Americans Try Food from a British Supermarket
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Today we are trying some British foods for the first time. These are items we picked up on our first time shopping at Tesco (see that video here: • Grocery shopping in a ... ) plus some other items we got at other British supermarkets and things our friends had us try. When we were trying British foods while still in the US, many viewers suggested we try Fray Bentos, so we are finally giving those a try.
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that crumpet was raw, you have to toast it nice and brown and crispy with tons of salted butter, enough so that when you bite into it, it dribbles down your chin and leaves a puddle of butter on the plate lol
Gawd...you're making me want some now & I don't have any! LOL! 🤪
Yum 🤤
This comment right here 👌🏻👍🏻🤤
Better toasted with some butter I agree. They are not raw though
Crumpet or piklet 🤔🤔🤔
In fairness to Fray Bentos, they last forever, so they're great to have in the back of the cupboard!
They are a favourite with us boaters, they can sit in the galley store for years. OK, not the best pie, but you can guess the rest.
They and Pot Noodles along with tins of Corned Beef, Spam, beans and tinned potatoes are the staples in the cupboard for the day tne world comes crashing down or the internet crashes for ever.
I had 3 Bentos pies sitting at the back of my cupboard for almost a year, opened one this week, and enjoyed it so much, the next day i woofed down the other two.
So odd seeing this video talking about them. Steak and Kidney for me is the best.
I am big fan of Frey Bentos, always have been. Pork pies yes please
I always say they are the best of the worst. In fairness their steak and kidney isn't that bad, but of course it can't live up to a homemade product. Still you are right to point out they are an excellent backup for when you get in late after a hard day and just want to throw something in the oven that has substance. They are also good to have around in an emergency as you can add some vegetables and create an entire meal for a low cost.
The Bombay bad boy is amazing when you have a cold and don’t fancy much to eat but want some flavour and spice! Clears that cold right up!! 😂
It's strange to hear someone say that Pot Noodle is "fancy". In the UK it's seen as the cheap, kinda rubbish, option.
I would usually go for the brand Naked Noodles, or Kabuto Noodles.
But, when I have the chance, I'll get the imported instant noodles from an Asian supermarket.
Only the Bombay badboy competes.
I prefer SOBA noodles, they seem to have better quality noodles and flavours.
I prefer the Mama Green curry noodles but to rubbish the Pot Noodle is a crime against noodles!!..😉
I gree its a crime against noodleality.Lmao.
I'd always go with Shin Ramyun, and then just add whatever leftovers are lying around in the fridge.
Soft-egg cooked in the water before you add the noodles, is efficient and delicious.
Those crumpets looked very under cooked.
Butter and Marmite on a crumpet for the win.
Yes, I don't think we toasted them long enough. We'll have to try them with marmite next time.
@@TheMagicGeekdom You need to toast them until they're more browned on the top and bottom and a bit more solid. Undercooked crumpets are bleurgh. I love mine with butter melted and then set honey.
Yes, they do look a bit anemic. Memories from childhood is toasting crumpets over a log fire with a toasting fork. Get that smokiness along with char. Butter and marmite for me, too.
I thought the same they looked limp they need to be at least double toasted then lashed with butter & golden syrup
@@TheMagicGeekdom don't put marmite on them, that is an extremely niche thing to do. They do need to be toasted until very brown though, and plenty of butter.
You both make me chuckle , trying Fray Bentos which tbh people buy just for the pastry as there is never any filling and the Pot Noodles , you got to be honorary Brits already!!..keep up the great work 👏
There’s never much inside a Fray Bentos pie. Usually left at the back of the cupboard as an emergency food 😄
Pot noodles were known for being a student cheap food, there are better noodles to be had in England
And in the rest of the UK as well.
Everybody has a Fray Bentos pie at the back of their cupboard. The go to staple for a Zombie apocalypse or a nuclear winter.
I absolutely love Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies with mash and peas, fantastic.
Sounds good!
They smell of wee 🤣
@@TheMagicGeekdom Chicken curry is THE BEST.
Me too. A camping favourite.
I've not had a Fray Bentos pie for years. I've got a hankering to have one now. I'm quite an old fart Brit and those things have been around forever. My Mum always had a couple in the cupboard for back up for when there was a problem with Sunday dinner. By the time you surround one with with veggies and Yorkshire pudding etc you are good to go...
