Steak & Kidney pie-in-a-tin - the meaty version

[@mrsansen8619]

I am mildly disappointed that we did not get a *weird* schematic, but perhaps next time. Enjoy the meal.

[@patrickcardon1643]

First thought for me too, "what? no schematic?"

[@ibex485]

Maybe Clive will post an update once his digestion has... reverse engineered it. 🙈😆

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

@@ibex485 I always thought these impenetrable bunkers of steel were designed for long term storage by the military should we face the collapse of mankind.

[@PatGilliland]

Kidney is a weird schematic.

[@f.k.b.16]

😂

[@MirlitronOne]

I was once in a queue to enter the USA when the elderly, wheelchair-bound gentleman in front of me had his suitcase opened to reveal that it was crammed full with these pies. His excuse was that he was in the USA for two weeks' holiday and didn't like the food. It's hard to think of anything that would look more like a suitcase full of land mines.

[@tsm688]

jesus christ, stuck behind that XD

[@jonc4403]

This would likely be legal to bring in. Haggis on the other hand... very much banned here.

[@shambleslongplay3566]

@@jonc4403 probably not enough lead content for the states.

[@trueriver1950]

​@@shambleslongplay3566 not enough sugar

[@shambleslongplay3566]

@@trueriver1950 they use lead as an artificial sweetner.

[@joeschmo622]

*_Meat pie... Now with meat !!_* What a concept...

[@kd5byb]

🤣

[@JSMCPN]

"Meat no longer sold separately"

[@howardosborne8647]

​@@JSMCPN😂😂

[@mysock351C]

The fact that they cheat you out of “meat” most people would throw in the trash with their noses held shut I think speaks volumes. It’s like a Chinese usb charger manufacturer that is too cheap to even put a hunk of scrap metal in to make it feel plausible.

[@Thermalions]

They also make these in Australia, and while I've not had one, the ingredients state it's 41% beef/kidney, 26% pastry, and 33% stuff to make up the gravy. I think the UK are getting ripped off by the looks of Clive's version.

[@JSMCPN]

"Better meat" is marketing for "Not as bad as before"

[@frogandspanner]

For emergency supplies during Covid I stocked up on Fray Bentos pies on the basis that they are so unpleasant that one would only eat one as a last resort and never as a snack.

[@robturner3065]

I was thinking along the same lines when I bought the extra fancy cat food

[@stephenjones9153]

I was in Covid Isolation and had food delivered to me by volunteers , When I saw the Fray Bentos pie 🥧 😋 tin I thought yummy a bit of meat 🍖 😋 only to discover it was a Vegetable Balti one, I didn't even know they made such a vile thing.😢

[@bobblebardsley]

@@stephenjones9153 At least it wasn't the All Day Breakfast one, which is basically a baked beans Fray Bentos pie with an aftertaste of black pudding.

[@LuminalSpoon]

I just bought tuna lol

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

@@bobblebardsley Aww yuck.

[@ginvr]

I am with you Clive, as an adult it is a serving for one

[@kjh789az]

Defo! 😮

[@britishtechguru]

The last pie was an affront to Trading Standards. It was not a steak and kidney pie - it was a gravy pie into which only the shadow of steak and kidney had fallen. Kinda like homeopathic food where the gravy holds the memory of the steak and kidney while containing none.

[@andygardiner6526]

I will also admit to being very disappointed when I last had one. Mine had meat only the sense it had "steak and kidney" written on the lid. Used to love them when I was a kid and, as Clive says, it was a family treat for us too. That said, in those days a family sized Sunday roast beef joint was the size of your fist and lasted a couple of days rather than the size of your head and eaten in one sitting ... times change.

[@JSMCPN]

I feel the same way about "Shrimp" Cup-O-Noodles. At best, there is one 3mm piece of one Brine Shrimp (aka sea monkeys), plus a slight flavor of their eggs/roe.

[@steed3590]

Memories of steak and kidney, fantastic

[@trueriver1950]

These are better than recent efforts, but still nowhere near as much meat as when I was growing up in the sixties. But no other brand of tinned pie gets the pastry as good as FB.

[@shmuck66]

meals like this are best had when you are 7 years old watching Star Trek on a rainy Saturday in front of a big tube television.

