Surprisingly good things in tins...

[BobbyBiscuits]

Hey everyone,

Just thinking about how happy I was to discover tinned 'greek' gigantes beans.
They're delicious and go with loads of stuff, and don't need heating. From the corner shop too so v convenient.

I'd love to know anyone else's favourite foods in tins that require minimum prep. Preferably stuff that's a bit beyond baked beans, tuna, sweetcorn, soup... Ideally available in the UK!

Thank you and looking forward to some ideas x

Nuke in a saucepan cake 😂

@AMurderofMurderingCrows It may be an interesting old 'classic' but corned beef is a quite highly processed food still. It's just become normalised so much that it's considered a staple. Same with pastry.

Fucking delicious, though.

Translates to "Oh you commoners with your preserved food, eugh. I'm far too posh to touch anything that wasn't grown yesterday"
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*inedible

@JingsMahBucket A small pie for 2 people = 1 large tin added to a few sliced onions and a sprinkled cube of oxo is the perfect combination. The large tins are £4.50 each but worth every penny! And I’m a very, very fussy eater.

No I'm not Irish. It's just something we've always said😂 . Could be a regional thing ? (Lancs)

Tesco chilli (far nicer than Stagg) - great for a quick meal on top of a McCain microwave jacket potato.

Mackerel fillets in spicy tomato sauce - great for lunch on top of toast.

Mixed bean salad for sprinkling over a green salad in the summer.

Toast Toppers (can you still get them?) for a tasty lunch, particularly the cheese & ham one.

Also from Lancashire and best butter was definitely a phrase. To be fair, Lancashire has a long-settled Irish population, fourth generation and inter-married in my case.

Seconded.

Your recipe gives me the fear!

Tatties, onions and meat only, no extra veg. My mum always made it with leftover lamb or beef, I like it with link sausage and corned beef is also acceptable.

I was served chicken stovies once!😂

You're all makkin stovies wrong! 😮🤯

Chunks of beef, onion, floury tatties, maybe gravy too. Traditionally leftovers from the roast. Possibly a stray carrot, diced, and only eaten grudgingly. Corned beef, link or square sausage, other veg, these are all the Deil's work.
Heathens 🤣

(Lamb sounds good, mind)

Apricots.
Sardines in tomato sauce or olive oil
Black beans

Where are people getting artichoke in tins, not jars? Or figs?

Yes the mutti cherry tomatoes are the best
you can get princes pie fillings on Amazon I always get the apple or pear

Smoked oysters John west I find them in Sainsburys

Stovies - food of the gods, proper winter warmer 😋. Possibly called 'Corned beef hash' if you aren't in Scotland?

Boiled potatoes, cooked onion, oxo cube and tin of Corned beef. All mashed up together. Some folks also add in cooked sliced sausages, I don't like that though.

I’m not sure how available this is in the UK (am in Australia) These are amazing with eggs, warmed and served with guacamole & corn chips, with steak & cheese… You name it.

you can get princes pie fillings on Amazon I always get the apple or pear

they sell them in Tesco

Tinned sausages as used by schools way back when. Delicious and nothing like those pale insipid Heinz beanz and sausages or breakfasts in a tin. My friend was head of an infants school & used to get freebies off the dinner ladies & we'd have school dinner night complete with steamed puds & jugs of custard. Wish I could find them now.

That's a great idea! A favourite dessert in Greece is sour cherries in syrup on yoghurt, Lidl sometimes have them in their Italian week, looks like this week here they've got them.

Tinned peaches with custard.
tinned green beans

M&S tinned curry is awesome quite pricey now though

Ooh yes love tinned green beans going to get some now thanks

I love the cherry pie filling. Haven't had for ages.. will add to this week's shop.:)

in light of this thread, i very nearly bought some tinned cherry tomatoes.
not quite