More like gravy pie now sadly
The sweet food in M&S is the BEST! They are famous for their Percy Pigs sweets and Colin the Caterpillar cake, and their ‘extremely chocolate’ biscuit rounds and tubs of mini rolls are absolutely divine too 🤤
This is the first time I have ever heard a Pot Noodle being called Gourmet! The ones you have in the US must be really bad! Next time you are in the UK look in Tesco for Nissin or Nongshim Shin noodles they are the actual GOAT!
I like how you guys are experiencing our 'fast food' and probably now realising you can keep it at home unlike the mcdonalds etc. Scotch eggs, pork pies, slices/bakes/rolls etc its all cheap ready to eat or heat at home
when I was a kid, the Frey Bentos pies used to have good lumps of steak and kidney, in a thick tasty gravy (same with the suet puddings). The ones on the shelves now seem to just be a ground up mess. Pastry is still great though… we used to peel it apart and eat it layer by layer.
I remember the puddings simmering away in a pan of boiling water, with a couple of holes pierced for the steam. They seems to take forever. Microwaving them simply doesn’t seem the same
Yep they used to be good back in the days 80s for me as a kid they are poor now
Steak and kidney fray bentos is a real guilty pleasure…it’s all about the pastry and the gravy, not much meat 😂 always have an emergency one in the cupboard! I’ve never actually seen a cheese and onion one though!
Fray Bentos Steak pie is the best! I get them for £1 in Poundland - I always have one in my cupboard...
Good to know!
My wife loves a Frey Bentos pie, but the childhood memory is better than the real thing. To me, they are more of an 'in case of Zombie Apocalypse' food. Emergencies only!
I would normally cut the scotch egg in half, and dip them in salad cream.
yep salad cream is a good addition.
Yummy 😋
We've been wondering what you eat with salad cream! lol now we know.
Oh no, not salad cream. You need Branston pickle or a good chutney with a scotch egg.
@@hildajenkins9497 Pickle is best with pork pies. Salad cream is awful.
M&S Lasagne & M&S Chicken Casserole with Dumplings. My two favourite ready meals, A while back they did Scotch Eggs that incorporated Black Pudding. Amazing.
frey bentos is a staple for me, and eating scotch eggs & sausage rolls straight out of the packet is a must!
Getting very pricey !!!
Sorry but for me you can't beat the taste and texture of freshly baked pies, Scotch eggs and sausage rolls.
Great video - enjoyed seeing you try the various things. I love browsing around a UK supermarket. For M&S, so many good things - I love their quinoa salad, beetroot (not pickled) and the granola square cookies are to die for. So be sure to go to one that has a bakery!
Those sound good. Thanks!
I love your videos especially the positivity, you are both so complementary 🙂, thanks for the videos, ✌️
I was going to say something similar, love how they'll talk up the things they like but are still generous about the stuff that doesn't do it for them
You both make me chuckle, love your vibe 🌟
if you dig up old townsends vids, you find their investigation shows that the only difference between pancakes and crumpets, are that they're reheated.
Ah yes, Fray Bentos pies, nicely flavoured, partially cooked pastry. With good Scotch eggs, the egg yolk should be a little soft, most supermarket ones are a poor imitation, something you realise after having a well made one.
Lol at least they are smart enough not to put the pastry in the bottom. 😂
@@TheMagicGeekdom .
I haven't had one for a long time but they used to have pastry on the bottom that never cooked properly
I also have to confess I have eaten them, at least the top and the filling. They are tasty enough to be tempting if one is feeling lazy.
Always fun watching your videos.
These are not the foods I would eat, but it's fun to see your reaction.
Frey Bentos tinned pies great for camping we were posh and had an oven so meals were great. Scotch egg fresh with a soft egg is amazing, the supermarket versions are good for a long car journey and you did great trying all you did as they are my child hood and who can resist a Pot noodle keep it up great content with a view to match.
Love your videos, but it always makes me laugh how Americans struggle to eat their food with a fork, if you use a knife and fork, life becomes so much easier and cleaner.
It’s a problem I’ve noticed they’ve had for a long time… maybe it’s an educational thing…. I was taught in school how to hold a knife, fork and soup spoon 😳🤷🏻♂️
Yeah we definitely didn't learn it in school, but it's also hard to try to change after doing something so basic as eating after all of these years doing it the way we have.
@@TheMagicGeekdom well.. horses for courses… you all manage to survive… it’s just painful for us watching you guys wrestle with cutlery 😂
@@TheMagicGeekdom well.. horses for courses… you all manage to survive… it’s just painful for us watching you guys wrestle with cutlery 😂
Plenty of people in the UK don't know how to use them either. I've been on numerous dates with people where they either held them in the wrong hands or like pens. It hurts my head to watch. I am guilty of using my fork as a shovel but only at home and when using a bowl. I'd never do it eating out. I'd never use my knife in the left hand to load up the "shovel" either. I remember going to primary school in a poor area and realising just how many of them had no idea how to eat at a table.
