In Praise of Fray Bentos

[AndyRM]

I'll let the owner, Brian, know.

Good luck. The owner isn't called Brian.

 

[Dirk]

Good luck. The owner isn't called Brian.

It's the pseudonym he uses when ordering FB pies for the restaurant.

 

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[QUOTE 5155057, member: 43827"]After clearing out my late father's pantry we found a Fray Bentos pie more than five years after its sell by date.

I was tempted, but my wife decided discretion was the better part of valour.[/QUOTE]
Pah! I needed some Cayenne pepper a couple of days ago and delved into the back of the cupboard. I struck gold. The "sell by" date was Nov 2001.

 

[AndyRM]

A wise woman...

I dunno, she married me...

 

[Dirk]

Pah! I needed some Cayenne pepper a couple of days ago and delved into the back of the cupboard. I struck gold. The "sell by" date was Nov 2001.

I had a tin of beans that were 7 years past their sell by date.
Nowt wrong with them.
Tin stuff lasts for ages.

 

[classic33]

I had a tin of beans that were 7 years past their sell by date.
Nowt wrong with them.
Tin stuff lasts for ages.

Update as you're able, so we know.

 

[Dirk]

Update as you're able, so we know.

It was about 5 years ago that I had them. No ill effects.

 

[theclaud]

I've a friend who had a job killing cats on Marion Island. When he arrived he discovered a whole roomful of brinjal pickle left by the previous incumbent. His staple diet became Fray Bentos pies, only with the filling chucked down the khazi and replaced with tangy aubergine. @Crackle would love it.

 

[stephec]

It was about 5 years ago that I had them. No ill effects.

You say that now............

 

[Dirk]

You say that now............

Yeah......maybe best to give it a bit more time.......

 

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I've a friend who had a job killing cats on Marion Island. When he arrived he discovered a whole roomful of brinjal pickle left by the previous incumbent. His staple diet became Fray Bentos pies, only with the filling chucked down the khazi and replaced with tangy aubergine. @Crackle would love it.

I'd never heard of Marion Island before now. They managed to kill all the cats but the mouse population went through the roof and they started attacking albatross chicks.......

...see here.....section 4.1....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Islands#Invasive_species

 

[classic33]

I'd never heard of Marion Island before now. They managed to kill all the cats but the mouse population went through the roof and they started attacking albatross chicks.......

...see here.....section 4.1....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Islands#Invasive_species

You're destined to followed through life by the Ghost of MouseyFecker Past!

 

[classic33]

I had a tin of beans that were 7 years past their sell by date.
Nowt wrong with them.
Tin stuff lasts for ages.

Update as you're able, so we know.

It was about 5 years ago that I had them. No ill effects.

You say that now............

Yeah......maybe best to give it a bit more time.......

Say another two years?

 

[Dirk]

Say another two years?

I think I would have noticed any ill effects several years ago.

 

[Crackle]

I've a friend who had a job killing cats on Marion Island. When he arrived he discovered a whole roomful of brinjal pickle left by the previous incumbent. His staple diet became Fray Bentos pies, only with the filling chucked down the khazi and replaced with tangy aubergine. @Crackle would love it.

I've just been name checked in one of the most peculiar posts ever read on cc...........