Fray Bentos pies

Clank007 · 02-09-2011, 10:33

Hi,
Yesterday I bought a Fray Bentos pie. The lid came off fine and when it was cooked it looked delicious - but then I had the problem of getting the pie out of the tin.

By the time I'd finished all that was on the plate was a pile of goo and the flaky pastry top had litterly flaked off in every direction

Is there a knack to getting these pies out in one piece? If so, would someone mind sharing the secret with me please?

PamelaL · 02-09-2011, 10:53

Just eat it out of the tin man!!

MiSSSmith · 02-09-2011, 11:22

Oh they are a definite ''eat from the tin'' thing!

Teddybleads · 02-09-2011, 11:43

I think the correct way to eat them is straight out of the tin, on your own, prefereably sobbing in front of a one-bar heater.

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 12:00

When I used to eat these many moons ago when I lived with my sister, we'd cut the pastry in half and put on the plates, then serve up the filling.

Rossall · 02-09-2011, 12:03

I'd cut it into quarters with a shrp knife and then slide a spatula under each quarter and lift it out onto the plate.

molliepops · 02-09-2011, 12:04

We take off the pastry first then stir the filling and serve that up. Cutting the pastry up off the pie keeps it in shape better.

SimonSmith42 · 02-09-2011, 12:16

I love 'em - just stocked up.
They're half price in Asda at the moment

MiSSSmith · 02-09-2011, 12:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teddybleads

I think the correct way to eat them is straight out of the tin, on your own, prefereably sobbing in front of a one-bar heater.

PMSL

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 12:31

Talking of FB pies, when me and my sis shared a flat we had a shopping nuance called the 'Fray Bentos theory'... basically, you had to buy two of everything - that way, when you ate one there was still another in the cupboard (instead of just buying one, eating it and not having it to look forward to again!).

It applied mainly to FB pies, but if I recall correctly, it also applied to tins of chicken in white sauce!

PamelaL · 02-09-2011, 12:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by jojo01

Talking of FB pies, when me and my sis shared a flat we had a shopping nuance called the 'Fray Bentos theory'... basically, you had to buy two of everything - that way, when you ate one there was still another in the cupboard (instead of just buying one, eating it and not having it to look forward to again!).

It applied mainly to FB pies, but if I recall correctly, it also applied to tins of chicken in white sauce!

Meat in a can, it's such a guilty pleasure. I used to love tinned braised steak and onions heated up, on toast and covered in tomato sauce.

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by PamelaL

Meat in a can, it's such a guilty pleasure. I used to love tinned braised steak and onions heated up, on toast and covered in tomato sauce.

Have never tried that, but just remembered that we also used to buy the hotdogs in a tin!

Rossall · 02-09-2011, 12:52

I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina).

PamelaL · 02-09-2011, 12:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by jojo01

Have never tried that, but just remembered that we also used to buy the hotdogs in a tin!

Jesus!!

Do not mention this in the pasta thread.

SimonSmith42 · 02-09-2011, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossall

I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina).

No, they're not.
Fray Bentos is in Uruguay & the pies themselves have been manufactured in England since 1958.

Hector Riva · 02-09-2011, 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossall

I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina).

Hence the name - it's the town they're made in.

I remember buying them as a student, every attempt the bottom was always soggy. Saw some small white tubes in the filling once, didn't buy them after that.

kizzie · 02-09-2011, 13:06

I was brought up on all things FB hahaha brings back some memories. We even had the tins as our plates

ops:

My mum was a good cook in some way but crap in others

She would make the most wonderful bacon and onion pudding / or corn beef and onion pie but then boil potatoes and veg to death, cook turkey untill it was so dry you would not have any spit in your mouth when eating it

But I would do what Pam said and eat it out the tin if I had one now , or if sharing take the top off and cut it into the size you want..

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 18:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by PamelaL

Jesus!!

Do not mention this in the pasta thread.

Don't worry Pam, I've since graduated onto Herta furters from the chilled aisle. Well I did, then I started eating healthily about 3 years ago and haven't had one since! Bloody shame, they're gorgeous, especially the jumbo ones!

LaChatteGitane · 02-09-2011, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by PamelaL

Jesus!!

Do not mention this in the pasta thread.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jojo01

Don't worry Pam, I've since graduated onto Herta furters from the chilled aisle. Well I did, then I started eating healthily about 3 years ago and haven't had one since! Bloody shame, they're gorgeous, especially the jumbo ones!

