Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie - Revisited - with MORE & BETTER Meat - Weird Stuff in a Can # 198

[@workaholica]

Any product that has water listed first on the ingredient list is a beverage in my books ;)

[@rolfs2165]

Or soup.

[@marcpearson2913]

@@rolfs2165 A good soup should get most of its liquid from the ingredients not from adding it.

[@Kowyn]

​@@marcpearson2913 otherwise it's a stew.

[@AngieDeAguirre]

Huh... Sounds like you don't know how to cook.

[@MrLeekicker]

Just a quick message Mr. Shrimp, about the Random Stuff vids. The longer, the better...They really help me get through an intensely boring, tedious and monotonous Saturday morning! Love you dude!!! xxxx

[@pressetoascend]

Fully agreed! I love seeing a big 2 hour video in my feed, especially one as varied as the random stuff videos

[@applegal3058]

@@pressetoascend yes! I find Mike's way of speaking very relaxing and comforting. Like an old friend popping by to chat. That and I share a lot of interest in what's being shared in his videos. Very eclectic and sometimes odd but I find it all interesting lol

[@TimeToSlashZoom]

Anything that can convince my gf to eat these works for me!!!😊

[@Clarence_13x]

I get it. It’s like bitter flavour cancelling out another bitter flavour.

[@andymerrett]

I can't always dedicate a single chunk of time to the longer videos but it means I can watch different sections throughout the week. :)

[@mistertestsubject]

This is the inane wittering channel I go to listen to inane wittering. It's a feature. We enjoy the inane wittering, very much.

[@gillianmeehan3206]

Yes indeed, has someone complained about inane wittering? shame on them 😀

[@AtomicShrimp]

Sometimes people complain, but this wasn't really because of that - I was just conscious that there were some extra things to say before we got the can open

[@mistertestsubject]

@@AtomicShrimp Fair enough. I can't imagine that anybody familiar with the contents of your channel would complain about that, must be people popping in from their recommended videos.

[@jonathanrichards593]

@@AtomicShrimp Certainly, there was freeze-frame so that I could do the arithmetic to work out whether the % meat increase claim was correct, gratifyingly confirmed later! Top review: I only ever buy these when I think that I ought to have something in the cupboard that I can eat if I'm locked in and can't find my door keys. Again.

[@ev4728]

The inane wittering is what I'm here for, Mr Shrimp!

[@aaronpratt8130]

i second this!

[@strayling1]

"Accidental" on "Purpose". Nice one:)

[@applegal3058]

I love your little chit chatting in your videos. Its like listening to a friend talk about something they're interested in. It's all good.

[@HMSTR1995]

UNACKNOWLEDGED TOUCAN SPECIAL!

[@ErwinPommel]

I'm disappointed that the inane wittering didn't last longer than the actual pie content in a sort of meta commentary critique of the ratio of meat to gravy in a Fray Bentos pie.

[@whatr0]

we just have to wait for the Classic Weird Stuff in a Can recipe now with even more inane wittering

[@edtuckerartist]

@@whatr0 Waiting for the "more wittering than ever" episode.

[@caramba10]

Do you remember back in the olden days when Birds Eye produced Chicken and Vegetable Pies? They ran a 'New Improved' marketing campaign "Now with more chicken pieces". Well someone took one apart and the amount (weight) of chicken was unchanged all they had done was to cut what was there was into smaller pieces, so technically they weren't lying. I've never trusted any marketing BS since. As a child the pies were quite tasty, shortcrust pastry and the veg to the best of my memory was just a few peas and pieces of carrot in a chicken gravy along with the now smaller chicken pieces.

[@ArchieBlacke]

Love the "review commences" bar that (at least for my screen) is accurate! Not sure I've seen anyone else do that on KZbin.

[@JOBdOut]

Idea for April Fools. A review of another fray bentos pie but with better inane wittering and 33% more of it

[@PaulTumeltyMisc]

I’ve got a better idea. Combine the meat of four pies into a single pie, re-apply the crust, to provide the greatest fray bentos pie of all time!

[@kam9989]

I bought one for the tin. Ideal for a small cake size; good size for airfryer too.