[@____________________________.x]

And now it's watching The Acolyte on a mobile phone while eating cricket burgers. The plus side is that the research to build a machine to travel back in time is accelerating....

[@gsmith2000994]

Funny that, I remember being a kid and enjoying them when my gran made them, now I think they are awful 😂.

[@Shinkajo]

​@@____________________________.xcricket burgers i can understand, but The Acolyte?

[@Milamberinx]

Pie so good you just need to be distracted to find it palatable!

[@martinlouden9005]

It's amazing how mass boycotting of a product can result in such a marked improvement!

[@bmo14lax]

Interesting is that what happened with bentos?

[@arthurvasey]

Chocolate bars used to be like that - they gradually shrunk in size, then they made it 5% Extra Free - no - they gradually reduced the size thinking that we wouldn’t notice - then brought it back to the original size!

[@billfear1]

@@arthurvasey a Mars rep once told me that we think chocolate bars are smaller because when we were kids we had smaller hands!

[@markwood9751]

@@billfear1 Nope, totally got smaller! 90s era Mars was 65g and a new 'full size' one off the shelf this morning was only 51g... You think it's smaller now cos it is. You're not going senile just yet 🤣

[@Greguk444]

@@arthurvaseyI was given a Mars bar a while ago and I could not believe my eyes. It was so small, about a quarter the size I used to eat as a child.

[@Steve_Coates]

I'm just disappointed you cooked it an air fryer rather than the forks of death or a plasma arc.

[@mycosys]

needs more voltage for spice

[@rambo1152]

@@mycosys The Glasgow unit of meatyness power is the "McKellar Watt".

[@SlyerFox666]

The tin that kills most tin openers 😂

[@Mike_5]

This is what cordless angle grinders were invented for

[@ErwinPommel]

I only tried one of these things once. The only tin opener I had that worked on it was my trusty Swiss Army Knife. Fortunately, I hated the contents with a passion, so have never bought another.

[@Deepthought-42]

A Watneys Party Seven beer can must have been the biggest killer of can openers. Being of thicker steel than most British cars at the time, the kitchens of many parties had beer on the ceiling because access could only be achieved by hammer and chisel.

[@Deepthought-42]

I was rather hoping for the consequences of cooking a Fray Bentos steak and kidney with the lid on.🤔🤣

[@Mike_5]

@@Deepthought-42 Sadly now banned under the Counter Terrorism Act 2000

[@martinwyke]

During lockdown I bought a couple of these as a substitute to the real pies I could no longer get and was hugely disappointed compared to my childhood memory of them. I found that I could easily make a better pie with chilled ready made pastry and tin of stewing steak. Over the following weeks I made all sorts of quick pies that way, chicken, corn beef and even diced spam.

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Can't beat it, I sometimes make pasties with the premade pastry. 👍

[@michaelcherry8952]

O.K. I couldn't resist it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXfVpaOKZtJ-r5o

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

You mean a tin of chewing steak.

[@PeterGorrill]

These were also a 'treat' for our family when I was young, and padded out with copious spuds and veg, fed 4. In a moment of nostalgia I picked one up recently and had a look at the ingredients, the first of which was water. For modern me, with very few exceptions, products with water as the main ingredient tend to be left on the shelf. This includes bottled water! Bon appetit!

[@chrishartley1210]

This reminds me of a friend who did not read the instructions properly. Having cooked the pie, he rang another friend and asked "How do you remove the lid?"...

[@barrieshepherd7694]

I'm surprised the lid had not removed itself 🤣

[@M0UAW_IO83]

@@barrieshepherd7694 British army dogsh*t pie was definitely best left sealed in the tin, so was the cheapened down Fray Bentos pie.

[@ernstoud]

Just leave it in the oven for a bit longer. When you here a bang, the lid has come off.

[@FrontSideBus]

@@M0UAW_IO83Tins of cheese possessed boiled in a mess tin? 😂

[@EmeliaBelle]

​@@barrieshepherd7694 " what was that boom ?" *" Oh it's my pie..."*

[@PaulEcosse]

Hmm, a slight improvement. About time they started listening, their business was heading down the tubes.

