What I do Dan is get a couple of tins of beans and sausage. From either Lidl or Aldi for around 59p each. Simply put them in the vacuum bags that you can extract most the air out. Seal them and just boil them the same way. Far nicer you can pimp them up with other stuff you like such as grated cheese 🧀 etc. So for ×2 thins £1.18p bit of cheese you've got a lot nicer meal with more beans etc at a fraction of the cost. This can of course be done with other meals. Save a fortune with just a little prior effort 👌🏽

@SonofChurchill

Жыл бұрын

100% over priced

@stokie1863fan

Жыл бұрын

​@SonofChurchill They sure are pal. I refuse to buy them. The only time I will is a treat but even then I only buy a pudding not a meal. But basically anything these companies sell we can make them are selves in the vacuum bags 👌🏽

@AndyCooper761

Ай бұрын

Newbie to wild camping here….if I was to vacuum pack my own meals, rather than using Wayfarers, I’m presuming they wouldn’t be safe after a few days without refrigeration particularly if they contained meat. Or would they? Any advice welcomed 🙂

Blimey £4.50 for beans and sausages, i'd sooner have a tin from Aldi or Lidl for 60p and some crusty bread to mop up the juice.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Sound nice mate 👍

@ruebencover5795

Жыл бұрын

Very true 👍

@robg521

Жыл бұрын

Very true, I keep MRE ration packs at home and in the boot of the car, but I also keep the tinned stuff. if you don’t have to carry the weight why not just keep the tinned stuff 🤔. My grandparent went through 2 world wars, one of my biggest memories as a kid was looking into their larder to see rows and rows of tinned stuff on the shelves. Ps.. hunger breaks- ‘All Day Breakfast’ in a tin 😋 £2.30 And Stag - ‘Low Fat Chili’ in a tin 😋 £1.90

@Theorangeman.

Жыл бұрын

Id get a mylar bag and decant my own. Look em up.

@davebarber9510

Жыл бұрын

Can definitely you can heat on open fire if needed and use can after

A lot of people are saying heat a tin directly up. However, (most) tins in the uk have a liner in to help keep the food safe. Exposing the tin to heat can leach the liner into your food.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I have been telling them that

@ruperttristanblythe7512

Жыл бұрын

Pour into a camping pot and heat them

@Munter1

Жыл бұрын

If the tins are made of steel would they not start to oxidise on the inside from the liquid without some sort of inner membrane?

@stokie1863fan

Жыл бұрын

@englishwoodsman Don't know why they don't just by a cheap food saving bag vacuum and sealing machine. And cheap bags. The options are endless then 🤔 I believe you or the Mrs purchased a bag sealing vac machine right?

@darrenbaines2467

5 ай бұрын

You do know that any food in a tin can is cooked once inside the tin for a couple of hours then let to cool before being labelled ? Before microwaves in the 70's some tinned foods had instructions for heating in the tin.

Take a tin pierce 2 holes in top and gently boil in your stove , same horse different jockey . Just a little heavier .

@tomhamer7838

Жыл бұрын

You don't even have to do that now with ring pull lids..just open it a bit instead

@theborg9293

Жыл бұрын

How much does a tin of beans weigh compared to a bag, mustn't be that much difference

@tizdaz5698

Ай бұрын

which is the whole idea of these packaged meals, weight! these are designed and aimed at people hiking/bikepacking etc on a multi day trip where carrying numerous tins of beans around is not an option due to weight/size!

