FabSwingers.com forum: Fray Bentos

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Are Fray Bentos pies overrated? It's a right pain in the arse to open the tins.

I prefer a Pukka Pie.

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By *he Little Fuck MachineMan
over a year ago

Co.Antrim

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

I’ve never had one

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By *he Little Fuck MachineMan
over a year ago

Co.Antrim

"Definitely not overrated. "

I should have elaborated, I don’t mean they’re awesome I just mean in my experience they don’t get a great review.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't like them, no pie in a tin for me.

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By *nnocentimesMan
over a year ago

over there by that tree

They are worse than dog food... absolutely vile things - definitely stick to the mighty pukka pie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then! "

I was just thinking the same thing.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines. "

I'm not keen on soggy bottoms.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never heard of them until now.

Googled, don't eat it, its like dog food

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?"

Bit racist mate.

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

Bit racist mate. "

Really? Oh I didn’t realise, could u elaborate how Its racist ? Just so I know where I went wrong as wouldn’t want to make same mistake and offend in future

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

Bit racist mate.

Really? Oh I didn’t realise, could u elaborate how Its racist ? Just so I know where I went wrong as wouldn’t want to make same mistake and offend in future "

Oh you've just got no idea have you? You come on here making a big joke about "those silly foreign sounding names". Life's just a big 'ol joke to you, isn't it? I'm just glad my mother's not Cuban, and on here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't understand why a thread about pies has somehow turned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't understand why a thread about pies has somehow turned.

Not sure if double entendre.

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

Bit racist mate.

Really? Oh I didn’t realise, could u elaborate how Its racist ? Just so I know where I went wrong as wouldn’t want to make same mistake and offend in future

Amazing!!! XD Ahahahaaahaaa! That’s some beast mode level trolling sir! I salute you! XD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I prefer making my own pies and freezing them, nothing tastes better than homemade pie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I prefer making my own pies and freezing them, nothing tastes better than homemade pie

What kinda pie though.

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

"I prefer making my own pies and freezing them, nothing tastes better than homemade pie

Homemade eh? A bit of D. I. Pie? If you will..

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By *yx_InannaWoman
over a year ago

Burslem

I stopped buying fray bentos products for the other half and DD when she didn't eat all her fray bentos meatballs I left them for the cats and they licked the gravy off and left the meat. If all 3 cats wouldn't eat the meat then there's something wrong with them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines. "

Don't talk them down, I want to sell them for a hundred quid a time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I prefer making my own pies and freezing them, nothing tastes better than homemade pie

What kinda pie though. "

Pretty much any kind, I do like a steak&ale or a good old cheese& onion but I can make any really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I prefer making my own pies and freezing them, nothing tastes better than homemade pie

Homemade eh? A bit of D. I. Pie? If you will.."

Aaaaah I see what you did there

Just call me pie man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines.

Don't talk them down, I want to sell them for a hundred quid a time."

I’m going to sell them for £99.95 and undercut you Jim

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines.

Don't talk them down, I want to sell them for a hundred quid a time."

Mate, we've got about 2, maybe 3 months to go, and these shitty pies will be the most desirable thing going. It's all relative.

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

That’s two kinds of pie? ...

:. HUSH HUSH! EYE TO EYE :,

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By *ete vfrMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Not in my book Fray bentos pies are great especially when they sell them at the pound shop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That’s two kinds of pie? ...

:. HUSH HUSH! EYE TO EYE :,

My pie recipe book has many pies within it

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

Have you heard the scam warning about that type of pie that people are using to do really bad and overpriced cash in hand Driveway tarmac jobs ? They are called ‘pie keys’ or something like that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It won't be long and you'll probably get £100 per pie on ebay. They won't be overrated then!

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are a bit watery inside and look a bit like land mines.

Don't talk them down, I want to sell them for a hundred quid a time.

I’m going to sell them for £99.95 and undercut you Jim

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you heard the scam warning about that type of pie that people are using to do really bad and overpriced cash in hand Driveway tarmac jobs ? They are called ‘pie keys’ or something like that?"

Bit racist mate.