[@astral276]

Like so many companies the original manufacturer no longer exists and the brand name has been sold on repeatedly. As each new brand owner takes over manufacturer, the quality decreases.

[@johnnodge4327]

Down the tubes, thanks to the tubes no doubt. 😂

[@PaulEcosse]

@@johnnodge4327 The court of public opinion, my good man.

[@bewilderbeestie]

It would have been an improvement if their pies _contained_ tubes. This one actually looks edible.

[@stevebot]

Whoa, almost a WWII family ration of meat in there.

[@BigPJB]

Stopped buying these a few years ago because of the lack of meat. I’ll give them ago again. One thing I really miss is Smedley’s tinned sausage rolls always great for a quick snack. Me and mom loved them

[@phonotical]

Tinned sausage roll???

[@jimmyporter8941]

Smedley's? Wasn't that a dog food brand?

[@iandeare1]

@@BigPJB: loved the tinned sausage rolls

[@w8lvradio]

My grandmother (German) obtained several of these canned pies here in the US, actually purchased in Canada. Quite the cook, she tried to "reverse engineer" the recipe. I recall the horrible smell of boiling kidneys (horrible to me, and I'm a Registered Nurse!) and after many experiments, she "discovered" that the "non meat" gravy contained turnips! That made for a very good pies and it took her quite a while to figure that out. What she learned is that, while the meat is rather important for a meat pie (!) It's nothing without the all important turnip gravy. All the Best! 73 DE W8LV Bill.

[@sepruecom]

I don't want to know what in your trade as a registered nurse should make you used to the smell of boiling kidneys... The times when medical samples were boiled for stabilization were like a century ago...

[@Shinkajo]

What's an unregistered nurse? Over here we just have nurses.

[@Milamberinx]

@@Shinkajo I don't know about where you are, or about the US, but here in the UK we have Registered Nurses. They're registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with proof of their original training, and proof of their ongoing professional development. The NMC will also investigate relevant claims against Registered Nurses who might not be following the nursing professional code.

[@mikethedigitaldoctorjarvis]

Always have a few of these in the cupboard as a back up meal ! 😋

[@paulwestlake4278]

An alternative to a meal perhaps...

[@mikethedigitaldoctorjarvis]

@@paulwestlake4278 That's sort of what i meant !

[@FrontSideBus]

The raw gooey pastry in the middle that never cooks is the best bit IMO 😂

[@benkai09]

Fought with my sisters over that bit

[@richardhemingway6084]

Funny enough, it was the 'soggy bottom' that put me off those pies. I like the top and the middle, but no amount of cookings seems to cook the bottom.

[@ChuckFickens1972]

@@richardhemingway6084 Take it off halfway through cooking and put it on the tray next to the tin

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

Yessss I keep craving it, but my local supermarket doesn't sell it.

[@stephenjones9153]

Flakey Pastry made with Suet the Soggy Dumpling bit is the nicest part with the Grav,y obviously 😊

[@KarldorisLambley]

cheers chief, again. i greatly appreciate your work.

[@greenhowie]

Fray Bentos pies have become something like Dwarf Bread to me over the years - if I'm in the wilderness with them, a heat source and a tin opener I can use them to beat a grizzly bear to death and eat it.

[@philc8703]

We've all watched Clive eat his dinner again😆

[@merlynsfire1275]

which makes it a tax write off for business :D

[@DannyGraves1775]

Won't be the first time, nor the last, knowing Clive 😛

[@ShadowDragon8685]

I dunno, we saw him talk about his dinner; this wasn't a proper dinner video though. I think he needs Ralf for that.

[@DannyGraves1775]

@@ShadowDragon8685 He's done more than a few MRE/IRP reviews where he's on his own though, like the Scottish cold weather ration.

[@paulklee5790]

We are not worthy!

[@anotheruser9876]

Fray Bentos; Nobody Beats Our Meat™

[@gravelydon7072]

Wendy's: Where's the beef?

[@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX]

Arby's: we have the meats !!!

[@Larz99]

Isn't it great watching Clive show the rest of the world the fun and interesting delicacies of British cuisine? He obviously enjoys a nice pie as much as i do. Thanks Clive, keep up the great work. As Bruce Forsythe would say, "You're my favourite!"

