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If I CAN CAN YOU CAN CAN TOO!
Back in the day, it took a while to drum up enough courage to take a bite of the jiggling mass of spam that made its way out of the can and onto my plate. But boy, was it worth it: Pure sodium, meaty goodness. It did help that anything tastes good when you’re eating it on the beach.
But spam is nothing compared to the newer concoctions shoved inside cans these days.
Now you open cans to find a whole cooked chicken, beetle grubs, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or even a cheeseburger nestled between two squashed buns. Of course seeing a giant can give birth to a whole, slime covered chicken isn’t the most appetizing thing in the world, but it’s the way of the future…(check out images of the abomination at Tracy’s site-she is my hero for braving the chicken dinner from hell…I would have run away screaming!)
O.K…FINE…maybe it’s not the future exactly, but it’s a good option to have in case earthquakes, floods or droughts make canned foods one of our only options. Yay for being a last resort!
We’ll be able to put together anything from a sandwich to a whole thanksgiving feast with the help of nothing more than a can opener.
Making a PBJ sandwich isn’t hard work…but if I don’t have the energy to make the thing, I don’t know if I’ll have the energy to open the can either.
I loooove Spam. I’m so glad they make it in the little single serve pouches now though since I’m the only one who likes it! I love Spam with my scrambled eggs, or my macaroni and cheese, or with rice and grilled pineapple. Mmmm… Give me Spam and I’ll be fine. The rest of it, I’m not so sure. Although I’d be willing to try that Pumpkin Pie in a Can that you drew!
@ Surfie: I’m sure years down the line we can make anything look good. I wouldnt mind trying one of those blind folded taste tests to see if you can tell what’s canned and whats the real deal. As an observer, though.
@ Marvin: I loved those stripes! It tasted HORRIBLE! but It was awesome how it looked like a giant toothpaste tube. I’ve got to try me some of that pbb!
@Tracy: No problem! I dont know what MREs are…and I’m upset that I missed the 70s and was too little to appreciate the 80s…but im here now dangit! And i want my canwiches!
I thought the world ended when they put peanut butter and grape jelly in the same jar, in stripes. I thought that was simply the end. How lazy can people get? Apparently a lot lazier.
Spam is icky, but peanut butter and crispy bacon? Mmmmmmm. Now, if peanut butter and bacon came in the same jar, wow.
Hey, thanks for the mention! I’m supposed to be getting a candwich as soon as they have samples available, so I’ll let you know how it is. Can’t be any worse than the MREs we used to snack on back in the 1970s!