the quantity and quality of content you produce is admirable

@oanaalexia

3 жыл бұрын

I just noticed his constancy too. The only problem is that I get hungry after watching these weird stuff in a can.

@janvanhunks7287

3 жыл бұрын

I have a dream... That one day we can enjoy quality content again that does not include conditioned prophylactic commentary to ward off the impulsive contrarian comments from ppl who are educated beyond their intelligence.

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

I'm learning to just ignore them Jan. The day will come.

@Theopenwindowmaniacs

3 жыл бұрын

And the overall size/girth, too😳

@DanglerSpangler

3 жыл бұрын

@@Theopenwindowmaniacs 😭💀

* Pull ring on lid * Toss in to enemy bunker * Wait for gagging noises

@floydgilmour3994

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I was just taking a swig of tea as i read this, I almost choked laughing

@targuscinco

3 жыл бұрын

Those are the same steps I use to find a suitable mate.

@royferguson3909

Жыл бұрын

@@targuscinco lol, virgin

@royferguson3909

Жыл бұрын

don't toss off your enemy, eat

The pricing: cost of actual food ingredients is probably the lowest among the cost of physical manufacturing process, packaging, and logistics, hence why they can give you double the product for just a tad more money.

@FurQ69

11 күн бұрын

The fact that there is virtually zero meat would probably help them save a few quid also

to all the people concerned about metal in the microwave... when i was young, my mother owned a microwave franchise in the 70's. i grew up on the sales floor watching them sell microwaves and helping. one of the things we used to do to show people how microwaves worked was to wrap an ice cube in aluminum foil place another ice cube in a glass. place both side by side in the microwave for a min. when you pull them out, the one in the glass is melted. the one in foil is still ice. microwaves can't penetrate metal. that's why the walls of the microwave are made of metal. as long as there is enough other things in there to absorb the energy and nothing sharp and thin like was stated to cause arcing (sparks), metal is safe. but general rules, like fire is hot, help us make better general safety choices... so general rule, metal in the microwave is bad.

@_Piers_

3 жыл бұрын

Recipes for cooking whole fish in a microwave often instructed you to wrap the thinner tail part in foil to avoid overcooking it. I've never done it, I just used to read a lot of cookbooks :)

@msjkramey

3 жыл бұрын

My little sister put a Capri Sun in the microwave. (It's a juice box bit in a tin foil pouch.) We used to freeze them to put in our lunch boxes to act as an ice pack and they usually thawed by lunchtime. But she wanted one right at that moment. Blue "lightning" went everywhere in thr microwave and it caught fire. Thankfully, I was in the next room and I turned the microwave off and left the door closed so the flame would snuff itself out. Everything was fine and the microwave still worked. I never even told our parents because she was so scared of getting in trouble (my family is super phobic about fire) until we were both adults. We still laugh about it but are extra careful now

@susanfarley1332

2 жыл бұрын

I had a plate with a line of metal painted on the edge of the plate that threw all kinds of sparks when it was in the microwave heating a dish full of food. Scary!

the Fray Bentos is basically drunk food, done in a few mins. I wouldn't want to wait 40 mins for a pudding but they did look really good tbh.

@jamesupton4996

3 жыл бұрын

30 minutes actually and good scoff

@dragonbutt

3 жыл бұрын

Drunk food that you make your self? In a nation where you have a pub and a kebab shop on every corner?

@Dockhead

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragonbutt and what pub and kebab shop does a full pie cooked for little over £1? I do agree though, these pies are literally bottom level of what a pie should or could be

@dragonbutt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dockhead Are you telling me that a drunk person is only going to eat __one__ microwave pud?

@Dockhead

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragonbutt i know some that have it with a couple slices of bread XD

I’m not sure if the phrase “meaty puds” is funny to anyone else, but it sure is to me

@elonmust7470

2 жыл бұрын

It is thr most rediculose thing they could have possibly named the product!

@royfearn4345

Жыл бұрын

Tha' must be American, lad!

This is the weirdest channel. I'm vegan, zero interest in eating any of these, yet strangely watched it all the way through and thoroughly enjoyed it. You could probably do a video on anything and make it engaging.