[@steve_ire321]

The only channel on KZbin that specialises in electronics, and also Frey Bentos pies. The content we all signed up for. 😂 Next video: Frey Bentos - will it carbonate?

[@JanaBuvari]

We uncovered a tin of this on an outback road in the middle of Australia a few years ago, enough of the labelling remained that I dated it to be over 60 years old. Great find!

[@JanaBuvari]

More context: The area off the road we stopped on, must have been a campsite from old travellers and gold diggers in the region. We found endless tincture glass bottles, tins, spirits bottles. Was amazing

[@alanmon2690]

The 1960s ads show a lot more meaty goodness in the pie.

[@ibex485]

Nice to see they've moved in the right direction for once. So many well known products we now think of as being poor quality & value were originally of good quality and highly regarded (hence why they became famous in the first place), but were gradually destroyed by cost-cutting. Scotch Whisky is a good example. Famous brands of blended Scotch which we now wouldn't touch with a barge pole (fit only for drowning in cola) used to be of far higher quality 50+ years ago. Blending was once used to produce interesting flavours, rather than just as a cost-cutting measure as it seems to be now for the big brands. (Quality blends do still exist, but can be hard to find.)

[@tsm688]

these days its all about getting your foot in the door. if the name is known, and the supply chain has you, you're all but done. Even if people buy it less they still buy it, and its not like a competing brand will make the mega marketing push to make it to market.

[@Shinkajo]

Yeah I've learned that nowadays if you want something proper and not pay an arm and a leg, you have to make it yourself. Works fine with food, trickier with hardware, electronics, clothes, shoes, funiture. Actually even with a lot of expensive, previously trusted brands, the quality has been going down and prices keep rising. Usually some giant conglomerate buys the company, moves the manufacturing to some shithole, while also doing everything they can to replace the materials with inferior alternatives. It's all rather depressing 😔

[@tsm688]

@@Shinkajo The price of food is truly out of whack for a long time. There just isn't an economic incentive to fucking feed people. It's much more profitable to ship processed products 3000 miles. You know how much food is truly in a box of cheerios? About twelve cents. You can get 50 pounds of beans for 50 bucks, that is dry beans -- probably 100lbs cooked. And enough pork to make it pork&beans for 70. Which means food for eons, for less than the price of rent. But it's just too effective -- nobody is able to make money making that kind of food. Places which do, give it away for free, as an inducement to buy packaged stuff. And those in dire straits who could really benefit from it, don't have the means to buy in bulk. Something is wrong when there's no economic incentive to fucking feed people.

[@cameradoctor205]

Now I am hungry Clive ! 2 degrees below zero here in NZ this morning, a hot pie would go down well !!

[@NeilClemenson]

Clive, you are so funny! Even eating a pie brought me to laughter. So knowledgable and a real gentleman. I would like to see more of these types of videos 😂

[@FFS__Dave]

“Now I’m going to eat most of this pie” Who are you trying to kid? You ate every single bite of it, didn’t you?!😂

[@R90tn5g1p0]

We used to get these in Canada when I was a kid. My mom would always put some condensed milk on the top of them while they baked to thicken up the gravy. We put the plate on top and then flip it so that the crust would be on the underside. My father still talks about them to this day. They were in brown tins. It's his 80th birthday is coming up I think I might go online and see if I can find some that'll ship to canada.

[@faenethlorhalien]

I thought for a second that that was a very weird sofa and that Ashens sounded unlike himself.

[@Lumibear.]

Well that does look a tad better. Baldie Food Guy tried one of their meaty soups the other day, it appeared like they’d taken the previous style pie filling, made it even more thin and oily, which is apparently possible, and remarketed it in a taller tin. Yum!

[@joetaylor486]

Ooooh that looks far more like how I recall them from my teenage years. Who doesn't like a decent, shelf stable pie?

[@FurQ69]

Still way less meat.

