As we’re stocking up on food during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s important to remember that it doesn’t last forever. Even canned goods have an expiration date and you wouldn’t want to open them a couple of decades after it. But if it was someone else who had to inspect the nasty thing and you could watch them do it…
Recently, Matt, the man behind Dinosaur Dracula (a website about 1980s toys, 1990s candy, holidays, horror movies and weird recipes), made Twitter users an offer they couldn’t refuse: he posted a picture of a 25-year-old can of Spider-Man pasta, saying: “If this gets 1995 retweets, I’ll show you what’s inside.”
It received over 5k retweets. And Matt has kept his word.
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A couple of days ago, one guy made an offer Twitter users simply couldn’t refuse
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Matt bought the can online. “It’s amazing what you can find on eBay if you’re really bored and up very late at night,” he told Bored Panda.
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Since everyone delivered, he had to keep his word
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Believe me, we and the rest of the folks on the Internet are very lucky we’re seeing the can being opened through our monitor and not in real life. Matt said it was like “Vesuvius’s eruption [that] trapped the citizens of Pompeii under hot lava right in place, even as they were in the midst of household chores.” That’s how bad the vibe the various pasta Spider-Men within the can gave off.
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Matt shared a hilarious observation he made while inspecting the yucky contents
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All of the struggles Matt went through were not in vain, though. He’s already trying to think of how he can repurpose the can. Although it probably goes without saying that the ideas he’s coming up with are meant to keep it outside. “The can now serves as an outdoors-only ornament. I suspect I’ll use it to hold nails, or maybe eventually I’ll plant a flower inside of it. As for the contents, I threw those away because they were scary.”
Someone immediately turned it into a meme
People started wondering what the nasty thing would have tasted like
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And posting pictures of their own ancient cans with who-knows-what inside
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This is bad news for all the preppers hoarding canned foods to prepare for the apocalypse!
Hold on, how old am I? When I read '1995' I thought 'pff that was like yesterday I would still eat that pasta'
I do a lot of work with a local food bank who collects donations from the public. They have a collection of food that is so old it doesn't even have expiration dates, which didn't go into effect until the early 1970s in America. Many of the donations don't have labels anymore either. True mystery meat (or peas)!
I don't know what's more disgusting. This post or the fact that I read the whole damn thing.
The guy with the swollen can should get rid of it. A swollen can is the sign of botulism toxin, one of the most powerful poisons known..
I saw this and the first thing I thought was "This reminds me of a site I used to always go to back in the 00s. Wasn't that dude named Matt?" For whatever reason, the main thing I remembered was an article where he ate and reviewed American Gladiators candy bars. After some googling, I rediscovered it and bam: http://www.x-entertainment.com/ It's the same dude!
I thought canned food was somewhat safe, but if eroding and rusting this much, what is saying it is not eroding and rusting when it is new (but cant be seen) and be bad for health?
The inside of cans now are a totally different material than then, and back. I’m 65, and my mother told me to never leave new food in a can, due to rust. Now, I doubt there would be that much from a today’s product in 30 years. Don’t eat, though not as much inner rust.
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I really enjoyed this article, somewhat amused with the opening of that old can, shame it wasn't a can of beans or has beans.
I had a 12 pack of diet chocolate cherry dr pepper. LOL Never try to drink a 10 year old can of what used to be fantastic soda.
I wonder i you add water, would it taste ok? Makes me want to clean out the pantry.
This is bad news for all the preppers hoarding canned foods to prepare for the apocalypse!
Hold on, how old am I? When I read '1995' I thought 'pff that was like yesterday I would still eat that pasta'
I do a lot of work with a local food bank who collects donations from the public. They have a collection of food that is so old it doesn't even have expiration dates, which didn't go into effect until the early 1970s in America. Many of the donations don't have labels anymore either. True mystery meat (or peas)!
I don't know what's more disgusting. This post or the fact that I read the whole damn thing.
The guy with the swollen can should get rid of it. A swollen can is the sign of botulism toxin, one of the most powerful poisons known..
I saw this and the first thing I thought was "This reminds me of a site I used to always go to back in the 00s. Wasn't that dude named Matt?" For whatever reason, the main thing I remembered was an article where he ate and reviewed American Gladiators candy bars. After some googling, I rediscovered it and bam: http://www.x-entertainment.com/ It's the same dude!
I thought canned food was somewhat safe, but if eroding and rusting this much, what is saying it is not eroding and rusting when it is new (but cant be seen) and be bad for health?
The inside of cans now are a totally different material than then, and back. I’m 65, and my mother told me to never leave new food in a can, due to rust. Now, I doubt there would be that much from a today’s product in 30 years. Don’t eat, though not as much inner rust.
Load More Replies... I really enjoyed this article, somewhat amused with the opening of that old can, shame it wasn't a can of beans or has beans.
I had a 12 pack of diet chocolate cherry dr pepper. LOL Never try to drink a 10 year old can of what used to be fantastic soda.
I wonder i you add water, would it taste ok? Makes me want to clean out the pantry.
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