you forgot to mention the Dog Sh!t filling..

Shhhhhhh Tim Bob thats a dangerous topic

[tim_noone]

Shhhhhhh Tim Bob thats a dangerous topic

I forgot..

[Bosscat]

I forgot..

[bfcjg]

The pie has mechanically recovered meat, in other words they power wash the corpse of the animal and the chunks that are blasted of go into pies such as Fray Bentos to bulk up the other meat.
Improvement on the burgers though they used to sell around the Turf from those barrow things..

[Hibsclaret]

It’s all they eat in the Argentine...

[Bosscat]

The pie has mechanically recovered meat, in other words they power wash the corpse of the animal and the chunks that are blasted of go into pies such as Fray Bentos to bulk up the other meat.
Improvement on the burgers though they used to sell around the Turf from those barrow things..

Westlers boiled burgers ... Botulism in a bun


Its a funny thing, I was thinking of those when I 1st saw this thread

[bfcjg]

Westlers boiled burgers ... Botulism in a bun


Its a funny thing, I was thinking of those when I 1st saw this thread

If you wanted a few days of school or work you just had of them.

[gawthorpe_view]

Guilty pleasure.
I've got two in the cupboard as an antidote to Turkey and mince pies.
Trivia - Fray Bentos is a port city in Uruguay.

[Steve1956]

The pie has mechanically recovered meat, in other words they power wash the corpse of the animal and the chunks that are blasted of go into pies such as Fray Bentos to bulk up the other meat.
Improvement on the burgers though they used to sell around the Turf from those barrow things..

Quick question..the guys serving you on those Barrow things,were do they go for a plss,what if their finger explodes through the toilet paper,were do they was their hands?.....exactly!!!,absolutely disgusting!

[Stockbrokerbelt]

When we first got married my wife used to serve them up quite regularly pretending to be a pretty good cook, needless to say she was not, is not & often brings back funny memories. I had a guy who worked with me who put 2 in the oven without taking the lid off......... p.s. I do all the cooking & have for the last 20 years.

[Herts Clarets]

It’s all they eat in the Argentine...

Fray Bentos and cheap red wine is all they eat in the Argentine
But after a scrap with the English Navy, they'll ask for the recipe for chips 'n' gravy

[LeadBelly]

I first encountered these pies when I left home and before I'd learned to cook decently well. Haven't had one for years and I've no inkling to have one now- not even "for old times sake" (not that I dont like pies in general - there are some great pies to be had).

In the late 50s and early 60s they had a very popular corned beef brand before they diverged into pies. It was pretty good- especially made into cb hash and I still like corned beef (and knock out cb hash a few times in winter, though not with this brand nowadays).

When I did Geography at school I was very amused to discover that there was a place called Fray Bentos in Argentina (the port in which the meat processing was done and the ships loaded up with exports).

[Hibsclaret]

Fray Bentos and cheap red wine is all they eat in the Argentine
But after a scrap with the English Navy, they'll ask for the recipe for chips 'n' gravy

I knew there’d be one That song would probably be banned today because you can’t probably say cheap anymore

[Volvoclaret]

Once knew a Fran Bentos. Crispy warm and glutinous describes her perfectly.

[Hibsclaret]

Once knew a Fran Bentos. Crispy warm and glutinous describes her perfectly.

Eh up, I’ll bet she comes from Macclesfield...

[up_the_clarets_1989]

When we had the question 'name the Cuban leader that's been in power since the revolution in 1959...' what did you say?

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[bfcjg]

Quick question..the guys serving you on those Barrow things,were do they go for a plss,what if their finger explodes through the toilet paper,were do they was their hands?.....exactly!!!,absolutely disgusting!

" you dont need brown sauce it's already on the bun " great marketing ploy

[Steve1956]

" you dont need brown sauce it's already on the bun " great marketing ploy

great comeback

[Bosscat]

" you dont need brown sauce it's already on the bun " great marketing ploy

[bfcjg]

With a complimentary bottle of tepid lemon and lime thrown in Ugh

[Petersa]

Used to love them.....even the empty tins had a 101 uses, especially for grilling sausages.
Haven't had one in years though!

