just had a fray bentos

watt flayva ffs

I use a door stop

Apr 10, 2026 -- 6:14PM, Rico-Dangleflaps wrote:

watt flayva ffs

sorry pal, the only flavour ACCEPTABLE

steak and kidney obv.

Not had one in years. Used to frustrate the hell out of me trying to open the damned things!

if we are ever on the verge of nuclear war..clear the shelves

grate choice SL.

Nice 1,have a rennie, me dad loved them!

just for context, roast spuds, broccoli and cauli cheese with gravy also adorned the plate

used to eat em freek quentlee 20yrs ago..had one few weeks ago..used to be boil in pan 30 mins..now micro 3 mins.

I don't want to be peedanthick but would the gravy and cauliflower cheese kinda intermingle andgive birth to a bastardo mix which is neither here nor there? (sounds v nice otherwise)

always amazes me how you can keep them in your cupboard for like 6 years and they never go off

Apr 10, 2026 -- 6:20PM, Rico-Dangleflaps wrote:

used to eat em freek quentlee 20yrs ago..had one few weeks ago..used to be boil in pan 30 mins..now micro 3 mins.

does the pastry rise and become flaky in the microwave though?

oven for me 30mins

Apr 10, 2026 -- 6:25PM, lapsy pa wrote:

I don't want to be peedanthick but would the gravy and cauliflower cheese kinda intermingle andgive birth to a bastardo mix which is neither here nor there? (sounds v nice otherwise)

using up freezer stuff

defrost imminent

I used to love them, but the calorific content is verging on a joke

You may as well have 6 Krispy Kreams

Best only have them occassionally, they taste nice but are full of shoite.

ang on. this is important

you cant put fray bentos in a microwave, unless its a pudding, which might be possible

the pastry is the best bit and has to be ovened

broccoli and caulifower should never be on the same plate (or any plate, imo. yuk). it has to be chips and beans

as its in a tin, it will keep forever, so talk of sell by date and freezer?? is bizarre

i will be off to a car boot sale this weekend to sell the 3 i have in the cupboard after doing me absolutes laying jack kennedy at wexford in the plaice market 

Key Aspects of Fray Bentos Pies:
Preparation: Requires a robust can opener to remove the lid before baking at 200°C (Fan 180°C) for around 30 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
Varieties: Includes Steak & Gravy, Minced Beef & Onion, Chicken, Chicken Curry, and vegetarian options.
Ownership: The brand is currently owned by Baxters.
History: Named after the town of Fray Bentos, Uruguay, where it began, the original factory is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Popular varieties like Steak & Kidney or Steak & Gravy (425g tins) contain roughly 600–700+ calories per whole pie, making them high-calorie meals often rich in fat

We used to love a fray bentos as kids. But one time it was dished up it tasted disgusting and had melted plastic floating around in it. Mum contacted the company and they turned up with a load of freebies. Apparently a plastic scraper had gone missing from the factory and ended up in our pie

who remembers vesta beef currys ? in a packet add hot water i think ...................kinda exotic in the 1960s early 70s ,

I do Foyles and Instant mash potato (cadburys smash), Camp coffee (chiqory extract disgusting), Goblin (I think) hamburgers in a tin. You could also get roast chicken in a tin.

im referring to the puddings in the bowl shaped container SL.

still going 80s where i was. boil rice in a bag

big treat on a saturday night. old man would have a bottle of hirondelle with his. thought he was a sophisticate

the height of sophistication in the 70s was an onyx table onyx cigarette box and if you had the onyx telephone you thought you were royalty

young/youth hybrid

When I first started in the shipyards I remember the communal tea being made with that thick condensed milk in a tin, not even sure if it is still sold.?

Fussels milk been rebranded to Carnation condensed milk.
It was that concentrated back in the day you could spread it on bread and make a sandwich out of it, if you didn't mind your tongue curling up automatically.

Yes, this was really thick like treacle, not the watery carnation condensed, and yes I recall it being put in sandwiches and on cereals.

Remember as a kid trying to open one but it broke my can opener.....So i got stuck right intay it with a knife and a hammer....Nay messing aboot.

Digesting that would explain why Grassgow and Leifless/Brainless are in their current state of idiocy

Steak and Ale for me......the pastry was the dogs bollox...unfortunately so was the filling

Corned beef (Fray Bentos of course) n beans was a weekly treat. Greggs do a slice.

This has to be the post of the week. I'm still laughing. Well done StillLearning and thank you to all contributors. Very funny and brought back fond memories.

Can someone on this forum
Please tell me why
I can't find ths meat in a fray bentos pie
Under the ruff puff
And into the gravy
I can't find the meat
And it's driving me crazy
So can somebody out there please tell me why
I can't find the meat in a fray bentos pie

Is Fray Bentos still exist? I think it was a tin of minced (meat). Only had it once with a slice of bread.

Doesnt Finchy lambast David Brent in the office for saying the capital of Argentina was Fray Bentos in the quiz episode?

I'm an expert on Fray Bentos supermarket pricing.

Price is either £2 (rarely), £2.20 (occasionally), £3 (usually) or £3.10 (currently) depending on the whim of the store.

Wait till a £2 or £2.20 day and stock up.

Is it available in any supermarket? I might get one for old time sake.

Some friends of mine named their son Benedict, which they thought was very sophisticated, until I pointed out that if their son joined a Spanish monastery, his name would be Fray Bentos.