Those crumpets looked raw! They need to be toasted till crispy on the bottom mmmm crumpets! Also american food must be really bad if you think Pot Noodle is gourmet!
Crumpets are horrible
Don't see the point of them when you can have bread or croissants or even pancakes instead.
Lol Pot Noodle is definitely more gourmet than the US equivalents. We probably should have toasted the crumpets longer, but we got impatient.
I agree I have crumpets bordering on burnt for the crispiness
When eating pork pies, sausage rolls, and any other ‘can be eaten cold’ food. Try adding mustard, Branstons pickle, or Piccalilli. Tastes much better.
My favourite Fray Bentos flavours are steak and ale or beef and onion. I prefer my crumpets twice toasted to make them crunchy, then melt cheese over them 😋
Thank you for the video. A pork pie is only ever eaten cold its not the equivalent to a pot pie. Its purely a picnic/ snack food you eat from the packet
All good food, the FrayBentos for me was something i ate a lot of as you could buy a stack of them and store them for a very long time or use them as a daily meal, however just a few years ago they where just £1 and had a lot of meat in them but as with all things due to company greed the prices are shot up to as high as £2.70 in some shops and the quality has vanished and you get hardly any meat in them now and its mostly sauce. Pork pies are awesome but i would recommend trying them hot, its not something many people do now as they are seen as cold lunch / snack foods, but originally it was large hot pie that miners would then take the cold left overs with them the next day for lunch and people liked them so much that bakers started to make smaller ones that where lunch box sized and ready to eat and so was born the cold ready to eat pork pie we all know and love.
You can still buy fray bentos for a a pound in the pound shop. Don't usually have the full selection though. I'd recommend the new veggie ones if they are available.
I prefer my Pork Pies hot. The spices come out more its actually spicier than eating it cold.
Love all your videos, you are a very entertaining couple, lots ❤️ of love from Devon England 🇬🇧
There are pork pies and there are pork pies. I'm not a fan of any supermarket ones, but if you can find a proper deli that sells them, they're well worth trying.
The M&S Coronation Chicken and their Butter Chicken are AMAZING!
They also sell some crazy fruit - grapes that taste like strawberries, stuff like that. Weird but delicious.
Oh and their own-brand crisps are great too! The sour cream & jalapeno is a favourite of mine. They've managed to get all the flavour of the jalapeno without too much of the heat.
Unfortunately you got Fray Bentos' one bad pie in their range. Their others are great, that one is just awful imo!
You need to try the best macaroni cheese from M&S 😍 I also love most of the pasta ready meals, my favourites are the four cheese ravioli and mushroom parpadelle. Also their fresh strawberry tarts with the crème patisserie are to die for, and also their clotted cream rice puddings 😍 their fresh bakery section is also amazing too!
Winter Sunday evenings, hot crumpets with melted butter while watching Antiques Roadshow was my UK childhood!
Glad you love the Bombay Bad Boy 😂 proper snack that 👌🏻
Great video guys 🙂✌️
Thank you 😁
Pork pies were originally from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and were eaten cold before a fox hunt. Original convience food. Still made in Melton Mowbray to this day., much better than supermarket brands.
Good to know. Thanks!
The main difference is a standard pork pie uses cured pork, a Melton Mowbray recipe uses uncured pork. Hence the colour difference. Inspite of them being marked as unsuitable for freezing, if one's freezer is below or at -25 C then they freeze OK. Thaw overnight in fridge. Eat within 12 hours once thawed.
Frey Benthos is a great entry pie into the world of savories. So ‘cheap’ but tasty.
Ricky Gervais once used the pie as a joke in his series ‘the office’.
Pork pies and scotch eggs simply must have brown sauce!
You're both so sweet, I love your videos since I recently discovered your channel.
You two are great. You must come back to the UK soon x
Would love to see your regular takeaways/restaurants and convenience food for comparison to the UK?
Fray Bentos is mainly known for importing tinned beef from Argentina. They normally get their gravy right, otherwise it is reasonably good when you consider it is essentially tinned beef that has been shipped accross the planet.
Hey guys! I saw you wanted M&S suggestions: Percy Pig sweets, salt & vinegar chipstick crisps and they do THE BEST dessert for 1; it's a profiteroles desert with chocolate sauce and chocolate mousse - you have to try it!
