On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:11:07 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 02:09:41 -0600, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:13:42 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/15/2015 1:23 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2015-12-15, 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.
>>>>
>>>> While I tend to agree, don't most of those "gloppy" soups require
>>>> further liquid, like water or milk? Put the liquid in the can and
>>>> slosh it around to clean out the rest of the gloop out.
>>>>
>>> Yup. Or use a metal spoon rather than a rubber spatula.
>>
>>In 42 years of having to spoon out CoX soups I would have never have
>>thought somebody would find it tricky or irritable. Pop top or not.
>>
>>-sw
>there's that little edge that is left by the pop top. Stuff doesn't
>just drop out cleanly anymore. Cleaning out the can with a spatula
>can cut the spatula.

I have no problem scooping under that rim with a spoon... I open
thousands upon thousands of pop top cat food cans and have no
difficulty scooping the last bits under that rim with a tsp. There
are many food containers that it's much more labor intensive to remove
the last bits, especially jelly jars and most plastic jars. Jelly
jars have configurations that it's impossible to scrape all those
small ridges with a rubber spatula, so I add a little hot water, screw
the lid on and shake, then use that fruity water for meat marinades
and baking cakes. Just a while ago I couldn't get the last dregs out
of one of those new plastic Guldens squeeze bottles (idiotic design),
so with a paring knife I cut it in half around its aproximate equater
and then with a small rubber spatula was able to get out enough for
two bologna sandwiches, was about 2 ounces most people would throw
away... I've phoned Guldens and let them know their container designer
is an ignoranus... they even changed/cheapened their recipe by
watering it down but with the bottle standing on its head it still
won't flow like Heinz Red. The original squat Guldens glass jar had
an opening you could drive a truck through... WTF couldn't they make
the plastic jar that same shape with that wide diameter screw cap they
had for more than fifty years? DUH Mustard and ketchup just don't
flow the same.