I’m starting seeing a tinned fish trend going around of people “smoking” their cans with burning a piece of paper towel on top. 🥴

by talkingtoawall710

26 Comments

  1. Wildse7en

    Doesn’t seem very smart considering most paper towels are bleached

  2. VelvetBoneyard

    I’m just like…does it work? Does it impart a smokey flavor?

  3. gnomefront

    “Some lures are designed to catch the fisherman.” – my dad

  4. PotatoNitrate

    oh no…..the can has coating…its gonna be toasty can taste 😄

  5. Rojelioenescabeche

    Just another dumbass diktalk “trend”.

  6. OkTwist231

    This went around during the pandemic with tuna cans and toilet paper. I’d say this is an improvement

  7. Ancient-Chinglish

    I wish Darwinism would act faster sometimes

  8. School_North

    Just get the smoked ones or put a drop of liquid smoke in it lol

  9. LopsidedSheepherder3

    That’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard of.

  10. Philip-Ilford

    I am personally already paranoid about ingesting chemicals and ending up with alzheimer’s. A small pan under a broiler will do the same thing – I will try that.

  11. This is a pretty old idea. I was told about doing this when I was in scouts back in the 90s, and the adults telling me said they learned it when they were kids. 

  12. LittleCheeseBucket

    Nothing like inhaling toxic fumes and devouring eroded epoxy resin.

  13. Particular-Wrongdoer

    Maybe one day you’ll be able to buy smoked sardines. Until then we can only dream and burn random paper over our tins.

  14. MoutEnPeper

    Legit question – burning fats smell awful to me, how does this improve flavour?

  15. Latte-Lobster

    Someone here told me to do this and I couldn’t believe it. Like no thank you I actually don’t want a burning can of oil in my very-flammable house

  16. DrWhiskerson

    The older I get the more I understand Darwinism

  17. Additional_Insect_44

    Ive done this without the fish to see if the oil would catch fire. It does.

  18. yellow_pterodactyl

    I might not be doing a lot of things right, but I am doing alright by not doing that.

  19. LadySmuag

    This is dumb.

    Having said that, you can add smoke flavor to your tinned fish by putting it in the crockpot with wood chips or using one of those cocktail smoker kits. I don’t think it’s worth the effort when you can buy tinned fish that’s already smoked, but I’ve tried it both ways just for the novelty.

  20. unorganized_thoughts

    I can’t think of a better way to ruin tinned fish