do you remember...

[looobylooo]

vista curries from years ago?

can you still buy them do you know?

werent they a boil in the bag kind of meal..?

i used to think they were nice when i was young..

[cazzz1975]

vesta curries

yep, asda still sell them. the curries had raisons in which were a *big* issue with me

[looobylooo]

oh yes vesta lol.. no wonder only windows vista adds came up when i tried to google them! .. dohhhhh! lol

oooh asda sell them do they? hmmmm, i might have to try one then.

[askyourgran]

Oh Vesta paella is a secret vice of mine. If the OH is away for the day I usually have one and buy extra prawns to add at the end. The OH hates them.

You usually cook Vesta products in a frying pan, adding water and simmering for several minutes. I used to like the crispy noodles with the curry as well.

[Prudie]

I think I was brought up on Vesta meals - curry and chow mein. Also Duo-cans, curry in one end and rice in the other. My mother had no interest in cooking.

[looobylooo]

ive just had a look online and they cost around £1.57 each,
im def going to have a trip down memory lane and get one - beef curry and rice is the one i remember having.

[boxtops]

I loved vesta when I lived on my own - I find them a bit bland now, but still a quick meal solution!

[looobylooo]

hmm, im looking forward to trying one again now - i wonder if i will be disappointed though, as i can never get a ready made shop bought curry that i like.
for me, its got to be the real thing from or at my favourite little indian restaurant that i go to, or nothing! - so itll be interesting to see what i think of these vesta ones! ;o)

[cazzz1975]

chances are if they contained MSG they would have removed it by now so it would probably not taste how you remember it.

[looobylooo]

aww really cazzz? thats a shame then.

whats msg?

[cazzz1975]

monosodium glutamate, a flavour enhancer. they have removed it from most popular ready meals now, notably pot noodles who have suffered as a result in the loss of "flavour"

[mrs.chappie]

I was looking at some today in our local Poundstretcher. Used to love them when I lived alone in a flat (couldn't be ar$ed to cook for myself).

[looobylooo]

oh they sell them in there too do they mrs chap? i will have a look in the one in town then.

[looobylooo]

lol, youre probably right there butch!

i was only young when i had them, i didnt know any better, it was before i got introduced to the real thing butch!!

im out for a real one on tuesday night, and i cant blummin wait!
my mouths watering already just at the thought ;o) hmmmmmmmmmm luvvly jubbly.

[funnygirl]

Yuk!!

Those and fray bentos pies bring back horrible memories!

[pastafreak]

My local Poundland does the Paella,and sometimes the curries.

[yinyang]

I was looking at them the other day in Poundstretcher - couldn't bring myself to actually buy one though.
Used to love the Fray Bentos pies in a tin too. When my husband and I were poor students one of them followed by a lemon Hot Crunch Pudding was a slap up meal.

[mike11111]

Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies used to be delicious. I don't know what they've done to them but they're not a patch on what they were - rather tasteless the last one I had - expensive too.

[craft1948]

My daughter loves burnt Vesta Paella.........so it's brown and hard on one side :-(

[boxtops]

Lemon Hot Crunch pudding, yingyang - wow, I'd forgotten about them!