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

Bit racist mate. "

Hmm I obviously not understanding where I’m going wrong dammit! Maybe if I could see some kind of Visual graph breaking it down ... some kind of pie chart perhaps?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

Bit racist mate.

Really? Oh I didn’t realise, could u elaborate how Its racist ? Just so I know where I went wrong as wouldn’t want to make same mistake and offend in future

Are you sure she’s not on here?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bit racist mate.

Hmm I obviously not understanding where I’m going wrong dammit! Maybe if I could see some kind of Visual graph breaking it down ... some kind of pie chart perhaps?"

I can draw you a chart on a pie if it helps

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By *ucy_lush23TV/TS
over a year ago

bootle

Bit racist mate.

Hmm I obviously not understanding where I’m going wrong dammit! Maybe if I could see some kind of Visual graph breaking it down ... some kind of pie chart perhaps?

I can draw you a chart on a pie if it helps

Please! Then we can put a lid on this once and for all xD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bit racist mate.

Hmm I obviously not understanding where I’m going wrong dammit! Maybe if I could see some kind of Visual graph breaking it down ... some kind of pie chart perhaps?"

No hard fillings!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bit racist mate.

Hmm I obviously not understanding where I’m going wrong dammit! Maybe if I could see some kind of Visual graph breaking it down ... some kind of pie chart perhaps?

I can draw you a chart on a pie if it helps

Please! Then we can put a lid on this once and for all xD"

Absolutely because I do hate it when a thread turns very unsavoury

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Remind me of pet food with a pastry lid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was always skeptical about pies in tins, but tried my first Fray Bentos pie last year and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I call them the pot noodle of pies.

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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago

Masked and Distant

A memory of my childhood.

Soggy pasty and questionable meat.

Loved them though.

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

I thought this was a thread about female Latino mathematicians pi Ella

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They are worse than dog food... absolutely vile things - definitely stick to the mighty pukka pie"

Had one when I was a kid. Chewed and chewed on what I thought was meat....turned out to be some sort of heart valve or vein......my mum posted the offending item back to frey bentos with a strongly worded letter...

Never touched one since.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tbh the only pies we love eating are creampies. Oops sorry didnt read it properly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I prefer muff cake

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pies...most boring food ever! Add some beans it don’t matter who made it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frey Bentos? - Thought he was the Cuban leader ? No?

Bit racist mate.

Really? Oh I didn’t realise, could u elaborate how Its racist ? Just so I know where I went wrong as wouldn’t want to make same mistake and offend in future

SJW

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shudders

Any meat in a tin is wrong. Pastry in a tin is wrong. Potatoes in a tin are wrong.

Peas. Sweetcorn. Tomatoes and tuna are about all I'll touch in a tin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the deep fill steak pies.

The pies from my butcher though are immense, they ain’t puff pastry but they’re good fucking pies.

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

"I like the deep fill steak pies.

The pies from my butcher though are immense, they ain’t puff pastry but they’re good fucking pies. "

I've never fucked a pie before

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was a guy at Uni who found an ingenious way of getting the lid off. He put it in the oven to cook it and the lid blew the oven door open and sent FB steak and kidney pie flying around the kitchen. The twat had left the lid on

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

"There was a guy at Uni who found an ingenious way of getting the lid off. He put it in the oven to cook it and the lid blew the oven door open and sent FB steak and kidney pie flying around the kitchen. The twat had left the lid on

Tell him to use a Microwave next time...Keep your distance though

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tell him to use a Microwave next time...Keep your distance though

Bit late for that it was 36 years ago - about the same time as I last had a Fray Bentos pie.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Tell him to use a Microwave next time...Keep your distance though

Bit late for that it was 36 years ago - about the same time as I last had a Fray Bentos pie."

They are readily available in Pound shops

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad "

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forget fray bentos or pukka or any other pies...best pie is definitely a Bristol Clark's pie

The Best of Bristol all made and baked fresh daily in North St Bristol. Get em fresh rather than from the chippie...If you haven't tried one you've got to have a go

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By *airytaleOfNewPorkMan
over a year ago

Close By

I always burn the damn pastry!!

