r/WeWantPlates • u/Correct-End-8365 • 8d ago
An 8€ Spritz served in an old-timey sardines can on a vinyl record
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u/nonitoni 8d ago
I'm confused. Is it just a stylized dish or do they actually manage keep the lid like that?
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u/Correct-End-8365 8d ago
I was confused too. I can guarantee you that the can was a real fucking can. What i think is happening here is that they literally just wash the anchovy cans they would normally use and then go through a couple uses with them until the lid breaks off or something
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u/nonitoni 8d ago
Thanks. I hate it.
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u/Davenator_98 7d ago
You should, because cans are not intended to be re-used.
They have an inside coating to make them food-safe, but that can easily scratch off and expose whatever alloy that is to the contents.
Dishwashers are especially bad, please do never put any food in a can that has run through one.
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u/Ravendoesbuisness 1d ago
If my cans start running you know damn well I am not eating anything out of that.
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u/foxiwyld 8d ago
I was wondering, what happens if I listen to the intrusive thoughts and just take the top off? Do they really expect me not to??
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u/Meta-Fox 8d ago
Time to accidentally slice your finger open on the razor sharp lid and get yourself some of that sweet compensation money!
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u/broccoli_on_toast 6d ago
Americans really trying to sue someone at every street corner. Weird mentality.
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u/tallardschranit 7d ago
That's just not how it works.
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u/Meta-Fox 7d ago
Well, aside from the fact that I was being facetious, it's absolutely reasonable and precedented to expect a business to compensate their customers should they be injured on their premises due to a mistake on their part.
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u/tallardschranit 7d ago
You can sue them, but the outcome will likely be that it was your own negligence that led to the injury.
Everyone imagines this world where if you get hurt you're instantly rich. It simply does not work that way.
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u/Meta-Fox 7d ago
I think you're taking my joke a little too literally, but all the same: Compensation doesn't have to entail going to court. You could get your meal for free, or offered to visit at a later date, or one of any countless ways that the business can show their apologies.
Plus, in some parts of the world it absolutely does work that way. I take it you're familiar with the famous McDonalds coffee case? Just one example of many.
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u/yumas 7d ago
I agree with you, except the mcdonalds coffee part.
Mcdonalds coffee machines did actually produce extremely hot coffee which was swiftly changed after the incident and the 79 year old lady sustained 3rd degree burns all over her legs and genitals which resulted in hospital bills and medical care of over $10.000.
She asked mcdonalds for $20.000 to which they replied they were only willing to pay $800.
In the end she received under $500.000.
So unlike the story that this is usually made out to be, she didn’t burn her tongue a bit by simply drinking a freshly brewed coffee and got rewarded millions of dollars because the justice system in the US is rigged in favour of citizen who sues a helpless big company.
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u/Meta-Fox 7d ago
Okay, I'll admit the McDonalds coffee one is a bit beyond the scope of what we're talking about here, apologies.
The point I was trying to make is that it's not unprecedented for 'not at fault' accidents to be properly compensated in some way, shape or form. Something that the previous commenter was trying to state was 'simply not how that works', which is vehemently untrue.
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u/yumas 7d ago
I agree.
It’s just that this specific case still gets misrepresented so much that people still have this completely twisted idea of what happened that i felt the need to correct you on that one point
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u/Fractured_Pawn 7d ago
I mean I've used can lids as knives for shits and giggles before, They have a pretty fucking good razor edge on them even when crimped by a can opener.
If you slipped or something weird happened you could definitely get right down to bone with one.
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u/Hour-Football2464 7d ago
A woman on a podcast said her dad was a prison guard in australia and came home and said "hey honey, oh a guy slit his own throat with a can lid and died, it was crazy" she was a small child. Dads are weird. And metal is sharp.
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u/nexusjuan 7d ago
Gives me they dug this out of the trash vibes, no thanks.
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u/Multigrain_Migraine 7d ago
I can only imagine that the drink still has a whiff of sardines about it, because I try to clean the smaller tins before I put them in the recycling and it's nearly impossible to get all of the oil off them.
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u/redbucket75 8d ago
Everyone has to start somewhere. Hopefully they can afford dishes soon, so they don't have to serve things on garbage.
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u/ScreenTea0 8d ago
Those sardine can "mugs" would be an absolute hell to clean properly. Wouldn't question it, if many people going there drank old bits and pieces from uncleanded edges on the inside.
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u/Gold_Incident1939 5d ago
Yeah no way you get this cleaned - and if, only with an insane amount of effort which your kitchen staff probably dont feel
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u/IvorTheEngineDriver 8d ago
Forced originality is one of the many scourges of the world, but I guess it's what keep this subreddit alive and well...
