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Fray Bentos

Scottie_ukScottie_uk
edited March 2011 in Chit chat
No not the pies. The FlikR account. I stumbled on this little Gem purely by accident, its full of loads of retro pictures about 20 century Britain. Buildings, houses, buses and trains.

Its a great archive and I just thought it might be of interest to some of you folks. He really has an eye for whats interesting to me about the 20th century aesthetic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited March 2011
    I want pies now though Scottie :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I want pies now though Scottie :p
    Me too... especially the Chicken Curry one - yum!
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I want pies now though Scottie :p

    suacer1.jpg

    one of the first I ever posted..

    Scottie, sorry fella.. it's all about the pies..
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    one of the first I ever posted..
    I'm assuming it's a lager in the photo, but it also looks strangely like a milkshake!
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    yep pink lager :lol:

    no it's crusha.. although a lot of my photos feature the odd bit of booze.. no wine yet.. although that might soon change :)

    whats on the right of the milkshake? and don't say a plate :p
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    yep pink lager :lol:

    no it's crusha.. although a lot of my photos feature the odd bit of booze.. no wine yet.. although that might soon change :)

    whats on the right of the milkshake? and don't say a plate :p
    lol, I thought it looked a bit pink, but thought it was a trick of the light. Plus milkshake with a pie? Weird!

    As for the rest of it, it looks like good old pie and bread, unless you've hidden a Twix under the pie or something... ;)
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited March 2011
    Did you know that Fray Bentos is also a town in Uruguay.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Bentos
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  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Did you know that Fray Bentos is also a town in Uruguay.
    Also, if you rearrange the letters in Fray Bentos, you get: Ban Toe Frys

    Which I support 100%. I like mine made of potato.
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited March 2011
    Mousey wrote: »
    Me too... especially the Chicken Curry one - yum!

    Wait, there's a Chicken Curry one?!? Must have missed that on my last trek round a UK supermarket... :-(
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited March 2011
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Did you know that Fray Bentos is also a town in Uruguay.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Bentos

    Unsurprisingly, that's where they got the name from. There's an old meat processing factory that's now a museum; apparently they get a lot of tourists from Europe heading there.

    There's also the ancient joke that when a football team gets relegated they'll sell their star play to Juventus and the rest of the team to Frey Bentos.
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    Dave_C wrote: »
    Wait, there's a Chicken Curry one?!? Must have missed that on my last trek round a UK supermarket... :-(
    Yep, it's our favourite. Here's a list of the ones they currently do:

    http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/our-brands/grocery/fray-bentos/

    (actually it's not 100% correct - they have a Just Chicken too)
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited March 2011
    Mousey wrote: »
    Yep, it's our favourite. Here's a list of the ones they currently do:

    http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/our-brands/grocery/fray-bentos/


    Will definitely look out for those, though it'll be the summer before I'm next back in old Blighty. Currently I'm down to my last 'Steak and Ale' .

    Can you believe the the Dutch don't *do* pies, in fact they don't even have a word for them. Barbarians! :lol:
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited March 2011
    All this talk of pies makes me want to eat meat again. I wont though.
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  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    the smell of bacon being grilled can't tempt ya ? hehe
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited March 2011
    Fray Bentos is to pies as Vesta is to curries.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    the smell of bacon being grilled can't tempt ya ? hehe

    No bacon never really did it for me, but a boiled bacon joint, nice spicy sausage, or scotch (mutton) piss and then you might have my interest.
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  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    Discovered two more when I went into Poundland this morning (oh yes, I only shop at the finest places), that aren't listed on their website:

    Minced Beef & Veg
    Steak & Onion

    So the whole range that I'm aware of is:

    Steak and Kidney Pie
    Steak and Mushroom Pie
    Steak and Ale Pie
    Steak and 3 Veg Pie
    Chicken and Mushroom Pie
    Chicken Curry Pie
    Minced Beef and Onion Pie
    Just Steak
    Just Chicken
    Minced Beef & Veg
    Steak & Onion

    I'm also aware that I have too much time on my hands and/or an unhealthy obsession with Fray Bentos pies.
  • milemile
    edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    the smell of bacon being grilled can't tempt ya ? hehe

    what did i tell you about grilling things for breakfast.

    its poofery!!

    :D
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    hehe , no mate.. it's called not filling up your arteries with even more crap ;) . I bet you grill most stuff yourself.. assuming you cook that is .. if you fry so much, you have fried bread ? if not then your a lightweight (vile stuff whoever invented that)


    mousey , no your not obsessed "you like what you like" .. I wondered what the 3 veg was to be honest..

    murc.. vesta curries aren't in the same league c'mon.. (says he who never tried one) .. they are propa 70's food

    they did a round up of steak / kindey pies in a tabloid about 6 months / year ago and it came out top or near the top. it's not as unhealthy as people assume because it's in a tin. It's something I'll cook maybe 1 or 2 times a month :)

    I did make a bentos steak / kidney for an ex and her flatmate, both had never had one. They were surprised it was out of a tin I think

    I bought a Mc Vities Jamaican ginger cake last month. that reminds me of the 80's as much as the frey bentos does :)

    I used to go past United Biscuits ( Mc Vities / kp) as a kid to collect my mum from work (in Heinz) and you'd always smell biscuits :lol:

    (and when I went past the trafford centre when I was seeing someone up north.. she found it funny I was surprised thats where kellogs was)
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    I did make a bentos steak / kidney for an ex and her flatmate, both had never had one. They were surprised it was out of a tin I think
    My wife's American parents were here a couple of years ago, and we cooked them a dinner of Fray Bentos pie (I think it was the Steak & Ale) and vegetables.

    They both enjoyed it, but her Dad was raving on about how great they were and that he was going to see if they could get them in America! And these are people that eat well - they aren't fast food junkies.

    I was shocked how much he liked it.
  • milemile
    edited March 2011
    Mousey wrote: »
    My wife's American parents were here a couple of years ago, and we cooked them a dinner of Fray Bentos pie (I think it was the Steak & Ale) and vegetables.

    They both enjoyed it, but her Dad was raving on about how great they were and that he was going to see if they could get them in America! And these are people that eat well - they aren't fast food junkies.

    I was shocked how much he liked it.

    they come from a country that has spary on cheese. :p


    @ fog - yeah i have fried bread, its tasty. but not been able to have it in a while as the GF says that everytime she goes to sainsbury's they are out of lard and comes home with sunflower oil instead.
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    mile wrote: »
    they come from a country that has spary on cheese. :p

    is that a fight club for cheese ? :)

    when I went Canada I was also shocked how much things were , well cheesey..

    prolly coz them hersey bars sucked (hence why kraft bought cadbury)

    I introduced her to frey bentos.. and got to know about glutinous rice (desert) in return :D

    I find food is like music in a sense, there is a fair bit of snobbery about it.
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