Article: It's in the can; Steak-and-kidney pud... artichoke hearts... and not forgetting spaghetti hoops. So it's true - some of the best food really does come in a tin.(Features)

Byline: TOM PARKER BOWLES

There was a time, at the dawn of the 20th century, when tinned food was the last word in luxury, the preserve of the privileged rich and languidly aristocratic. The shelves of Fortnum & Mason groaned under the weight of metal-clad delicacies: whole black truffles, turtle soup, roast pheasant and artichokes, all to be elegantly opened by tailcoated butlers at Ascot, Cowes or Epsom. Admittedly, there was a glut of tinned cheap meat, shipped in from Australia and Argentina at the same time. But even the very poorest had little interest in what The Times described as just '... roots of tongue, pieces of palate and ligaments of throat.' That ...

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