[@Kowyn]

I'm in Canada, I was at a UK import store and bought a Fray Bentos as a curiosity. I had it one evening when I was hungry and it was amazingly disappointing, I did keep the can to use in the shop though, it's a great shape for putting lose screws in when fixing something. Food 2/10 Can 9/10

[@YYZed]

Just so you know, I'm mostly here for the inane wittering.

[@SaxonSuccess]

Inane, not insane...

[@YYZed]

@@SaxonSuccess I am ever the victim of autocorrect.

[@YYZed]

@@SaxonSuccess it's fixed now I hope it didn't upset you too much

[@Smooshes786]

@@YYZed has this exchange now become inanely insane? I mean, you could have been correct the first time. 😂

[@BigShrimpin_]

We can assure you that our pies do include meat, from exactly the kind of animals you would expect!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Frogs are what I'm expecting.

[@planescaped]

Gotta do _something_ with all those horses...

[@stonecodfish2365]

Just like Hunger Breaks All Day Breakfast, no matter how many times people tell me they're not that good I still think they look delicious and would love to try some. For now eating vicariously will have to do.

[@watersloth288]

your oven has to be one of the coolest ovens I've seen EVEN THE BUTTONS PRESS IN LIKE THAT so cool

[@Boogie_the_cat]

"Enchiladitos - they make you wanna eat 'em" I enjoy the oven cam.

[@jonathanfinan722]

I made a steak and kidney pudding in the pressure cooker yesterday. Glorious winter grub even when you realise that suet is 11 times the price of the flour.

[@MartinSteed]

Suet is crazy expensive right now. I like a suet pastry topping on pies I make - I like the crispy top and soft dumpling like undersides that have absorbed some of the gravy!

[@whatr0]

this may be a first for this series where a Fray Bentos didnt have a giant hole in the top

[@HelloMyNameisSol]

10:30 - Let's give that pastry a *tastry*. Come on, shrimp!

[@danlynch3885]

The music around 08:00 reminds me of 90's racing game soundtracks. Blast from the past! Cheers

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

New range coming soon Eyes and nostrils, Spleen and jowls and a relaunch of a classic heart valve and testicles

[@mollymillions6586]

It just seems a bit rude to kill an animal and then throw half of it out instead of eating it.

[@InnerTurbulencia]

Thanks for taking one for the team, I see these all the time and I stay well clear! I'll have my diced cow freshly moo'd thanks.

[@lwoods507]

The sheer misery examining a pie where Palm Oil is the fifth most abundant ingredient in it. Oh lord.

[@mikew1972]

Palm Oil is a tasty and healthy product (as plant oils go). It's bad press originates from the portion of it that is not sustainably and ethically sourced (deforestation, child labour etc.) But as time passes the media programmes us and the only part we remember is 'Palm Oil bad'

[@lwoods507]

@@mikew1972 I understand palm oil when considered as a simple foodstuff is not bad. However I do not think the palm oil in this pie is sustainably or ethically produced, I cannot see any claim on the product itself or their website. Also, pastry should be made with BUTTER (I love butter, butter is love, butter is life.)

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

I don't care much about kidney pie, but that sliding oven door @7:08 is amazing!

[@godslittlestidiot2984]

I was JUST watching the 2017 review of this right as this uploaded!

[@DLC-sy7pp]

You're a braver man than me Mike!! Pro tip, once the pie looks done, remove the pastry lid, flip it over onto the baking tray and cook the lid alone for a further 10 minutes. Then place back on the now cooled filling and bake for a further 5 minutes, which cooks the pastry and reheats the filling. 👍

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Yeah those gummy gelatanous under cooked layers are kind of weird(things in a can)

[@DLC-sy7pp]

@LordmonkeyTRM It resembles torn zombie flesh.

[@Vicki_Benji]

I love listening to your "Inane wittering."

[@skunclep1938]

I used to love these as a student back in the 80's... including the lasagne-like under layer

[@brianartillery]

'Bloke Food™' at it's finest. Along with tinned sardines, pilchards, corned beef, kippers, bags of Brazil nuts, and SPAM. I love the pastry on these pies, all of it, and have done so for as long as I can remember. Long may they still exist!

