# Tabs on canned food

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabs-on-canned-food/780367>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabs-on-canned-food/780367 "2017-02-21T00:59:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabs-on-canned-food/780367/21 "2017-02-22T18:34:42Z")

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I hate the pop lids. Hard on the fingertip to lift, hard on the finger to pull, and it leaves a huge ridge to catch food in the can.

My preference is (1) a bladeless can opener, which leaves no ridge at all, and (2) always remember to shake the can before opening so that the contents slide/pour out to the last drop, no messy scraping with a spoon needed.

But we’re increasingly stuck with more pop-top cans, with rounded bottoms (which are safer but can’t be opened), and lid designs that resist a bladeless opener (the popper snags on the tool; they used to be flatter).

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