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Tinned Savoury Rice

(20 Posts)
Caleo Mon 06-Apr-26 17:09:41

Please does anyone know if and where this can be bought?

I have not seen it since the 1970s .

ginny Mon 06-Apr-26 17:13:32

I haven’t seen it in tins but it is easily available in packets.

BlueBelle Mon 06-Apr-26 17:17:27

Tinned savoury rice is not something I ve ever come across I don’t think

welbeck Mon 06-Apr-26 17:21:30

Why not get packets.
2 mins in microwave.
Just tear the top an inch open.
So easy. Can then tear tear across top and eat out of packet with spoon.
No need to decent.
Saves washing up.
I live high on the hog...

welbeck Mon 06-Apr-26 17:22:03

Decant
Is wot ì rote.

Caleo Mon 06-Apr-26 17:23:18

AI says the old 70s 80s tinned savoury rice is "practically extinct".

M0nica Mon 06-Apr-26 17:24:47

Caleo

AI says the old 70s 80s tinned savoury rice is "practically extinct".

I never knew that it ever existed!

welbeck Mon 06-Apr-26 17:26:11

Or you can get bigger packets frozen.
But need a bowl with clip cover and vent for that.
To microwave.
Or do on the hob with water in saucepan
Probably is more cost effective if you have a freezer to store surplus
I too never heard of it in a tin ?

Caleo Mon 06-Apr-26 17:42:46

I think I will try Merchant Gourmet in packets. It's already cooked -just like the old tinned rice.

ViceVersa Mon 06-Apr-26 17:53:23

I can't say that I've ever seen tinned savoury rice. I remember the stuff you got in packets which you had to add water to then boil, but now it's usually just the packets you stick in the microwave for a couple of minutes or the frozen stuff.

TillyTrotter Mon 06-Apr-26 17:55:40

This is not cost effective, but Tilda sell 2 small pots of white rice with diced veg/peas at a cost of 2 pots for £1.50.
Just microwave for 1 min.
I bought through Ocado.
The pot is 125 grans (a small portion for one).

welbeck Mon 06-Apr-26 20:02:10

Farmfoods have 2 for a pound.
They are all the same. But most other shops and brands cost more.
I mean the microwave packets.

Astitchintime Mon 06-Apr-26 20:12:09

I don’t recall tinned savoury rice……….but I do remember something called Harvey’s Duo-Can. One tin holding two food items………cooked rice one end and curry sauce in the other I think. Is that what you’re thinking of Caleo?

Lovetopaint037 Mon 06-Apr-26 22:57:22

I remember buying tinned Rissotto in the early 1960’s. Loved it then. Just got married and it was a regular buy alongside tinned ravioli.

NotSpaghetti Tue 07-Apr-26 00:49:52

Waitrose do several packet types to microwave.
I think I even saw a wholegrain one.

Sago Tue 07-Apr-26 08:37:00

You could make it.

The profit on ready cooked rice must be off the scale.

NotSpaghetti Tue 07-Apr-26 13:16:19

Yes, but having something "ready" in the cupboard is useful.
I don't use this myself but as they only take 2 mins they are useful if, for example, you can't deal with pans of boiling water - or only have a carer in the house for 15 mins and they are doing supper for you...

I think making bread is easy and quick - and often make buns if someone turns up unexpectedly- but it's too much trouble for most people.

I suppose all "easy" things have a use for someone.

ViceVersa Tue 07-Apr-26 13:27:35

Sago

You could make it.

The profit on ready cooked rice must be off the scale.

You can indeed - and I do. However, we find the packets of stuff like that very useful to take away with us in our motorhome, and I also used to get them for my late in-laws when they were no longer really able to stand and cook stuff for themselves. Shortcuts have their place sometimes.

Caleo Tue 07-Apr-26 18:12:00

Lovetopaint037

I remember buying tinned Rissotto in the early 1960’s. Loved it then. Just got married and it was a regular buy alongside tinned ravioli.

Your post reminds me that the product I remember was indeed called Risotto. I bought it often and regularly .

The product no longer exists. I wonder if ready- cooked rice in sachets has as long a shelf life as the tinned version.

We need to keep a small stock of foods in case of national shortage. I seems to me that tinned foods keep the longest if there is no electricity for the freezer.

Dry grains such as flour, rice and oats can be kept if care is taken to keep them safely stored. But then if there is no power to cook them the only viable grain is oats which can be eaten raw.

Rocketstop2 Tue 07-Apr-26 18:16:47

Bachelors savoury rice in packets, beef, chicken or vegetable.
Add water bring to boil, simmer for ten mins.