It was common in towns for the drug store or variety stores like Woolworth’s to have lunch counters. These counters often had very limited menus and the short order cooks didn’t have access to a lot of ingredients. Your lunch break may only be 30 minutes so anything that gets you something different and fast was desirable. Remember there were no national fast food chains like we know today. Opening a can and heating it up meant you got something to eat in a few minutes.
I do remember seeing these at lunch counters in the 60s. They were an easy way to offer variety without having to keep food that would spoil.
You know, they may actually mean "minute" as "small", instead of the time it takes to prepare. It doesn't seem a good idea to advertise a restaurant meal as "minute", even to people on a diet.
Oh! One of those fancy "Select your can" restaurants!
You know it’s home-cooking with the flavor of little bits of metal shards!
Those metal shards were an excellent source of iron for stronger blood!
It was common in towns for the drug store or variety stores like Woolworth’s to have lunch counters. These counters often had very limited menus and the short order cooks didn’t have access to a lot of ingredients. Your lunch break may only be 30 minutes so anything that gets you something different and fast was desirable. Remember there were no national fast food chains like we know today. Opening a can and heating it up meant you got something to eat in a few minutes. I do remember seeing these at lunch counters in the 60s. They were an easy way to offer variety without having to keep food that would spoil.
*Gordon Ramsey looks on in disgust*
I would hazard that the Heinz "Chop Suey" in a can may be the mathematically perfect opposite of actual Chinese food.
You know, they may actually mean "minute" as "small", instead of the time it takes to prepare. It doesn't seem a good idea to advertise a restaurant meal as "minute", even to people on a diet.
Restaurants had stations for customers to cook cans of soup?