A bit council Vol 2
Discussion
bobbo89 said:
Whenever tinned food comes up in this thread i'm reminded of these beauties. Who buys these?!!!!
I never have, but now that I know they exist I will!Re. the Fray Bentos pies.
I remember those from Uni (1987 - 1991). Staple food, along with Super Noodles. I actually still use super noogles along with a dash of Daves Insanity Sauce as a snack; bought two boxes full from Costco the other day.
On the subject of council - back in September 1988 there was simply no student accomodation left, so my mum and dad stuck their touring caravan on a Caravan Club "CL" and me and my mate lived in there til mid-November (by which time all the students who couldn't hack it had given up and we got into the best halls). This was actually very nice, in a field on a farm next to a country pub. £5 a week between us. MOAR BEER MONEY! However there were also cows in the field and we used to crap ourselves at night because when cows cough they sound like people.
We also had to use car batteries for lights (we used to charge them in rotation, lugging them into a barn), the TV used more juice so that was attached to one of our Ford Fiestas.
We had an oven, for our Frey Bentos pies.
Worst thing though was the toilet. It was a Thetford Porta-Potti and it was always the short-straw job to empty it. I used to go home at the weekend to see my GF and would sometimes leave the caravan with the Porta-Potti absolutely full, the little guillotine would just slide over the surface tension on the wee and poo. I would go home smug in the knowledge that my mate would have to empty it. Imagine my disappointment when I'd get back a couple of days later and he'd have somehow managed to not empty the bog.
Anyway I digress - living in a caravan in a cow field, crapping in a porta-potti and eating Fray Bentos pies: is it council?
Edited by Dog Star on Friday 31st March 09:24
rather than council!
Dog Star said:
I never have, but now that I know they exist I will!
I currently have a tin sat on my desk brought in by a colleague some years ago as a joke. Apparently they went out of date in November 2009 but surely anything tinned and surrounded in lard must be pretty much immortal! S11Steve said:
They are on offer in Morrisons at the moment! Time to stock up! I also didn't realise how many different sorts there are, I'm clearly not down wiv da council cuisine, innit.
This was on the same shelf. I'm convinced it is only a printed label away from dog food.
Ooh thanks for the tip off. She can't get them in California and tells me she doesn't fancy trying to smuggle what look like landmines in her bags.This was on the same shelf. I'm convinced it is only a printed label away from dog food.
I will send her that picture.
Not sure about the burgers. The council in me so wants a tin - for breakfast naturally.
Dog Star said:
I never have, but now that I know they exist I will!
Re. the Fray Bentos pies.
I remember those from Uni (1987 - 1991). Staple food, along with Super Noodles. I actually still use super noogles along with a dash of Daves Insanity Sauce as a snack; bought two boxes full from Costco the other day.
On the subject of council - back in September 1998 there was simply no student accomodation left, so my mum and dad stuck their touring caravan on a Caravan Club "CL" and me and my mate lived in there til mid-November (by which time all the students who couldn't hack it had given up and we got into the best halls). This was actually very nice, in a field on a farm next to a country pub. £5 a week between us. MOAR BEER MONEY! However there were also cows in the field and we used to crap ourselves at night because when cows cough they sound like people.
We also had to use car batteries for lights (we used to charge them in rotation, lugging them into a barn), the TV used more juice so that was attached to one of our Ford Fiestas.
We had an oven, for our Frey Bentos pies.
Worst thing though was the toilet. It was a Thetford Porta-Potti and it was always the short-straw job to empty it. I used to go home at the weekend to see my GF and would sometimes leave the caravan with the Porta-Potti absolutely full, the little guillotine would just slide over the surface tension on the wee and poo. I would go home smug in the knowledge that my mate would have to empty it. Imagine my disappointment when I'd get back a couple of days later and he'd have somehow managed to not empty the bog.
Anyway I digress - living in a caravan in a cow field, crapping in a porta-potti and eating Fray Bentos pies: is it council?
Not council. I went to university in Hull and lived in bricks and mortar houses. It was as council as a pregnant schoolgirl smoking a tab.Re. the Fray Bentos pies.
I remember those from Uni (1987 - 1991). Staple food, along with Super Noodles. I actually still use super noogles along with a dash of Daves Insanity Sauce as a snack; bought two boxes full from Costco the other day.
On the subject of council - back in September 1998 there was simply no student accomodation left, so my mum and dad stuck their touring caravan on a Caravan Club "CL" and me and my mate lived in there til mid-November (by which time all the students who couldn't hack it had given up and we got into the best halls). This was actually very nice, in a field on a farm next to a country pub. £5 a week between us. MOAR BEER MONEY! However there were also cows in the field and we used to crap ourselves at night because when cows cough they sound like people.
We also had to use car batteries for lights (we used to charge them in rotation, lugging them into a barn), the TV used more juice so that was attached to one of our Ford Fiestas.
We had an oven, for our Frey Bentos pies.
Worst thing though was the toilet. It was a Thetford Porta-Potti and it was always the short-straw job to empty it. I used to go home at the weekend to see my GF and would sometimes leave the caravan with the Porta-Potti absolutely full, the little guillotine would just slide over the surface tension on the wee and poo. I would go home smug in the knowledge that my mate would have to empty it. Imagine my disappointment when I'd get back a couple of days later and he'd have somehow managed to not empty the bog.
Anyway I digress - living in a caravan in a cow field, crapping in a porta-potti and eating Fray Bentos pies: is it council?
What I'd have given to live in a field in a Monza Wayfarer Herald Gold or whatever your caravan was called.
(Ironically your caravan was most likely made in Hull)
bobbo89 said:
I currently have a tin sat on my desk brought in by a colleague some years ago as a joke. Apparently they went out of date in November 2009 but surely anything tinned and surrounded in lard must be pretty much immortal!
Go on. Go on, eat them. A nation must know if they are indeed immortal. 
HTP99 said:
"Sausage in lard"; yum sounds so appetising!
They're going to be pretty poor quality sausages, so the lard will make a big difference and really improve the flavour, even more so with good quality sausages and bacon, which is amazing fried in lard. Something I never knew and have only recently discovered, I've been frying in various oils or butter previously, but lard is WOW!
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