# Hamburgers in a can? What is this thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864 "2017-04-06T03:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/1 "2017-04-06T03:34:30Z")
More for the British contingent in the audience: When I lived in Cambridge in the '70s, a street vendor sold “hamburgers” from his cart late at night. They were colored bright red, came packed in large cans, and were steamed in their own juice. I used to buy them on my way home after drinking and developed quite a taste for them. What was the brand name of these delicacies, and can you still buy them on the street late at night? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/2 "2017-04-06T03:40:00Z")
[Westler’s Hamburgers in Onion Gravy](https://jamesvsburger.com/2012/09/26/hamburgers-in-a-can-quite-possibly-the-worst-burgers-in-the-world/)? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/3 "2017-04-06T03:48:06Z")
At least it has the approval of “mum.” (And they’re giving me hell about scrapple in another thread.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/4 "2017-04-06T04:22:47Z")
[Cheeseburger in a can.](http://www.avclub.com/article/taste-test-cheeseburger-in-a-can-2183) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/5 "2017-04-06T05:34:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Westler’s Hamburgers in Onion Gravy](https://jamesvsburger.com/2012/09/26/hamburgers-in-a-can-quite-possibly-the-worst-burgers-in-the-world/)? “Dog food mixed with tinned ravioli.” Yep, that’s them! Mystery meat extraordinaire! :o ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/6 "2017-04-06T12:02:35Z")
“My can haz cheeseburger.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/7 "2017-04-06T15:25:25Z")
“Look for it on your grocer’s can.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783864/8 "2017-04-06T18:22:37Z")
Reminds me of a tin filled with Danish meatballs I bought for a quick lunch at a Moscow kiosk back in the '90s. I opened the can when I got to work and found them inedible; when I gave them to the studio cat, he turned up his nose at them.