@Laurencetw

3 жыл бұрын

yes, I understand you perfectly. a few months ago, he posted a vid of himself walking around a windy beach and digging up shards of broken stuff, and it was still a great vid!

@archie8164

3 жыл бұрын

I'm vegan and I watch him all the time too aha idk why but I love these vids

@RetroSegaDev

3 жыл бұрын

@@Laurencetw he's just so good at engagement with the audience. Makes for a great presenter!

@Laurencetw

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSegaDev yeah, I agree, but there is also something that feels heartfelt and genuine about him which is absent from lots of similar channels. not just his sense of humor, but the feeling that you're sitting at the kitchen table with a real friend. ...this is why I like his channel 100x more than stuff like 'daily dose of internet.' (...hey 'daily dose' don't get too mad. still like your channel too.)

I remember Frey Bentos tinned puds being cooked in the pan when I was a kid, can’t remember them being dreadful but not a patch on a chippy tea of steak pudding, chips, peas and gravy 🤤

@DaisyAjay

3 жыл бұрын

Steak and kidney puddings from a chippy is such a childhood memory for me. I regret moving away from Manchester, no-one does them here.

@swanningabout

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaisyAjay tea... Dinner

@windyleecarr

3 жыл бұрын

The old style Fray Bentos puddings you steamed in the tin in a saucepan didn't fall apart so easily either. They took a lot longer to heat though, but were nicer than the modern microwave ones with their rubbery pastry.

I found out recently that the origins of Fray Bentos lie in Uruguay. Shocked me when I found out from a tin of Corned Beef, and had to search online to verify. Sure enough, there's a city in Uruguay called Fray Bentos. And I've lived my life until then thinking of their pies as traditional British foods.

@JehanineMelmoth

3 жыл бұрын

‘Fray Bentos’ means ‘Fare well’, as in ‘I hope things go well for you’ rather than ‘goodbye’.

@andybarker5552

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah founded in Britain by a German with a factory in Uruguay to originally make beef extract that was later called Oxo.

@charleslambert3368

3 жыл бұрын

I imagine there was a lot of good pasture in that part of S America and a lot of mouths to feed in the UK. No refrigerated ships yet so you have to cook and tin the meat before sending it across the Atlantic. (this is half of why british food has such a bad reputation. when you are trying to feed 40 million people using 19th century technology, you can't afford to care about how it tastes)

@gilbertoorejuela2567

2 жыл бұрын

@@JehanineMelmoth My dear, thats incorrect. Fray Bentos was a person, a friar, Fray( friar) Bentos (lastname). As a Uruguayan I confirm that, haha.

@grevillemount

Жыл бұрын

Fray Bentos is now taken over by A Scottish Firm called, Baxters.

"I've got to let that stand for thirty seconds which is enough time to realise this is a disaster of a pud"

Hey man, As someone who struggles to speak in English, I want to tell you that I absolutely admire the way you speak. It's beautiful. Is it something that you have naturally or you was working on your voice, narrative ability to to talk? Please let me know if you have a piece of advice for a non-native English speaker, or maybe just in general for someone who struggles to speak.

@Lucifers-Stepdad

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not atomic shrimp but I have worked on developing my voice. I started by recording myself speaking and listening back to it and then trying again to get the timbre (sound 'feeling'? I guess it's a way to describe it) that I wanted. I suggest audacity, which is free.

@peterjf7723

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lucifers-Stepdad I agree. When I had to give a presentation at work I would record myself practising the talks. It can be quite uncomfortable listening to yourself but it does help.

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind appraisal. I think it's just something that comes with practice, and I get a *lot* of practice, talking to the camera (especially as only maybe 1/4 of the footage I record ever makes it into a video). I used to speak with a bit of a stutter and it still comes through occasionally, but for the most part, it's gone. I guess if I have any tips, they would be: Record yourself at different times of the day - My voice always seems to have a deeper, more relaxed tone in the morning, so for the voice-only stuff (scambaiting and the like), I try to record in the morning. Get a half decent microphone - I use the Blue Yeti (although not for the WSIAC series - I just use native camera audio for that) - a mic with a monitoring output for headphones is really useful as it immerses you in the experience of speaking for recording - you get a much better idea of what it will sound like. If you make a mistake or stumble, back up, take a breath and speak the whole line (not just the word) again, and correct it in the edit

@jumbo4billion

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have any useful advice myself but there are lots of videos here on KZread about how to move your mouth when speaking English. I found the biggest struggle in learning Russian was using my mouth in very different ways than I was used to.

