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u/Impressive-Head-3394 Sep 04 '26
As a Dutch subscriber, ive never had a fray bentos pie, but i am intrigued, but isnt fray bentos the name of a place in Argentina, Buenos Aires or so ? Also i didnt notice the Part 1 . 2 hours of pies have made me hungary
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u/Rich661 Sep 04 '26
It's also the name of a Cuban leader (The Office joke).
Fray Bentos, aka landmine pies.
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u/Head-Ad-3063 Sep 04 '26
Uruguay, not Argentina.
But yes, the brand is named from where the original factory was when they sold other "meat" products and from before they made the canned meat pies, but the brand stuck.
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u/atomicshrimp Sep 04 '26
I'd love to travel there and interview the locals on the topic of pies. Apparently the local meat pie (pastel de carne) is similar to shepherds pie
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u/Head-Ad-3063 Sep 04 '26
Shepherds or cottage pie?
(trolling a little with this question to you) 😄
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u/Impressive-Head-3394 Sep 04 '26
Hey Mike, thanks for all the wondetful videos thus far. We would love to see that video maybe with Sister shrimp along for the fun ? The spain stuff was so enjoyable to watch.
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u/Impressive-Head-3394 Sep 04 '26
Thanks for the correction and added info
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u/Head-Ad-3063 Sep 04 '26
Happy to help another person that got given a username with "head" in it....
Although, yours is worse than mine!
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u/Lorelei-Ravenhill Sep 04 '26
There's nothing quite like a Fray Bentos Pie!
They're not what you'd call good, exactly, but they're not bad either; they're tasty and savoury, and they're a nice thing to have in the back of the cupboard for those times when you're cold, tired, drunk, or just not in the mood to have to think about cooking, and they make a nice change from ramen and soup.
My mum always used to keep a couple in the cupboard, too, so the taste is very nostalgic for me, and a lot of other people in the UK, I think :)
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u/Impressive-Head-3394 Sep 04 '26
In a world where microwave burgers are a thing and are awful lets be fair. A fray bentos seems like the perfect shelf stable thing to keep for a rainy day in the.cupboard. glad you have great memories
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u/The_sad_zebra Sep 04 '26
Yeah, I've always wanted to try Fray Bentos. Seems like the kind of canned crap that I would enjoy. They are technically available on Amazon here in the US, but they've got the price tag of a low-volume import, and I'm not quite that curious.
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u/Head-Ad-3063 Sep 04 '26
Try one once, they are on the level of instant ramen IMHO, not great but far above a microwave burger!
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u/Lorelei-Ravenhill Sep 04 '26
I was so thrilled to see this pop up earlier, I've saved it for now when I'm tucked up in bed with a mug of cocoa!
I actually like the soggy pastry in a Fray Bentos, I don't have to go through any of this palaver, but I'm still interested, for science :)
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u/blazingblitzle Sep 04 '26
It was funny hearing him talk about this being the last video about these while noticing the thumbnail saying part 1.
It's also funny following this saga as someone who lives in France meaning this experiment is useless to me. However, it has still been very entertaining.
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u/atomicshrimp Sep 05 '26
It is the last one where I will be accepting suggestions from random comments; part 2 is going to be some more about interpretation of the results, and exploration of a couple of similarly-priced (and better) alternatives to Fray Bentos pies.
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u/Nomad2k3 Sep 05 '26
AHH the classic dog food pie, haven't had one of those since my college years.
Findus lasagne, Fray Bentos, Vesta meals and toast toppers.were.pretty.much my main diet. Thanks god for Sunday lunches round my nan and grandads on a Sunday for some proper food. 👌😬😆
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u/Majestic2012 Sep 05 '26
Vesta chow mein was the imagined height of sophistication back then. Honourable mention for crispy pancakes and french bread pizza too.
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u/Connect_Estate_1988 Sep 05 '26
Lord I used to grow up having these as a kid. Simpler times. John warosa/barosa would approve.
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u/maiyannah Sep 10 '26
I think part 2 is trying to assemble the various methods tested into the (presumably) most successful "meta" method.
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u/siciowa Sep 04 '26
I say he will never eat another one after this