[@jeffdayman8183]

I think your previous video on these pies caused review and reform of the pie makers. They felt the shame but got back in the game! The steam probably got YT algo art points for being "atmospheric" . It's not just friggin hot folks, it's art! 8^) Cheers (and enjoy your dinner)

[@gregorythomas333]

I was a weird little kid who liked spinach, fried chicken livers, artichokes, etc. so I would probably like these too :)

[@TheTruth.K.J.V.]

Here in the USA. Had to order some. Looking forward to tasting. Thanks for the review!!

[@jonnyduncan7056]

Until 3 years ago, I'd never had one! At 50yrs old, I was impressed. My neighbour treated me to one. Keep up the good work Clive.

[@SCOTTBAGLEY]

Hi Clive I'm a really big fan thank you for all your videos and all your live streams it's appreciated hope you're well

[@bigclivedotcom]

Thanks. I appreciate that.

[@brianm6337]

1:51: "It's looking better than the last one..." *wipes the fog off of the screen* 🤭🤭 I'll take your word for it.

[@retrozmachine1189]

I bought what is best described as a seam splitting can opener. It cuts around the side but instead of attacking the wall and leaving a sharp edge (and flimsy can) it attacks the seam. The tin stays fairly rigid and the lid goes back on too. It's the best can opener I've come across to date, has opened several hundred tins over the years and shows no signs of breaking.

[@grahampinnock309]

What was the brand of the opener you used? I bought a Kuhn Rikon safety opener (which I love) after my plastic handles warped on my Culinare Magican. It warped after soaking it in direct from the kettle hot water. To be honest it was a pain to use.

[@retrozmachine1189]

@@grahampinnock309 it has ezsafe on the handle, but it's probably available under different brands. Not sure where I got it, quite a few years back now. Found where I got it, a place in Australia BJ Enterprises, back in 2017 as it happens. 2024 now and it's still going so I certainly got my monies worth out of it.

[@retrozmachine1189]

@@grahampinnock309 ezysafe in case youtube has eaten my original response to you

[@grahampinnock309]

@@retrozmachine1189 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWHOl6iCbrNsfsUsi=CKbGaa7nj9cg5TrO

[@DeathInTheSnow]

"Better meat MORE OF IT" This feels like such a massive confession by them after all the years people have said their pies were shit and had fuck all in them. And I _still_ don't want one, because who's gonna believe them now?

[@dnel83]

I imagine the conversation in the Fray Bentos boardroom went something like "oh shi, we've gone too far with our cost cuttings, Big Clive is onto us"

[@electricowboy]

For those that don’t know. Fray Bentos is the name of an Uruguayan city where the British built a large Meat Processing Factory. I think the name is a tribute to that place actually

[@tncorgi92]

Good thing the factory was not in Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

[@paulsengupta971]

@@tncorgi92 Would that mean you had to eat it between courses?

[@webchimp]

@@tncorgi92 Beaver and Cock pie

[@trueriver1950]

​@@paulsengupta971 no, it indicates the recommended activity for after the main meal

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Used to love these when I was a teenager.

[@archstanton_live]

As we speak, this tin is available on Amazon in the US for a mere $18.80 delivered. What a delicacy! Check out that flaky crust! Who knew they could can a flaky crust?

[@mycosys]

I could never bring myself to pay 30 dollarydoos for a pie. (Thankfully its a tenner at Coles). Damn i miss dollar pies.

[@archstanton_live]

@@mycosys For a dollar or a pound I would jump on it ;)

[@britishtechguru]

You can pay $115 for them at Walmart!

[@ibex485]

I wonder if Amazon deliver to Uruguay? Specifically the port city of Fray Bentos after which the brand is named and where the British company built its original beef canning & processing factory in the 19th century.

[@gravelydon7072]

@kti5682 On Ebay they also have them but warn they can't ship to the US.

[@funkydozer]

These were a luxury for us kids in the 70s. Their catchphrase used to be “No lumps of fat or gristle GUARANTEED”, and the pie was stuffed with meat. The best bit was always the soggy pastry on the bottom.

[@hedydd2]

More meat on horses than cats in my observations. Not that I’m implying anything whatsoever. That practice was mainly confined to Wales, but who did ‘they’ supply?

[@RyanMercer]

I love the steam, I hate overproduced stuff.

[@Terry.W]

Got one in the oven ready ..yummy..

