Hmm - reminds me of the joke about the mathematician, the physicist, and the economist who were lost in the desert with only a can of stew ... :0

If you don't want to go the knife route, try a cutting torch... open and cook all at once.

Part of being prepared, in my never so humble opinion, is having the proper tools at hand. I have cheap ($4) combination can openers ALL OVER THE PLACE.

1 in each BOB, in the PSK, in the dogs' BOB, in the cats' BOB.....

Well, aardwolfe?????

waiting for the rest of the joke

scottrezalogan :if you do'nt have a p-38 type opener you can use the tip of your field knife..place the tip of the knife along the inside top of the can like you would any other can opener and tap the butt of the knife until the tip enters the can..and continue the action around the can until its open...best to use a lockblade or fixed blade knife...vince g.

Yeah, Similar to the Rather Dangerous Ordinary Knife Way that I was Talking About, -It's a Matter of then sorta Moving such Tool as you're Useing, Up and Down in Place, as you Keep a Steady Forward Pressure Going, Working your Way Around the Can Rim so. It to a Large Extent anyway, Kinda Slices Right Thru that Metal. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]11BINF[/email]

Yes, Yes, Agreed! But if Life Ever Had it, -That your *Were* Stranded so, *Without* Such as you Mention, -Then How would Any of Us Go About Opening such Can!? Thats the Essence of What I Mean by That. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]DBAGuy[/email]

Old Wenger SAKs had a can opener based on that principle giving the whole thing a bad reputation. They did their homework and the current ones perform admirably leaving a very clean edge,and not the remarcable mess of the old ones. Some folks still remember the old ones and stay away from Wengers

Re canned beef, a good many years back, I had the questionable pleasure to feed on that disgusting stuff for almost half a year.Nothing helped to mask the taste, no fried onions, garlic, tonnes of "spices", nothing. The joke went that if by misfortune you run out of grease for the bearings in your vehicle, you can allways fill the gun with .... hmmm.. that thing.

It can't be as bad as the one about the constipated mathematician who worked the problem out with a slide rule.

Bountyhunter

I haven't tried the caserole, but I do like SPAM - especially if it is cooked. I like mine fried, and with deference to Monty Python, with eggs!

SPAM is one staple in our long-term rations.