As I am the food snob extraordinaire, I have confit de canard in tins.

.....and sardines, tomatoes, lentils, beans (all sorts) and even bockwurst in a jar.

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 19:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane

As I am the food snob extraordinaire, I have confit de canard in tins.

.....and sardines, tomatoes, lentils, beans (all sorts) and even bockwurst in a jar.

Yeah, the veggies in a jar do seem nicer than the tinned ones, but seem prohibitively expensive! Ooh get you with bockwurst in a jar, you posh thing you!

LaChatteGitane · 02-09-2011, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by jojo01

Yeah, the veggies in a jar do seem nicer than the tinned ones, but seem prohibitively expensive! Ooh get you with bockwurst in a jar, you posh thing you!

No no, the veg in tins the bockwurst from a jar.
And they're all dead posh because I buy them in Aldi or Lidl.

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane

No no, the veg in tins the bockwurst from a jar.
And they're all dead posh because I buy them in Aldi or Lidl.

I'd go to Aldi or Lidl but the nearest one to me is in West Croydon and that's somewhere I wouldn't dare go in broad daylight.

LaChatteGitane · 02-09-2011, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by jojo01

I'd go to Aldi or Lidl but the nearest one to me is in West Croydon and that's somewhere I wouldn't dare go in broad daylight.

Best not !

Whenever we're in France (not that often, mind) I buy loads of stuff from Lidl (like the duck legs in a tin - they're huuuuuge tins) as they are not available in my local Belgian Lidl.

DelightfulDen · 02-09-2011, 19:48

Take it out the tin before cooking.

jojo01 · 02-09-2011, 19:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane

Best not !

Whenever we're in France (not that often, mind) I buy loads of stuff from Lidl (like the duck legs in a tin - they're huuuuuge tins) as they are not available in my local Belgian Lidl.

Definitely no point me going to Lidl then, if they haven't got such things in Belgium, you can bet your life they won't be available in Croydon!

02-09-2011, 10:33	#1
Clank007 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,680	Fray Bentos pies Hi, Yesterday I bought a Fray Bentos pie. The lid came off fine and when it was cooked it looked delicious - but then I had the problem of getting the pie out of the tin. By the time I'd finished all that was on the plate was a pile of goo and the flaky pastry top had litterly flaked off in every direction Is there a knack to getting these pies out in one piece? If so, would someone mind sharing the secret with me please?

02-09-2011, 10:53	#2
PamelaL Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 59,800	Just eat it out of the tin man!!

02-09-2011, 11:22	#3
MiSSSmith Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 222	Oh they are a definite ''eat from the tin'' thing!

02-09-2011, 11:43	#4
Teddybleads Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,118	I think the correct way to eat them is straight out of the tin, on your own, prefereably sobbing in front of a one-bar heater.

02-09-2011, 12:00	#5
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	When I used to eat these many moons ago when I lived with my sister, we'd cut the pastry in half and put on the plates, then serve up the filling.

02-09-2011, 12:03	#6
Rossall Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,433	I'd cut it into quarters with a shrp knife and then slide a spatula under each quarter and lift it out onto the plate.

02-09-2011, 12:04	#7
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	We take off the pastry first then stir the filling and serve that up. Cutting the pastry up off the pie keeps it in shape better.

02-09-2011, 12:16	#8
SimonSmith42 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk UK Posts: 6,056	I love 'em - just stocked up. They're half price in Asda at the moment

02-09-2011, 12:31	#9
MiSSSmith Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 222	Quote: Originally Posted by Teddybleads I think the correct way to eat them is straight out of the tin, on your own, prefereably sobbing in front of a one-bar heater. PMSL

02-09-2011, 12:41	#11
PamelaL Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 59,800	Quote: Originally Posted by jojo01 Talking of FB pies, when me and my sis shared a flat we had a shopping nuance called the 'Fray Bentos theory'... basically, you had to buy two of everything - that way, when you ate one there was still another in the cupboard (instead of just buying one, eating it and not having it to look forward to again!). It applied mainly to FB pies, but if I recall correctly, it also applied to tins of chicken in white sauce! Meat in a can, it's such a guilty pleasure. I used to love tinned braised steak and onions heated up, on toast and covered in tomato sauce.

02-09-2011, 12:48	#12
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	Quote: Originally Posted by PamelaL Meat in a can, it's such a guilty pleasure. I used to love tinned braised steak and onions heated up, on toast and covered in tomato sauce. Have never tried that, but just remembered that we also used to buy the hotdogs in a tin!

