Corned Beef

suki1964

Corned beef, we call it mashed up cow

Mersey_2

Cornucopia wrote: »

A caff (it's not posh enough to be called a cafe) I go to has corned beef, egg and chips on the menu. I really like the sound of that, but it sounds so bad...

I've only ever seen that in Blackpool - as opposed to gammon, egg and chips.

Mersey_2

JackieO wrote: »

Its only bad for you if you permanantly lived on it,but as a cheap easy meal once in awhile its fine. Believe me I grew up with war-time rationing and survived the unspeakable things that the local butcher offered, often my late Mum never questioned what went into the sausages or what the meat was ,she was only too glad to get hold of any sort of meat :).A tin of corned beef now and again is fine and a good standby for times when the wolf comes knocking on the door, or unexpected youngsters turn up needing feeding.Bully beef dished up with an egg and a few chips will fill a hungry teenager :rotfl:

I agree. Processed meat is meant to be the worst thing you can eat, but sausages are far worse than corned beef. At least you can see what you're eating.

robin58

JackieO wrote: »

I buy a tin now and again but as I live alone I buy the bigger one open it cut in half and freeze half ,that way my tin lasts a bit longer.

I can get a third of my half tin sliced and dipped in batter,fried up wit an egg and a sliced cold tomato.

Another third sliced thinly and used in a sandwich based meal at lunchtime, and the last third of a tin diced and tossed in either a salad or some pasta
So if I can buy a tin at £2.00 I can streetch it to six meals for me for a couple of quid.You can tell I grew up with rationing seriously its possible to make a meal out of very little.Sometimes my small portion will be used as a filler for a jacket spud with some grated cheese un top also.When streetching food out its the bits that go with it that help,lots of salad or vegetables pad out the meat or a small bowl of rice pud with a desert sppon of ice cream or dollop of jam pad out a small meal and fill you up.Or to be really OS back in the days of rationing pud would sometimes just be bread and jam :):)

Too true. I once was at work and forgot to bring in my lunch.

Dug through the restroom cupboard and found a bag of microwave rice, tin of soup and can of peas. Made an interesting meal that did.:rotfl:

Murphybear

I remember growing up in the 1950s, it was corned beef and chips for Saturday lunch. Can't believe a large tin fed 5 of us (but I was only little so didn't get much):D

Sometimes it was Spam, can you still get that?

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Yes you can still buy spam,my DGS uses it for bait when he goes fishing :):) When I told him as a child it was on the menu at least once a week he was horrified.But spam fritters helped when the meat ration was used up

ljonski

What is the difference between spam hand chopped pork?

Feral_Moon

missbiggles1 wrote: »

What meat can you buy that's less than £4.50 a kilo?

How about these from Aldi:

Minced beef £3.59/kg
Gammon joint £3.45/kg
Pork shoulder joint £2.45/kg
Pork chops £4.49/kg
Pork mince £3.78/kg
Chicken drumsticks/thighs £1.99/£2.26/kg
Chicken quarters £2.25/kg
Whole chicken £2.18/kg
Free range whole chicken £3.33/kg
Turkey mince £3.98/kg

Large tin of corned beef is £1.49 in Aldi.

suki1964

ljonski wrote: »

What is the difference between spam hand chopped pork?

Spam is a mix of chopped pork and ham

Goldiegirl

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I'm not well off but I still think the prices people are quoting are pretty cheap. Even at £2 per tin to feed 3 people seems pretty reasonable.

That's what I was thinking


I don't eat corned beef anymore as it has way too much salt in for my low sodium diet, but a few years back before I was low sodium, I really fancied a corned beef hash, so I bought a can of Sainsbury's corned beef, and I was really disappointed with the quality - it was like cat food!


From time to time I had Sainsbury's sliced corned beef for sandwiches, and that was much better quality (although higher in price)