[@mistertestsubject]

Why are brazil nuts in particular 'bloke food'? Everything else you listed made sense, but I don't get the brazil nuts.

[@brianartillery]

@mistertestsubject - I have never known any women who enjoyed Brazil nuts - and I meant raw, in shell nuts. My late father would get through a couple of pounds of assorted nuts over Christmas, and offer them about, and I cannot recall ever seeing mum, gran, assorted aunts, etc , ever eat any Brazils. I never had any girlfriend who would eat them, either. This was before a lot of people had nut allergies, which in itself sounds odd, but when I went to school, in the late 1960's and early to mid 1970's, it just wasn't common at all. I never knew any child who could have been killed by eating peanuts. It just wasn't a thing. I find that very odd. But I definitely class Brazils as 'Bloke Food™'.

[@robertthompson90]

As far as "instant pies" go I think that looks serviceable. It would do in a pinch - good to have in the cupboard for emergencies.

[@AFKin]

The 180c being a 180 degree turn, oddly satisfying.

[@topsyfulwell]

How interesting! I checked my Fray Bentos. It's made here in Australia and contains 27.7% beef and 13.6% kidney. There's more meat in weight than pastry (26%). It contains no palm oil. Campbell's Soups Australia own Fray Bentos here. I wonder if that is why there is such a huge discrepancy between the two countries? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, I think it's just a licensed brand name, so no commonality of manufacture

[@Vimby233]

I hope these used to be bigger as you say, we used to have one of these between a family of five!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I feel like I remember them being available in two sizes

[@andymerrett]

Oh goodness! No size of pie should be for five people. I feel like these FB pies should say "Serves ½" as I think I'd need two.

[@julieannecarlson6507]

Same! We had with mash and other veg. Loved it!😊

[@mollymillions6586]

7:20 Shrimp's oven takes us to Zone of the Enders on Playstation 2.

[@AngieDeAguirre]

Oh, as a savoury pie aficionado, I can say that the soggy pastry is to kill AND die for. My favourite is zucchini, onions and cheese. I always eat the veggies first and the shell I eat it last. So good!!!

[@Ranger881]

I love the inclusion of the Waffle-o-Meter because who would possibly skip the inane wittering? It's the best part of a Shrimp video

[@snackbracket]

Do you figure your earlier criticism of Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie in a can had anything to do with their attempt at contrite reversion? After all, they don't call you Influencer for nothing!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Gosh no. I very much doubt they've even heard of me

[@anidnmeno]

it's easy to add 33% more meat when the last iteration didn't have hardly any... 33% of .5

[@martinbalmforth2665]

That Oxo can opener is like Eva biting you. The WL Magican used to do that too

[@SiansCraftyCorner]

The inane wittering. Saying what we're thinking 😂

[@headerahelix]

god, much has changed in the UK since i moved away. the implication of "better meat" alone is terrifying.

[@andymerrett]

It's like the emergency services! Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better looking drivers...

[@kortexsirvasil]

If anything, the wittering isn't inane enough

[@Fluxicity]

How uncanny (pun intended?) - I'm currently pulling out my Fray Bentos chicken curry pie, along with some crispy fries from the oven when I saw this upload to watch while I eat 👍

[@TheFlyingGerbil]

I really want a few of these as loads of people recommend the tins as the perfect size for making Yorkshire puddings you fill with your dinner. Problem is I don’t actually want to eat the pies.

[@buffys3477]

I love the pastry in these, not sure why it’s very soggy. Most people buy them I think out of nostalgia maybe once a year. They never quite live up to the childhood memory.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

To be fair everything seems like an extreme when you are a child . Extremely good , extremely dramatic etc .

[@andymerrett]

We'll be seeking out Vesta curries next :)

[@buffys3477]

@ Absolutely 😂I loved those too.

[@quantumbacon]

When it says steak and kidney, who else thought that both the steak and kidney would be from the same species of animal?

