January 29, 2008: Cheeseburger in a can

Undertoad · 01-30-2008, 01:52 AM

Via our old IotD haunt Spluch comes this item... an item most foul. now this is obviously a product photo, and thus barely qualifies for IotD but... uh... it's a cheeseburger in a can.

Now take your eyes off the nice plump ordinary cheeseburger in the front of this image.. and look at the can. And consider what, exactly, might be in there. What it might look like. What it might smell like. How long it can last, and why.

Yes. A new low, of sorts, has been achieved here.

fredsonic · 01-30-2008, 03:41 AM

Ahh yes... I remember as a boy in the Scouts being fed a miserable device called a "Westlers" burger. These came in a can withno bread bun. And come to think of it, no meat! The firm had illegal vendors carts in Newcastle. When the Police used to turn up, the operatives used to run away & hide. The only people who ate them were drunk.

Gravdigr · 01-30-2008, 05:08 AM

I'm always surprised by the things people eat/buy in other countries. I would expect that nowhere in the U.S. could you buy cheeseburgers in a can. Actually it doesn't look too bad, but, like the man said, obviously a promotional photo. No telling what they really look like. It reminds of a phrase my buddy used to describe me the morning after a hard night out. He said I looked like a can of smashed assholes. And that was from a friend...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2008, 06:40 AM

Probably better than chewing pine cones and sucking a wet mitten.

Sundae · 01-30-2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I'm always surprised by the things people eat/buy in other countries. I would expect that nowhere in the U.S. could you buy cheeseburgers in a can.

Cheeseburger in a can is indeed grim (as are Westlers tinned hamburgers, as I can attest).
But you guys have Cheez Whiz for goodness sake. And Easy Cheese. Like normal cheese is too tricky for Americans?

ZenGum · 01-30-2008, 09:09 AM

Trekking Mahlzeiten is a subsidiary of Katadyn, who are famous for hiking gear, especially water filtration equipment.

T.M. also make a powdered wine to go with your canned cheeseburger.

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And a powdered chocolate mousse for dessert.

I expect the cheeseburger would taste like rubber, and I cannot believe that it has lettuce on it - the picture on the can doesn't show this and I can't see how it would survive the canning process.
They have, nevertheless, answered a very important question:

Yez. You can haz cheezeburger. Anywhere.

Aliantha · 01-30-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

But you guys have Cheez Whiz for goodness sake. And Easy Cheese. Like normal cheese is too tricky for Americans?

I was thinking exactly the same thing. You lot in the US eat some pretty weird stuff yourselves you know.

On the subject of spray on cheese. It recently showed up in one of the supermarkets over here, so my husband bought some. We threw it in the bin after opening it. I can't imagine why you'd eat it.

HungLikeJesus · 01-30-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I was thinking exactly the same thing. You lot in the US eat some pretty weird stuff yourselves you know.

On the subject of spray on cheese. It recently showed up in one of the supermarkets over here, so my husband bought some. We threw it in the bin after opening it. I can't imagine why you'd eat it.

Your problem was that you were expecting it to taste like cheese. That stuff tastes like artificial nothing.

Spexxvet · 01-30-2008, 09:27 AM

I'll bet White Castle burgers come in a can.

Chocolatl · 01-30-2008, 09:37 AM

I can't imagine how the lettuce and tomato on this thing would taste/feel. Burgers get gooey after sitting around for more than a few minutes -- and this thing exists for weeks at a time inside a can?

Looking at the can itself, I find the choice of packaging to be amusing. Peaceful, coastal landscape to evoke tasty cheeseburger... as if beef came from the sea.

gmr2048 · 01-30-2008, 11:48 AM

Where's that "Buy it now" button when you really need it?

Flint · 01-30-2008, 12:01 PM

The real question is: when is somebody going to order one of these things, and post a video on YouTube of themselves eating it?

You could be the first! Imagine the instant fame and celebrity you could achieve! Act now, strike while the iron is hot! Do it now!

Flint · 01-30-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

The real question is: when is somebody going to order one of these things, and post a video on YouTube of themselves eating it?

You could be the first! Imagine the instant fame and celebrity you could achieve! Act now, strike while the iron is hot! Do it now!

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January 30th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Steve from thesneeze.com is planning to taste test this soon. Check out some of the other things he has tested on the site.

classicman · 01-30-2008, 06:34 PM

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Undertoad · 01-30-2008, 08:24 PM

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Sir is responsible for a lot of IotD suggestions too.

01-30-2008, 01:52 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	January 29, 2008: Cheeseburger in a can Via our old IotD haunt Spluch comes this item... an item most foul. now this is obviously a product photo, and thus barely qualifies for IotD but... uh... it's a cheeseburger in a can. Now take your eyes off the nice plump ordinary cheeseburger in the front of this image.. and look at the can. And consider what, exactly, might be in there. What it might look like. What it might smell like. How long it can last, and why. Yes. A new low, of sorts, has been achieved here.

01-30-2008, 06:40 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Probably better than chewing pine cones and sucking a wet mitten. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-30-2008, 09:09 AM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Trekking Mahlzeiten is a subsidiary of Katadyn, who are famous for hiking gear, especially water filtration equipment. T.M. also make a powdered wine to go with your canned cheeseburger. And a powdered chocolate mousse for dessert. I expect the cheeseburger would taste like rubber, and I cannot believe that it has lettuce on it - the picture on the can doesn't show this and I can't see how it would survive the canning process. They have, nevertheless, answered a very important question: Yez. You can haz cheezeburger. Anywhere. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-30-2008, 09:27 AM	#9
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I'll bet White Castle burgers come in a can. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-30-2008, 12:01 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The real question is: when is somebody going to order one of these things, and post a video on YouTube of themselves eating it? You could be the first! Imagine the instant fame and celebrity you could achieve! Act now, strike while the iron is hot! Do it now! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-30-2008, 03:41 AM	#2
fredsonic Aggregate Aggravator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Durham, UK. Posts: 17	Ahh yes... I remember as a boy in the Scouts being fed a miserable device called a "Westlers" burger. These came in a can withno bread bun. And come to think of it, no meat! The firm had illegal vendors carts in Newcastle. When the Police used to turn up, the operatives used to run away & hide. The only people who ate them were drunk.

01-30-2008, 05:08 AM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I'm always surprised by the things people eat/buy in other countries. I would expect that nowhere in the U.S. could you buy cheeseburgers in a can. Actually it doesn't look too bad, but, like the man said, obviously a promotional photo. No telling what they really look like. It reminds of a phrase my buddy used to describe me the morning after a hard night out. He said I looked like a can of smashed assholes. And that was from a friend...

01-30-2008, 09:37 AM	#10
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I can't imagine how the lettuce and tomato on this thing would taste/feel. Burgers get gooey after sitting around for more than a few minutes -- and this thing exists for weeks at a time inside a can? Looking at the can itself, I find the choice of packaging to be amusing. Peaceful, coastal landscape to evoke tasty cheeseburger... as if beef came from the sea.

01-30-2008, 11:48 AM	#11
gmr2048 Jotter of Notes Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	Where's that "Buy it now" button when you really need it?

01-30-2008, 06:34 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	gmr2048 Questionist Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 8 I am in awe! How is that possible? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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