The decline of Beanfeast

[Maggot]

I love Batchelors beanfeasts.

They are an easy and tasty alternative to mince for vegetarians. Great for shepherds pie, bolognese etc. Yet you can hardly buy them anywhere now. Even some of the larger supermarkets have stopped stocking them.

There used to be 4 different varieties, now there are only 2.

Why are they getting harder and harder to get hold of when they are so much cheaper and tastier than Quorn mince?

 

[danny la rouge]

Never heard of them. Mind you, they're not my sort of thing, so I wouldn't be looking for them.

 

[DotCommunist]

good riddance

 

[zenie]

I used to like them too, good for keeping in the larder as they never went off

 

[Blagsta]

FartFeast

 

[Corax]

I used to microwave some fishfingers, put them in a bowl of beanfeast, and then finish with grated cheese. Student "cooking".

 

[Looby]

We take them to festivals but they're not really ideal for camping and portaloos. : D

Our local supermarkets all still sell them but only the bol and chilli.

 

[joevsimp]

bought them by the dozen when I was an undergrad, but it hasn't occurred to me to get them since, they're good though, when my partnere mentioned them to her parents (who emigrated to Norway in the 80s) they said they used to eat them when they were at uni in the late 70s

what were the other varieties? bolognese, chilli and.........?

 

[scifisam]

I haven't seen any for years; I'd stockpile them if I did.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

You could get some soya mince and put stuff in it.

 

[Maggot]

I haven't seen any for years; I'd stockpile them if I did.

I've just bought a load from my local supermarket, in case they stop selling them.

what were the other varieties? bolognese, chilli and.........?

I think there was a plain mince one, and I can't remember what the other one was.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

You could get some soya mince and put stuff in it.

MSG and hydrogenated vegetable oil, mainly.

 

[Maggot]

Can anyone help me with this. I'm making spaghetti Bolognese with Beanfeast instead of mince. If the recipe says 400g of mince, how much Beanfeast do I need? Will one 120g packet be enough?

 

[cyberfairy]

Asda have own brand packets and some Sainsburies have them. We have bought a few packets since drastically running out of money and even buying quorn is an impossible luxury.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

It will be about 120g too much.

 

[Maggot]

Asda have own brand packets and some Sainsburies have them. We have bought a few packets since drastically running out of money and even buying quorn is an impossible luxury.

I didn't know that. Are the Sainsbury's ones as good as the Batchelors ones? Which section are they in?

 

[Corax]

Can anyone help me with this. I'm making spaghetti Bolognese with Beanfeast instead of mince. If the recipe says 400g of mince, how much Beanfeast do I need? Will one 120g packet be enough?

From memory of how much they make, I think you'd need at least two for that much mince.

 

[joevsimp]

I didn't know that. Are the Sainsbury's ones as good as the Batchelors ones? Which section are they in?

In Brighton, I think sainsbury's have them at the end of the baked bean aisle, and asda have them with the smash and processed peas and stuff

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Even as a meat eating I thought they were quite good. Sadly my insides do not agree.

 

[Looby]

I didn't know that. Are the Sainsbury's ones as good as the Batchelors ones? Which section are they in?

My bezzer always preferred the sainsbury version. She lived on the stuff when we were on the dole.

 

[Maggot]

From memory of how much they make, I think you'd need at least two for that much mince.

I just used one and it was fine. One packet plus water = 700g

 

[Corax]

I just used one and it was fine. One packet plus water = 700g

May be that I'm a pig then.

I used to chomp an entire pack myself! Maybe it was a smaller size....

 

[equationgirl]

I used to be quite fond of the Sainsbury's spag bol one - they stopped stocking it in my nearest Sainsburys, haven't seen in in ages. The mince one was good for mince potato and onion pie veggie version

 

[Maggot]

I just used one and it was fine. One packet plus water = 700g

May be that I'm a pig then.

I used to chomp an entire pack myself! Maybe it was a smaller size....

Actually it will be less than 700g as some of the water evaporates.

 

[stuff_it]

good riddance

This^^^

Come out how they went in, fucking horrible.

Did you know you can still buy Vesta curry as well?

 

[friedaweed]

*Throws a nut roast into the thread

Get some meat fool!

 

[stuff_it]

I like nut roast, especially if you do it home made.

 

[fractionMan]

I used to eat them on the dole with a veggie ex girlfriend.

Grim times.

 

[friedaweed]

I like nut roast, especially if you do it home made.

I've just made one but there wasn't that many nuts in it. It's been flushed away now.

 

[mr steev]

I don't think i've had a beanfeast for about 10 years. I used to add stuff to them to make veggie stews and shepherd-less pies with them, but nowadays I'd use lentils or beans