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It’s no real secret that I like the idea of things in cans, if not the actual end results itself. Your honours, I present exhibits A through B: our quest for pie in a can back in the day was almost eventful, and yet I prefer to pressure cook beans rather than use cans, though that’s pretty much due to the local grocery store’s refusal to install pneumatic tube delivery mechanisms between their establishment and my home. Because I’m 98% bean.
Anyway, today we found out about new canned food that I haven’t seen before: the sandwich in a can.
From the product site, the things don’t look like they’ve been released yet, but maybe “released” isn’t the right word. “Unleashed,” maybe. Or released could be good, in a “release the demon hordes” kind of way, because I’m gonna guess a launch to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar.
I’m a little disappointed in the packaging. I always pictured this kind of thing as a flat, bread-slice shaped thing that would open with one of those keys like you see on canned luncheon meat. Mind you, I’d like to see soda pop that opens with one of those keys too. Something about the long strip of jagged metal that adds an element of excitement to meal preparation. I miss that in my salmonella-reduced kitchen.
Anyway, 2 of the 3 might be vegan, and because the 3rd one is chicken I get to mock it all. Of course, if the mocking was in the chicken, i.e. if it was a mock chicken sandwich in a can, I’d join vegans around the world in proclaiming this the greatest thing ever. Now it’s simply ridiculous, of course.
(via Laughing Squid)
Update: As a responsible journalisticalatician, I sat through a TV interview about this thing (watching, not being interviewed.) Turns out the can contains a bun wrapped in plastic and packets of spread. In other words, the can is basically a bun protector, the convenience is dubious, but it lasts a year. You know, in case you can’t find any other canned foods.
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What about a PBJ sandwich smoothie in a can? I don’t like my sammiches to be shaped like 1960s space ships.
That’s it, I’m buying a cannery. I’ll call it “CAN I BLOW YOUR MIND?” and you will be VP of Stuff People Said Was Stupid But We Showed Them.
I accept this offer of employment; I think it’ll complement very nicely my role as Professor of Pants.