To ask if there’s a social class issue surrounding Findus Crispy Pancakes ?

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I’ve read some things in mine and sort of sense this might be the case but not 100% sure

Also is there a class issue around Fray Bentos pies ?

I love those !

OMG I love a tin of faggots!

Heavens, I pick mine fresh every day.
Tut tut.

We didn’t eat convenience food growing up so I first tried Findus pancakes and Fray Bentos pies as a student out of curiosity. That was in 2008 and they were both pretty claggy and tasteless and can’t imagine they’ve improved since. So I guess it’s an income issue rather than a class one: people with less money are more likely to eat cheap food than people with the means to buy and prepare fresh food, because I can’t imagine anyone would choose a shelf-stable processed tinned pie over a nice pie with tasty ingredients if they could afford it.

I was brought up on Findus Crispy Pancakes. My mum would make her own chips though!

Never a Fray Bentos pie though.

My mum hated cooking so embraced convenience foods with enthusiasm. Fish fingers, frozen breaded fish, crispy pancakes. But usually made her own chips. We had chips a lot.

We used to call it chicken sick. Apologies to all those hard working school cooks.

Also a childhood staple.

And Viennetta as afters

I always buy the pancake mix - makes lovely pancakes and flour isn’t something I buy.

I make my own. Is that allowed?
I'm in my early 50s and have never had a Findus crispy pancake or a Fray Bentos pie! Pies definitely don't belong in tims imo.

Toast Toppers.
Ketchips.

Ooh grew up on both.
Would never feed it to my kids 😵‍💫

white wine! 😮

I must be lowered class l loved the pancakes
The cheese pancakes are the nicest .
'oh no they're not ' 😁

I have some in my freezer, have it with Smash and frozen peas

Yes! I had two crispy pancakes yesterday, the minced beef ones and they were goooood.

Never heard of a Findus but my middle class dad would have Fray Bentos pies as a treat when he was feeling lazy. Personally I don’t trust pastry in a can

We were very lower class, we didn't get Findus crispy pancakes but generic - no idea what is on the inside- ones from the bulk freezer stall in the local market. And they never were crispy anyway, soggy and flaccid was a better description. But they were much cheaper too!

Fray Bentos pies

But the bottom is always so soggy.

Think own brand may just be acceptable if it is Waitrose?
Which to be fair make yummy sandwiches😂

Do they still make crispy pancakes?! I’ve not seen them anywhere in years.

I'm from a single parent, working class background and we used to beg our Dad to buy us crispy pancakes for a treat 🤣 we loved them! Occasionally he would submit but generally he cooked properly from scratch.

I’ve never tried a Frey Bentos - they don’t appeal to me at all.

Ah yes, but properly posh people love to eat that stuff so they can tell the rest of us how relatable they are. 😉

I'd be prepared to bet that the buying profile skews less affluent for them, but my childhood friend liked them and her mum is a GP.

I’m so common my mum actually used to work in the Vesta factory before she became a nurse! Never had any of those things growing up, but only because we were poor so couldn’t afford them. My posh but skint lovely dad used to love a Frey Bentos pie as a treat though!

Is this for real?

Hmmm

My mum was a card-carrying member of the Waitrose class: wouldn't have oven chips over the threshold and would have fainted at the sight of a Mushy Pea but we had Findus Crispy Pancakes. She would have drawn the line at a Fray Bentos pie though. There do need to be standards 😀

I remember seeing those in the shop when I was little. They kept them by the till because they were expensive and prime for pinching. Wondering now if I grew up in some sub- underclass 😅

Well I'm as oik as they come but wouldn't touch either product with a bargepole!

Just nasty ultra processed shite