A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine(who's a lurking member here on ZS) found these at a sports-store here in Trondheim. He didn't buy some then, but after we've been talking about it he got hold of a couple to try out. We took them to the range today, and had planned to cook them there on my multifuel. Because it was more fun to shoot(and -10 Celsius) we ended up trying them out at home. Due to being hungry, we also added some fires I had in the freezer, to make it into a "full meal".
A quick pic of the can. It's a cheeseburger in a can, made by Germans. What can go wrong?
The nutrition facts(The non-English language is Norwegian btw, not German, so this can was made for the Norwegian market):
Since we had 2 burgers we decided on 2 different heating approaches, both discussed on the can. Option 1 is to boil the unopened can for 10 minutes, the other is to take the burger out of the can and heat it in a pan. I decided on option 2, my friend on option 1.
Here are some pictures of my burger in the can. The can has quick opening lids in both ends, so it was quite easy to take the burger out.
We had the same impressions that other reviewers has had of the product: It actually looks like a hamburger, although one that has been sitting in the shelves at Mickey D's a bit to long. The bread was mushy even when cold...
I had the idea of giving this burger the gourmet approach, since I thought that I could remove the buns and heat them separately in the oven. This was impossible. The buns had gotten so moist in the can that trying to remove them was futile. Because of that I decided to heat mine in the microwave.
Here's a boring picture of the other burger getting heated by boiling:
After we heated the burgers, we discovered that the buns actually let go, and that they puffed up a little bit. This actually made the burgers look more appetizing, even though the buns was still mushy.
Here is mine on the plate, looking delish!
I split mine in two, to see how it looked like inside:
Here's another, where you can see what's between the bun and the meat:
Finally we dug in and gave the canned cheeseburger a try.
It tasted like the Germans had canned well worn gymsocks. Actually, I'm pretty sure this is their attempt at getting back at us for WWII.
We finished the burgers, but that was because we were ravenous, had a big sideorder of fries, and enough ketchup and Coke to clean all the rust of a 55 Chevy.
Final thoughts: It's a cheeseburger in a can(!), but it's the worst cheeseburger I've ever tasted. I've read reviews that states that "I'm still alive after eating one", so I'm not that concerned by the lump I feel in stomach right now. They get an A for effort, but a F for execution.
Add to that that it cost about 3 times as much as the simplest cheeseburger at Mickey D's, or $2 less than a decent Whopper meal: Avoid.
