On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:03:13 -0800, isw > wrote:

>If a can has something thick or gloppy inside (Campbell's Cream of
>Tomato Soup, for example) and has a pull-tab opening top (Campbell's
>again), getting the stuff out is a real pain because of the wide rim
>that you have to work around while hoping not to cut your rubber spatula
>to shreds on the sharp edge.
>
>The lid on cans with pull-tab tops are generally set further down than
>regular lids -- far enough that a standard opener won't reach it. For a
>while, you could just turn the can over and go in through the (normal)
>bottom, but more recently all the cans are deep-drawn and have no
>openable bottom.
>
>So the question is, is there a can opener -- top or side entry -- that
>is known to remove the top from pop-top cans?
>
>Isaac

They're meant to eat from the can.