Well I'm well and truly starving great review as per usual deffo have to have my crumpet litrally burnt lol ....
Yum love crumpets with anything on, “plain Jane day” is butter… “sweet tooth day”… Nutella or jam&butter or peanut butter/ any spreads or I like banana… I also love marmite on them!! Then more of a meal I like egg or beans& cheese on them instead of toast. There demolished along with bagels …more than bread in our house haha !!
Pot Noodle. How I eat them I first bore a hole in the middle with a knife or skewer to the bottom, open it up a little, pour the sachet of sauce into the hole then pour your boiling water down the hole, topping it up to the line as the level drops. Leave for a few minutes then stir it. Try it.
i am from europe ...i love your way how kind you are about our food ...its strange but you say nice
You guys are awesome. Next time, try toasting the crumpets longer and serving them with butter and strawberry jam. As for Fray Bentos and Pot Noodle, I only ever have those in the cupboard to eat when I stagger in after a Saturday day night out. It really is trashy food but so so good.
Curry fray bentos pies are a fond memory growing up, so bad, but so good 😆💓 better cold too
Scotch Eggs as an outdoor snack can be eaten like an apple. Indoors, cut it in half, apply salt and pepper over egg for that extra flavour enhancement.
Crumpets should be well toasted and buttered while they are hot, so it soaks in. Toppings are optional, cheese, honey, Golden Syrup, jam, or anything you want to try - it’s your choice.
Also, crumpets are apparently amazingly easy to make. There are plenty of videos on TH-cam showing you how to do it. Have I made any, No! They are far to cheap and easy to buy them in the U.K.
I am really enjoying your TH-cam U.K. tour, you both seem to embrace every new thing you see and try. It’s a very positive attitude. I look forward to your next submission. 🚖👍
Hello Jeremy & Cara 😊 Frey Bentos was a huge hit for my family growing up in Glasgow 😊😊
Fray Bentos pies are my childhood! The soggy pasty is amazing! It’s been 10+ years since I’ve bought one so I’m gonna have to go do that!
The last fray bentos I brought back in 2014 had no pastry on the top it was literally just the filling so it put me off buying since
@@phillipjackson6778 You were lucky. Mostly there is plenty of pastry but little filling.
Glad you liked the Frey bentos pie and a lot of our UK food
Fray Bentos is a city in Uruguay, that's where loads of beef is produced and where they originally came from until it was bought by a British company.
Fresh scotch eggs with a slightly sticky yolk. That's the best street food in winter. Black pudding scotch eggs are insanely tasty
Growing up we called fray bentos pies caravan pies, as we always ate them when we went on holiday with tin potatoes and peas 😂
I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the new doner kebab flavour pot noodz 🌮🍜👀
You should try homemade meat and potato pie ( not Fray Bentos ) with Hendersons Relish. Sold in good food pubs probably from the specials board instead of the main menu. Also a nice plate of stew and dumplings with a nice glass of Brown Ale, although this is more Wintertime food.
I always get the munchies watchin these!!! I’m lookin at Amazon thinkin…should I??? Lol
Pork pies do tend to be a bit on the plain side if you're not used to them but you can always add something like a little mustard or your preferred condiment.
I have not had a Fray Bentos for years but you have made me want one now, If you try M&S their cold ready cooked chicked drumsticks are ace, their small casserole pots are magic. cheers
The cheaper pork pies really need some HP sauce to dip the pie into. In my humble opinion you haven't toasted the crumpet long enough & I don't think you've toasted the back at all. They need to be golden brown. How I handle the Fray Bentos pies is to go round the pastry edge with a knife to release it from the tin. Lift out the pastry with an egg slice (spatula) Place on your plate (to one side) then spoon out the contents onto the same plate, then lift the pastry top back on top of the contents.
In my limited experience, a proper Scotch Egg is best prepared in a pub upon order. However, I would gladly buy a Scotch Egg any way I could get it in North Carolina. We are absolutely dumbfounded by Americans' claim that British food is bad, we found almost everything we tried to be wholesome ingredients expertly prepared and served. It's hard not to weep openly when drinking what passes for ale here, even though our ales are about as good as it gets. Oh, for another Akston Bitters in Yorkshire.
You can also add Jam or what you call jelly to a crumpet. Lots of people prefer it that way. The batter that they use to make crumpets is fairly similar to a pancake batter.
