Can canned food last forever? Will we eat the current canned food after 1000 years? And the last strange thing… Can it be true that the origin of the Canadian name comes from the word "can"?
The answers
Yes, it can(n)! In fact, canned foods can last years if stored correctly and properly sealed. The cans found in 100-year-old shipwrecks were still sealed and safe to eat. So, it means that we can eat our canned food after 2 or even 100 years. Canned food could last even 1000 years... It’s a canned future.
BTW, talking about Canada – no, it can(n)’t be true! The name "Canada" likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word "kanata," meaning village or settlement. Anyhoo, we don’t talk about brown Canadian water – maple syrup anymore, because here we have the most iconic ever created canned foods! Believe me, it can(n) help for the end of the world, zombie or food apocalypse, and sometimes when you’re just lazy.
#1 Campbell’s soup & the Souperman!
There’s a reason that Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup reigns supreme. Every can is made with 6 quality, farm-grown tomatoes, they said. And Andy Warhol was the first man who understood the value of these canned soups. He was a real Souperman! In 1962, Andy Warhol showed 32 Campbell’s soup can paintings at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. Warhol’s soup cans became synonymous with the Pop art movement. The reason he painted soup cans is that he liked soup. He enjoyed eating Campbell's soup, had a taste for Coca-Cola, loved money, and admired movie stars.
Warhol still makes news, not for what he did, but for what it’s worth. Now Warhol’s soups cost from $385 to $165 000. And the most expensive Warhol’s soup was sold for $11 776 000! So, the future life of the owner used to be rich as hell. BTW, do you know how Reese Witherspoon eats her soup? Witherspoon!
#2 Keep an eye on Popeye spinach
We’re sure, every kid has watched "Popeye the Sailor" with that muscular American cartoon character who always eats the spinach. This one-eyed sailor was created by illustrator Elzie Segar in 1929, and Popeye became very popular.
In 1978, Allen Canning Company even acquired the Popeye spinach brand and still uses the Popeye to sell its canned spinach. Let me guess, that even Papoai keeps an eye on the Popeye spinach or maybe spinning around the can of spinach… Since the days of Popeye, canned spinach has been famous for its ability to make you stronger. Anyway, even God knows – these leafy greens won't cause your biceps to inflate like balloons.
#3 Be selfish, eat Swedish fish
Kalles Kaviar is a legendary Swedish brand of smörgåskaviar (sandwiches caviar). This fish roe spread was introduced in 1954 and soon became very popular in Scandinavia. The tube label has maintained the same design from the beginning until 2011 it was carried by IKEA.
Kalles got battered with the new tubes of crab, salmon, and even a tin of sprats. Stockholm Design Lab won gold in Cannes for this tin of Skarpsill (anchovy style sprats fillet). Sprats are famous for their very ugly cans. Ikea’s new packaging makes sprats look good. This small Swedish tin of fish dish also won the Red Dot design award in 2012. The purist graphics convey the content in a humorous way and form a visual entity with the opening tab. Long time no sea...
#4 It’s a SPAM and it’s a ham
If anyone gets an email from me about canned meat, don't open it. It's a SPAM. Haha. Actually, it’s nothing to do with your inbox. Every Yankee knows that SPAM is SPiced hAM first of all, and it kept much of the world (including Brits and Russians) from starving in World War II.
This revolting canned luncheon meat first hit shelves in 1937. It was created in Austin, Minnesota by the manufacturers Hormel Foods. In fact, SPAM only contains six ingredients: pork with ham meat added (that counts as one), salt, water, potato starch, sugar, and sodium nitrite. There are no malware, virus, or bugs inside the box if you expected these before.
#5 Beanz Meanz Heinz
Where have you beAn? In a can! Hah, everyone has eaten Heinz beans at least once in a lifetime. So, now we are going to the United Kingdom where it all began. In 1886, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at posh Piccadilly department store in London.
In 1967, Heinz launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz". This phrase was created by advertising executive Maurice Drake and became one of the best-known advertising slogans. Drake later said it was "written over two pints of beer in a pub".
It’s kinda strange, but in 2016 Heinz's advertising campaign featuring people using empty beans cans as musical instruments was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority on safety grounds. There are more fun facts, for example, a standard 415 g can contains an average of 465 beans. In 2017, Heinz Beans had a dining bus that was touring the country to mark 50 years of the slogan 'Beanz Meanz Heinz'. Furthermore, to mark its 150th anniversary, Heinz opened a pop-up 'Beanz Museum', which explored the nation's twisted obsession with beans.
So guys, don’t forget to take your can opener and you’ll live longer than zombies in the post-apocalyptic world.
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