The British site Telegraph, which produced this picture, doesn't give any information as to where this technological leap forward comes from, although the writing on the can appears to be German. And before you all start to go "eewwww," bear in mind you've wolfed down fast food burgers that didn't look nearly as good as the one pictured.
What would you like to see canned next? I'm hoping for pizza. Sounds unlikely, but that's also what the naysayers told the inventor of the canned burger, and just look what happened, beyotches.
Oh, and speaking of German packaged food: there's this.
Weird canned foods from around the world [Telegraph]
(Photo: phototaker)
I love the fact that the user NORMLgirl is finding these awesome quick junkfoods... NORML stands for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws... Heh. Of course she would find the junk food :D
(Thats not a bash on NORML supporters BTW, as I'm a supporter, but quite funny..)
@nnj: Produced in the lab? Nutrition is a thing of the past? Is that why millions of dollars are spent every year and people like me spend their lives researching how to make food more available, nutritious, and palatable? Also for the record, we can't produce food out of thin air in the lab; we generally get it from farms.
]]>I'm sure I've eaten worse...
]]>Talk about another way to kill ourselves faster
]]>The SA forum was better, but I think it's behind a paywall now. At $6 a pop, it's kind of a ripoff even if it was as good as a 99 cent fast food burger. You really might as well just make a regular sandwich or even just buy something like Lunchables if you're too lazy to prepare a lunch.
]]>@Cool story bro: vienna sausages and potted meat are quite good. oh and dont forget tuna is meat too.
]]>@HurtsSoGood: i eat em all the time, but ive never had the original so i cant compare
]]>@The Marionette: Buy it powdered. Its more economical.
]]>A canned burger for the can.
]]>Longer answer: "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo---"
]]>I really, really hope humanity can't "improve" upon that.
]]>Since when is Consumerist turned on by Advertising photography? First day on the job?
]]>I could see the burger itself in the can, you take a patty out, nuke it or fry it up for heat, and put it on a bun-- but... yikes.
]]>Is the bun all soggy from being in the can? I can't stand soggy bread.
]]>@pecan 3.14159265: Sorry for not being specific, but I meant people that care for fast food would find it "quite good". Apparently, you're not one of them.
]]>it actually doesn't look too bad.
]]>@kjherron: The bun is made of sea sponge!
Jk, probably vac packed.
]]>No biggie...most of the food available to us is mostly artificial anyway; you know, produced in the lab. One of the benefits is long shelf life. Nutrition is a thing of the past so just focus on the calories. Looks like a winner.
]]>...at the very least, a burger from McD or BK is someplace between "acceptable" and "quite good." Otherwise you wouldn't even buy it.
On the other hand...this canned "burger" seems to have no idea where "acceptable" even is.
]]>...and here are two articles about it:
[gizmodo.com]
[gizmodo.com]
would be great to stock up on these for the zombie-pocalyspe thats going to hit any day now. already have my canned jerky on order. chainsaws and shotguns in the basement, im all set!!
]]>@Fatty Shcock: i wouldnt mind tryin myself either.
]]>@sir_pantsalot: not all frozen burgars suck. white castle has frozen sliders. tho i hear theyre no where near as good
]]>@HurtsSoGood: Ich mochte ein "hamburger in a can", bitte.
]]>@calquist: no, maybe ur thinkin of gizmodo. i think thats where i first heard of this
]]>...you might want to go check out the review posted above before you go shopping for one...
The only good thing about this "burger" is that I am quite sure that you'll no longer be hungry...after looking at it. Dog help you if you actually eat it.
]]>Yup - their review looks pretty much exactly like what I would have expected...heinous.
]]>Whopper Juniors, though: yum. And only $1!
]]>Quite old. Jay Leno was making terrible jokes about this some six months ago.
]]>Either way, I want canned pancakes!
]]>The only question I have is how come from the picture it seems that the burger is bigger then the can?
]]>Long answer: Yeah, right.
]]>Last year Wal-Mart sold ground burger in a bag,,hanging upon one of those metal clip-on's near the can aisle. Upon opening the bag, the burger smelled like dog food and tasted even worse.
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