tins

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 08:19

Tinned food is great.

Yesterday I was effusing to Mrs Dadaist about the excellent selection of tinned meat at the Musselburgh Lidl and not getting much back - I think the jelly that comes with tinned ham must be a love/hate thing.

Luncheon

What is the weirdest thing you have seen/eaten tinned?

What's the oldest use by date you have discovered on a tin in the back of the cupboard?

When we visited Durban, tinned apricot jam was the thing. It was like a paste and was gorgeous - I've never tasted the like since.

Toppers

What was the name of that tinned meat you had to grill in slices? There was a key on the side of the tin.

Fray Bentos has tested my love of tins over the years but never broken it even when I've cut myself badly. Those things are like landmines but the payoff is just too good. How clever is it to get a pie in a tin!!

Veg

I remember my gran bringing round a tin of sausage rolls when I had whooping cough.

Please share your canned memories.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 30 May 2007, 09:36

I can remember, many moons ago, having beefburgers from a tin. The brand name was Goblin and, after a quick Google, I could only find their current range. I was hoping to find some pics of the packaging from the 60s/70s.

Yum!!

There was something called "Bacon Grill" that came in a tin and you sliced and , well, grilled. I seem to recall that was made by Plumrose.
I still like tinned corned beef but have to remove the really big blobs of fat.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 09:53

It was Bacon Grill - thanks ecm.

Wow - those sponge puddings. Especially the treacle one.

All that anticipation during cooking with the added wonder of whether the tin was going to explode.

Licking the treacle off the lid whilst trying not to cut yourself.

Have never had tinned burgers.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 10:48

ecm wrote:I can remember, many moons ago, having beefburgers from a tin. The brand name was Goblin and, after a quick Google, I could only find their current range. I was hoping to find some pics of the packaging from the 60s/70s.

Yum!!

There was something called "Bacon Grill" that came in a tin and you sliced and , well, grilled. I seem to recall that was made by Plumrose.
I still like tinned corned beef but have to remove the really big blobs of fat.

I vaguely remember that Skeely is a goblin meat fan, can't remember what thread he posted about it on though.

I vote for Spam, that most versatile of processed meats. Even the strictest of vegans cannot resist a nice fried Spam fritter or a slice of Spam & Egg pie - and that's a fact.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 30 May 2007, 12:52

Tinned sausage rolls!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 13:37

Pal of Porty wrote:Tinned sausage rolls!

I kid you not. Same deal with the pastry as Fray Bentos, but a tin with 6 or so sausage rolls squashed together running the length of the tin.

I was quite bad with whooping cough and vividly remember my gran, the tin of sausage rolls, and barfing as soon as she left. To this day if I ever have a cough I still honk like a seal and can turn heads from quite a distance.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 30 May 2007, 13:45

Dadaist wrote:Wow - those sponge puddings. Especially the treacle one.

All that anticipation during cooking with the added wonder of whether the tin was going to explode.

My Dad did just that, but it was the strawberry jam one. It was a bit of a comedy of errors because he boiled the pot dry then poured cold water on it. The tin exploded and blew a hole through the kitchen window, the hot strawberry jam stuck to his bald head and my uncle, who happened to have a plate of hot tomato soup on his knee at the time, threw the soup up in the air and it went everywhere. I vividly remember the perfect hole in the net curtain where the tin went through

. I think we were forced to have Angel Delight after that - but that'll go on the packet thread.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 13:48

Epy you deserve your own tribute thread. I have a mental image of Rathbone house when youse were kids - you keep adding to the jigsaw, and at the moment it's of some incredibly tough kids living in a house with no electricity or glass in the windows!

ali · Post by **ali** » 30 May 2007, 13:55

Pal of Porty wrote:Tinned sausage rolls!

Yup. I remember those but I dont remember actually consuming them. Also, I think they might have been made by Pilsbury?.......

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 13:57

Glad someone else remembers them. Google falls over for stuff like this.

ali · Post by **ali** » 30 May 2007, 14:01

When my brother and I sailed across the Atlantic in 1984 we lived on Hungarian tinned bacon and those Heinz puddings.

The bacon was the saltiest thing I have ever tasted...................and it was years before I was able to face a wodge of syrup sponge and custard...........

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 14:06

ali wrote:my brother and I sailed across the Atlantic in 1984

story please. own thread. at your convenience.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 30 May 2007, 14:20

Epykat wrote:
Dadaist wrote:Wow - those sponge puddings. Especially the treacle one.

All that anticipation during cooking with the added wonder of whether the tin was going to explode.
My Dad did just that, but it was the strawberry jam one. It was a bit of a comedy of errors because he boiled the pot dry then poured cold water on it. The tin exploded and blew a hole through the kitchen window, the hot strawberry jam stuck to his bald head and my uncle, who happened to have a plate of hot tomato soup on his knee at the time, threw the soup up in the air and it went everywhere. I vividly remember the perfect hole in the net curtain where the tin went through . I think we were forced to have Angel Delight after that - but that'll go on the packet thread.

...one of the funniest stories I've ever heard

Did you only eat red food in your house

I loved those boiled sponge puddings especially the treacle one ....what a pudding adventure they were and all the better for the time you had to wait for them to cook....and you could get the custard made while you were waiting....well yer ma or yer granny could
You can now microwave the contents in about 2 minutes...but where's the fun in that

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2007, 15:03

Dadaist wrote:
ali wrote:my brother and I sailed across the Atlantic in 1984
story please. own thread. at your convenience.

It's true. I've seen the photos!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 30 May 2007, 15:05

Epykat wrote:
Dadaist wrote:Wow - those sponge puddings. Especially the treacle one.