@vladimirart232

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp thank you so much for such an informative reply, appreciate it! Thanks guys, I make notes and I will keep them in mind, especially during voice practice that I just started to do recently 👍

My father used to make these with suet pastry & they would be steamed in a pudding basin one of my favourites was salted bacon & onion, sadly he passed away years ago & I haven't the knowledge on how they were made just memories.

@mrfingerblast1638

3 жыл бұрын

Salted bacon and onion sounds amazing, your old man must of been a clever bloke. God bless

@danielleanderson6371

3 жыл бұрын

Dunno if you have kids or not, but I think he would want you to pass on the idea of his recipe with a recipe of your own. Make something your friends and family will love and find comforting just as you found his version to be. It won't be exactly the same, but you can always tweak it over time to try to work out how he did it.

We have these in Australia. The tin is a different shape, possibly the original one you referred to in the video. I rather like them, though I would not want to eat one every week. I have not had one for a long time, but I recall heating it in a normal oven. Thank you for the video!

@MeemahSN

3 жыл бұрын

Wait we do? Why have I never seen them?

@danielintheantipodes6741

3 жыл бұрын

@@MeemahSN In Coles/Woollies. Different shape tin. The assistants will help you find them.

@MeemahSN

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielintheantipodes6741 ok

@pmackie123

3 жыл бұрын

Saw your comment out of the corner of my eye, this is the first Wiki sentence: The brand is now owned in the UK by Baxters, which manufactures the product range in Scotland. Additionally, the Campbell Soup Company manufactures and sells Fray Bentos branded steak and kidney pies in Australia. That'll explain the tin.

The worst thing about fray bentos is the price. For £2 I can get a similarly sized hot, fresh steak and kidney pudding from Thomas The Baker, which actually tastes fantastic and is good quality. Of course, one could argue the convenience, but shouldn't canned and lower quality products be cheaper than the fresh stuff?

@ferrumignis

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure that's true, a canned product requires extra materials and extra processes compared to fresh products.

@roqsteady5290

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you do pay for the expenses of the supply chain that gives you convenience. Thomas the baker sounds good, but there isn't one near me.

@WalkerKlondyke

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t stock a years worth of fresh puddings in your pandemic lockdown bunker.

@rei-rei

3 жыл бұрын

@@WalkerKlondyke In my case, a year's worth of fresh puddings would be none, so I can. :3

@sarkybugger5009

3 жыл бұрын

You can't keep Thomas the baker in your cupboard for two years. ;o)

He took a video that he already did but somehow still managed to make it different and interesting. The seamless "time travel" was really cool too.

I really like those Hollands puds. Good as they are, they seem to be improved by covering the open top surface with foil or a suitable sized jam jar lid during cooking, so the top doesn’t go soggy..

We used to call therm dog meat pies when we were kids, none of us kids enjoyed them but my parents did.

@dipacalypse1092

3 жыл бұрын

i think the only proper coment is LOL

@molybdomancer195

3 жыл бұрын

When I was growing up we called these babies’ heads because of the shape and soft texture

@CragScrambler

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough we had them as kids but don't eat them now but our kids do, maybe our adult palates are spoiled with better products where as as a kid thats the definition of a pie?

@lemagreengreen

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought these sort of things were just popular in the dark olden days too

@danielyoung7534

3 жыл бұрын

I can see where the name came from, I'm not sure if they have gravy train in the UK but it looks just like the cans I'd open for my pups

Hollands was the brand that all the chip shops used to sell when I was a kid in Manchester. Pretty sure those puds were bigger though.

@AcornElectron

3 жыл бұрын

Hollands are really poor quality these days.

@Ayslhyn

3 жыл бұрын

Is that so? What a pity. Pudding, chips, mushy peas and gravy was a real childhood treat. Last time I had a pud though it was a chilled one from -of all places- Waitrose

@AcornElectron

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ayslhyn oooo swanky pud! Was it any good?

