Branston Beans - How Many in a Tin?

geordie_joe

kc101 wrote: »

then you dont end up with a load of sauce and a few beans if your not using the whole tin at once

I'm single and live on my own, I never use a whole tin of beans at once.

What I do is get a tupperware container and spoon half the contents of the tin into a pan and the other half into the tupperware container. The ones I put in the pan I eat that day, the others go into the freezer.

If you dig the spoon deep enough into the tin you get an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Then you stir the ones in the pan and hey presto, an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Edit: I suppose what I am saying is, you don't have to pour the beans out of the tin. You can spoon them out and gain two advantages, and even distribution of beans and sauce, and an equal amount used each time.

Middy

geordie_joe wrote: »

I'm single and live on my own, I never use a whole tin of beans at once.

What I do is get a tupperware container and spoon half the contents of the tin into a pan and the other half into the tupperware container. The ones I put in the pan I eat that day, the others go into the freezer.

If you dig the spoon deep enough into the tin you get an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Then you stir the ones in the pan and hey presto, an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Edit: I suppose what I am saying is, you don't have to pour the beans out of the tin. You can spoon them out and gain two advantages, and even distribution of beans and sauce, and an equal amount used each time.

I live alone as well and buy the normal size tins and not the tiddly little things - plus its very MSE.

geordie_joe

Originally Posted by geordie joe
I'm single and live on my own, I never use a whole tin of beans at once.

What I do is get a tupperware container and spoon half the contents of the tin into a pan and the other half into the tupperware container. The ones I put in the pan I eat that day, the others go into the freezer.

If you dig the spoon deep enough into the tin you get an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Then you stir the ones in the pan and hey presto, an even distribution of beans and sauce.

Edit: I suppose what I am saying is, you don't have to pour the beans out of the tin. You can spoon them out and gain two advantages, and even distribution of beans and sauce, and an equal amount used each time.

Middy wrote: »

I live alone as well and buy the normal size tins and not the tiddly little things - plus its very MSE.

I don't understand what you are saying? I am single and also don't buy the tiddly little tins, that's why I have to put half the tin in the freezer. If I bought the tiddly little tins I would eat one all at once.

I may be being a little thick here, and if I am I apologise, but could you explain what exactly you mean?

argamemnon

We had some crosse & blackwell beans blue wrapper 4 for a £1 they were more like soup very runny and would not thicken even when left to simmer.. won't be buying those again

Swan_2

the size of the Branston bean tins was reduced a while back

completely messed up the symmetry of the pyramid on my worktop :mad:

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Why not get the tubs of beans? Then you can just have a spoonful at a time.

mymerrywidow

crazyguy wrote: »

Na na na na, I beat you to it I counted 592 in a tin !

i hope you washed your hands! :eek::eek:

and you should have 601 beans in a tin, i suggest you do a re-conut! :o

flikkerty

Yes I agree, more sauce in there recently, I thought this too, glad not the only one!

Middy

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Why not get the tubs of beans? Then you can just have a spoonful at a time.

Heinz only do these and I hate Heinz beans. Their beans are too mushy. Other brands beans don't break up and go into mush.

stephen77

TheBoyandMe wrote: »

Have you counted them? ;-)

better way of testing is to pour the tin into a sieve.
then run it under a tap to all the sauce has gone.
shake or cloth to dry then weigh them.

wash out test are pretty common on products like this.