Corned Beef tins!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Rant, rave, gnashing of teeth......!!! I thought the old style corned beef tins were hard to get open - have you tried the "new" style?

They now have a key ring type opener (a little bit like on a drinks can) which you bend upwards and forwards, then backwards to pull off one end of the can.

It's a good job I had a tea towel wrapped around the can - I really struggled to pull the end of the can off...................then could I get the corned beef out?

Could I heck! Ended up opening the opposite side of the can with the can opener and pushing the meat through with a fork!

Progress?????

Has anyone else had this problem or is it just me?

A very hot and bothered dexterdog..............

[shirley]

oh yes I experienced that ...really annoying. I also could not get the contents out. Who on earth thought that one up?

[Lady Jana Muck]

OH had same problem then I did, but you have pull till it says touch here or a round ring thing on the lid if you know what I mean (hard to explain with out looking at a tin) if you dont it is real hard work. Pity any old folk trying to figure that out. OH was not to happy that I opened it and he couldn't, he was trying to use brute strength where as I read the instructions *she says with a smug little grin*
you are right when it works leave it alone, we have managed years with the little wind up key and lived to tell the tale.

[dexterdoglancashire]

I struggled with the key ones as well! Bernie aka DDL

[SarzWix]

Snap, Bernie, they're flippin awful aren't they?! Managed to get it open, but getting it out?? What a palaver! I've discovered that if you put it in the fridge for a bit before hand it shrinks and comes out a bit easier, but that means being organised... Which I'm not

[lottie dolly]

how good it makes me feel to know it is not me,they are the invention of the devil ,
wonder if the hospitals are any busier with fingers wanting stitches
I for one will not buy another,are voting with my feet,so to speak

[lottie dolly]

how good it makes me feel to know it is not me ,they are the invention of the devil ,
wonder if the hospitals are any busier with fingers wanting stitches
I for one will not buy another,are voting with my feet,so to speak

[lottie dolly]

seems like i lost plot with the computer as well,lol

[dexterdoglancashire]

Snap, Bernie, they're flippin awful aren't they?! Managed to get it open, but getting it out?? What a palaver! I've discovered that if you put it in the fridge for a bit before hand it shrinks and comes out a bit easier, but that means being organised... Which I'm not

Do you know, I even tried that and had problems! Bernie aka DDL

[dexterdoglancashire]

Ps

The reason Ive been using this is because my friends grandma is blind, and her husband, who broke his hip, has had to go into a rehabilitation home until he gets better.

Apparently, the "home help" type person can only "pop in" for, I think, 40 mins a day - taking off the 20 mins travelling time, she only has 20 minutes a day to help my mates gran with cooking her meals - hardly enough time to peel a potato, let alone, cook a meal.

I did do this once before, and my mates gran likes corned beef hash - it's been a pleasure to help (except for the corned dog tins!) - and its nice to know that someone appreciates my cooking!

Bernie aka DDL

PS Lottie tomorrow

[TonyF]

Down here it's still the old fashioned windey key thingies - but then the sell by date is 1948 and it seems to have been issued to a soldier in 1943!!!

[NOG]

Corn Beef is one of the biggest caused of Kitchen injuries at A&E.

[shirley]

so will the new tin when you get fed up with trying to extract the contents and throw it at someone in sheer frustration

[HeyWayne]

Just ordered a Chinese, but I don' arf fancy some corned beef hash now!

[Minty]

Spam is a bigger problem for me