@Ayslhyn

3 жыл бұрын

@@AcornElectron It was pretty good. Bit small though.

@AcornElectron

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ayslhyn you’re not selling this to me very well 🤣🤣👍🏻

The Holland's puddings have always been a gold standard for me (they were used in all the chip shops around where I used to live). Those Fray Bentos things look atrocious. You're a brave man for trying them! 😅

@Dockhead

3 жыл бұрын

Common mans cuisine as i call it, some dont have the knowledge or care to upscale and prepare and make homemade pies and wait for them to cook to achieve a cheaper but more quality product

I gave up on the heating directions the manufacturers give for using the microwave long ago and generally use a combo of nuking and then crisping in a skillet or toaster oven. I don't mind the thin soggy crust under a pie but the top needs to be dry and crispy.

@xKapnKrunch

3 жыл бұрын

Facts.

I have purchased the 3½ min Fray Bentos pudding & it was ok, it provided the stodge & meat I was craving. My nanna used to buy Goblin puddings in beef mince or S&K, which gave me the taste that has lasted from being 7 years to my now 55 years. Hollands Pies hit the spot for me all the time, hot pots & pies delight me & I know the taste will be the same - I love 'em. Holland's S&K puddings are like a drug to me, once I have one I become obsessed & can eat one every day for weeks. The taste, pastry, filling cannot be matched by anything. I lived in Salford & Manchester, once tried a home made rag pudding my neighbours mother sent me some to try. The suet pastry was as good as the filling. Don't know were I am going with this comment - but thank you Mr Shrimp, creating my shopping list for this week. This vlog has made me very hungry & Holland's need to be in my basket & delivered before weekend. Bloody brilliant vlog. 👏 👏 👏 👏

Ohh, I always assumed "steak and kidney" was steak with kidney _beans._

@peyton713

3 жыл бұрын

If only. Brits have a proud tradition of ruining otherwise tasty food with animal viscera. While I respect using every part of the animal, every other foodstuff doesn't need kidney and blood in it.

@jhutch7354

3 жыл бұрын

@@peyton713 no kidney taste great

@michaelkobylko2969

3 жыл бұрын

@@peyton713 Whilst your right about our proud tradition of "ruining otherwise tasty food with animal viscera", most of us don't eat this kind of stuff every day and it's very common for us to turn our noses up at stuff like this. I love black pudding (blood sausage) but I know many people who are disgusted by the thought of it. These days, things like chicken tikka masala or spaghetti bolognese (very much bastardised versions of classic Indian and Italian dishes) are more representative of "British" food as commonly eaten. I've eaten a lot more curry than I've eaten liver or kidney dishes.

@MazTheMeh16

3 жыл бұрын

@@peyton713 I mean brands tend to always offer steak AND steak and kidney in pies as an example... So really it's up to you. Nobody says you have to eat it and many people like it. It's not ruined just because you don't like it. I think sweetcorn is vile but I know it's incredibly common and loved by many. Also, it's a few dishes, not every other meal. And blood? That's rare. I'm guessing you like steaks are dry as hell (ik it's not blood but people tend to think it is because that can see it) .

@catslove3884

3 жыл бұрын

Big surprise for you.

I love how respectful you are to all cultures. We have meat pies in the US, but we definitely don't call them puddings. Whenever I have friends/family say that another culture is weird for what they eat, I find a quick reminder of what exactly cheese/sour cream and the "sea spiders" (blue crabs) we eat happily gives some perspective pretty quickly. I love "weird" food and I find the fact that many parts of the world discovered ways to harvest natural yeast and bacterial for sauerkraut/kimchi, cheese/tofu, beer, kombucha, etc so fascinating. I'm sure it was a series of happy accidents, but whatever "strange" food another culture has, you probably have an equivalent without even realizing it because it's just so normal to you

I love all the different tests and experiments you do

When I was a kid, my mum used to cook slices of gray bread along with the Sunday roast in the onion and assorted veggies sauce that simmered along in the pan. We called this "childrens' meat". I think it hearkened back to the days of rationing during the war, when there wasn't enough meat to go around for the whole family. I liked the umami taste of it. I sure didn't like the texture (the crust was kinda OK, the crumb was just soggy). I guess that pastry comes out of the microwave kind of similar...

