John West tinned stewed steak in gravy - yuk!

js474

I remember having tinned stewed steak as a youngster and loved it, one of those childhood taste memories that has stuck!

I saw some in Netto last week (whilst picking up their weekly offers!) and bought 2 tins for dinner that night. On opening it I noticed how it smelled EXACTLY the same as budget dog food......I kid you not.

The taste was as bad if not worse! 2 forkfuls was all I could manage and the rest went outside for the resident fox who ALSO took one sniff and walked away.

What on earth is in that stuff??! Does anybody in MSE World like it??!

_pale_

Clowance

if camping we used to buy marks and sparks tinned steak, this also smells like dog food when you open the tin, but it tastes lovely.

DCFC79

Jown west wouldnt be making it if no 1 bought it

bcl999

js474 wrote: »

I remember having tinned stewed steak as a youngster and loved it, one of those childhood taste memories that has stuck!

I saw some in Netto last week (whilst picking up their weekly offers!) and bought 2 tins for dinner that night. On opening it I noticed how it smelled EXACTLY the same as budget dog food......I kid you not.

The taste was as bad if not worse! 2 forkfuls was all I could manage and the rest went outside for the resident fox who ALSO took one sniff and walked away.

What on earth is in that stuff??! Does anybody in MSE World like it??!

_pale_

I had a similar experience with Plumrose Chopped Ham & Pork. Loved it in a bap as a kid but bought it a few years ago and couldn't even eat it. Just the texture of it made me feel ill.

The other day I was in Home Bargains having a look around and found packs of Vesta Curry. This was another thing I liked as a teenager but I didn't risk buying it this time.

zenseeker

I find that many things I loved as a kid taste disgusting to me now. I guess, as a child, you used to eat what you were given and learned to like it, perhaps your taste buds weren't yet fully developed or something I know that I used to live on Campbells Meat Balls, but tried them recently they were vile.

shikoku

I had pretty much an identical experience with the same product. I nearly didn't make the stew I had planned after the first 'dog food' whiff!

However I went ahead basically because I had all the other ingredients lined up and combined with those it tasted fine BUT I think I would hesitate to buy it again.

I'll stick to meat I can see inside the pack on the very rare occasions I buy any.

dyldwarf

i love john west stewed steak but have trouble finding it for sale these days.

JAG

shikoku wrote: »

I had pretty much an identical experience with the same product. I nearly didn't make the stew I had planned after the first 'dog food' whiff!

However I went ahead basically because I had all the other ingredients lined up and combined with those it tasted fine BUT I think I would hesitate to buy it again.

I experienced the same with this John West stewed steak in gravy.

I always purchased Sainsbury's premium stewed steak in gravy which had something like 85% meat, but they stopped selling it, so I picked up a tim of John West's from B&M. It has around 65% meat so I wasn't expecting the same as Sainsbury's but once opened I thought it looked worse than the dog food I have given to my dogs.

I couldn't see any resembalance of "meat". If it wasn't for the fact I had already started to prepare others parts of the meal I may well have just binned it. It did taste O.K. but we won't be buying it again. It was the worst stewed steak in gravy we have ever tasted.

stephen77

they have probably reduced the salt content and taken out MSG out of it.

Other than that is probably similar and your mind playing tricks on you.

js474

DCFC79 wrote: »

Jown west wouldnt be making it if no 1 bought it

Well reading the comments here, it does seem that "no 1" (???) is buying it!

zenseeker wrote: »

I find that many things I loved as a kid taste disgusting to me now. I guess, as a child, you used to eat what you were given and learned to like it, perhaps your taste buds weren't yet fully developed or something I know that I used to live on Campbells Meat Balls, but tried them recently they were vile.

You could be spot on there - I couldn't eat garlic when I was younger but now I love it....

stephen77 wrote: »

they have probably reduced the salt content and taken out MSG out of it.

Other than that is probably similar and your mind playing tricks on you.

No, I'm pretty sure that my mind isn't that devious!

DUKE

js474 wrote: »

I remember having tinned stewed steak as a youngster and loved it, one of those childhood taste memories that has stuck!

I saw some in Netto last week (whilst picking up their weekly offers!) and bought 2 tins for dinner that night. On opening it I noticed how it smelled EXACTLY the same as budget dog food......I kid you not.

The taste was as bad if not worse! 2 forkfuls was all I could manage and the rest went outside for the resident fox who ALSO took one sniff and walked away.

What on earth is in that stuff??! Does anybody in MSE World like it??!



_pale_

I feel exactly the same about it. Also I find that (my husband loves it) the Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney's pie's the same.