[@maltronics]

TBH Clive these pie`s are so nice ,nightmare to open though just waiting for the invention of the giant ring pull

[@michaelpearson915]

When I was a kid I'd sometimes get fed some of this. Back then I loved it. The flavours and textures of the meat and the pastry was somehow "special" and interesting. Bear in mind my Mum wasn't a chef, just a family cook and this was a "ready meal" back in the day. I eat healthier now but rarely indulge in a whole pie. Nostalgia. :)

[@jamesmartin2325]

For a slight moment there It was like watching Clive eat a pie in a sauna, which made me feel…well…I’m not quite sure.

[@Spooky_32]

This reminds me of "The Office" scene when David Brent is asked who the Cuban leader is, and he replies ".....Fray Bentos"

[@bendennis7730]

😂😂

[@clivebradley2633]

Makes a nice change from re-programming current regulator chips and ionizers

[@merlynsfire1275]

Invaluable research for us three and a tasty treat :) One of those childhood things for me that once in a blue moon I get a hankering for, glad to hear they've 'restored' them to their former glory... hungry now too

[@user-mgc]

A whole pie for just one family, you were lucky! When we were evicted from our hole in ground we had to go live in t'lake. I used to get up in the morning at half-past-ten at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of freezing cold poison, work 28 hours a day at mill, and pay da mill owner to let us work there. And when I went home our dad used to murder us in cold blood, each night, and dance about on our graves, singing hallelujah. You try an tell the young people of today that, and they won't believe you...

[@jimarthur1678]

Luxury

[@DW-indeed]

A whole lake? We were lucky to live in t' drain!

[@Paul-ey1ct]

Monty python

[@mycosys]

@@jimarthur1678 Aye, when i were a lad.....

[@TheTruthAboutLemmings]

Course we had it 'ard. We used to live in t' pie. We'd get evicted by someone openin' tin, put in t' oven, get cooked at gas mark 6 for 30 minutes and then get burnt on tha sharp tin edge and eaten alive

[@artyonehundred]

Thank you for the laugh. Now I have to go out and buy a Fray Bentos pie for myself, also good tip on the flaky pastry top!

[@thedarkknight1971]

Quick tip... IF you have an Air fryer (4 Litre or bigger), you CAN cook these tasty blighters with them! Open and remove lid, set air fryer to 180 degrees, check on it from 20 mins onwards to make sure ya got a crispy top) and then yer done! Carefully tilt + lift the tin out (with oven gloves, or large sturdy spatula) and... Enjoy! 👍😏 😎🇬🇧

[@bigclivedotcom]

I cooked this one in an air fryer.

[@steed3590]

Is that surprising? Are air fryers not just mini electric ovens with a funny name?

[@thedarkknight1971]

​@@steed3590Well, it's something that not many people actually think about, they're just a different designed 'Fan assisted oven'... So, a table top oven that, like these Fray Bentos pies, you just have to think about how you get you pie tin (and even foil tray foods (Lasagne etc) in and out (with care), and yeah, more can be done with them than just Chips/Fries, Chicken nuggets, Sausages, Steaks and such... 😏👍

[@trueriver1950]

They are not so much fan assisted as fan super-boosted.

[@RichardGilmoreDronetech]

Back in the mid 80s , these as I remember, had so much more meat, and I used to get a few Rounds of Northern Irish "Plain" loaf bread, buttered with real butter, cut the pie in half, and make 2 Pie Sandwiches.... And they were amazing ❤😋😋😋. Haven't had one of these in years. Putting me in the mood Big Clive. I'm going to grab one tomorrow and treat myself 😂😂😂

[@Tech-Nobby]

Fray Bentos, Vesta Curry or Chow Mein and Toast Toppers - Sunday teas of my childhood

[@BigPJB]

The only thing missing is tinned sausage rolls. Still enjoy a vesta curry. The last time I bought toast toppers my partner asked why I’d bought baby food.

[@KevCornucopia]

Loved Toast Toppers - all varieties... but my favourite of all the Vesta meals was the (relatively short-lived) Beef Biryani - my mouth is watering just thinking about it!!

[@bigclivedotcom]

And Vesta risotto?

