SPAM and what else?

[Flying10uk]

Adding to the list, Camp Pie supposedly dates to before the Crimean War and was used as a ration item. It is found on the shelf of every supermarket in Oz next to bully beef. I like it fried as a breakfast meat, but it's a non-starter for the wife. Do they still sell it in the U.K.?

I can't say that I've ever heard of it but it may still be sold here under a different name. I take it that it's a tinned meat intended to go into a pie rather than a meat pie that's been canned? What type of meat is it, beaf, pork or something else?

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[Paul S.]

... What type of meat is it, beaf, pork or something else?

Mate, it's made from things that would ended up as tinned dog food otherwise - beef tongue and mutton hearts.

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But, the greatest of all proper ANZAC biscuits. I really didn't know what they were when I went to Oz. The tastiest biscuits known to man. Our cooks used to make a tray of them and leave them on the serving bays in the kitchens. The Poms have never heard of them and I've never seen them here.

Maybe one of you ANZACS can explain...........

Best biscuits ever!!! Seriously, ANZAC Biscuits and a cuppa is heaven on earth.

The recipe included rolled oats, Golden Syrup, flour baking soda and butter. I'll scan the recipe from the gold standard, The Commonsense Cookery Book.

[browningautorifle]

Mate, it's made from things that would ended up as tinned dog food

You are correct sir...lips and ars*holes and such. I don't like it because I don't like it. Not because they ground up garbage and put it in cans.

[Peter Laidler]

But, the greatest of all proper ANZAC biscuits. I really didn't know what they were when I went to Oz. The tastiest biscuits known to man. Our cooks used to make a tray of them and leave them on the serving bays in the kitchens. The Poms have never heard of them and I've never seen them here.

Maybe one of you ANZACS can explain...........

[BruceHMX]

I love corned beef especially with a hearty mustard. Back when the army baked their own bread I would barter for a loaf. In the field especially in the summer because the fat would melt in the can. Cut a couple thick slices then spoon the corned beef and rendered fat on it with a huge spoonful of mustard. Wash it down with a couple ice cold beers at the end of a long day. Of course that's when I was in my early 20's and worked it off. I now treat myself to maybe two cans a year now.

[RASelkirk]

Not to get off topic, but what the h*ll is vegemite? I've heard it mentioned but as a yank, have no clue what it is...

Russ

[browningautorifle]

but what the h*ll is vegemite

If you click on the word in your post it'll show you. Here's a link...

Vegemite - Wikipedia

[Merle]

Spinning off from another thread, what foods do we consume today that started as military rations? I can think of three off the top of my head.
SPAM=WW2
M&Ms=WW2
Goldenbergs Peanut Chews=WW1
Any others?

HMMM, I thought Spam came out for WW 1?

[WarPig1976]

HMMM, I thought Spam came out for WW 1?

I could be wrong....

[Merle]

Per spam.com introduced in 1937.

OK, thanks. It was not introduced for WW1; makes me wonder what I was remembering.....