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful."
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It’s worked a treat when I’ve been ill and not had the energy to cook for my lad... everything gets thrown in the oven / microwave from the cupboard / freezer and he’s got a filling meal. He loves them as no bottom to the pie just a crispy top .... job done

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By *nvisible_beardMan
over a year ago

near newbridge, wales

Vegetable Balti is nice

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always burn the damn pastry!! "

If correct Fray Bentos pies only have a pastry top. There's no bottom. I mean what the fuck?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie."

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell."

"A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry"

So what's a pasty or a slice?

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.

"A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry"

So what's a pasty or a slice?

It’s a pasty or a slice

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.

"A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry"

So what's a pasty or a slice?

It’s a pasty or a slice

So how can it be pie at the same time? It's not quantum entanglement.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.

"A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry"

So what's a pasty or a slice?

It’s a pasty or a slice

So how can it be pie at the same time? It's not quantum entanglement."

A pie is made in a dish, a pasty / slice isn’t

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't like them, no pie in a tin for me. "

Ewwwww definitely this!

Nora x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It’s something we always have in the cupboard as a back up, the steak and ale deep filled one. For an emergency food it is not bad

In the event of say a virus outbreak and your starving you might be thankful..

Yes no pie bottom. How can a pie have no bottom and call itself a pie.

There are three types of pie:-

A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

A top-crust pie has the filling in the bottom of the dish and is covered with a pastry or other covering before baking.

A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.

"A two-crust pie has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry"

So what's a pasty or a slice?

It’s a pasty or a slice

So how can it be pie at the same time? It's not quantum entanglement.

A pie is made in a dish, a pasty / slice isn’t

Ah i think we are getting somewhere here on the pie conundrum.

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By *ssex_tomMan
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I tried a frey bentos pie recently and expected it to be just like I remember. It was actually full of fresh air and hardly any meat or filling but lots of gravy. Maybe it was my memory but everything made cheaper these days. I prefer a pukka pie but homemade best of all.

Not sure who made it but there was a tinned meat product that marketed itself as, 'No fat or gristle, 100% guaranteed'. It was all reconstituted meat so no chance of finding fat or gristle.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I tried a frey bentos pie recently and expected it to be just like I remember. It was actually full of fresh air and hardly any meat or filling but lots of gravy. Maybe it was my memory but everything made cheaper these days. I prefer a pukka pie but homemade best of all.

Not sure who made it but there was a tinned meat product that marketed itself as, 'No fat or gristle, 100% guaranteed'. It was all reconstituted meat so no chance of finding fat or gristle."

You get very little meat. It's all gravy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haven’t had one in a good while but the last time it had hardly any meat in it compared to the ones from years ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are Fray Bentos pies overrated? It's a right pain in the arse to open the tins.

I prefer a Pukka Pie."

they are rank! Ex hub loved them - I hated having to open the darned things and see that slimy puff party and ewww the smell!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love a Fray Bentos pie, not brilliant at all but they just remind me of my childhood

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Never had one, never will just the thought of eating a pie out of a tin makes me

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"Are Fray Bentos pies overrated? It's a right pain in the arse to open the tins.

I prefer a Pukka Pie."

Ahhh the childhood memories Fray Bentos pies, cut your fingers to shreds trying to open one then savour the delights of the wobbliest puff pastry in the world

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Holland’s pies are the yardstick when it comes to a pie, Frey Bentos however are very good indeed.

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By *urvySub87Woman
over a year ago

Near Wellingborough

I do love a frey bentos but I've lost count how many tin openers I've sacrificed trying to get into one. Thats why I usually stick to a nice pukka

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By *od ThrusterMan
over a year ago

Newport Pagnell

I quite enjoy a Fray Bentos pie from time to time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You really can't beat a steak and haggis pie with a cheesy shortcrust pastry

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By *inge61Couple
over a year ago

n/wales

they are named after the town they come from origanaly

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"they are named after the town they come from origanaly

I didn't know that. Very much like the Scotch Egg.

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