Cheeseburger in a can
A German company has an interesting product. On the one hand, it’s aimed at outdoorsy, health-conscious back-packers and campers. On the other hand, it’s total junk food. And the can! Isn’t that just an invitation to litter? Is someone who eats a cheeseburger out of a can really going to carry the can back to civilization? Whatever happened to the old freeze-dried, vacuum-packed pouches of beef stroganoff?
I found a review by someone who actually bought and ate one of these things:
I’m not sick and I say I would eat this thing again if it weren’t so expensive.
And I relly must say that this propably is faaaar better when you’re many kilometers away from civilization on top of some mountain and you can whip out a cheeseburger with nearly the same quality as a McDonald’s cheeseburger while your friend eats dry bread or power bars.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
… “a cheeseburger with nearly the same quality as a McDonald’s cheeseburger” … this is praise? To be fair, the writer doesn’t say “good” or “excellent quality” … but wouldn’t it have been better to say “a cheeseburger no worse than a McDonald’s cheeseburger”? … The word “quality” may be the problem, meaning both “character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing” and “high grade; superiority; excellence.” In such a context as this, perhaps a modifier is in order.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
So…what happened to the cheese, lettuce, cucumber and onion from the picture on the can to the burger? Does the can heat it up for you? And how much more expensive than a McDonald’s is it? Will a dog eat it, because if a dog won’t, people shouldn’t.
February 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
As I recall, it was 3.95 euros, or about $5.75 US. In comparison, a McDonalds double cheeseburger is 99 cents. The lettuce and onion are a “serving suggestion” and exist only in the imagination of the purchaser. You’re supposed to heat the unopened can in hot water, although if I were going to go to the trouble of heating water, I would cook something better than a cheeseburger in a can.
My guess is that a dog would eat it. A hungry dog.