[@GIBBO4182]

It’s a good point I hadn’t even thought about! But yes, I certainly did think they’d be from the same species

[@MartinSteed]

When I make steak and kidney I usually use lambs kidney. I think i've seen beef kidney for sale maybe once in my life!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think people mentioned that on the previous video. This combo probably is quite common in any kind of commercially-produced steak and kidney pie - the steak is always expected to be beef, but the kidney might be pork, ox or sometimes lamb

[@quantumbacon]

@@AtomicShrimp Perhaps their marketing team could celebrate the fact that it's a conglomeration of different animals from different farms and different regions. "50% more livestock than 80% of people imagined, from the largest varieties of countries than ever before"

[@planescaped]

I love steak and kidney pie, can only get them in the states when I make my own... I also love tricking people into eating it and always bring them whenever I attend any event or gathering where I am expected to bring something. Every time they say how delicious it is, only then do I tell them there are kidneys in it. My favorite reaction is when they suddenly don't like it anymore. lol American's freak out at the notion of eating kidneys for some reason. Lamb kidneys are hard as hell to find sometimes too.

[@lilyfurley9833]

the soggy part is the best bit lmao

[@IAmMike2K]

You should try their pouch meals, they're actually really good I was pleasantly surprised

[@DLC-sy7pp]

@@IAmMike2K Without sounding disrespectful to you, they're not! Everything with the Fray Bentos logo on isn't fit for human consumption!

[@IAmMike2K]

@DLC-sy7pp 😂 fair enough lol I was just expecting them to be terrible but they weren't bad overall, definitely edible. High praise indeed lol

[@davestier6247]

Fray Bentos? More like Cray Bentos, you wild mr. bentos

[@rowejon]

I've eaten these pies 50 years ago I have no bad memories. I think they used to do meat puddings in a can.

[@sarkybugger5009]

Still do. I've bought them in Home Bargains.

[@pperrinuk]

Whatever your analysis... I like them. Crispy pastry, soggy 'dumpling' pastry, meat and gravy... in a can, lasts forever, buy as many as you can!

[@andymerrett]

Does your oven have a timer? Is this the oven version of using a can opener on a ring-pull can (if you catch my drift)? 😉

[@AtomicShrimp]

The oven has a timer, but I have never found oven timers particularly intuitive to set (mine has just < and > controls). Also, the oven is completely out of earshot from some other parts of the house.

[@andymerrett]

@@AtomicShrimp Yes I take your point. My wife seems to have tuned into the beep of our oven, I can never hear it! I set the timer as a visual clue and then ask Siri to alert me whenever I need to next do something with the oven contents. :)

[@markperkins2656]

Love the content as always. Whats with the audio though?

[@patricialavery8270]

LOL.I was in Texas when New Coke was supposed to replace the original. The new stuff sat on shelves while grocers put out ads saying they still had the original and people drove miles to get some. Steak and kidney pie is something I tried exactly once and that was it. It was an "English Pub" over here but I don't think even a celebrity chef could make it smell better. Pastry in a can with liquid is just a no for me. Dumplings are not squishy, that's just what you called it, boiled dough. You folks can have all these you want, I'll go for Pierogis.

[@mrelnoobo6855]

I find it pretty hilarious that the quality of these pies has gotten so bad that 'better meat' is now a selling point. Pathetic marketing.

[@BionicCheese]

I’d pay extra for a talking pie , whatever the meat content or pastry consistency. Also enjoying the drum and bass type interlude music in this episode.

[@WalkerKlondyke]

I can’t believe that last video was from 2017!

[@daphnetilling6034]

There are a few overly processed products I have as a guilty pleasure and the steak and kidney pie (actually I prefer the pudding) is one of them, I hate and love everything about it. It is like a comfort food that I really should not like. I love it with some creamy mash (if I am being totally lazy some instant mash is perfect) and the soggy pastry is definitely a feature that is a major part of my love for these pies (serve me soggy pastry in any other format and i will be upset lol) and though I love making my own it is nice to have once in a blue moon.

[@donaldasayers]

Now with added inane wittering. As I get older and lose grip strength, I can only recommend a Bonzer tin opener.

[@cardiffst]

Now *this* is the content I’m here for.

[@Saltiren]

As an American the only other time ive seen the words Fray Bentos was about a WW2 story involving a tank. Neato to see what its namesake is.

