In Praise of Fray Bentos

[Dirk]

[QUOTE 5142926, member: 259"]
And if you have a dog, you don't even need to wash it![/QUOTE]
Nooo!
We once had a dog that licked out an open tin of dog food - blood everywhere, had to chase it round the garden with the tin hanging off its tongue. It took a slice out of the side of its tongue which took ages to heal.
Don't give empty tins to dogs!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Nooo!
We once had a dog that licked out an open tin of dog food - blood everywhere, had to chase it round the garden with the tin hanging off its tongue. It took a slice out of the side of its tongue which took ages to heal.
Don't give empty tins to dogs!

I had a Jack Russell that could get her tongue into the hole of a beer can. She'd put her paw on the led down tin and spend a good while darting her tongue in and out. I used to cringe watching her do this,thinking blood would suddenly appear,but she never cut herself doing it.

 

[Crackle]

I wouldn't give my dog anything from Fray Bentos.

 

[Crackle]

[QUOTE 5142984, member: 259"]Me too, but I'm not allowed to lick the tin clean any more.[/QUOTE]
Cruel, especially after all that effort to open it.

 

[Crackle]

[QUOTE 5142984, member: 259"]Me too, but I'm not allowed to lick the tin clean any more.[/QUOTE]
Is this your dishwasher pre-wash cycle?

 

[Dirk]

[QUOTE 5142999, member: 259"]The only problem is what kind of tinned mushy peas to eat with them. Original or chip shop style? Or both?[/QUOTE]
It has to be garden peas with a Fray Bentos pie.

 

[gbb]

I have at times mused about a bike tour up the Uruguay River, passing through Fray Bentos, where, I imagined, there would be nothing but meat pies to eat.

Been there but only up to Nueva Palmira.. Remarkably, the countryside i saw is visually much like ours, i was genuinely surprised.

 

[Dirk]

[QUOTE 5143017, member: 259"]Well, as long as they're out of a tin...[/QUOTE]
Of course...

 

[Blue Hills]

Of course tinned veg was once apparently considered somewhat sophisticated in some circles. That Harry Palmer film where Michael Cain sings the praises of a particular type of tinned mushroom to a boss he encounters in an early supermarket. (maybe on youtube somewhere). Maybe in reality he entertained his enticed lady prospects to a steel-clad pie and peas.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 5143017, member: 259"]Well, as long as they're out of a tin...[/QUOTE]
Not a pod?

 

[Dirk]

Maybe in reality he entertained his enticed lady prospects to a steel-clad pie and peas.

It's a well known ploy amongst certain theatrical types.
Apparently, Richard Burton used it to devastating effect on Elizabeth Taylor.

 

[Blue Hills]

It's a well known ploy amongst certain theatrical types.
Apparently, Richard Burton used it to devastating effect on Elizabeth Taylor.

Burton once took taylor to a spoons, though it wasn't one at the time.

And possibly to another place that became a Harvester.

 

[Blue Hills]

It's a well known ploy amongst certain theatrical types.
Apparently, Richard Burton used it to devastating effect on Elizabeth Taylor.

Not entirely sure if you are serious. If so, a reference please.
And if fray bentos, did he impress her with his "and do we not bleed?"

 

[Electric_Andy]

The filling is nice, but the texture of the pastry is a masterpiece. I can't eat it though because wheat upsets me these days

 

[Dirk]

The filling is nice, but the texture of the pastry is a masterpiece. I can't eat it though because wheat upsets me these days

The pastry is the thing I remember most from when I was a kid.
It's really quite odd, but strangely satisfying.