what has happened to tins of pie fillings

Rhyburgh

Our Tesco in Norwich has the pie filling above the ice cream too.

james10999

Rhyburgh wrote: »

Our Tesco in Norwich has the pie filling above the ice cream too.

Very Lazy!

Buy some Fruit!

Sarahsaver

Ooh but when you fancy a cherry pie filled with cherry pie filling you just can't replicate it. I know, i've tried!

I would imagine more 'budget' places would sell it, Iceland, pound shops? Worth a look...

calleyw

james10999 wrote: »

Very Lazy!

Buy some Fruit!

Ever thought that some people maybe disabled or have weak wrists and hands and are unable to chop and peel fruit.

Granted for people who don't have any problems I would agree with you.

But for others they are god send.


Yours


Calley

savagevixen

calleyw wrote: »

Ever thought that some people maybe disabled or have weak wrists and hands and are unable to chop and peel fruit.

Granted for people who don't have any problems I would agree with you.

But for others they are god send.


Yours


Calley

But surely it would be easier for some disabled people, or those with weak wrists or hands to cut up a bit of soft fruit than struggle, with a dangerous, sharp tin and opener, especially taking into account the sharp edges involved, and then the cleaning of the tin for recylcling. You can roughly chop the fresh fruit, and put any unused bits in the compost. It can be very dangerous to open a tin.
People can do what they want with these tins, but to make the excuse they were for the disabled and weak wristed really made me chuckle.

Sagaris

savagevixen wrote: »

People can do what they want with these tins, but to make the excuse they were for the disabled and weak wristed had me on the floor:rotfl:

My Mum has arthritis in her hands, wrists etc and a degenerative spinal condition, so can't stand for any length of time to cook very much.
However, her electric can opener used on a tin of pie filling and some of my HM crumble do the job nicely - and she feels like she's making an effort.

Sarahsaver

...then the cleaneing of the tin for recylcling

You clean tins! They do it at the recycling plant. Ours go in the bin with the normal rubbish round here and the council pull them out with magnets. The 'need' for householders to clean tins is afaik a MYTH.

BUT anyway...

i got a HUGE tin of cherries but not pie filling, for 99p, I boiled up the juice with cornflour to make it as like pie filling as I could, but they had been dyed with some lurid food dye :eek:

I've had a stroke and find holding anything still for a while really painful in my hand, so cutting and peeling is something i DO do but is not a task I take on lightly. I have to decide whether what I would like to cook is worth the pain;)

IMHO nothing in a tin compares with the sour appley taste of PROPER english cooking apples. IAlso I like my pies, crumbles and so on quite tangy, not too much sugar.

savagevixen

And to defend what may seem derogatory, it was a harmless laugh, and I don't actually think the manufacturer's made it for disabled, weak wristed people, and neither do I beleive (having read this thread) that the majority of users do fall in this category.
I used a red cherry one once on top of a homemade cheesecake, it was foul and rendered the time taken to make the cheesecake completely (IMO) wasted. It tasted processed and shop bought. Maybe that is why I was genuinely so surprised to read that people actually used it for home baking.But then I've never understood people who use things like 'Ragu' either. Make your own!! Tastes much better.
And on a more serious note, my 9 year old son is disabled and has very little sense or awareness of danger, hence when we make a crumble, he can be actively involved and enjoy helping by chopping soft fruits with a 'safe' knife and supervision. It would be very dangerous to leave him with a can and opener, and I can't afford an electric one. Also we have 7 in our family so to cook puddings in the tin way would not be moneysaving as one wouldn't go far!
It was all meant in a good way and not too offend.

savagevixen

Sarahsaver wrote: »

...then the cleaneing of the tin for recylcling

You clean tins! They do it at the recycling plant. Ours go in the bin with the normal rubbish round here and the council pull them out with magnets. The 'need' for householders to clean tins is afaik a MYTH.

a) They are collected fortnightly, so if they were not cleaned then they are a health hazard and very smelly and unpleasant. They also encourage rats.
b) The recycling collection men actually refuse to collect tins (and other things) that have not been cleaned. They leave notes telling you why they have not been taken.
c) It is rude to expect people to collect dirty items of waste. (Tuna tins eeek) I am afraid I actually see our collection men, and there is most definately no magnet, it's men. So maybe in your area it is different, but here if they refuse it (like with my neighbour) you are stuck with it for an extra 2 weeks and then you have to wash 2 week old stinking tins, before they can be collected again.

sweetserendipity

I have used frozen fruit for crumbles & it works really well, healthier than jars, no preparation and not that expensive - I bought a pack of frozen cherries in MrT and a pack of frozen summer fruits for £1 each last week - they would make 2 crumbles per pack.