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Fray Bentos :

The town was originally founded as 'Villa Independencia' by Decree of 16 April 1859. It became capital of the Department of Río Negro on 7 July 1860 by the Act of Ley Nº 1.475 and its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) on 16 July 1900 by the Act of Ley Nº 2.656.[1] Its current name, meaning "Friar Benedict", is derived from a reclusive priest.[2]

Historically, Fray Bentos' main industry has been meat processing. An industrial plant owned by the Societe de Fray Bentos Giebert & Cie., the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, was founded here in 1863. It was closed in 1979, after 117 years in operation. A local history museum opened on the site in March 2005.

Fray Bentos was the location of the crash of Austral Flight 2553, in which 74 people were killed (69 passengers and 5 crew) on October 10, 1997.[3][4]

A bugger to open though

paultadhunter lived on them for over 20 years. Another oldtimer that has vanished from here

I used to love the pastry in those pies, it was the best bit, kind of .. strangely slimey but nice.

Was the only part I could eat, the meat was brock.

was it meat

I wouldn't eat one if they were giving them away for nowt. God only knows what is in them.

The single gentleman's number-one offal-based dinner solution imo

Another vote here for the pastry and the gravy? (can we call it gravy?)that leaked and bubbled when cooked, overflowing through the pastry and over the side of the can. A pie in a can, don't make em like that anymore.