To think Tesco are being completely unreasonable..

[BlueEyesWhiteDragon]

...... To deliver me 3 tins of corned beef all without the bloody keys to open them!!!

That is all.

Corned beef in a toastie is better.

I love corned beef but why is it so bloody expensive?

Corned beef sandwich yes.

On toast - no.

YANBU about the missing openers tho OP.

Pair of pliers, get the little sticky out bit you'd usually get with the keys and problem sorted.

God I haven't made corned beef hash for ages...

Lordy. I love corned beef hash (the onion and bean variety, not the potato muck)
Would be a hammer, here.

Corned beef and potato pie is lovely (especially if you put a layer of baked beans in, and cheese on top of the mash).

YES why is it so expensive?!

I swear in the early naughties i used to buy it as a cheapie sandwich filler.

And, @BlueEyesWhiteDragon, phone them and tell them - you'll probably get a refund as theyABU.

I remember having it lots as a child as it was cheap. A dinner of a couple of slices, beans and mash was a favourite.

Think you are lucky to be angry and posting on the matter that can easily be solved by using tin opener that you must have.
On the other hand, I can feel your anger if you are in the warzone, hiding in the basement. Otherwise BU.

Prince's Corned Beef is shit, frankly.
They source meat from Argentina & Brazil, so yay for deforestation of the Amazon, mega feed lots, antibiotics & growth hormones.

@grapehyacinthisactuallyblue

Think you are lucky to be angry and posting on the matter that can easily be solved by using tin opener that you must have. On the other hand, I can feel your anger if you are in the warzone, hiding in the basement. Otherwise BU.

People are allowed to have a few moments discussing something other than a Russian invasion and humanitarian crisis. It's a light hearted post, just chill.

Not keen on that tinned corn beef tbh but the proper slices you get from the butchers are a savoury treat beyond compare imho.

@grapehyacinthisactuallyblue

Think you are lucky to be angry and posting on the matter that can easily be solved by using tin opener that you must have. On the other hand, I can feel your anger if you are in the warzone, hiding in the basement. Otherwise BU.

Oh my giddy aunt, give over! It's a silly, lighthearted thread. We are still allowed to have those despite the horrors around the world, maybe even more important because of them! We can't cry all the time...

Tin openers don't work easily on them that is why they have the key thingy I think?

Also it is expensive and comes from Argentina so I don't think it's good for the airmiles. But we did eat a fair bit in lock down 1 when no one wanted to go to the supermarket in case they died.

Those tins should come with a hazard warning, I sliced 3 of my fingers open trying to open one of those bloody tins as a child. I can still remember the pain and the copious amount of blood …I still bear the scars!

It doesn’t come out of the tin without stabbing it with a fecking knife, it’s lethal. Wouldn’t let any of my dcs near one when they were younger….taught them to use tin opener on both ends then push it through!

Having said that still love corned beef!

@thegreylady yeah corned beef hash was my first thought

If you have a potato peeler (the pointy one with the blade running down the centre) you can slot the end of the metal tab on the tin, into the middle of the peeler then just twist it, hopefully the metal strip will wrap around the peeler and act like a key.

I once cut my hand very badly on a corned beef tin requiring stitches. Nurse at hospital said it was surprisingly common!

At least it wasn't the Spam...

I had yoghurts two weeks in a row without the plastic lid on them. I was so mad!!!

Spam is the jellified spawn of the Devil himself.

Parenting teenagers is absolute hell! Living with their selfishness, attitudes and squabbling is getting too much. Like someone else quite rightly pointed out, when you yourself are trying to deal with peri-menopause, plus a whole host of other things, teens can really push you over the edge. Doesn't help that my mum is also constantly undermining my husband and I & we get no emotional support whatsoever there...Sometimes I need to go to the top of a mountain and scream! Either that or invent a time machine...

I haven't had corned beef in 9years .... I promised my mum I wouldn't open another tin until she said I could.. ( use to cut my fingers to shreds opening them) then she went and died in me... Still walk past the tins Evey now and then but cant bring myself to buy them

@JesusSufferingFuck22

You think that's bad? They delivered my vodka with the security tag still on it

Off topic but did you post this on Reddit? Because someone on there had the same problem today.

I have also lacerated my hand on a corned beef tin requiring stitches. They are lethal.
I’m not keen but we’ve always got a tin the cupboard for a simple pot of stovies. The kids love them. I’d be outraged by no keys…on all three! Cheeky.