You had me when you said " you can smell the sausage " 👍

I had one of these for my breakfast on my camp at the weekend and enjoyed it

BEANS AND SAUSAGE: a tasty and flavorful dish, if properly sauced and seasoned. THAT is why it is so popular. In this format: you could have done a comparison with the two-pound cheaper product. At the end of a long day's hike, a hot and tasty meal that is also filling always revives MY spirits.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting idea 💡

I do what you do sometimes, put my own meals in zip lock bags or use British army packs, i use tins as well

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I love them bags mate I should do a video about it

@markhodgson1251

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman yeah definitely, it'd be good to show how easy they are 👍

@BloxOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I do the same too! Use them silver zip lock bags. And I thought it was my idea!!! 😂

@markhodgson1251

Жыл бұрын

@@BloxOutdoors 😂 I learnt it from someone else, maybe he learnt it from you 👍

@BloxOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@markhodgson1251 yep! 👍🤣

I use British army all day breakfast or the chicken curry rice and potatoes. Brilliant meals always fills my belly lol

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I love the British army ration packs

@DavePT157

Жыл бұрын

Any good places you recommend getting them from

For the sake of a two nighter, I get missus to cook me favourite dinners and breakfasts, vacuum seal them and (obviously as it is cooked to my particular taste) there is nothing missing in taste. Cheap as chips as well!😮

Love the vids. Myler sealable foil bags filled with cheap beans, proper cut up sausage, bacon cut up and tinned mushrooms. Frozen thenheated on the hill. Does for us.

Tin of beans and sausage from Aldi £1, go old school as we had in army ration packs in the 80s. Pierce the tin twice, take the label off place in pan of water and boil, take out open and eat from tin, use hot water for a brew. No dirty plate or dirt pan.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

£1 that's a winner

@peepresc8002

Жыл бұрын

@englishwoodsman defo, we used to cook all our tinned foods this way out of our ration packs, even bacon grill. Love your videos matey keep them coming.

@tizdaz5698

Ай бұрын

ok so, your doing a 5+ day bikepacking trip where you will have no access to food from a shop as your middle of mountain range, space is limited in your bags on cycle, and your trying to keep weight to minimum for obvious reasons.... get the point of these types of meals yet :) ?

I go to B&M and get a tin of spagbol. I heat it up in the zebra pot, not overly excited about sausage and beans! Stay safe Dan atvb I 👍🦊

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment

I always get the Aldi tinned version, take some bread or a couple of rolls and it's more than enough after a good hike. I don't mind paying a fair price for stuff but I refuse to be ripped off and there's a tinned version of most of those Wayfarer meals at a fraction of the cost. Think about it,. buy the tinned version instead, put the price difference in a jar and after a year or so you'll have enough to treat yourself to a nice piece of hiking or camping gear.

£4.50 ,no way for sausage and beans , buy a tin of sausage and beans tip them into a resealable bag heat them up the same way and save over £3 job done ,btw Dan it’s missing 4 pieces of toast to go with it 😂👍

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@martinkane4815

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dan…agree with some of the other comments. Make your own and put into vac and seal or ziplock pouch, bobs your uncle…..great video once again, no airs and graces, straight to the point 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥾🥾

I do buy the wayfarer meals but it is cheaper to buy couple tins of sausage n beans n a small loaf. Which also goes further or any of there other meals can be bought in tins cheaper. These are just more easy to pack n carry in ur gear.

Middle of the night, in my tent, on a wind blasted Welsh beach, gettimg almost flattened. I got an attack of the munchies but had no intention of venturing outside, so I pulled a Wayfarer meal out of my pack and scoffed it cold - just hit the spot 😊. Horses for courses I guess.

Great channel buddy. Been ging through your older ones. Very interesting.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I was watching one from 5 year ago I turned it off

@ElectronicChateau

Жыл бұрын

​@@englishwoodsman😂

@waynegoddard4065

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman it good you've stayed true to yourself.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

@@ElectronicChateau only because I look so much younger

@ElectronicChateau

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman Not good getting old is it 😂

Haven't seen you taste it yet at £4.50 I'd carry a tin.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@modestadventurers

Жыл бұрын

For £4.50 I’d slaughter a pig and make the sausage 😊

Tin from Aldi 60p empty into vacuum bag will keep for few days then boil in bag .no mess no weight to carry