[@edtuckerartist]

I remember (and preferred) when there was pastry underneath the filling, could have been a different brand.

[@stonent]

"Now 15% of our meat is actual meat!"

[@steveg3981]

Used to love these pies back in the eighties before I emigrated. Would like to find a source here in Canada.

[@DangerousPictures]

thats some nice music at 7:35

[@SheyD78]

I wonder what difference if any it would make to cut a steam vent or 2 into the top of the pastry.

[@Jablicek]

You're a braver man than me with those things.

[@pixie706]

I like the puddings even better.

[@jamesrichardson1326]

Mike you should make a pie like this on a video

[@Temple00]

I just went back and watched this video 2 days ago. Strange coincidence.

[@bengoacher4455]

M&S do a puff pastry steak pie for £5.50 which serves 3 (Fray Bentos serves 2) and has 40% beef not 15%. I can attest to the quality of the M&S pie. Morrisons do a pair of chicken pies for £2.50 which is closer to the price of Fray Bentos. The pie filling is thickened with chemicals that I didn't like, but the puff pastry is far better than the pastry here and with a lot more meat. If you can avoid Fray Bentos, I highly recommend you do.

[@SaxonSuccess]

The Fray Bentos pie serves ONE. No arguments.

[@andymerrett]

@@SaxonSuccess And barely that. :)

[@capitalb5889]

But is it in a can?

[@nate_river_]

If pies could talk, they'd say "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[@leerichmond9629]

Over the years I tried these when they were on offer and was dissapointed every time

[@WaddedBliss]

The shape and usefulness of the tins are more interesting than the pies.

[@sammyb106]

Oops they did it again, but did they play with your heart (and wits)?

[@brandonb7120]

The deceptiveness of adding more meat to then reduce it again is so wrong. Essentially winning the customer back to then secretly revert and screw them over again while their top of mind thinking is still the "better meat and more of it". Thanks for highlighting it.

[@hgrace0]

I do like seeing your review…. Even if it means you’re eating a pie that you’re not especially fond of.

[@jamiegreenham4140]

It does look like it has more meat.. however it seems to look lower quality meat not better. It looks almost exactly like my dogs wet food. (Which I will admit actually smells nice)

[@LisaG-fu9zp]

use the oxo top wise as a can opener instead of on the side

[@AtomicShrimp]

You can't. It only works in the side-cutting orientation.

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

that thumbnail just instantly made me burst into singing Britney Spears xDDD

[@TimboCalrissian]

You mean you're not supposed to eat the entire pie out of the tin like an animal?

[@accountnamewithheld]

They're so small eating an entire one doesn't even seem gluttonous

[@Boogie_the_cat]

When I'm eating animal, I get to act like an animal. I have 5 forks on each hand and when a product comes in a dish, that is one less dish I have to wash and I'm saving the world's supply of water too. I'm lazy Captain Planet.

[@brianartillery]

That's how my dad used to do it - Fray Bentos pie, and mug of tea on a tray, and midweek sports special on the telly. In some places, I think to deviate from that, was illegal, possibly tantamount to treason. 😆😆😆

[@PaulTumeltyMisc]

#1 pie in a tin, from a field of 1 :)

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

EXPLOSION CONTAINMENT PIE DISH with free steak pie ............. [Credit; "Big Clive"] 11:32 "Back to our classic recipe " however the image shows the meat to be the same on both tins but the pastry is not. did they only change the pastry ?

[@EightNineOne]

I think princes and fray bentos pies coexisted? I haven’t seen a princes tinned pie since probably the late 90s?

[@andymerrett]

It looks as if the Fray Bentos brand has been passed around between many players, including Campbell Soup Company, Premier Foods, Princes, and -since 2011 - Baxters.

[@AtomicShrimp]

The Princes canned pies must have come off the same production line as Fray Bentos - they were identical in all but labelling (even the weight was exactly the same - 425g). Princes briefly owned the Fray Bentos brand but was forced to sell it by the Office of Fair Trading.

