Why don't they make corned beef tins?

There Is a tiny can opener which will open just about anything, though it's a bit tedious to work. I believe the Yanks invented it in the 2nd.W.W. and it's just a metal square the size of a matchbox and has a small curved blade which juts out and you rock it back and forth and it will open any can but it's name is, I believe, No.36, cos that's the number of times you have to rock it back and forth to open a standard tin of peas or carrots. But yes, I've open a tin of corned beef with it too.

You could probably find them in any camping store but here's a tip.

Next time you open a can of corned beef, take the trouble to unwind the spool around the key and then keep it as a spare...I did that about three times, so I have spares for life..!

I wish there was a suggestion board to put forward your suggestion of a round Corned Beef tin. I had the same trouble myself and had got to the stage where I thought I will have a cheese sandwich instead. I ended holding the tin under the electric can opener and easing it round all the corners till I finally got one end of the tin off.

Now that I have seen a Youtube vid on opening a can, I can appreciate the predicament. In the US, our SPAM cans now have a pull tab lid and there is also packaging with individual slices but more costly.

It looks like 2 problems. the missing key - I would unwind the metal strip off a good key with pliers & keep that as a spare. the flimsy tab which might break - join corned beef anonymous & give it up this nasty stuff OR switch to the imported SPAM..

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Sir Hopkins, It is the mad German scientist invention to drive the rest of the world mad. This is where the dreaded SPAM in a can come from during wwll. It is still going on. Take the child proof cap. Us poor buggers with pain go out of our minds trying to find a damn kid to get the cap opened. The kid had practice already with these sorts of caps because their mother have already taken them to have their stomachs pumped a couple of years ago. Child proof cap means it's approved for child removal. A child proof cap is more interesting than a Rubik cube. Now take those cleaning products where you have to line the arrows up after you've turned it clockwise, counter-clockwise, pushed up and down and twisted at the same time. Why, I give up and don't have to clean after I can't get my product open. Now, after I've spent $5.99 for my toilet bowl cleaner, they come out with a new and improved packaging with the simple twist cap for $7.99. Yes, packaging is designed to get us to waste our money and drive us nuts at the same time. That way the world has a bunch of cash strapped dolts roaming the planet. That way they've got us where they want us when they come to take us over.

Yeah, pop top cans! Otherwise, buy a can opener which has a sharp end on it, push it into the can, go round the can, and walla! I do not eat it, but I do not like Spam, either. Who knows what is in Spam? Pig tails, snouts, and innards probably. Never could stand the smell of it.

With out the key - they sure can be a ***** to open but depending on how strong you are using a knife you can cut the tin along the grove.

LOL - I would have given up myself, but I would have gone to the nearest pub and ordered a ruben. I can enjoy a Ruben with or without the corn beef.

They do. Seek out "old Oake" brand, the tins are very small though, you need two at least to make one standard corned beef stupid shaped can by voulme.

Ages ago, my wife bought two can openers, one of them will open corned beef or spam tins, it's saved us more than once !

LOL....What happened to the key? Is that one of the new teen pranks..ripping off the keys? I'll remember to check the next time I buy it for my corned beef biscuits and gravy..hummm.