What has become of the ring pull on the humble baked bean can?
- 1 October 2010 09:0673223Mon Dieu! catastrophe!..while we have all been discussing the topics of the day, Budget Deficits, Trident Missiles, Al Qaeida, The Taliban, the future of policing in the Sangin Province...it fills me with horror to note that none of us have discussed one of the major issues of the day, especially to us bachelors hopeless in the kitchen...the disappearance of the fab ring pull invention from top of the humblest of all humble cuisine, the baked bean...or rather its transporting vessel.
Yes the bloody ring pull is gone offa the top ! Look...
This spells disaster for the awkward male, women seem better able to cope, but us geezers have long since chucked our can openers down the rubbish shute following a series of cut fingers and slashed wrists, and drank to the arrival of the ring pull can.
But now..shock horror it has disappeared. The ring pull can came originally it must be said without fanfare, quietly slipping onto the supermarket shelves, and was much appreciated. But now equally without fanfare it has slipped away.
So what does a chap do now..?? How does he open the tin? There are probably two options. One is...get a woman to open it for you, as they are far more practical in these matters, or give up the humble baked bean...thats about it guys!
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1 October 2010 09:1173225PAULB
I recently went into morrisons who still have ring pull cans
so your plight of going hungry is no more lol
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 1 October 2010 09:1773227
is that right? well I never! But alas alas for how much longer Keef. The're taking our ring pulls away leaving us all forlorn. My Gawd I might have to resort to eating fruit and even fresh vegatables..all those little green and orange things gulp!email: dover7@msn.com - Keith Sansum1
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1 October 2010 09:2173228Paulb
You could either;
1; Go into morrisons and stockpile lol
2; Fruit and veg is not all bad, lots of it is very very niceALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 1 October 2010 09:2373229But why are they doing it..why are they taking our ring pulls away. is it elth and safety? I would imagine lacerations from the ghastly can opener are worse...or is it under the guise of saving the planet or some cockingbullcodswallop like that.
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1 October 2010 09:2573230Wonder if it cost?ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 1 October 2010 10:2473233PaulB, Heinz do baked beans in 'pots' - 4 microwaveable portions, no ring pulls or can openers required.
- 1 October 2010 10:3173237Speaking as an (occasional) metal detectorist, I hate ring-pulls. When you think you've found gold or silver, one appears !!
Apart from that, I generally don't like them, they often break off and then you have to use a 'proper' can opener !!
Whatever did we do before ring-pulls ???---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 1 October 2010 10:3573239I seem to remember they first appeared on pet food because they weren't considered safe enough for human food, but maybe it is just cost. A scientific survey is needed
- 1 October 2010 11:0973248I think the way forward is to use square shaped tetra packs - good on the enviroment ,good on your fingers and easier to packMarek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 1 October 2010 11:1173249weren't tetra the people that invented the milk carton?
you know the one, whichever way you tried and no matter how careful you were, milk residue ended up everywhere. - 1 October 2010 12:1173267 Jeez too true Howard. The ultimate design nightmare was the milk carton, the ones you had to tear or pull apart. Never worked right, most went on the floor. The current plastic bottle is the best way ever for milk but then again...there's the environment issue. But is the environment issue over rated.email: dover7@msn.com
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1 October 2010 12:1473269PAULB
Not over rated (envoronmental issues)
we do nothing and our children sufferALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 1 October 2010 13:2473281We had a small can of corned beef with a ring pull lid only last week - more lethal even than the ordinary sort!
But Paul, you can get can openers that you just put on the tin and it does it's own thing. Alternatively, you could always ask the neighbours
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1 October 2010 16:3573311paulb,try buying a tin opener from morrisans along with a few offending tins of beans,then have a chat with your harem to see who will give you lessons on how to open one with doing damage to ones self. - Ross Miller
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1 October 2010 19:4373342just get yourself an electric (battery operated) tin opener"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
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1 October 2010 21:3773363There is no doubt that only Heinz beans are the best. Strange though that only some sizes are ring pull. Supermarket own brands are generally anaemic. Branston, while having a good name taste dreadful.
Terry (a budding aesthete, I always wanted to be one)Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