Wetherspoons used to do 2 meals for something like £7 and steak and kidney pudding with chips and peas was an option. I had that on 2 or 3 occasions and enjoyed it but I mainly went with the chilli con carne option most of the time. Very rarely do I have this at home. Occasionally I'd buy a poundland fray bentos tinned pie though and do enjoy them. Definitely like my pies and puddings whether sweet or savoury.

@paulklee5790

3 жыл бұрын

I was gutted when that particular item was dropped.... meat puddings, mystifying dinners for over 500 years....

I usually cook the fray bentos ones in much the same way as the frozen ones you show at the end. Only difference is I just pop a hole in the lid of the tin rather than pull it off completely. The big ones take over an hour to heat through though.

Looks lovely, I like the different colour foils so you can tell which is which , Brilliant idea.

Dog food tier food right there for the canned one 😂

Steak & Kidney has always been my favourite pie/pudding filling. Even growing up as a kid.

I wonder if Shrimp has eaten American style, Turkey Pot Pie, which is baked, with a flaky and golden brown top crust?

@PooleyX

3 жыл бұрын

Chicken pie (with a brown flaky crust) is also very popular and standard in the UK. Note, however, that this is a pudding and not a pie.

@owllymannstein7113

3 жыл бұрын

@@PooleyX The only real difference is that one is baked and one is "boiled", you could probably just bake any of the puddings in the video and get something very similar to an American frozen pot pie.

@jonathanfinan722

3 жыл бұрын

A pie has pastry sides. What you have almost described is a stew with a pastry lid.

@leahparker9033

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanfinan722 Depends where it originates. Homemade has the top crust. The dreadful ones from the grocery freezer are thin gravy with a few vegetables and the obligatory piece of meat completely encased in pastry.

@owllymannstein7113

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanfinan722 Potpies also have pastry sides.

You're quite correct that 'pudding' can mean almost anything now, but originally it meant something wrapped in cloth and boiled. Steak & kidney pudding should be boiled, and the pastry should be like soft pasta. A steak & kidney pie is different.

I used to love the Frey Bentos ones when I was a kid in the 1960s and 70s. Back then you also had to boil them in a pan for ages. You also used to be able to get suet and jam puddings in a tin, which you also had to boil for a long time. Lovely.

I wonder if poking a vent hole in the bottom (which is the top when cooking), would help to keep it from explosively expelling it's contents in a downward direction.

@andrewmcintyre8636

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to suggest exactly the same thing 👍

I love your videos. I feel like you've filled in the gap of my Grandad. I Miss him loads. I can tell youre a good human,I trust in you and your videos. Thank you for your content Mr Shrimp 🙂

Would it not be possible to cook the fray bentos pie in the water like the other 2 but cut the cooking time down to 10-15 minutes as it’s not frozen.

@stationplaza4631

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's worth trying out. It's possible the microwave produces so much heat inside the pudding, that it causes the pastry case to burst.

@kenthepen4857

3 жыл бұрын

An other option might be to half the power and double the time in the microwave. Don't know if that would work but might be worth a try next time I 'cook' one.

@renuk39

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see the Fray Bentos pud steamed. BTW I love them. The texture of the suet is very dense. Ideal for a Sandwich 🥪

A prime candidate for "weird stuff in a can" that sadly disappeared sometime in the 1980's - the Granose Savoury Pudding. What? Briefly, the vegetarian answer to the Fray Bentos canned steak and kidney pudding. It was a wide, shallow can that you heated in boiling water then carefully opened, having put a cloth over the can if it spurted. Lovely stodgy pastry with some sort of bizarre "meat" - I can't recall if it was soya, nut and / or gluten based, but it was gorgeous. ♥ Granose was then owned by the Seventh Day Adventists, and some of their products were a bit dubious (the truly ghastly Nut Brawn being a particular atrocity), but these faux meat puddings were definitely a success story, and sadly missed.