[@Sparks0001]

17g, so less than a teaspoon per quarter of the pie - Sooo generous!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, I reckon the amount of extra meat is approximately the same as the amount on the fork in the serving suggestion

[@maxrobe]

"New Improved" is always a worrying sign on any product. Can't really remember "Old Improved" or similar on a product - well maybe Coca Cola.

[@quantumbacon]

My pastry tends to pop up an easy 2-3 inches above the tin (although usually a bit lopsided). Not sure why this one is so flat. I would place mine onto a heavy preheated baking tray, But also perhaps the oven is running hotter. I never do cold baking tray for any food.. you're probably losing 30c on impact.

[@AtomicShrimp]

I wonder if I should have run the knife around before baking. It almost seemed like the pastry was crimped onto the rim

[@quantumbacon]

@@AtomicShrimp I still like the gloopy part best, but the pastry rise does retain that and gives some confidence that enough heat has entered the tin. I think they could easily sell a tin of the gloop, and turn a profit. same for the spongey layer in the sadly discontinued findus crispy pancakes, that I haven't had since the 90s, when I cooked them next to beans in my vision pans.

[@quantumbacon]

@@AtomicShrimp Perhaps it remained crimped onto the rim because the tins were simply not manhandled enough in transport, and there were no dents/thumbprints/ sideshift to speak of. The QA department may never have encountered this scenario before !

[@AtomicShrimp]

Alas, Findus Crispy Pancakes. Casualty of HorseMeatGate, if I recall correctly.

[@quantumbacon]

@@AtomicShrimp looks like findus were bought out, (2018?) the brand doesn't seem to be for UK, and the replacement ones just don't look the same. No squidgey doughy layer. Hugh fearnley on the river cottage website has the best looking homemade ones I've seen. Need to give it a whirl.

[@MartySulls]

Good news. Chocco rations to be increased by 15%.

[@idavo]

I'm a fan - reminds me of growing up. I used to buy tinned kidneys & loved the Umamini (spelt right? but hopefully got the jest - of what I'm on about. Bought an air fryer - bloody thing doesn't fit. Deliberating an air oven. Rage!!

[@NecroBanana]

These things I never take as a gourmet meal so when people complain that it looks weird etc I always think "would they say the same thing if they were a victim of a huge hurricane and got their fresh food spoiled?

[@peterclarke7240]

That's not exactly high praise. After a few days, even dogfood would start to look tempting.

[@stevetaylor8698]

I bought and attempted to eat a Fray Bentos pie the other week, the first time since I last had one in the late 1960s. It was still ghastly. Who on earth buys these works of the Devil?

[@jeffenwaldomyspanishadopti9283]

Fray Bentos is just better at reviewing other ones products(can openers)than there own..that is remarkable by it's self.... good marketing for can openers you don't sell😂

[@thedoc1210]

oooh fancy kitchen😁

[@pheart2381]

Nowt wrong with inane wittering. This reminds me of Swallows&Amazons books where they think up weak excuses to eat Captain Flint's stores,aka Uncle Jim.

[@Ayslhyn]

Inane Wittering is a lovely village. Won’t hear a word against it.

[@peterlarwood8331]

Love Swallows and Amazons books

[@peterlarwood8331]

@@Ayslhyn Shure I've been there

[@Ayslhyn]

@@peterlarwood8331My son used to the stationed at RAF Wittering. It’s in Cambridgeshire 😊

[@peterlarwood8331]

@@Ayslhyn I've travelled throughout most of Norfolk in the hunt for places visited by the Swallows and Amazons . Not been to the bridge over the Cam yet, maybe one day.

[@graham581]

How do food producers get away with this? If there isn't one already, they should be made to register their products including sizes/weights and ingredients and when it changes they list the alterations so we can all see the lies about "new and improved", "bigger size" etc.

[@CssHDmonster]

3% more meat!

[@GIBBO4182]

3% of the total weight. If it’s gone from 12% to 15% of the total weight, it’s actually 25% more meat! Presuming the total weight has remained the same Yay maths! 😂

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think the actual amount of extra meat is possibly about equivalent to what is shown on the fork on the pack design

[@GIBBO4182]

@@AtomicShrimp 🤣🤣🤣

[@M320VVK]

NEW PIE VIDEO 🤩🤩