Fray Bentos

SideWinder · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:16

TheVoice - OMG!

Akira · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:17

SideWinder said:
TheVoice - OMG!

Indeed

That's as awesome as the breakfast 99

Ben M · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:18

Spuderoony said:
I really do wonder what the conversation went like to come up with these.

Marketing Chap: Right guys, we need something that's going to be appealling to lazy guys and all that. Any ideas?
Marketing Chap 2: Erm, maybe some chocolate endorsed by a footballer?
Marketing Chap 3: Go joint with McDonald's on something?
Marketing Chap 4: PIE IN A TIN.

...

I think that Frey Bentos started before there were such shings as "marketing chaps". When men were real men. I may be wrong though.

Biohazard · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:20

Think you are right

Pandion · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:24

Tried one once

Smelt like vomit, and I had to sterilize my mouth to get rid of the taste.

Home made is the only way

Belmit · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:26

My hat off to you TheVoice, you found two items of food that have apparently been separated through the annals of time, and reunited them. Much like when the floating island reconnects with the mainland in the original Dr. Doolittle.

Love the Fray Bentos steak and kidney. Puff pastry - good. Meat and gravy - good. The strange pastry slime inbetween the two - heavenly.

Ben M · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:34

Pandion said:
Tried one once

Smelt like vomit, and I had to sterilize my mouth to get rid of the taste.

Home made is the only way

I have a friend who used an anti-bac hand wash on his knob. Apprently it hurt like a ****er

I'll tell you the story if you like, but it's a slight anti climax.

gillywibble · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:45

Fray Bentos pastry is the best.

titchard · 2 Mar 2008 at 23:06

Fray Bentos

the Cuban Leader?

</David Brent>

Rich

Pandion · 2 Mar 2008 at 23:19

Ben M said:
I have a friend who used an anti-bac hand wash on his knob. Apprently it hurt like a ****er

I'll tell you the story if you like, but it's a slight anti climax.

Somehow I think I'll pass on that. :eek:

Greenlizard0 · 3 Mar 2008 at 00:05

Pandion said:
Somehow I think I'll pass on that.

No shut up - what's this story?

Stretch · 3 Mar 2008 at 01:45

TheVoice said:
Dumped into a giant yorkshire pudding with some added veg.

You git. I'm so hungry and that looks awesome

Lee2k4 · 3 Mar 2008 at 02:01

I have ate this stuff for years and imo is one of the best pies you can buy! the steak and kidney one

, I always ate it out the tin

dunker · 3 Mar 2008 at 04:12

i find those pies taste like pedigree chum.

SideWinder · 3 Mar 2008 at 04:14

dunker said:
i find those pies taste like pedigree chum.

You've eaten pedigree chum?

dunker · 3 Mar 2008 at 04:41

yeah, it's much better than cat food.

Lopéz · 3 Mar 2008 at 08:10

I'm sure Fray Bentos tins used to have scanlines on the lid, back in the day. Automatically making them great. They should have used lensflare too (anyone else remember the ol' scanlines & lensflare generic OcUK style sig craze?)

A girl I used to know from Bishop Auckland considered Fray Bentos to be the equivalent of something dished up by Marco Pierre White. Top lass.

Arjun806 · 3 Mar 2008 at 08:56

I've never had one

They do like quite nice, want to try one of those Steal & Ale ones now.

BenjiSayers · 3 Mar 2008 at 09:08

Lopéz said:
A girl I used to know from Bishop Auckland considered Fray Bentos to be the equivalent of something dished up by Marco Pierre White. Top lass.

HAHA! I wish I could say I was suprised by that statement, but living as close to Bishop Auckland as I do I am sadly not

The people of that fair town have such high standards!

Hencore · 3 Mar 2008 at 09:17

I had a my first fray bentos the other day and i thought it was wicked. I pulled it out of the tin but it was a bit of a mess.

Sweet jesus! pie and yorkshire pudding could be the discovery of the century!

Fray Bentos

Man of Honour