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OMG...Never even knew you could buy canned minced beef...

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  • Doubt it - that would require intelligence.... I think this is just a co-incidence and that Farway is right, it was a result of overproduction.

    Not sure that the orignial poster was talking about EEC beef in tins anyway
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    If OP's child is devouring it, I think a solution to the problem has been found.

    That said, we'd eat almost anything after swimming, we were ravenous.
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    The original thread was started nearly 10 years ago.
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    Hopefully the 20 month old survived the tinned mince :)and is now a strapping teenager
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