Tin of hinz beans and sausage a quid wee bit of cheese an Wooster sause perfect

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Sound nice 👍

I always make my own meals then bung em in a ziplock bag , I personally think some of these bagged meals are too expensive for what you get , unless you’re really lazy.. Love the channel brilliant content 👍👍

@johnthomas-vy3th

Жыл бұрын

Me too bulk batch cook foods ziplock and bag and freezem

What could be any better than beans& sausage

I’ve just picked six up from vinted got them for six quid! Two sausages and beans and four all day breakfasts ….. I like to add half an oxo cube mate 👌🏽👍🏻👍🏻😎

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I think a small amount of chilli would be nice as well

Can't get much more basic than beans n sausage Dan. If u buy a tin to cook up you've gotta clean up after this way you just dump the packet mate. You pay higher for the convenience of the packet. Bushyboy Oz

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Yep fully agree mate

Nice with egg, bacon, black pudding, fried bread, sausages, mushrooms and some fried tomato 😊 😂👍

If your in leeds go to indoor market theirs a store selling wayfair meek chilli concern and chicken tikka and rice £1 each.

Dent the tin and make a small opening then heat and eat from the tin

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

No there is a coating on the inside of the tin and it's bad for you

I love the wayfarer but why this one is so popular is beyond me, get it in a tin for half the price and it tastes better, My 13 year old son loves the wayfarer meatballs and pasta and to be honest it’s not bad, just need to get him out more, Let’s see some more bivy camps Cheers

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I will bring that flavour to the channel soon .

It sounds good buddy. If you get hungry and need something to eat it’s definitely worth it.👍

Now I'm hungry, cheers.

I bring a thermos with Chilli etc and one filled with hot water for brews on my camps, it keeps hot for upto 14 hrs and saves carrying gas, pots etc.. and also stops the need to use a flame on the moors or in forests .... more time to relax and enjoy nature.

Well done old bean great video as usual 👌 👍

Buy a tin of beans and sausage - then put into a bowl in a hydrater for 8-10 hours - I got my air fryer/hydrater from Aldi for €80, then put it into an airtight bag for future use. Can hydrate most foods for camping and can make batches at once.

Love these meals, just like the compo we got in the army

Tin of beans, tin of hot dog sausages, make an omelette, vac pack it.... All day breakfast.

This is the exact same packs you get in the Army. Fought over by all the Soldiers. Commanders used to win. Lovely lovely.

I just put the tin of beans and sasauge strait into the jetboil surround with water to heat and theres your brew after

The supermarkets have a nicer one in a tin with a mushrooms, egg, sausage, bacon and beans.

For £4.50, I would get a half a pound Sirlion Steak instead. Grilled over a hot coal bed of oak wood with a Titanium Grill Rack.

Just buy a tin of beans with sausages in from Heinz. Ring pull lid, heat it on the fire and eat straight from the tin

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

The tin as a coating on the inside of the tin and its bad for you

@ruperttristanblythe7512

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman pour it in a cooking pot and heat it

Most all convenience packaged meals are overpriced. I enjoy your videos where you have made meals at home and sealed them in your own bags. I think you are on to something there.

Great video, I subscribed 👍

nice vid mate

I take Hunger Breaks. Just open tin and heat it up.£2.25 Tesco. As for what is missing....toast

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

😋😋😋

Not sure about the Beans but I love my wayfarer sunglasses

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣😎😎

I buy the tins and transfer them to ziploc bags to reheat.

A beans and sausage 'bushcraft bake off' is on the cards.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

That's a plan

One of these and a all day breakfast one mixed for the real win.

