Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
That way, you can open the cans easily without ever needing to use a can opener or one of these savvy solutions. Of course, if you’re trying to open an old-fashioned can that doesn’t have a ...
Here's how to open a can with a knife or even a spoon and some brute force. And if you happen to be out camping and don't even have that, a rock will suffice. The 3 Easiest (and Safest) Ways to ...
In a pinch? Here’s how to open cans without a can opener. Picture this: You’re in the middle of making dinner and go to open a can of something you absolutely need for the recipe.
A Vietnam War-era P-38 can opener, with a U.S. penny shown for size comparison.. The P-38 (larger variant known as the P-51) is a small can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. [1]
A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were not patented until 1855 in England and 1858 in the United States.
Adding a bottle opener to the other end of the contraption was an afterthought, although a quick afterthought (the first can openers - those without bottle opening "other" ends - are hard to find). The birth of the beer can and its pointed opener coincided with the end of Prohibition, a movement brought about by religious groups.
Channel your inner MacGyver and discover six ways to open a can without a can opener with our step-by-step guide.
In 1959, while at a picnic with friends and family, Fraze discovered he had left his "church key" can opener at home, forcing him to use a car bumper to open cans of beer. Fraze decided to create an improved beverage opening method that would eliminate the need for a separate device, leading to his creation of the pull-tab opener.