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Vesta Chow Mein was good because of the crispy noodles 😄

[@stephenchecksfield632]

​@@barrieshepherd7694yes they were good the crispy noodles the best part of them lol 🤣

[@christhepostmanpoet6618]

Wonderful to hear such a delicous Scottish brogue describing a meat pie - the late and wonderful Ivor Cutler would have been in his element Existentially yours.......

[@CrazyOregonBeaver]

I liked the steam effect. I could almost taste it. 😊

[@DrewSpencer1]

Pre-Covid they were £1, now £3.25 in Tesco !!!!

[@Alan2E0KVRKing]

Thanks, I want a pie now!

[@kimcason8764]

I remember them. I left UK in 1980's. I used to use them for Nightshift in the Factory. Tin kept it Clean. ( Eg No, Dust, Dirt or in my Case. Ink Fly which we would be covered in.! Ect. ). There was no Canteen or local shops open for the Midnight hour..! So Now and Again.. a Tinned Pie. Why not..!? From what I recall they were quite Good..! Love the way the Camera's lens just steamed up. I could Almost smell it..!! What a Lark..! Cheers All from Oz. 😎

[@TheDeankelly]

I honestly love how random and diverse your uploads can be. 🙂

[@CliveOldfield1]

Excited for the new & improved! These were fantastic in the 90s, agree the fillings were getting a bit skimpy. Thanks for reviewing Clive! - Clive

[@jabezhane]

I had one a few weeks ago and it was same as yours there. I also had one of the "improved ones" and it was terrible. I only tried it again due to the "we screwed up" admission on the tin. Back to normal.

[@greatestytcommentator]

Last time I had one.. I was surprisingly impressed.

[@linuxgreybeard9945]

I used to love these pies as a child, but unless my memory deceives me, they had a lot more meat back then. Tried to work it out from the video, looked like about 3 or 4 teaspoons of meat in total. Not enough to feed one, never mind a family - we used to split ours three ways and it was plenty.

[@tsm688]

Yeah, they didn't say "original 60's recipe". Maybe "original 1993 recipe"

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

You English and your pies and tea and fish and chips and beans for breakfast are funny. we appreciate you 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@just_saw_dust]

In a world where poutine exists, British cuisine is high culture.

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

Don't be forgetting roast potatoes,Yorkshire puddings,bacon and 'rosbif'😂

[@RFC3514]

My problem with kidney isn't the concept of kidney, it's the actual taste. 🙊

[@tonynicholson3328]

It has the taste of the residue of the liquid it processed 😅. Have it with fries, it's called piss and chips...

[@conormcardle3350]

I used to love when they'd get about a foot tall while cooking then deflate once you open the oven door, haven't got them in ages though because of lack of meat and chunks off just pure fat in its place!

[@mbp1646]

Are we at all worried that they don't specify what animal the meat comes from?

[@tncorgi92]

Maybe it's like hot dogs - you're better off not knowing.

[@hedydd2]

Cats have been disappearing all over Scotland lately. Coincidence?

[@gavinthomas214]

When away at university this was an occasional treat. I used to love the pastry (until it got gloopy) and completely avoid the meat. It definitely brings back memories.

[@pmpwiz]

But will it carbonate?

[@abitofabitofabit4404]

Came here to ask this

[@cambridgemart2075]

As a gluten intolerant person, I am so jealous of you eating that lovely puff pastry!

[@CricketEngland]

I much prefer their steak and kidney pudding to the pie

[@chrispomphrett4283]

Yes, I usually have a few in the cupboard for when I've had a hard day and want comfort hot easy food...

[@DavidBrookes007]

Oh yes, they are nice 😋

[@suttoncoldfield9318]

Thanks for the video. We used to have these regularly as a family evening meal, then gave up as the meat disappeared.

[@paulcresswell6268]

Steak and Kidney means one chunk of each.

[@Thermalions]

Indeed, I hope these are cheaper than the cost of buying some puff pastry and a packet of gravy mix. The tin of chunky steak and vegetable soup I buy has an order of magnitude more meat than this 'meat' pie.

[@Rob.Chapman]

I'm more impressed by the tin opener, because those Fray Bentos tins, find out just how good 'Tin Openers' really are.