02-09-2011, 12:52	#13
Rossall Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,433	I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina).

02-09-2011, 12:53	#14
PamelaL Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 59,800	Quote: Originally Posted by jojo01 Have never tried that, but just remembered that we also used to buy the hotdogs in a tin! Jesus!! Do not mention this in the pasta thread.

02-09-2011, 13:02	#15
SimonSmith42 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk UK Posts: 6,056	Quote: Originally Posted by Rossall I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina). No, they're not. Fray Bentos is in Uruguay & the pies themselves have been manufactured in England since 1958.

02-09-2011, 13:03	#16
Hector Riva Inactive Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: A yacht in the Mediterranean Posts: 2,064	Quote: Originally Posted by Rossall I think my parents stopped buying them after the Falklands war. (They're made in Argentina). Hence the name - it's the town they're made in. I remember buying them as a student, every attempt the bottom was always soggy. Saw some small white tubes in the filling once, didn't buy them after that.

02-09-2011, 13:06	#17
kizzie Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In my dream home :D Posts: 1,580	I was brought up on all things FB hahaha brings back some memories. We even had the tins as our plates ops: My mum was a good cook in some way but crap in others She would make the most wonderful bacon and onion pudding / or corn beef and onion pie but then boil potatoes and veg to death, cook turkey untill it was so dry you would not have any spit in your mouth when eating it But I would do what Pam said and eat it out the tin if I had one now , or if sharing take the top off and cut it into the size you want..

02-09-2011, 18:33	#18
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	Quote: Originally Posted by PamelaL Jesus!! Do not mention this in the pasta thread. Don't worry Pam, I've since graduated onto Herta furters from the chilled aisle. Well I did, then I started eating healthily about 3 years ago and haven't had one since! Bloody shame, they're gorgeous, especially the jumbo ones!

02-09-2011, 18:53	#19
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	Quote: Originally Posted by PamelaL Jesus!! Do not mention this in the pasta thread. Quote: Originally Posted by jojo01 Don't worry Pam, I've since graduated onto Herta furters from the chilled aisle. Well I did, then I started eating healthily about 3 years ago and haven't had one since! Bloody shame, they're gorgeous, especially the jumbo ones! As I am the food snob extraordinaire, I have confit de canard in tins. .....and sardines, tomatoes, lentils, beans (all sorts) and even bockwurst in a jar.

02-09-2011, 19:12	#20
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	Quote: Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane As I am the food snob extraordinaire, I have confit de canard in tins. .....and sardines, tomatoes, lentils, beans (all sorts) and even bockwurst in a jar. Yeah, the veggies in a jar do seem nicer than the tinned ones, but seem prohibitively expensive! Ooh get you with bockwurst in a jar, you posh thing you!

02-09-2011, 19:36	#21
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	Quote: Originally Posted by jojo01 Yeah, the veggies in a jar do seem nicer than the tinned ones, but seem prohibitively expensive! Ooh get you with bockwurst in a jar, you posh thing you! No no, the veg in tins the bockwurst from a jar. And they're all dead posh because I buy them in Aldi or Lidl.

02-09-2011, 19:38	#22
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	Quote: Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane No no, the veg in tins the bockwurst from a jar. And they're all dead posh because I buy them in Aldi or Lidl. I'd go to Aldi or Lidl but the nearest one to me is in West Croydon and that's somewhere I wouldn't dare go in broad daylight.

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02-09-2011, 19:45	#23
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	Quote: Originally Posted by jojo01 I'd go to Aldi or Lidl but the nearest one to me is in West Croydon and that's somewhere I wouldn't dare go in broad daylight. Best not ! Whenever we're in France (not that often, mind) I buy loads of stuff from Lidl (like the duck legs in a tin - they're huuuuuge tins) as they are not available in my local Belgian Lidl.

02-09-2011, 19:48	#24
DelightfulDen Inactive Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 181	Take it out the tin before cooking.

02-09-2011, 19:50	#25
jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9,215	Quote: Originally Posted by LaChatteGitane Best not ! Whenever we're in France (not that often, mind) I buy loads of stuff from Lidl (like the duck legs in a tin - they're huuuuuge tins) as they are not available in my local Belgian Lidl. Definitely no point me going to Lidl then, if they haven't got such things in Belgium, you can bet your life they won't be available in Croydon!