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RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by callippo 13 April 2012

stainless steel, obviously. this is getting expensive all of a sudden.
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by Standanista 12 April 2012

You'd need to make sure it wasn't a plastic bucket or you'd probably lose the pie and go hungry.
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by callippo 12 April 2012

would finding an active volcano and using long metal cable wires and a bucket work?
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by Standanista 12 April 2012

What about digging a pit, lining it with hot stones, and burying the pie for a couple of hours, Maori +hāngi+ style? I'm sure there are…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by callippo 12 April 2012

wouldn't you have to be careful as to what kind of pot it was though. it couldn't be just any old pot. It would have to be a pot where…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by Script404 12 April 2012

I reckon if you put them in a big pot with a lid on the top it would pretty much be like a dutch oven and should do the job.
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by Standanista 10 April 2012

I once got arrested in Fray Bentos, which is the town in Uruguay that started the corned beef and tinned pie cult sometime in the 1800s.…
RE: Ferries from Fray Bentos

by tiririca 06 April 2012

Direct to the nearest Tesco. Yummmmmmmmmm corned beef.
Ferries from Fray Bentos

by welshsamj 06 April 2012

Hi everyone Is it possible to take a ferry from Fray Bentos to Argentina or to Montevideo? We have seen a ferry in port but can't find…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by tea_leaf 06 April 2012

Ooh, I saw these in Poundland yesterday! Mince ones plus steak and onion. A pound, if that solves any confusion.
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by girlaboutworld 06 April 2012

this is an amazing post. Fray Bentos!! But would you be expecting to get that quality puff pastry casing? Or would you be happy with a…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by barney_uk2 06 April 2012

Just what #3 said - you need a mass of hot embers. I cooked this way when we had a day-long power cut recently and it worked perfectly…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by TheNewHC 05 April 2012

I was in my local Sainsbo's last weekend and saw someone sticking half a dozen Fray Bentos pies in their trolley - I had two thoughts;…
Re: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by mason101 05 April 2012

If you don´t take the lid off a Fray Bentos pie before you put it on the heat, it will explode. Consequences could be rather nasty. …
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by battybilly 04 April 2012

Hi.... Try posting it (if you haven't already) on.... Get Stuffed. Get the fire down to plenty of hot embers (no flames), then wrap the…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by tea_leaf 04 April 2012

You need to take the lid off the Fray Bentos pies because the puff pastry lid is supposed to rise. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showt…
RE: cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by richiavo 04 April 2012

If you get the streak puddings you can cook in boiling water
cooking Fray Bentos type pies on an open fire

by callippo 04 April 2012

I'm shipping a bunch of UK-type food items over to my winter domicile later this year, Hellman's Mayonnaise, Branston Pickle, stuff like…
RE: any ideas on route iguazu falls to southern Uruguay

by archaeobabe 18 March 2012

I did this route in reverse from BA to Iguazu. Took the ferry from BA to Colonia, then went on to Montevideo. After that to Fray Bentos…
RE: Travel to Posadas Argentina

by Standanista 05 January 2012

Mendo has better info than me. I was about to suggest taking a bus from Montevideo up through the Uruguayan river towns (what is known…
RE: Travel to Posadas Argentina

by Standanista 05 January 2012

Ciudad del Este is a proper resort, can be pricey but good for getting down to visiting world-renown DJs, flashing your cash, fine dining,…
RE: Could the UK solve the Falklands issue by granting independence?

by Ravings 22 December 2011

There was a load of bloody fairies in Buenos bloody Aires With greasy hair and sweaty bums, they'd never heard of Boddington's A different…
RE: What to do between Iguazu falls and buenos airies

by damp_fleece 16 November 2011

You could stop a Posadas and spend a few days across in Paraguay visiting the Missionaries. Its a nice, scenic and laid back area with…
Itinerario

by hufus 12 November 2011

I've recently found out that I'm off the South America for five months from the end of this months (see http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre…
RE: crossed into Fray Bentos lately?

by desireedee33 16 August 2011

I was in Uruguay and needed to stock up on things (that 22% 'everything tax' in Uruguay is a pain in the budget, not to mention the creeping…