Gone are the days when we had two strikers, one good enough for Juventus, the other only good enough for Fray Bentos

[mikeS]

Nigella the other night said that The FB pastry is ok in a fan assisted oven. Cooked slowly to get the pastry to rise. It’s just the filling that’s the issue. But Where’s the meat? The much better option is the Haffners Steak and Kidney pound for pound.

[bfcjg]

With a complimentary bottle of tepid lemon and line thrown in Ugh

And dont get me started on female sellers and the tomato ketchup substitute.

[rob63]

Used to love them.....even the empty tins had a 101 uses, especially for grilling sausages.
Haven't had one in years though!

Gone are the days when we had two strikers, one good enough for Juventus, the other only good enough for Fray Bentos

Ah, the old Mike Yarwood impression as Brian Clough, joke.....still a goodie though!

[rob63]

My stepson was veggie for about 10 years but suddenly decided to eat meat again...... not for the usual reasons of a bacon sandwich or roast chicken, no, he wanted a Fray Bentos steak pie.......mind you, he was probably safe with the lack of meat in the filling!

[rob63]

Guilty pleasure.
I've got two in the cupboard as an antidote to Turkey and mince pies.
Trivia - Fray Bentos is a port city in Uruguay.
Established in 1859, which is the realistic best before date on one of their pies!

[Erasmus]

I have a distant memory of Fray Bentos meat causing a typhoid outbreak in this country.

[elwaclaret]

I had one a couple of years ago, found at the back of a cupboard.... probably left by the previous owners, (it was next to some peaches in syrup).... never again. I think FB decided thirty years ago that meat was murder and has just been using the leftovers of the last carcass ever since.

[Aclaret]

I had one a couple of years ago, found at the back of a cupboard.... probably left by the previous owners, (it was next to some peaches in syrup).... never again. I think FB decided thirty years ago that meat was murder and has just been using the leftovers of the last carcass ever since.

Did you count the number of peaches elwa ?

[Stalbansclaret]

My partner takes the p**s out of my stereotypically northern love of pies and bought me one of these a couple of weeks ago...hadn't had one for years but it was basically gravy covered with some fairly nice soggy puff pastry.

[Devils_Advocate]

Thought this was gonna be a post Brexit food thread

[MACCA]

Tried a "steak" one other month when Mrs left me to fend for myself for the night, the pastry was crap burnt on top, sticky and stodgy round the sides.
I couldnt remove it from the tin in one piece so ended up a load of slop In a bowl, then it tasted pretty rank.

My first and last try.

And I am the master of pies, and trust me I've had some bad ones, and that was possibly one if the worst.

[tim_noone]

Quick question..the guys serving you on those Barrow things,were do they go for a plss,what if their finger explodes through the toilet paper,were do they was their hands?.....exactly!!!,absolutely disgusting!

Are you incontinent steve?? Not everyone is.

[boatshed bill]

I occasionally have a "steak" one. i don't know why i do it. I sort of think my mrs is cooking them wrong so I give them another chance, the outcome is always the same.
I'm another who probably had them more often when single.
Also Vesta curries! Beef Curry! Not right is it?

[Bosscat]

Are you incontinent steve?? Not everyone is.

I thought he was in Scotland not incontinent

[LeadBelly]

I occasionally have a "steak" one. i don't know why i do it. I sort of think my mrs is cooking them wrong so I give them another chance, the outcome is always the same.
I'm another who probably had them more often when single.
Also Vesta curries! Beef Curry! Not right is it?

Can you still get Vesta products? Ive not seen them in the places I shop but I dont tend to visit all aisles in the supermarket.

In the mid-late 60s I remember knocking up a few of them, especially Chow Mein, considered the height of adventurous cuisine. I particularly liked the crispy noodles with the Chow Mein, they magically expanded in hot fat in the frying pan. I think the rest was just dry powdery stuff poured into a pan of boiling water and simmered for a while. All before the days of take-aways (excepting fish&chips).