alldownwind
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Reged: 10/08/2004
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Loc: Medway
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Notwithstanding a rash of posts hereabouts about the merits (or otherwise) of Fray Bentos 'pies', and the imminent and irritating departure of some souls of this parish to Oostende and talking moules frites (we'll be there next month though), my thoughts turned in Tesco today to the benefits of Tinned Curry.
Over the years we have found that a small supply of tinned curries in the grub locker have done us well. In fact we reckon they are generally damn good grub, up a lonely creek. OK today I was in Tescos and selected an own-brand chicken korma this time, but we've found that Sainbury's own brand are pretty reliable. It's strange, though, that we'd never have such a thing in stock at home. Some kind of inverted snob value thing perhaps.
Apart from the inevitable Flay Bentloss, what other staple standbys do East Coasters keep in the store? Any other Curry fans out there?
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CentaurPipedream
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Reged: 20/09/2006
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Loc: Essex
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Tinned mackerel in tomato sauce. gallons and gallons of it. Smashin.
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Morgana
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Loc: East Coast
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Yup....
Plus Spaghetti Bolognaise.... easy out of a bowl!
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CentaurPipedream
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And I can say with a fair degree of albeit subjective authority, that Sainsbury's own brand is far better than Tesco's.
And no, I dont have it at home.
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Mor_Margh
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Loc: Deepest Surrey
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It's easy for you lot. I'm allergic to tomatos, but as luck would have it, I found a tinned curry without them. It was either Tesco or Asda. Also, we keep a supply of Homepride cook in sauces in small tins (think only Somerfield do small tins now) which form the base for something or other depending on what's available.
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MrsChellers
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I find the stock of food that HWMBO puts on the boat is almost entirely unlike the food we have at home. He buys tins of Chicken in White Sauce, lots of tinned fruit salad, Genoa cake, rice pudding and other unusual things. I think it's a sort-of camping frame of mind.
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alldownwind
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Loc: Medway
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Well, the media would say we are enjoying our luxury yachts, but I'd always reckoned it was much more like camping, sometimes worse.
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curve
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The thing I most like about boating is the chance to have a proper fry up every morning. I never get away with that on dry land.
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Morgana
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Loc: East Coast
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Snap!
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Flipper_K6354
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Always keep jars of pasta sauce onboard and throw in a tin of sardines / tuna whatever to bulk it out.
Have had Asda 'Irish Stew' - very thin more like soup so a bit disappointing.
If really hungry when solo (as mostly am) have been know to revert to student days and eat 'haricot provencal' straight from the can! 
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