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Someone Found A 'Wildly Corroded' Can Of Spider-Man Pasta From 1995—And The Contents Have Not Aged Well
20 April
@DinosaurDracula/Twitter
Remember when macaroni used to come in shapes?
Or the times when mac & cheese came in different colors?
The 90s were a wild time. How do we think those things have held up?
<p><strong>The answer is—poorly.</strong></p><p><strong>Twitter user Dinosaur Dracula found a can of Chef Boyardee Spider-Man pasta from 1995.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="b7593" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="25c774ef35783208d8781b5619378a74"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250817249092472832" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I have a wildly corroded can of Spider-Man Pasta from 1995.
And if this gets 1995 retweets, I’ll show you what’s i… https://t.co/xvAJwX3Y6K</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250817249092472832">1587053045.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>And step-by-step, he began to open it.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="d3720" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="38bcf7d111bcafd53ec7058d9cff379d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250901290944692229" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Opening a wildly corroded can of Spider-Man Pasta from 1995: a thread. (1/5) https://t.co/DW7w7ALMO4</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250901290944692229">1587073083.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="186e7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="430072fb83629e9a67a9334e0ed4116c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250901624756809730" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I put the can opener to work, unsettled by the rust, but emboldened by the lack of noxious fumes. I turn the knob a… https://t.co/2NbpKuD4GV</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250901624756809730">1587073162.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>After getting through the rust, what he found could rival the <em>Venom</em></strong><strong> symbiote.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="f473f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="204d53682e812a23a97a575476129e0e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250901794580037632" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">They say tragedy plus time equals comedy, but there's nothing funny about 15 ounces of Spider-Man Pasta reduced to… https://t.co/HpqTAPyj8h</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250901794580037632">1587073203.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>And which also took the shape of the can.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="85c9e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ec0102a42197f3ef6e99c294a6c0937c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250901996850360330" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I carefully remove the mass, which looks like a cross between Big Thunder Mountain and one of those Geonosian hives… https://t.co/NB7czfIJcB</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250901996850360330">1587073251.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>The congealed mass bore little resemblance to any sort of shapely pasta, but if you look closely, you can see a fossil.</strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p>
</p><div id="41eae" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23b5c713ad1b30cf0ae7cee3b5cd1610"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250902346231689218" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I think I notice something, but consult the label on the can to be sure. Indeed, there's poor Spider-Man, trapped i… https://t.co/WvrMjmTy0C</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1250902346231689218">1587073334.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>This particular can of Spider-Man pasta is a year older than <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4043618/" target="_blank">Tom Holland</a>—the Marvel Cinematic Universe's current Peter Parker—who was born in 1996.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="242c3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="51704c4f3d8809109a013e974e988f98"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250873228093870080" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula Watch out, "it's practically radioactive"! 😉 https://t.co/lWY18WQYPR</div> — Wizards Podcast (@Wizards Podcast)<a href="https://twitter.com/WizardsComics/statuses/1250873228093870080">1587066392.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="4ebe8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6b91cedcbe4d681a923cad531259960f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1251017846840102912" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula https://t.co/dM1sMWxk3O</div> — Animal LaCroixing (@Animal LaCroixing)<a href="https://twitter.com/orimental/statuses/1251017846840102912">1587100872.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="7ec89" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="893eb731366b69d75d6108b81fc5e814"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250901645988331525" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula Right now it must taste like Venom.</div> — El Blogiante🇵🇷😷 (@El Blogiante🇵🇷😷)<a href="https://twitter.com/ElBlogiante/statuses/1250901645988331525">1587073167.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="7744d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4b03bd16befa75dd413b0db109c0abc9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250919175197020161" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula It does whatever a Spider...can.</div> — John Nieves (@John Nieves)<a href="https://twitter.com/JohngPR/statuses/1250919175197020161">1587077346.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="c5ea7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d5474aadb2e9614d2bf31f43968912b3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250907519628840973" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula https://t.co/btZTCCWxlX</div> — martinjosephrioux (@martinjosephrioux)<a href="https://twitter.com/Lucifersknife/statuses/1250907519628840973">1587074568.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>Our friend, Dinosaur Dracula, has also reportedly done this before with a 30-year-old can of <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles </em></strong><strong>pasta.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="5ecc1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dc79acb54bd4281be75253a143f53774"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1251267241544384519" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JasonPottinger I’ve been down that road! 🤡 https://t.co/IgpqjBf6cs</div> — Dinosaur Dracula (@Dinosaur Dracula)<a href="https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/statuses/1251267241544384519">1587160332.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>And has inspired other people to find items in their pantry that have been there for far too long.</strong></p><p>
</p><div id="f110b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ba5f5476464692dbe9d07f0a406ecb0e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250911624803823625" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula Got the perfect thing to wash it down with. Only about 35-40 years old! https://t.co/Zb5pzLXmpW</div> — Dominic Mark Ashman (@Dominic Mark Ashman)<a href="https://twitter.com/dashman1993/statuses/1250911624803823625">1587075546.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="b092d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6dbaa98188606721cf3c988943320e2c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250904415915016192" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula if any of us are still alive in 10 years i'll open this in your honor https://t.co/O7GXjXNUuH</div> — Frank Yoda (@Frank Yoda)<a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorSpagEddy/statuses/1250904415915016192">1587073828.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="40a49" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="60d9f5a32b9af08a9ed5401c7a33f0e0"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1251223377416773635" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula I’ve been waiting for a tweet like this for a while. https://t.co/TRph3uiFgk</div> — Shodan (@Shodan)<a href="https://twitter.com/therealshodan/statuses/1251223377416773635">1587149874.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="b1aef" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ce9d4ca79cf216e4da3c8b6683f3be23"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1251229998335299584" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula @fiddlesexe https://t.co/HME5sUZyCN</div> — arra dies: the movie 𓈝 ❁ (@arra dies: the movie 𓈝 ❁)<a href="https://twitter.com/ritcrackerz/statuses/1251229998335299584">1587151452.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="68400" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="819f3b9e4e17fd9fb67bbadbd967a90e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1250923712695504897" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula I found a can of cat food from 2002 at work a few weeks back. Kinda wish I tried opening it up... https://t.co/epVCTY0SLR</div> — Isaac (@Isaac)<a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacSegovia/statuses/1250923712695504897">1587078428.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><br></p><p>
</p><div id="52308" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f8f76fe98dc99163a0a2563558797b33"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1251068576599085056" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DinosaurDracula @WHS_Carpet D'you fancy a meringue? https://t.co/6jxplT7ccA</div> — graham warren (@graham warren)<a href="https://twitter.com/grahamwarren/statuses/1251068576599085056">1587112967.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p><strong>How have we let these things stick around in our houses for this long?</strong><br></p><p>While we all have downtime, please, raid your pantries. Put the things dated pre-2020 out of their misery.</p><p>If you're feeling nostalgic, there are better things to try than old canned goods. The <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/2zi2QMd" target="_blank">Vintage Candy Company</a></em></strong> offers <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2zi2QMd" target="_blank">gift boxes</a></strong></em>, available <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2zi2QMd" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em>, for a variety of occasions and decades.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p>
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