Ooh Fray Bentos pies...(pronounced Bentoss not Bentoes)...not had one for years! And yes, you can take them out of the tin to eat them lol. I used to like the Steak & Ale pie best, great with chips, peas & gravy! Mmm...😋
i've never tried the cheese and onion fray bentos but i love the steak and kidney ones
lol, cant get over the description of Pot noodles as "gourmet" when they were advertised here as the "slag of all snacks"!!!!!
That's fair. 😂
I've always found the Fray Bentos has to be cooked EXACTLY to instructions to get them at their best.
Co-op Melton mowbray pork pies (the small, individual one) is THE best pork pie from all the main supermarkets in England! I've explored every one and none can beat it! (Specifically the individual one, none of the rest) call me crazy but until you try it...trust me!
You should try a smear of English mustard with each bite of a pork pie - heaven!
Cold Scotch eggs and pork pies are basic picnic foods. You should also try the Scotch egg warmed in the microwave, then cut in half.
Bombay Bad Boy as your first Pot Noodle is an all-or-nothing choice, haha! Glad you tried it w/out the sauce first, hat-tip to you both. Scotch eggs are like pork pies or a cup of tea, even a bad one is better than none. Less chance of surprise gristle in your tea though, I suppose 🤔 Great vid, keep 'em coming!
I'm glad to not find gristle in my tea. 😂
I watched a US TH-camr use Fray Bentos pies as a rifle target. By far the best thing to do with them in my opinion. :)
It looked like you didn't even toast the crumpet lol. Chicken and mushroom is the best flavoured pot noodle.
the crumpets was the top crispy? if not then they werent grilled or put in the toaster long enough...
frey bentos you can get in the US and yes you can either eat it out the tin or portion it up on plates, you can also now get the steak kidney ones in the US, i had one this morning for breakfast at my daughters in washington DC.
problem with pot noodles they are snacks, so i have 2 or sometimes 3 at a time, i also double the wait time so it thickens up a lot more and stir well mid time. the longer you wait the better they get.
We probably didn't toast the crumpets long enough. We looked for Fray Bentos in the US but we couldn't find them. It's probably just where we were regionally at the time.
@@TheMagicGeekdom walmart sell them so my daughter says. but i dont like the cost of items online they always seem a lot more than in a store.
I think I may have been one of those dastardly commenters to you who informed you about the Fray Bentos pies, along with other various things quite a while ago now? For me though, I used to wait until they were on offer in the shops or stores, typically at about £1 - £1.50 each, or on BOGOF times, or so, and then restock my cupboard again with them . . . I usually add veg to some though just to make it a better filling meal. And with the likes of Steak & Kidney, Steak & Ale, or Mince and Onion, you can always add chips, peas, and even more gravy made by yourself to help it out, too . . .
Ready meals to go such as with normal varieties of pies, pasties, etc, it's your own choice whether or not to heat them in the oven or whatever for a short while first or have them cold (room temp). Again, you can always add extras to it to make a bigger meal from any, and include your own gravy if wished. As I'm not personally in to anything spicy myself, if I buy Scotch Eggs, I have to keep an eye open and not pick-up the ones that say spicy on them - or I get one hell of a sweat on even just from from them . . . (But, that's my own fault for not getting the right ones I wanted at the time!) lol . . .
Fray Bentos used to be a lot better, a brilliant treat on a cold, wet day when camping. Kate and Sidney pie with mashed taters and peas. Yum. Nowadays it's more pastry and air. Always a good item for the emergency bag though.
FYI: 'Bombay' usually means fairly spicy in the UK.
Personally, I'd heat a lot of those foods if I could. They're find cold but heat usually enhances the flavour.
Love crumpets - there's always one pack in the weekly shop. Nice with butter and Marmite.
Both the Pork Pie and the Scoth Egg really require some seasoning, a little salt and pepper is good, as is perhaps one pickle such as Branston Pickle (small chunk version). With Scotch Eggs my preference is to cut them in half, lift out the egg and put a teaspoon or so of Helmans Mayonnaise in the hole, and replace the egg halves, Add Black Pepper...Yummy.
Your Crumpets need to be toasted to a really crispy and not soggy and bendy. Fray Bentos Pies need some time in the oven...maybe you did. Again Seasoning is required, lift the pastry lid to apply. Pot-Noodle is a bit of a joke in the UK, but some people like them.
Hoping you don't mind my comments,, they are intended to be helpful.
Frey Bentos pies are amazing. and after the few years its taken you to get into the tin its well worth it haha!
