Tinned Meat

[Sans Bateau]

We always have marks n sparks tins on board for meals at sea... They are quite good with a bit of variety. From your standard stew, curry, chicken in sauce, and chillie.

I can tell you little bit of inside information on these. One of the ladies who works for me, her husband is a production supervisor at Shiphams in Chichester. Shippmans make tinned foods for all the big names including M&S. According to him M&S are the fussiest of all their cusromers, meat and other ingredients happily accepted by others will have been rejected by M&S. We keep varies tins of their meats on board as they are very good indeed.

 

[pmagowan]

I appreciate you asked about tins but you may like to look at these...http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/.
A bit more exotic than the average tin and cost more weight for weight but they don't need refrigeration and stow a bit easier than tinned meals. They need adding to though, spuds etc for a full meal..

Last year I took an unplanned trip to Sanda when I was doing a shakedown of the sails and it turned out to be too nice a day not to take a spin. We went out and then rummaged around the bilges for anything to eat and drink that hadn't been removed at the end of the last season. Found some of these 'look what we found' and a bag of rice, bottle of rum and some G@T. Lovely evening, food was out of date but didn't taste it, yummy while watching an otter swimming about.

 

[pmagowan]

I can tell you little bit of inside information on these. One of the ladies who works for me, her husband is a production supervisor at Shiphams in Chichester. Shippmans make tinned foods for all the big names including M&S. According to him M&S are the fussiest of all their cusromers, meat and other ingredients happily accepted by others will have been rejected by M&S. We keep varies tins of their meats on board as they are very good indeed.

My brother used to work on one of the production lines and he said that the only ready meals he would touch were M&S. I have a friend who inspects welfare of animals for all the big supermarkets and they say that for meat M&S and McDonalds are the best.

 

[LadyInBed]

Lidl Beef Goulash is my current favourite.
They also do Chicken in white sauce and sweet & sour Chicken, which make a quick meal with noodles or rice.
I used to be able to get a Beef Stroganoff from Morrisons, Lidl and Tesco, but they seem to have stopped stocking it.
I have no issues with tinned meat.

 

[Modulation]

+1

The best canned meats I've bought have always been mail-order, not supermarket. Granted, M&S cans are tolerable, as is Tesco lean stewed steak. Most of the canned stews are pretty miserable. It's far better to use local fresh vegetables with a can of meat - that way you will get something resembling home-cooked. (I say this because in out-of-the-way places it is always possible to buy vegetables, but sometimes the meat choices are appalling).

But in the supermarket line I'd recommend going to one of the larger French ones, where there can be a better choice of quality products than in England. Carrefour used to do a whole canned duck which was a bit of a treat. Some of the cassoulets are excellent. But you do get what you pay for, don't waste money on comparatively cheap products.

Dried camping meals are only for Pot Noodle enthusiasts.

 

[ianfr]

I appreciate you asked about tins but you may like to look at these...http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/.
A bit more exotic than the average tin and cost more weight for weight but they don't need refrigeration and stow a bit easier than tinned meals. They need adding to though, spuds etc for a full meal..

+1 from us

Ian & Jo

 

[John_22]

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[VicMallows]

Sainsbury's stewed steak it is 75% meat.

I don't find that particularly encouraging

 

[alant]

Sainsbury's stewed steak it is 75% meat.

But not 75% steak.

(the 25% is?)

 

[VicMallows]

........ at Shiphams in Chichester. Shippmans make tinned foods for all the big names including M&S. .

Interesting. I didn't realise they still had a production facility there. I certainly remember (the smell) when they produced paste there! (not as bad though as parts of northern France and Belgium )

 

[bedouin]

I always carry a couple of tins of meat - the M&S ones tend to be good and some of the curries are not bad (that after all is the point of curry - to disguise the tast e of the meat)

I was disappointed with the "Look what i've found" - the portion sizes are small and I didn't think they were any better than the tins

 

[TonyBuckley]

Lots of good suggestions so thank you. I will try the M&S range, but particularly like the Kilner jar idea though that would need some confidence building; I only have the strength to use the heads pump handle so many times on a trip.

 

[gonad]

tinned ham from lidl excellent

 

[Gerry]

Can it yourself.I prepare whole chicken breasts, cubed steak and pork. Can with some stock and yoo have the basis for countless meals. I also can prepared spagbol and a steak and veg stew for quick meals. Never had a failure always have a good meal ready to go.