Tinned Potatoes

EricTheWeary

boogieman said:

EricTheWeary said:

Can’t remember ever eating tinned potatoes. A few years ago someone I worked with won a Xmas hamper and gave me the things she didn’t want. This included a tin of Brussel sprouts. Oh Jeepers, they were bad ( and I like Brussel sprouts). 
I like tinned marrowfat peas though, yum. 

I didn’t even realise tinned sprouts were a thing. 

That’s the only time I’ve ever seen them, although I can’t say I’ve ever really looked. 

midlifecrisis

i didnt think people used these, except people with makeshift nuclear bomb shelters who have stocked up with 500 tins of various tinned veg and sardines.

Philly_Q

RandallFlagg said:

the only things tha should come in tins is pints cans of Stella, pints of Guinness, baked beans and mushy peas.

What about Heinz steamed puddings?

Which to my dismay appear to have been discontinued.... how could they do that?

Octafish

Tinned potatoes are bloody awful. Ate them a bit as a student out of laziness, always had a weird non potato aftertaste that eventually put me off. It's not like they're much cheaper or actually save you much time over decent potatoes.

CHRISB50

Philly_Q said:

RandallFlagg said:

the only things tha should come in tins is pints cans of Stella, pints of Guinness, baked beans and mushy peas.

What about Heinz steamed puddings?

Which to my dismay appear to have been discontinued.... how could they do that?

One thing  that I do like from a tin is a Frey Bentos Steak and Kidney pud. 

The tin keeps the bottom rawish, so it's all soft and gooey. Mmm. Lovely suet. 

Anyway, back to veg... as you were. 

Philly_Q

CHRISB50 said:

One thing  that I do like from a tin is a Frey Bentos Steak and Kidney pud. 

The tin keeps the bottom rawish, so it's all soft and gooey. Mmm. Lovely suet. 

I was always fascinated by them as a kid, but never tried one unttil I was in my 20s... I thought it was bloody horrible.

The soggy bottom was nasty and it could've done with a lot more steak and a lot less kidney.

Still, it was worth trying.  Never again.

57Deluxe

Philly_Q said:

RandallFlagg said:

the only things tha should come in tins is pints cans of Stella, pints of Guinness, baked beans and mushy peas.

What about Heinz steamed puddings?

Which to my dismay appear to have been discontinued.... how could they do that?

Yes - not seen the tinned or even supermarket own tinned (~50p) for ages. They now sell in tiny little yoghurt-pot size  2 packs instead for £1.75... Bloody loved the puds... Bloody loved them...

CHRISB50

My granddad was an engineer for Frey Bentos, so I ate a lot of them growing up.

It's weird because I normally wouldn't like this kind of thing, but these, I really do.

I totally understand why people would not like them though. Maybe an acquired taste

ESBlonde

57Deluxe said:

/\ but they can open the cans though??

Wall mounted electric can opener does wonders.

57Deluxe

Octafish said:

Tinned potatoes are bloody awful. Ate them a bit as a student out of laziness, always had a weird non potato aftertaste that eventually put me off. It's not like they're much cheaper or actually save you much time over decent potatoes.

yes the taste is a mix of Tin, mint salt and sugar syrup...

FX_Munkee

Philly_Q said:

RandallFlagg said:

the only things tha should come in tins is pints cans of Stella, pints of Guinness, baked beans and mushy peas.

What about Heinz steamed puddings?

Which to my dismay appear to have been discontinued.... how could they do that?

Weren't they prone to exploding if treated incorrectly?
Maybe that had something to do with it?

Philly_Q

FX_Munkee said:

Philly_Q said:

RandallFlagg said:

the only things tha should come in tins is pints cans of Stella, pints of Guinness, baked beans and mushy peas.

What about Heinz steamed puddings?

Which to my dismay appear to have been discontinued.... how could they do that?

Weren't they prone to exploding if treated incorrectly?
Maybe that had something to do with it?

I'm sure it was possible, but the worst I ever did was letting the pan boil dry.

The bigger danger was having hot jam or golden syrup spray out when you opened one end of the can, but I soon learned to hold a cloth over the can opener.

I think people don't even have the patience - or the cooking skills - to leave a can boiling in a pan for 40 minutes any more, so instead they buy the poxy little microwave versions.

57Deluxe

/\ I used to open the tin and turn out the contents into a mwave bowl and cover and cook for 80 secs... No blowing up or vomiting syrup. The biggest risk was using a can opener unattended, devoid of an on-site H&S supervisor.