[@derekmills1080]

In the previous five years my weight has gone from a rotund, healthy, jolly looking 48 stone lithe, athletic figure to a concave, anaemic, miserable 5 stone shadow. I now know why - bigclive - one has to OPEN THE TIN TO EAT THE PIE. I have a large garden shed filled with 3,629 Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies with teeth marks on their tin lids. Why didn’t I think of this???

[@bobblebardsley]

We once took a Fray Bentos pie to Spain on a family holiday (because we were British and it was the 1980s) only to find our self-catering apartment didn't have an oven. It turns out you can't cook one in a pressure cooker, although if you're very careful you can eat hot gravy without getting too many spoonfuls of hot-but-raw pastry.

[@bobblebardsley]

More recently I tried cooking one in my tiny one-person Mo Farah air fryer, it came out looking perfect, crisp golden brown pastry on top, when I put the first forkful into my mouth I discovered that the pastry was the ONLY part that had even remotely warmed up, everything under it was still room temperature. I suppose between that and the Spanish effort we had the makings of one decent pie overall.

[@greatlambrini8722]

I miss the days when producing a good product was more important than making a fortune.

[@marcse7en]

I love tinned pies, Big Clive! ... I love the soggy pastry! 😋 ... Chicken & Mushroom is my favourite, but I never seem to see it any more! 😭 My late father also loved tinned pies. He used to eat TWO at a time, and my late mother used to call him, "Two tinned pies!" ... Which made him sound like an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who liked Fray Bentos! 🤣

[@becky15675]

I hope Goblin, the makers of the steak & kidney suet puddings take heed and add more meat too

[@loddude5706]

Somewhat intriguing name for a producer of hot & tasty meat products . . . : )

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Bad news - you haven't been able to get them for over five years!

[@becky15675]

@@drunkenhobo8020 haha, about the time I stopped buying them then. I used to love those

[@FuriKitten]

miniaturisation isn't just for components, i also remember when a family Trifle served many not just 1 moderately hungry bloke with a yearning for Raspberries and custard. i still get bought these for Christmas, as well as Tinned ham, nice to see they have a little more texture again, hope they also do it with the chicken

[@appleejack]

Single portion pie

[@MrRosebeing]

Fray Bentos pies are lovely. Their chicken curry pie is stunning.

[@wimwiddershins]

I guess the sales must've dropped off? Once the numbers go sour, shareholder eyes start to turn towards management...

[@baratono]

I clicked on the thumbnail expecting "weird stuff in a can" and then I was thinking Atomic Shrimp sounds "off" today. Oh, wait...

[@gs425]

People who say they are awful have never tried one

[@FrontSideBus]

@@gs425 They are... but in a really good way 😂

[@carlfranz6805]

Is awful too kind?

[@Antony_Jenner]

The best electronic steak and kidney pie episode yet!

[@thepagan5432]

As a child of the 1950's we grew up eating steak, kidney and liver, often in home made pies. Now fastly approaching 70 I still enjoy steak, kidney and liver, especially with onions whereas the children cringe when they see the aforementioned food being eaten. I guess my palate was formed by the rationing that still governed some foods after WW2. Fray Bentos corned beef is still a favourite of my wife and I. Good post, accurately describing the lack of meat in pies.

[@christianjohnhill]

The chicken and mushroom one was bangin'. Please bring it back.

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

As a ten pound migrant to australia when i was a kid in the sixties, i used ta love fray bentos. You cant have had a big family, as one of these with veg did for my mum and me.They still sell them in oz supermarkets, but my partner dont like kidneys! I'll have to wait till that new label comes out,and scoff it by myself--good stuff.

[@AndyJHiscock]

A staple for the cupboard. Yum!

[@redlock4004]

I don't live in the UK but I love kidney. As a kid when my Mother made this my brother would fish out all of the kidney bits in his serving and I would eat them along with what came in mine. Lamb kidney is almost impossible to find here but occasionally I see beef kidney. All of those "spare parts" like heart, liver and kidney are excellent to eat.

[@charliesoffer]

All is well in the world when Big Clive shows us the ropes with a Fray Bentos pie!! Bon appetite !!