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[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 78 points 6 months ago

FWIW - this picture has been floating around since the mid 2000's; the person who blogged about it cooked it super wrong. The instructions said to use a bain marie, and they didnt know what a bain marie, but saw you boiled water in it, so they just boiled the can. If you boil a can, water is 100% going to seep into it, and turn it into...what you see here.

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago

I think that context just graduates the food crime from second degree to first degree

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 months ago

Ok so wtf is a bain marie?

[-] Kata1yst@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago

A double boiler, sometimes called a "hot water bath".

Basically a container with what you're cooking inside over the top of a pot of heated water.

It heats things up evenly and gently.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

Ok i know what a double boiler is and what theyre for. I've never heard them called that before

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[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 points 6 months ago

Judging by the can, this thing is meant for multi-day backpacking trips, and you're telling me that on top of tent, sleeping pad, change of clothes, propane stove etc. I have to bring a freaking bain marie along and do some french cooking nonsense in order to get this to taste right, when the patty already looks more like an industrially manufactured pipe seal?

Sure, no problem, I got my bain marie right here, next to my solar powered sous vide oven and my portable overnight charcoal smoker. I don't need room for water or sunscreen or anything, having a gourmet canned cheeseburger is far more important.

LOL
LMAO, even

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[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 7 points 6 months ago

It's a lower pot that you boil water in with an upper pot that you put the food in. No water gets near the food, it's meant for applying even, indirect heat

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

Wait are these cans not watertight?

[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 5 points 6 months ago

They are in the same way any canned good is. If you boil it, the can is likely to warp slightly and allow water in, also things like plastic liners and other chemicals can leech into your food, you generally aren't supposed to cook food inside the cans they come in.

[-] TwoCubed@feddit.de 19 points 6 months ago

Canned food is literally pasteurized in said can, while submerged in water at temperatures slightly lower than 100 °C. The whole reason to put food in cans is to create an airtight atmosphere that can be thermally treated with hot water. This kills certain spores (mainly botulinum) which is why canned food has a very long shelf life.

It's still not correct to cook the food that way, but not because of the reason you made up.

[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 7 points 6 months ago

Boiling a can can absolutely open up a can. Pasteurizing happens below boiling point and for much shorter time, not enough time to change the pressure inside the can.

Boiling it for a long time can evaporate liquids and cause the pressure to build up and split a can open or warp it enough to open. It's enough of a concern that condensed milk generally ships with a warning because of it.

Note that it won't generally be the giant pop/explosion of cooking a can directly in flames.

In fact, cans of condensed milk specifically bursting when boiling was a big enough concern a few years ago because of a tiktok trend making caramel that way that there articles and videos of people fuckin it up

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/style/why-cautious-making-caramel-canned-131502700.html

[-] TwoCubed@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmm, I might backpedal a bit with my comment. Though I believe it's near impossible to get the contents to a flashing point unless the water that is used is in a pressurized environment. Condensed milk is a liquid, meaning it is heated a lot faster than food. Liquids are subjected to convection when heated, meaning they heat up easily. I doubt a hamburger inside a can will ever reach 100 °C in boiling water.

Still, thanks for explaining your reasoning, I work in the beverage industry and know a fair deal about pasteurization, but that all happens somewhere between 60-80 °C and CO2 is the main culprit in terms and peaking cans. I wasn't thinking about water turning into gas, thus increasing internal pressure.

[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 4 points 6 months ago

No problem on explaining my point! I do also concede that it is a guess on my part, but also when you consider theres other images you can find of a canned cheeseburger that don't look nearly so wet and soaked, I feel reasonably confident in my guess.

[-] TwoCubed@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

I have a feeling it might have to do with the cheeseburger being trapped in an airtight environment. That way the water can't evaporate, it stays in the can and condenses right back onto the cheeseburger once opened.

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[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 22 points 6 months ago

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I’m starting to suspect Dr. Oetker’s credentials may not be real…

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No, it's real. He got an actual doctorate and a specific patent on baking powder.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Oetker

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[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 8 points 6 months ago

I've had these, and they are actually pretty good. But you will burn your tounge. Badly.

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[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remember watching youtuber try these out. She said it tasted better than she expected. Like, not good, but edible enough in a pinch.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

As disgusting as these appear and sound on paper, every single review I've seen across multiple brands of these canned hamburgers/cheeseburgers has been positive. Because of those I'd give 'em a try if I ever saw them for sale.

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

"Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker."

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[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 12 points 6 months ago

no....this just cannot be real

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago

You can get a lot of things in a can.

Pasta. Meat. Cheeseburgers.

Whole chicken.

[-] Ioughttamow@kbin.run 14 points 6 months ago

Peaches

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 13 points 6 months ago

Come from a can.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago

They were put there by a man.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

In a factory doowntoooooowwwnnn

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

If I had my little way, I would eat them every day

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

Whole chicken you say?

shakira-chicken-twerk !

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Cougar gold canned cheese is an incredibly popular Christmas present in ~~Oregon~~ Washington

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

The Pullman airport has a vending machine with the big tins of cougar gold. For all your "oh shit I forgot to grab a $40 block of cheddar while in town" moments

[-] moody@lemmings.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yes, cheeseburgers in a can are a real thing. Haven't tried them myself, but I heard they're not awful.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure Ashens covered Trekking food in an old video on yt.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

I've noticed Ashens is kind of winding down, release schedule is basically just the holidays now, has he announced anything? Retiring etc?

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[-] Fester@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

It’s a risky business model, going all in on catering to the post-apocalypse last-resort pre-cat-food desperate survival market.

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

Na dann, Mahlzeit!

[-] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Cheesus Christ

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

It doesn't look any worse than an AM/PM burger.

[-] MyOneEyedWilly@real.lemmy.fan 9 points 6 months ago

Dear God, almost like comparing left testicular torsion to right testicular torsion lol… both are terrible and borderline prison food.

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[-] Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

It even has pickles, what's the problem?

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 4 points 6 months ago

Considering that the worst cheeseburger I've had in my entire life was in Germany, that looks about right.

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[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

What did you expect?

[-] Dreizehn@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

I thought the canned cheeseburger was from Germany, thankfully it's from the Swiss (Suisse). 12 month shelf life!

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Food Crimes - Offenses against nutrition

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