Fray Bentos pie vent!

pulliptears

oldtractor wrote: »

I find it most economical to make my own pies,with good cubed stewing steak from the butchers and HM pastry.

Works out a fair bit more expensive than a quid from Asda though

RobertoMoir

thistledome wrote: »

All meat eaters should have to tour factory farms and slaughterhouses so they can see the atrocities committed for their benefit. All that suffering just so they can eat cheap meat products.:mad:

Not sure I agree with going this far but I do think it would be a good thing if more people appreciated what they were eating - where it came from and what was done to get it on their plate.

stephen77

NotSoWise wrote: »

what do you expect from cheap food?

Your get arteries in more exspensive diced meat products as well, they will be nigh impossible to remove every single one in commercial vaible diced meat products.

stephen77

oldtractor wrote: »

I find it most economical to make my own pies,with good cubed stewing steak from the butchers and HM pastry.

not everyone has time to make a pie.
To make the sauce, then bake the pie is not a speedy process.

stephen77

thistledome wrote: »

All meat eaters should have to tour factory farms and slaughterhouses so they can see the atrocities committed for their benefit. All that suffering just so they can eat cheap meat products.:mad:

while people may going to a slaughter house may put them off eating meat.
lots of people who work in food factory who make vegeterain foods also do not eat products where they work as they get put off by what they see.

For the record I have been to more than one slaughter house.

pinkshoes

I'm afraid I only buy meat from the butchers, and make my own pies and burgers nowadays!

I once found a HUGE chunk of gristle in Tesco Finest burgers, which goes to show that even pre-packaged premium products are made from cheap cuts of meat!

Dreamnine

Yuk!... Just yuk...

C_Mababejive

Fray Bentos Pies...their largest customer is the UK as they will eat any old rubbish. I'll bet they cant flog them in the rest of Europe.

Dreamnine

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Fray Bentos Pies...their largest customer is the UK as they will eat any old rubbish. I'll bet they cant flog them in the rest of Europe.

It's a thing I remember from my childhood.. I'd never eat one now.

Laura_Scotland

While I expected and kind of understand the comments about it being a cheap meat product etc, surely you should still expect reasonably good quality? The piece that was found wasn't meat or edible in my opinion. It's just not something either of us had came across before, but I'm still very sure I won't ever buy them again.

victoria1988 wrote: »

Good idea! You could even save some time by making a big casserole first and then using the leftovers for a pie. See your butcher and ask what cheaper cuts they could sell you, they may be cheap but will always be lovely quality. I like to get a joint of brisket (great price) , cook it really slowly and have a roast + leftovers. Have fun!:D

Thanks for your reply That's what we were thinking of doing with the casserole first, at least that way we can choose which vegetables we like to put in it as well. Moved into our flat a year ago so slowly building up kitchen utensils etc so still need something to put the pie into first but definitely going to do it! There's a popular butcher near us and I've heard of brisket before but haven't used it so I'll look into that too