Convenience costs more, that’s always true. But if I were paying that much I’d definitely go for one of their other meals. For the extra money I’d want extra ingredients! Mind you - a can of ‘all day breakfast’ at my local shop is now £3.59. That’s criminal. At those prices, I’d definitely pay for the convenience! Have you tried the 48 hour ration packs that decathlon are selling now? Price is good, can only assume the portions are measly

You could prep it at home and use one of your bags and seal it up

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

100%

Hi ya Dan , what was the make of stove please? It looked a cracker. Thank you

They are well worth the money mate trust me when I say that

Hey Dan ! Why dont you do a 4 way beans and sausage competition... Get 4 Varieties and then do a taste test, ease of reheating Amount of sausage to beans - flavor of beans and the sausage, and give us the results on the best price and best overalll winner..... i would love to see it ! Cheers Dan, - Baz :) Lovin he channel!

you can get beef medallions in asda for £4 x 4 tin of beans for 55p

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I might take a look

I like it and have bought it it the past. But after Brexit there is no webshop in my country that longer sell Wayfayrer meal bag. Too bad!

Compaired to the price of many other 'camping' meals by various other companies I'd say yes it's worth it and it sure beats the faff and weight of carrying tinned meals.

@pauledwards499

Жыл бұрын

A tinned version actually weighs less than the bagged version, believe it or not

@mountain_del1863

Жыл бұрын

Spot on......tinned beans are lighter. Pot noodles are crazy light

£0.55 a tin for the basics in ASDA or £2.00 for the Heinz version

It is pricy compared to a tin but it’s convenient and normally they’re on buy one get one half price so it’s more like £3.75 a meal, personally I tend to take cereal bars now because almost always get clag in Peak District so I get chilli & rice, chicken tikka, meatballs and pasta or peri peri chicken for dinner.

It's missing buttered toast. The wayfarer range, you don't actually need to boil in their pouch, you can tip em into a pot and heat em that way. Either way, I'd rather buy a tin and put it in a bag. Much cheaper.

Classic meal. But I have never bothered with camping meals or them army surplus meals ready to eat. They cost to much.

Buy a tin of sausage and beans and some myler bags sorted and you've got more bags for future

Get 3 cans of Branston Beans and sausages for the same price. The additional weight saving of 60 grams for the steel can over the retort pouch just isn't worth the £3 additional cost unless in high mountaineering expeditions (freeze dried would be more suitable) or for Combat Rations (allows a soldier to carry an additional 5 - 5.56 NATO rounds per empty can weight) rather than sitting in some nearby woods to munch away. British Army Sausage Casserole for £3 is much better than Beans and Sausages.

I'd add mustard black pepper and hotsause!=8)

Better to do what you have shown with the silver packs you have shown in previous video and do your own. Much better. You can seal them with an iron, you don't need the special sealer you have.

Sound 👍 on my watch later

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

It's only a short video mate not a lot to talk about with them meals

@mcgseafrass77

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman it's all good mate 👍, I watched the previous video ( the district and those rocks now that's some great scenary there Dan class video)

To be honest Dan I think they are way over priced for what they are, yeah some are quite nice and you don’t have to wash a dish but give me a tin of beans and sausage heat in the tin then into your rubbish bag to bin when you get home works for me take care mate and all the best 👍👌❤️

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@peteraitken6494

Жыл бұрын

@Righton18 saves on washing up mate plus open tin up of course before heating 👌👍

@peteraitken6494

Жыл бұрын

@Righton18 done it for years buddy I’m still here lol 😂

Like it but I just made me own last time put it in sealed bag job done

my wife says its missing bread and butter to have sausage an bean sarnie

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

They are pricey mate defo, but last ages n nice n light take up no room in your pack, no crap in em either like the tins full of E-numbers. A like the breakfast 1 and the chilli con carne n rice is decent. Good stuff buddy 👍

Be that person carry a tin of Heinz sausage and beans and keep the weight down with a sachet of brown sauce 4.50 is a rip off save 2.50 for next time

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Buy tins, make a hole in each side of the lid boil in the tin in an inch of water 4 mins eat out of the tin

I can eat beans anytime... but I believe breakfast would not be my first choice. Over long periods dehydrated is the way to go.. as for the ready to eat. Much cheaper options using seal-a-meal or whatever...... Nice to have that option though

Dan......Have Wayfayrer Asked You To Review Their Products?