All that anticipation during cooking with the added wonder of whether the tin was going to explode.
My Dad did just that, but it was the strawberry jam one. It was a bit of a comedy of errors because he boiled the pot dry then poured cold water on it. The tin exploded and blew a hole through the kitchen window, the hot strawberry jam stuck to his bald head and my uncle, who happened to have a plate of hot tomato soup on his knee at the time, threw the soup up in the air and it went everywhere. I vividly remember the perfect hole in the net curtain where the tin went through . I think we were forced to have Angel Delight after that - but that'll go on the packet thread.

You wouldn't need a TV in the house with entertainment like that!

I remember tins of meatballs in a bright orange sauce, perfect for campfire cooking. No idea which animal the balls were taken from, but the sauce was allegedly tomato.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2007, 15:07

Here you are, ya lazy midden, Hatstand!!

skeely eats goblins

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 30 May 2007, 15:14

rapunzell wrote:
No idea which animal the balls were taken from.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 15:15

Poppy wrote:Here you are, ya lazy midden, Hatstand!!

Oooh, thanks! No one's ever called me that before.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 15:17

Epykat wrote:I think we were forced to have Angel Delight after that -

Forced?! Despite all your stories of woe and hardship, the above statement proves that you were obviously posh.

We had to have Instant Whip, Angel Delight's inferior but cheaper cousin.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2007, 15:18

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Poppy wrote:Here you are, ya lazy midden, Hatstand!!
Oooh, thanks! No one's ever called me that before.

A Scottish term denoting deep respect, is that!!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2007, 15:18

We used to be given this with tinned peaches
Last thing I remember eating before coming down with the jaundice.
Still couldn't eat it to this day, took a right scunner.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 30 May 2007, 15:21

Poppy wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Poppy wrote:Here you are, ya lazy midden, Hatstand!!
Oooh, thanks! No one's ever called me that before.
A Scottish term denoting deep respect, is that!!

Is Nelson a sassenach Hatstand?

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 15:41

rapunzell wrote:
Poppy wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote: Oooh, thanks! No one's ever called me that before.
A Scottish term denoting deep respect, is that!!
Is Nelson a sassenach Hatstand?

3/4 sassenach (brighton/hartlepool/hartlepool), 1/4 chilly jockoland (glasgow).

Been here 6 years nearly, but still have trouble understanding basic scotch phrases - "would ye lihk a droap scoan?" etc.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 30 May 2007, 15:55

So you're 100% coastal

Unless Hartlepool isn't actually near any water

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 16:49

My mother is from Surrey.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 17:12

rapunzell wrote:So you're 100% coastal Unless Hartlepool isn't actually near any water

Yep. Not thought of that before, good point. You are right about Hartlepool (or as us natives call it, "Hartlepool") being on the coast. It is very similar to Portobello, the only real differences being that it's warmer here in the winter, and the quality of chips in Hartlepool is slightly superior. Only slightly though.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 30 May 2007, 17:19

Nelson Hatstand wrote:You are right about Hartlepool (or as us natives call it, "Hartlepool") being on the coast.

Ah Hartlepool - home of the monkey hangers

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 30 May 2007, 17:22

I let one of those tinned steam puddings boil dry once too. We had syrup sponge stalactites hanging from the ceiling for ages afterwards (I inherited my 'houseproud' gene from my Mum).

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 30 May 2007, 17:24

Marya wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:You are right about Hartlepool (or as us natives call it, "Hartlepool") being on the coast.
Ah Hartlepool - home of the monkey hangers

It. Was. Guilty.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 30 May 2007, 17:29

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Marya wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:You are right about Hartlepool (or as us natives call it, "Hartlepool") being on the coast.
Ah Hartlepool - home of the monkey hangers
It. Was. Guilty.

Pardonez moi monsieur

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 May 2007, 18:52

Marya wrote:I let one of those tinned steam puddings boil dry once too. We had syrup sponge stalactites hanging from the ceiling for ages afterwards (I inherited my 'houseproud' gene from my Mum).

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 30 May 2007, 19:32

Nelson Hatstand wrote:We had to have Instant Whip, Angel Delight's inferior but cheaper cousin.

Your mentioning Instant Whip reminded me of this stuff which my Mum always used to decorate her fancier cakes and flans with.
Not sure if it's still available.
It was/is well posh, I think. Especially if sprinkled liberally with Hundreds and Thousands.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 30 May 2007, 20:09

ecm wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:We had to have Instant Whip, Angel Delight's inferior but cheaper cousin.
Your mentioning Instant Whip reminded of this stuff which my Mum always used to decorate her fancier cakes and flans with.
Not sure if it's still available.
It was/is well posh, I think. Especially if sprinkled liberally with Hundreds and Thousands.

Still get it!!
There's a rhubarb recipe I very occasionally use it with, which kind of turns out like an " instant whip"!!!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 30 May 2007, 20:17

arachnid wrote:

Still get it!!
There's a rhubarb recipe I very occasionally use it with, which kind of turns out like an " instant whip"!!!

Hoorah!! I think I shall attempt to recreate one of my Mum's Peach Flans this weekend. I'll need some glace cherries too.
It'll be lush.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 30 May 2007, 20:18

SoupDragon wrote:
We used to be given this with tinned peaches
Last thing I remember eating before coming down with the jaundice.
Still couldn't eat it to this day, took a right scunner.

This reminded me of when I was a " young person"!!!

Used to get condensed milk sandwiches!!!!
Still like condensed milk!!!

But not very good for the weightwatchers!!!