BBC's Rip-Off Britain

[VeritasVincit]

I am deeply traumatised after watching Rip-Off Britain on BBC this morning.
Beware! Apparently, tinned Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies are very difficult to open and attempting to do so can physically and psychologically scar the prospective ‘cook’. Even burley Sheffield steel workers had difficulty.

I hope all the BBC ‘knockers’ will now agree that the corporation is providing a valuable public service.

My shock is only lessened by the fact that I never buy Fray Bentos pies; I prefer food.

[beingsoblase]

That's nothing.
You should have tried one of those goblin pies that needed boiling for two hours, not only was it a right bastard to open without destroying the pie, it was also red hot.
I think nowadays they come in plastic pots and you have to microwave them.

[VeritasVincit]

That's nothing.
You should have tried one of those goblin pies that needed boiling for two hours, not only was it a right bastard to open without destroying the pie, it was also red hot.
I think nowadays they come in plastic pots and you have to microwave them.

Years ago, my father worked with a chap who's previous job had been at the Goblin meat pudding factory.
He swore that he'd never again touch, let alone eat, another Goblin pudding.

[Roy Twing]

Coincidentally, I recalled reading about Goblin puddings on a website recently (can't recall how I came by it), and it covers a whole cornucopia of gastronomic no go zones:

https://www.barelyedible.co.uk/

[Carlos J]

That site is excellent, Roy, thanks for the link. Never heard of these Goblin puddings, might try to find them. I did once cut my hand on a Fray Bentos tin, I'm afraid I was very, very drunk.

[m4rkb]

I bought some Fray Bentos pies on a special once for a quid a piece about two years ago thinking I'd got a good deal. Not so after the first one as I gave the rest away. Gravy with pastry over the top. Fucking shit. Never again !!

In the mass market, Shire use to make the best pies but everyone now only eats Pukka which frankly are shit.

Most 'butchers choice' are shit as well. If you're not spitting out gristle and fat they are usually massively overpriced.

The best ones are then ones I make myself

[JimmyDee]

Those Value Burgers you get, 98p for a dozen; apparently they're not made from prime cuts of beef. Fuck me! Where's Jamie Oliver when you need him?

[Eaststand]

Coincidentally, I recalled reading about Goblin puddings on a website recently (can't recall how I came by it), and it covers a whole cornucopia of gastronomic no go zones:

https://www.barelyedible.co.uk/

great site roy. Thats given me something amusing to read for a little while

[JimmyDee]

Ah, that used be called "shitefood" but the original site vanished into the Internet Black Hole. It's a good read, isn't it?

[Eaststand]

Yeah just finished it now, I don't think it's been updated in a long time, which is a shame


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[Eaststand]

I like the fact he's like me, you see something that looks disgusting you must buy it and try it and throw it away, I've tasted almost everything on that site due to morbid curiosity.

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