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

No mate I got it from basecampfood. Why ??

It's the simplicity and convenience of it, you pop your head out of the tent, light the gas, fill a pan with water and you are good to go. Tins are just too bulky.

you got to try korean rice with beef dan its great

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I will mate 👍

@pgrange0

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman and i promise you its not spicy the flavour is great i love it got to pick a few up a the weekend

Expensive but convenient mate isn’t it. Does what it says on the packaging I’m sure. However…. Maybe they should add some pieces of potato or something to it Dan? 🧐

The only thing missing is about £3 change inside the pack !!!

They are really nice for what it is I like them think the sausage could be better tho

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Plus only 4 in that bag

@freddyoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman that's true lol

Well two weeks ago I hiked the whole length of Haidrian’s Wall Path from Bowness to Wallsend and I ate two of these meals in one night to loose 0.6 kg of weight. That was with a 8/9 kg pack. Great meals but weigh 300g

Dan you really didn’t look like you enjoyed it and I certainly wouldn’t buy it at £4.50. But thanks for sharing this video love ❤ your channel

This one is rank. I couldnt eat it but the Chilli Con Carn was really nice. While on the subject don't buy Firebot Chilli it was horrendous

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

tried thier peri peri chicken one this week , was nice to be fair and I was full

be reet with a couple of slices of bread n butter and a dash of brown sauce lol. i do get that its a simple,fast meal and easy to carry.

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment

It is expensive but the al day breakfast is good

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I think that there number one seller

If the convenience of a bag is the draw to these meals, then a cheaper solution would be to use resealable cooking bags from somewhere like Lakeland, then simply add you own food.

The something that you are missing is brown sauce.

Get yourself some of walls finest sausages put in a pan and tip a tin of beans (put in a zip lock bag) in with them. Job done. Tastes better and you are full afterwards. Boil up water in the pan to clean it out easily.

£4.50 is a bit steep, but you are paying for the convenience. I'm lucky with being a car camper, I can put up with the extra weight of the tinned variety. Add a couple of slices of crusty bread and it the food of kings 😁

It's grizzly Adams 🤣😂🤣😂

Hard to justify the cost against other options but no cooking no dishes just simply boiling water has something going for it

I have a problem with the price of those meals, I'd rather get a dehydrator and a vac packer so I can make my own meals. At least I'll know what goes into the meal.

👍

We have beans and sausage over here in a little small 10 I think it cost like $0.70 or a dollar for it I'm going to say this 45 ounces in there they're just hot dog wieners and beans 3 that would be a lot cheaper than buying that one

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 👍

Hi Dan, love your videos. Got a question I'm struggling with my kit. Could you help out with suggestions for a good backpack?

Ive had the meatballs and pasta ones last week camping, there not too bad. I just added abit more pasta to it.mine cost £5.70 each on amazon.i got 5 for £25

@lsimmons4767

Жыл бұрын

6 for 22.50 at Go Outdoors. £5 each buy one get one half price

I love sausage and Beans but the price is far to high, and what are the calories I heard over 500 no way😮

I do love your work, but you could just be disappointed in your shed Personally, I feel these are a bit of a rob.But I do mostly use sachet type food. I have way too much 3 in 1 coffee, and the pasta meals are filling but full of Es I freeze mince in a tube shape and keep it in an insulated flask I found out vacuum flasks don't do rucksacks

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

Have you watched good bloke outdoors? He is a Bradford lad, perhaps you could do a camp together.

Do they make any non meat stuff mate?

@englishwoodsman

Жыл бұрын

I will have a look and make a video when I get one

@beardedpolishwanderer

Жыл бұрын

@@englishwoodsman cheers bud. Much obliged.