I dunno about puddings, but the whole "filling bursts out when cooking" thing? Yeah, every time I put some frozen chicken kievs in the oven, by the time they're done the garlic butter filling's gone all over the tray. Ah well, what can ya expect from processed food, eh?

I enjoyed the shifting camera angles immensely as you were trying the Meaty Puds ❤️.

The 2nd set of puddings looked so much better!! The 1st one actually made my stomach twist from how bad it looked!!

@royferguson3909

Жыл бұрын

you must be teetotal lol

Now I have a craving for Chippy Steak and Kidney pudding, Chips peas and gravy. :-)

Not a kidney fan. I do like the steak version though. Fray Bentos sloppy puddings are ace lol. May try the steamed version though.

@NonsensicalSpudz

3 жыл бұрын

I like the kidney, in pies likes this but not the steak because its usually just chewy

thank you for that wonderful pudding primer!

I have paused this video at the point of showing the packaging of the hollands meat pies, you are now playing with my childhood memories, all chippies now seem to sell pukka pies, but in my childhood they were hollands, so I'm looking forward to this!!!!

You should do a comparison and taste teste of the sweet/dessert steamed puddings too. The Heinz ones in tins that have to be placed in boiling water for ages (still widely available) and the modern microwave versions from Heinz, other companies and supermarket own brands that are usually an individual portion like the Fray Bentos savoury ones.

I will definitely be looking out for those frozen steamed pudding in Asda! I've always wanted to have a steamed pudding but am never sure how to go about making them due to the pastry. So these frozen puddings are perfect for me. Plus love ASDA, shopped there my entire life! Thanks for the recommendation.

My understanding is that a suet pastry is a requirement for 'puddings' such as these.

Random AND interesting. Did not know those specifics regarding what metals are ok in microwaves and what are not. That did look disastrous! Supporting your channel with 100 per cent views. Liked

Bitta bisto and some Yorkshires on that. Lovely. I adore fray bentos, they make me very nostalgic for my student days!

Growing up I loved pot pies, which I suppose is the US version of a meat pudding. The pastry was my favorite part! Haha. I've never had a steamed pie, so that might need to be something I have a go at.

I really enjoy all your content. Having a wide variety of topics is very pleasing. The steak and kidney pudding looks delicious, as an American I'd love to try over here. Alas, not available. Amazon has this for a small fortune. We have chicken pot pies across the pond.

That’s a very fair pricing model. I’s not so much the amount of ingredients, but the cost of farming, production, delivery, and then retail (rent, staff wages, etc) that is the main cost. You could also add advertising and marketing to that.

@DrDaveW

3 жыл бұрын

@@chewcab8008 Time for a meat tax?

On the topic of microwaving metal: in the lab I work at, we often microwave flasks of solid agar that have stir bars in them (which contains metal). From what I understand, the large content of water surrounding the metal absorbs most/all of the microwaves, so I assume the same is true in this video

In the army, back in the olden days, we used to get the original boil in the tin steak and kidney puddings in our ration packs. You had to pierce the can with the provided can opener, and boil for the required amount of time along with your tinned vegetables, then once cooked, use the hot water to reconstitute your instant mash and gravy ( not rationed), and then carefully open the hot tins for a delicious open air feast. The Frey Bentos steak and kidney puddings were often referred to as "babies heads".

I don't mind kidneys and liver if I'm in the mood but I'm not really a fan of suet pastry (too stodgy for me). I love me some puff pastry though!

@pdoephruhrn

3 жыл бұрын

OK Paul

@jonathanfinan722

3 жыл бұрын

Steamed suet pastry is as light as a feather though. Who's been ruining yours?

Hollands Steak and Kidney puddings are to die for. Sadly the Greeks have never heard of suet puddings so I have to binge-eat whenever I go back to the UK. I am more than happy to wait 40 minutes for my Hollands pud !!! You can microwave Hollands puds -- I tried it once and the suet was decidedly rubbery. But you can keep your Fray Bentos mush.

Thanks so much for doing the Holland pudding review, I've looked at them but didn't want to waste my money and now I can buy with confidence. Not sure if I'll get the Fray Bentos microwave ones as I usually buy the big tin that goes in the oven, although there's not so much filling in them now.

Love these, haven't had a Fray Bentos for years sadly.

