Steak and Kidney Pie

[oscarina]

Does any one still eat Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney Pie cooked in the tin! Noticed they have made a comeback on Supermarket shelves! What other Steak and Kidney pies are good and any good home made recipes welcome!

[Roughquest]

I used to have them alot, well my husband liked them more than I, although did love their flakey pastry topping !

[Jan1957]

Yes, bought some a couple of weeks ago when they were reduced to £1 each in Tescos. They're handy to have in the cupboard when I can't be bothered to cook. Not much meat in but the pastry is nice.

[hc4361]

Vile.
I make my own pie filling and freeze it in portions. I'm no good at making pastry so buy supermarket frozen.
Much nicer to knock up a quick pie using those ingredients than buying tinned pie, and not much more effort.

[boxtops]

I've got one on my store shelf now, useful for when we run out of anything else - and keeps for ages before you have to eat it.

[smart1]

I don't like them myself, but years ago my best mates hubby (fiance then) went camping with his friend, and for one of their meals they had a (raw) FB pie in a saucepan with a tin of beans!!! YUK

[funnygirl]

I once bought an Aldi steak pie and it was delish!
The pastry was short pastry the filling was plentiful.
It was huge and it fed 4 of us easily.

[poodicat]

Fray bentos tinned pies are like vesta dried curries orrible...

[ttfn]

You little gourmet poodi!

[poodicat]

Why thank you ttfn...

[boxtops]

We had a thread on Vesta curries a couple of weeks ago, people were rushing off to their pound shops to have a memory tasting. There are some on sale on eBay.

[poodicat]

Boxtops saw it on sale in poundstrechers,anyone remember the dried veg called "swell"?

[sandyRoe]

'For Mash get Smash' Smash was a poor imitation of potato as I recall

[ttfn]

Are you on commission boxy? Me thinks there will be a hungry lady in Kent ...........

[poodicat]

Great advert though sandy...

[boxtops]

Mr Mash is a very good dried potato now - we use it all the time, much better than Smash. If I buy potatoes, soon they are growing arms and legs, we eat so few live ones - not worth buying fresh in our house.

[smart1]

smash still available Sandy unfortunately!

[smart1]

I do still have a Smash 'martian' brooch!!

[poodicat]

Cant beat the real thing,a maris piper or rooster,king edward even,mashed with cream and seasoned well,cant put that in a box...

[sandyRoe]

A packet of Smash, a tin of Steak and kidney pie, and Bachelors marrowfat peas. A meal fit for a king.

[Jan1957]

True Sandy, especially after a few beers. Beats a doner kebab. Although a doner kebab always looks good after a few drinks.