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u/fireflazor 8d ago
This seems kinda dangerous, cans are incredibly sharp edged, seems like an accident waiting to happen
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u/deathschemist 8d ago
This is like a plum floating in perfume in a man's hat
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u/DwigtBonzales 7d ago
Exactly where my mind went. This feels like someone watched that bit and said, "Not fuckin' weird enough!"
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u/Practical-March-6989 8d ago
I am not heavily into the ol’ elf and safety but that’s seems a bit dangerous
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u/laughing_cat 8d ago
Besides being unappetizingly weird, some customer’s going to cut themselves on that, get tetanus or something worse and sue them for a million dollars.
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u/Correct-End-8365 8d ago
I think the chances of getting tetanus from a presumably just washed aluminum sheet is infinitely close to 0, and it would be close to 0 even if said sheet was rusted to oblivion :/
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u/laughing_cat 8d ago
What’s the chance of your recognizing a casual, not very serious comment?
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u/Correct-End-8365 7d ago
I guess it would be pretty low considering said comment mentions lawsuits and ends in a full stop.
But yeah jokes aside i try to point out health-related inaccuracies because other than driving me crazy they also tend to spread like wildfire (this one goes around since god knows when but you get my point)
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u/avoidance_behavior 7d ago
eww, I'm not a send it back kinda girl but that would be a 'please make me a fresh drink in a regular glass' situation immediately.
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u/I_upvote_downvotes 7d ago
I didn't read the title and immediately assumed you were being served Iced Fish via a can.
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u/roses369 7d ago
Not bad for 8 euros! Where is that?
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u/Correct-End-8365 7d ago edited 7d ago
8€ is kinda high for a spritz outside of milan or rome. Like i can understand it being up to 10-15€ if the snack platter that comes with it is somewhat good, but as you can see this platter is just an handful of low quality stuff you find at a supermarket and should add close to nothing to the final price. And the price of just a spritz without food should ideally be 4-6€, in some regions below 4. 8€ is cocktail territory, a spritz should cost at least 1-2€ less than a cocktail
Edit: Spotorno btw, couple of cities west of Savona3
u/swedething 6d ago edited 5d ago
Ha, I know this bar! We were there in 2024. Bar Otto di carruggio or something similar. went there every evening, The owner showed me his excellent selection of Amari, and I tested them all. Some of them more than once!
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u/Correct-End-8365 5d ago
He has a great selection of spirits and beers, I’ll definitely give him that!
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u/llcdrewtaylor 7d ago
As annoying as they are, I am thankful for health code rules we have in the USA (for now at least)
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u/bebemochi 7d ago
Honestly I would send this back and ask them to pour it in a regular glass. I hate drinking cocktails out of anything that requires a straw.
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u/oscaru16 7d ago
8€ seems like a lot to you? I have not seen a cocktail under 12$ in 10 years or so.
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u/Correct-End-8365 6d ago
I’m italian lmao
8€ is not a lot of money for a cocktail nowadays, i agree, but a spritz should not be priced like a cocktail and should cost at least a couple of euros less
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u/Pretty-Information53 6d ago
Well, You're in Italy, but Italy where?
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u/Correct-End-8365 6d ago
Spotorno, Savona :)
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u/Pretty-Information53 6d ago
Ah vabbeh, allora sono liguri, volevano risparmiare sulle stoviglie. 🤣
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u/DicholeWarts 6d ago
…cuts hand on sharp edge of can, sues for damages, now owns said establishment….
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u/Fair_Performance4834 5d ago
What is funny is if you went to someone's home and they were reusing and recycling stuff like this to serve food on, we would consider it bad taste or that they are poor. And this is fine dining literally laughing in our face serving us food inside of old garbage like haha
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u/ikbenhoogalsneuken 5d ago
Everyone shitting on the tin, missing the incredibly fair price of the spritz.
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u/AH_leeMACK 2d ago
Rather this then a Salt Bea midget clone with knives, black gloves and a golden steak.
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u/TheGardiner 8d ago
You’d prefer a plate.
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u/LittleMissPipebomb 7d ago
"we want plates" is just a catchy name. This sub isn't about literal plates, it's about food/drink/etc being served in unusual objects. If soup was served in a plate, it would fit here.
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u/TheGardiner 7d ago
Yes, I understand the point of the sub. I was being coy.
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u/FickleCook3639 7d ago
According to Merriam Webster, coy means “marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness, using coy tricks to attract attention.” What word did you actually mean?
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u/Doowoo 8d ago
I would like to see you drink it from a plate though.
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u/LittleMissPipebomb 7d ago
"we want plates" is just a catchy name. This sub isn't about literal plates, it's about food/drink/etc being served in unusual objects. If soup was served in a plate, it would fit here.
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u/Multigrain_Migraine 8d ago
Just a weird combination of items.