Fray Bentose did make me laugh. It's on your side of the pond. Uruguay. The capitol is Montelivestream. It used to be Montevideo. 😀🙃
The Fray bentos pie. I wasn't keen on the cheese and onion or the chicken. I preferred steak and kidney or beef but since I don't eat beef anymore, I've not had one for years. They are great to throw in the cupboard for emergencies cause boy that pie lasts. I stocked up on a few durring covid lockdown for my grandma, knowing whilst she didn't have the best choice, she wouldn't go hungry if distribution halted.
Both scotch eggs and, especially, pork pies are usually eaten with English hot mustard. Usually Colman's but all of the supermarket chains have very good "own brand" versions.
No they aren't usually eaten with mustard.
No I would never add mustard, they don’t need anything added, a bit of coleslaw is nice on the side though.
My neighbour used to invent the pot noodle flavours, did pretty well out of it too.
Try toasting those crumpets a bit more, so that the outside is crisp golden brown with hot butter running down inside. Yum! 🤪🤘
I think that your crumpets were underdone. You should try toasting them a lot more so that they are very hot and the butter melts straight through all the holes. You should also have a slightly burnt ring around the edge on the bottom side. Putting them into a toaster does this perfectly. And I also recommend using Anchor butter!!!! X
My favourite 2 M&S foods are their- chicken katsu curry, chicken top crust puff pie (a chicken and gravy puff pastry topped pie).
Weird fact… Fray Bentos pies are from Uruguay.
From Wikipedia:
Created in the second half of the 19th century, the name is derived from the port of Fray Bentos in Uruguay where the products were originally processed and packaged until the 1960s. The brand is now owned in the UK by Baxters, which manufactures the product range in Scotland.
If you're stuck for a quick meal a pork pie big enough for two cold but with heated baked beans. Yum!
I have eaten tons of Fray Bentos pies over the years. Up until recently you could often buy them for £1 each when on offer. To serve, run a knife around the edge of the tin and lift off the whole of the crust in one piece and set aside. Spoon out the filling on to the plate and add your vegetables of choice Then drop the crust onto the top. They are a ideal single person/student's meal, as the crust is enough without cooking up any potatoes as well. If you are really a glutton, surround the tin with oven chips on a baking tray when cooking.
Sounds good!
They don't seem to make the smaller single person ones any more, the steak and kidney puddings used to be delicious as well, boil in the tin just be careful when opening. Or open onto a plate, cover with a bowl and microwave.
@@tonys1636 I always thought the size they have now were the single person one ...
Next time you come to the UK - if you travel down the M5 motorway (between Exeter in the SW and Birmingham in the Midlands) try to stop at Gloucester Services. Run as a Farmer's Market, they have an excellent range of Scotch eggs, in a myriad of flavours - among many other things.
Pot noodles are one of my guilty pleasures, the other would be a Vesta Beef curry and rice, loved them since the 1970's when they were classed as a special treat.!!
If I wake up hungry in the night, one of my midnight snack choices is Bombay Bad Boy sandwich. I just make up the noodles in the normal fashion then put them between a couple of slices of bread and butter.
Fray Bentos use to make excellent pies when they were a proper S.American company, but now they just part of the usual multinational pension consortium type thing which means less bangs per buck... but as others have said the tins last forever so useful as a standby as stodge hole filler.
I too prefer things heated - or at least warm - as it makes the pastry taste 'freshly baked'. I don't like crumpets 😝. A lot of the snacks like small pork pies and scotch eggs are usually part of a much bigger buffet - cut in half or quarters.
Tesco ultimate scotch egg has a soft boiled egg in the middle so egg is more runny. It’s more expensive 2 in the pack in the chilled foods section next to quiches and sausages rolls etc silver cardboard black wording and clear cellophane.
Did you put the crumpets in the toaster to make them hot and crispy like toast before you spread the butter on them?
We used to have Marks and Spencers in Canada. I liked the snacks and cookies.
You can heat up scotch pies my husband does that all the time, oh you toast the crumpet then put loads of butter on. Fray bentos pies you cut and dish out onto a plate,I like the steak and kidney one with potatoes.Not a great lover of pot noodles, but it’s a quick snack the curry ones nice
Great video guys, as usual ! In my opinion crumpets are nicer a bit crispier 👍🏻 never seen the appeal of fray bentos myself, I must admit but never had the cheese & onion one, only the meat and I didn’t enjoy it, think it’s the appearance that put me off too
M&S Hog rolls from the chiller (posh sausage rolls)...really premium quality and taste lovely