Great video, steamed is always best, the marks & sparks steak & kidney puddings are amazing , treat myself when I'm a bit flush 😋

Love your content, thank you

Thanks Mr shrimp :) your videos help me as always.

love when i get the notifications! keep em coming master!!:)

As someone who didn't know the amount of uses of the word "pudding", i was fascinated, then disgusted to learn that both sticky toffee pudding and THAT both fell into the category of pudding

IDK why but I absolutely love the way he holds his knife and fork, it's really weird to say but it's so nice to watch people holding them in the right spot and the right way up

@LeeStoneman

3 жыл бұрын

That's how the British hold knives and forks. For some reason, Americans seem unable to hold them properly.

I personally pierce a steam hole in the plastic container of the Fray Bentos puddings and I find it comes out more whole. Not perfect but better. Great video 👍🏼

I always wanted to try out pudding ever since I watched your videos. I even saw a video on how to make homemade ones.

Mike and crew. as a devotee of organ meats, I look for all recipes which include them... So it should come as no surprise that when I was investigating English cuisine in the 1970s, Steak and Kidney Pie was one of the very first British delights I assayed. I prefer the crunchy pie crusts to the softer puddings (although I did make a plum pudding around the same time). Thanks again Mike for some packaged investigation. Love to all from Rainy Mexico...JIM

Love these! Makes me wanna try all these unusual canned foods. You should try Surstromming if you haven’t already

we don't really have "pudding" of any kind (only that gelatin powder for cakes and deserts) here where I live so thank you for clarifying for us pudding-less places yay weird stuff in a can! love your content

I just noticed you moved above 700k subscribers, CONGRATULATIONS

See I'm a weirdo, I love how stodgy the pastry is

@InsidesGames

3 жыл бұрын

The pastry is the best bit!

Looking at this pudding along with the [almost] 1980s Memphis style table cloth took me right back. I remember Fray Bentos being better back then, although to be fair I was also fed Vesta Curry and Corn Beef so....

The studio, you mean upstairs lol

This video was the perfect length in time to watch while kneading dough for pizza.

In the States we have microwaveable soups for on the go, and they also have a metal rim. These types of cans are designed in such a way that the metal doesn't cause sparking, which is why it's also imperative that you DON'T use a can opener on them. A can opener would distort the geometry of the rim, creating sharp edges that can generate sparks. I used to eat these soups all the time when I worked at a college bookstore over the summer when the dining halls were closed. We had a microwave in the back to heat them up, making them they only hot meal I could eat on my break without driving somewhere. Not once did they spark.

I love steak and kidney pud. Nice with sprouts, carrots and peas. Yum.

I remember my Nan used to make them from scratch , best thing ever on a cold winter day , not sure many butchers actually sell suet anymore unless you order it specially

@IanSlothieRolfe

3 жыл бұрын

There is a brand of Suet called "Atora" that is available in supermarkets in the UK, there's a vegetable version available from them too. Its supplied shredded and lightly dusted in flour to stop it sticking, and keeps in a cool place.

Shrimpy, I’ve loved your channel for ages now, content never fails to entertain! Top work….I aspire for my own channel to be as good as yours matey!

Hi Mike, We have the Holland’s minced beef and onion puddings they are delicious with chips or veg. I have found that if I steam them they turn out better than boiling them. Farm foods have them for £2 for 4 which is a bargain. All the best Paul & Sarah

I'm salivating.. 🤤

@pek5117

3 жыл бұрын

This is the same company that sells the canned pies for the oven I told you about. They are hard to get here. Mikes vid on it here kzread.info/dash/bejne/qXVno8mdoabcj8Y.html Mike has 4 vids on the diff flavours.

I came to Canada in the 60's and two things I really miss are "real" Dandelion and Burdock and Steak & Kidney Pudding. You can easily get Steak & Kidney pies here but not the scrumptious puddings my Grandmother used to make. Please put me down for any contests you might have that give away the Hollands S&K puds. Love your channel and how diverse it is. We both seem to have the same interests.

