The second rule is: nothing absurdly dangerous. You can also supposedly open cans with a file, but again, that’s a somewhat specialized tool, not to mention tedious. Sure, you can open cans with tin snips or a bandsaw, but if you have that stuff I’m going to take a wild guess that you’re a fairly handy person already. The first criteria: no special equipment needed. There are several methods talked about online, some outright ridiculous, so I first decided to narrow down the possibilities. And sharp edges tend to slip when forced. I got an eye full of coconut milk while prying a can open for one of these tests. It works much faster than you might think but could contaminate your food.
( Do you know to keep a blade sharp without proper tools?) But you’ll dull or damage or blade over time. The best and quickest alternative method is to cut the lid open with a knife.Another way to open a can is to pierce the lid with the bottom corner of a chef’s knife, but it’s awkward and not as safe as it’s touted to be.You can open a can with a spoon, but it’s a tedious process and you might break your spoon.Have at least one proper opener in your home supplies.I decided to review these methods to see which works best in a pinch. You can buy military-style P-38 can openers for 50 cents a piece - there’s just no excuse to be without a can opener.īut what if you find yourself without one anyway? There are several methods listed online, some better than others. Hopefully you have several can openers stashed among your preps, as recommended in the guide to #10 long-term food cans. so a good 3/4 of his canned food store is inaccessible to him unless he goes after it with a knife, which i sincerely hope he does. They can get into the pull top cans just fine, but the ones that require an opener? their only can opener is electric.
A Twitter thread went viral after Jean-Michel Connard talked about the foibles of his prepper brother stuck in the dark of Winter Storm Uri, who had canned food but only had an electric can opener. Musician and podcaster John Roderick recently had to flee the public spotlight after tweeting about sending his daughter on a six-hour quest to open a can unaided. You wouldn’t expect something as simple as opening a can of food to be controversial.
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