Will there be a Rebellion?

[TOKOLOSHI]

Who changed all the pies! Fray Bentos is to redesign its iconic metal tins after half a century because millennials don't know how to open them
Fray Bentos is to redesign its pie in a can as the metal is too thick to cut through?

Ring pull? Maybe add Meat!?:encouragement:

 

[Norman_E]

They need to redesign the pies first. Years ago their steak & kidney puddings were nice, but the last one I tried was very poor and contained only a small amount of gristly meat.

 

[zoidberg]

I believe there was a proposal among the Golden Globe Race supporters to insist on competitors carrying foodstuffs available 50 years ago, and not modern freeze-dried 'astronaut' packets. There were murmerings of approval, initially, until the gastronomes among the Gauls realised what an 'FB Pie' actually was.

 

[lpdsn]

... the last one I tried was very poor and contained only a small amount of gristly meat.

That's a sad comedown from the days when they used to contain large amounts of gristly meat.

I guess the old ones will become collector's items on the For Sale forum.

 

[solent clown]

puts me in mind of a favourite staple of the old army rations, "babys heads" - they were a stunning little steak and kidney pudding in a can, almost as good cold as piping hot.

 

[JumbleDuck]

puts me in mind of a favourite staple of the old army rations, "babys heads" - they were a stunning little steak and kidney pudding in a can, almost as good cold as piping hot.

Like these?

 

[penberth3]

Who changed all the pies! Fray Bentos is to redesign its iconic metal tins after half a century because millennials don't know how to open them
Fray Bentos is to redesign its pie in a can as the metal is too thick to cut through?

Ring pull? Maybe add Meat!?:encouragement:

Fray Bentos tins are perfect to have on the bench for keeping small parts together or cleaning and degreasing. You sometimes have to remove a few sharp edges, depending on your tin opener. If they have a ring pull this might not be necessary!

 

[wully1]

puts me in mind of a favourite staple of the old army rations, "babys heads" - they were a stunning little steak and kidney pudding in a can, almost as good cold as piping hot.

I’ve searched high and low for babies heads! No luck in finding them or anything close but I do have a recipe for a close substitute for another rat pack favourite - Oatmeal Blocks. mmmmmmmmm..

 

[solent clown]

I’ve searched high and low for babies heads! No luck in finding them or anything close but I do have a recipe for a close substitute for another rat pack favourite - Oatmeal Blocks. mmmmmmmmm..

oatmeal blocks, good stuff. Biscuits AB brown... nasty. i seem to remember babies heads were in a normal shaped tin not a shaped one like the fray bentos.

 

[wully1]

i seem to remember babies heads were in a normal shaped tin not a shaped one like the fray bentos.

Correct! We usually got them steamed so they were sitting on the serving platter looking exactly like soft pastry tin cans...