With all the criticism that English cuisine receives from all over the world, I have to say that as a non-Englishman, the savoury puddings do it for me. I have made them myself here in Germany and they are just fantastic! If you serve them with vegetables and maybe potatoes, I think you have a good, balanced meal. By the way, I also find haggis very tasty. It belongs to Scottish cuisine, but besides England, Wales and Scotland are also part of the United Kingdom. I think that with dishes like haggis, you have to put aside or ignore everything you hear about it in order to be able to get involved with the taste without prejudices and preconceptions. I have also cooked this dish according to a traditional recipe.

Ii am a great fan of the frozen S & K puds & always have some in the freezer. I usually bake them in the oven which crisps up the crust a bit.

Chris Finch: "You know it now, but what did you say then? Go on ... who's the Cuban leader?" David Brent: "Fray Bentos"

In Manchester they sell them (Hollands) in the chippy. We call them 'Babies Heads' .

The pastry is suet pastry and not flaky , that's why it's different !

When I saw kidneys at the supermarket once, I snatched them and some steak, got out my British cookbook and made steak and kidney pie. It was delicious. Never seen kidney for sale since.

Fray Bentos pies like pot noodles used to love them as a kid but you get older and wiser and realise how dissapointing they are and don't go anywhere near them. For about the same price of that large pie I buy fresh made pies from local supermarket.

@Petertronic

3 жыл бұрын

Both of those products have been ruined by recipe changes over the years, they used to be much better

@leerichmond9629

3 жыл бұрын

@@Petertronic it's same with a lot of products, removing sugars, e-numbers and additives they don't taste anything like what made you like it in the first place.

We used to buy pudding, chips and gravy from the chippy many moons ago for a once in a while treat 😊

I have eaten all of these and they are all great. The ASDA ones are great to keep in the freezer

Hell yeah I’ve been waiting for a new weird stuff in a can

Entertaining content again (not the content of the can obviously - the content of the video). Really appreciate the signs you have lurking in the background - "Half Baked" in this case; very amusing!

It's 09:56 in the morning and I'm craving a Fray Bentos steak and kidney pudding!

When the fray Bentos puds were in a metal tin, you could steam them. I assume you could still do that with the new plastic containers ?

The frozen puddings look lovely.

"Recycling"those aluminum pans for me would be "clean and reuse"as for most Americans who live on tight budgets.Only the wealthy would cut them and "recycle"them as scrap.Some people here in Appalachia would be very happy to haul off all your metal scrap to get a bit of cash to buy things Food Stamps won't.The pudding does look better in the boiled one,as far as Kidney can look good(it doesn't smell good.XD)

@msjkramey

3 жыл бұрын

Where are you on the mountains? My family is from Western MD, bordering super close to WV. Super tiny old mining town that's dying out, lived there for at least 3 or 4 generations before my grandparents left

@danielleanderson6371

3 жыл бұрын

Curious what you'd use those little pans for. Maybe individual souffles? Are people on a tight budget hurting for souffle pans? I ask this as someone else who is on a tight budget who really can't think of a reason to keep one of those.

@aubreyh1930

3 жыл бұрын

I lived in a very poor household for awhile (like we didn’t have food most of the time poor) and even we wouldn’t have kept those...no use for them

@aubreyh1930

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielleanderson6371 I can’t either. We would’ve recycled them and we definitely weren’t “the wealthy”

Turned 24 recently and to this day have not had a steak and kidney or steak and ale pudding ! Need to try one ! Don't fancy the Frey Bentos one tho 🤣 interesting video as always 👍

This was very interesting, great video. What a difference the cooking method make, don't know what else is supposed to happen when you microwave meat and sauce inside pastry though. But the steam ones looked good.

What the hell is going on over in Britain land? Driving on the wrong side of the road and eating kids knees? Everyone knows you gotta wait till hit at least 16 so the cartilage firms up.

@gruthakhul100

3 жыл бұрын

kids knees xD

The microwave ones are awful, I had a short spate of liking them but it didn't last long. The boil ones though, they are really nice, just take ages to cook.

@ahandsomefridge

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I wouldn't mind the taste of the microwave things. But it does *look* awful.

@NyanyiC

3 жыл бұрын

Can't you bake them though

@Dockhead

3 жыл бұрын

@@NyanyiC weirdly they are just as bad in the oven