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sunndog

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They don't let scruff bags like me in them shops lol......which is fine by me cos they are usually full of pretentious middle class types
 

Nice65

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Talking of the Polish section in shops, they quite often do little tinfoil tubs of pressed meat that are pretty light and good for packing along when out.

No offence to the Polish, but some of that stuff smells worse than dog food. I used to work with a Polish fella, but in the winter when the truck engine was keeping things warm and the windows were shut, it smelt bad in that cab. There are quite a few Polish meat type things that I wouldn't mind a taste of, like big jars of chopped meat and fat, but I don't want to buy a whole jar.

Mind you, the instant soups and crisp gherkins more than make up for it.
 

Insel Affen

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Must admit that Bacon Grill is one of those guilty secrets that we're not supposed to own up too. But it is great on toast with brown sauce or onion jam. Same thing with hotdogs. It's a hang up from childhood when my brother and I fended for ourselves during the summer holidays. A illicit treat was saving for a can of Princes Hotdogs, and scoffing them for lunch on fresh rolls with tomato ketchup. And hiding the can before our folks got home and told us off.

At the risk of sounding like a Monty Python sketch........Onion Jam? Luxury, we never had out like that, we were lucky to get own brand ketchup (and Roller Cola).

Goatboy, its very ethical to eat mechanically recovered meat. The alternative is to waste that meat - and that's not ethical at all. Its only foody snobs that look down on it - take the moral high ground :)

I think that is an excellent point Red. Plus if you like the taste, then why not eat it. I wish, wish, wish I liked more Offal as its so good for you; mind you, don't mind Haggis, but that's because I know whisky is on the way🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
 

Tengu

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<Tengu is patiently chewing the meat off of the bones in a chicken stew.>

I like tinned hot dogs too.

When I was a child `ham` meant something in a tin, and `potato salad` something in a tin, and `mash` something in a tin...
 

wandering1

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Know that feeling only.too well
Everything comes in tins.


<Tengu is patiently chewing the meat off of the bones in a chicken stew.>

I like tinned hot dogs too.

When I was a child `ham` meant something in a tin, and `potato salad` something in a tin, and `mash` something in a tin...
 

rik_uk3

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I have trouble eating corned beef - after the horrible stuff we had as rations in Ghana .. it was so greasy and the climate so hot you poured it out of the tin!
Revolting!

Think yourself lucky, my step father was on Malta during the WW2 siege http://www.visitmalta.com/en/world-war-2 the island, civvie and military were starving and the troops were given cans of corned beef tinned back in WW1...all the tins were eaten and all survived eating it.
 

John Fenna

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Think yourself lucky, my step father was on Malta during the WW2 siege http://www.visitmalta.com/en/world-war-2 the island, civvie and military were starving and the troops were given cans of corned beef tinned back in WW1...all the tins were eaten and all survived eating it.

You can do rare things if you have to ... but I do not HAVE to eat corned beef - thank the gods!
 

santaman2000

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.....I wish, wish, wish I liked more Offal as its so good for you.....

I like calves' liver smothered in onions and gravy. Mind you I didn't like it at all back when they thought it was "good for you." Now that it's on the no no list it's another story. I also like giblet gravy and I have dabbled in fries chitterlings.

Saying it's good for you is probably stretching things a bit though. LOL.
 

santaman2000

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....But a tin of spam or chopped pork was the "treat".....

We couldn't afford fancy stuff like proper sliced ham sliced turkey so Corned beef, spam was common in out house (spam in a post). Found it quite usefull for.making thick soups and scotch broth a little.less boring....

So what happens when you can't afford Spam? Why you just get Armor treat, the poor man's Spam.

http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/armour-treat-luncheon-loaf-12781.jpg
 

Goatboy

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So what happens when you can't afford Spam? Why you just get Armor treat, the poor man's Spam.

http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/armour-treat-luncheon-loaf-12781.jpg


Haha, was busy looking up what you were meaning before I saw your link, thought it may be a brand name. Have never seen that brand over here, but there's plenty cheap and cheerful tinned meats over here. (Though to be honest the price has rocketed on a lot of them, I think it depends on the proportion of "L*** & A*******" that you want in the tin.)

Insel, I had to go and watch the sketch again on Youtube - forgotten how funny it was. The Onion jam is a grown up thing, I only learned how to make it about 10 years ago; well worth it though, cheap and very tasty.
 

sunndog

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Gotta say I love a bit of corned beef. 3/4" thick slices in a sanwich with loads of colemans mustard, or cold dice'd up with deep fried tinned new potatoes are the favorites


Never had onion jam though....might have to give that a try
 

wandering1

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Forget Coleman's mustard
It's gotta be Dijon (and not the knock-off we get ere) but the proper stuff
I actually.like.to fry spam nice thick slices straight in the pan with some.mushrooms ....om nom nom...no nom :)

Gotta say I love a bit of corned beef. 3/4" thick slices in a sanwich with loads of colemans mustard, or cold dice'd up with deep fried tinned new potatoes are the favorites


Never had onion jam though....might have to give that a try
 

rik_uk3

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]Forget Coleman's mustard [/B]
It's gotta be Dijon (and not the knock-off we get ere) but the proper stuff
I actually.like.to fry spam nice thick slices straight in the pan with some.mushrooms ....om nom nom...no nom :)

You need flagellation for that comment young man.

Dijon, French mustards in general have their culinary place, ideal as an introduction to real mustard for children sort of thing, good on a hot dog, OK in some sauces etc but the idea of using them with the likes of roast beef is an abhorrent concept in my humble opinion.

Coleman's with my beef this evening:cool:

You are right about fried spam though:D
 

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