# The Canned Cheeseburger **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355 "2008-02-05T05:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/1 "2008-02-05T05:54:54Z")
I don’t know if this was posted yet, but apparently, someone has now invented the [canned](http://www.gizmag.com/the-canned-cheeseburger--fast-food-in-the-wilderness/8713/) [cheeseburger](http://www.trekking-mahlzeiten.de/trekking-mahlzeiten-online-shop/produkte/Zwischenmahlzeiten_507/Cheeseburger_in_der_Dose_4641.html). I’ve heard reports that it’s…good. Not great, but if you were camping or somewhere where you need food, it’ll do. Anyone try this yet? Doubt I’d get to see one in my area anytime soon, but someone online said they got one at Krogers for about five bucks. Culinary brilliance, or complete madness? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/2 "2008-02-05T06:00:31Z")
Oog, pass. No offense to the fine minds who came up with and perfected the cheeseburger canning process, but that’s just sketchy. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/3 "2008-02-05T07:52:41Z")
Ehh, I guess someone is supposed to now say- I has canned cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/4 "2008-02-05T08:12:05Z")
Surely it’s just the patty (and maybe something resembling cheese), isn’t it? Don’t tell me the bun and salad are in there too - there’s no way that could be anything but incredibly nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/5 "2008-02-05T08:40:34Z")
Jonathan Ross had one on his show. It didn’t look entirely appetising. **Mangetout** - no salad, but the bun is in there. ---
**Author:** ![Huron\_Desolation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Huron\_Desolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huron_Desolation)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/6 "2008-02-05T09:31:20Z")
Might work for a starving university student. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/7 "2008-02-05T09:37:28Z")
One of my classmates had two room-mates that were the epitome of starving university students. Those two guys never washed their tableware or their cookware but they still used the stuff for cooking and eating. As soon as my classmate could manage, he relocated to another apartment for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/8 "2008-02-05T09:40:00Z")
All I can think of is a cute cat, with a speech balloon - _“I has can cheeseburger!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/9 "2008-02-05T09:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] **Mangetout** - no salad, but the bun is in there. [/QUOTE] I just threw up in my mouth a little. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/10 "2008-02-05T09:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Jonathan Ross had one on his show. It didn’t look entirely appetising. [/QUOTE] Behold - [the meal itself](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4ojGDrAJ50w). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/11 "2008-02-05T10:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Behold - [the meal itself](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4ojGDrAJ50w). [/QUOTE] I got a “This video is not available in your country” message. So, I searched good ol’ youtube and [this](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k9u42zDPU7s) is the first result. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/12 "2008-02-05T10:03:40Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] I got a “This video is not available in your country” message. So, I searched good ol’ youtube and [this](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k9u42zDPU7s) is the first result. [/QUOTE] It’s the same clip. I guess mine’s not avaliable there because it’s from the BBC (promotional, I guess, they have a lot of stuff up recently) and they don’t need to promote over there. Sorry, I didn’t realise. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/13 "2008-02-05T11:22:17Z")
Mmmm - served with red wine made from powder… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/14 "2008-02-05T11:32:33Z")
It didn’t look as bad as I expected. Really bad, but not quite as bad as it could have been. If I was shipwrecked and found a crate of these, I’d probably try them once I’d finished eating the other survivors. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/15 "2008-02-05T11:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] It didn’t look as bad as I expected. Really bad, but not quite as bad as it could have been. If I was shipwrecked and found a crate of these, I’d probably try them once I’d finished eating the other survivors. [/QUOTE] You could just fatten the other survivors up on those. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/16 "2008-02-05T11:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] It’s the same clip. I guess mine’s not avaliable there because it’s from the BBC (promotional, I guess, they have a lot of stuff up recently) and they don’t need to promote over there. Sorry, I didn’t realise. [/QUOTE] That’s okay. Every time I see that message, I yell at my computer, “It’s not MY country! I’m a foreigner here!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/17 "2008-02-05T11:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=Szlater] You could just fatten the other survivors up on those. [/QUOTE] I can let the canibalism pass, but that, sir, is too vile to go unchallenged. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/18 "2008-02-05T11:52:47Z")
[Review, with pics](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2757173&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1) Start on the 2nd page. Not safe for lunch. Is that ketchup in there(I hope)? Is that cheese or mustard? And those pickles look tasty don’t they? Check out the canned bacon link in the same thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/19 "2008-02-05T11:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=Szlater] You could just fatten the other survivors up on those. [/QUOTE] It might taint their flesh. I’ll keep them on the coconuts, I think. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355/20 "2008-02-05T12:28:32Z")
MY CAN HAS CHEESEBURGER.\* [sub]\*Stolen from Fark[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canned-cheeseburger/436355.md?page=2)