Can of Dehydrated Water
Status: Joke product
Dehydrated water is an old joke, but I've never actually seen a can of the stuff. Here one is, posted on Flickr by David Reeves. His caption reads, "Spotted on the chemical storage shelf in an adjacent laboratory." The strange thing is that Bernard Food Industries, the company listed as the maker of this product, is a real company. Why were they manufacturing this stuff? I assume it was a joke.
Update: Looks like these cans must have been a gag product that Bernard Foods produced at some time, because someone is selling one on eBay. Perhaps I'll bid on it.
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Categories: Food Posted by Alex on Wed Oct 24, 2007 |
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I have a can of this stuff, purchased it some years ago, quite humorous
Posted by Tim on Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 10:32 PM
That's funny. So basically it's a can of humid air :lol:
Posted by Water damage Sacramento on Fri Jan 01, 2010 at 09:21 PM
:-/ Never questioned the humidity or aridity of the contents before but since the directions say to open a can and add to a gallon of water and stir for instant water I would say the contents are rather on the arid side - this keeps getting better all the time :lol:
Posted by Mike on Sat Jan 02, 2010 at 08:23 PM
This could be good to send to Haiti.
Posted by Candy de Asis on Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 08:45 AM
Don't be tricked by this fakery. I bought 2 dozen of these 30 some odd years ago and when I needed them for a drought to save on water consumption for a few months, they all had NOTHING inside them. We called the company the next day, and apparently they weren't meant to have anything in them. What a load of false advertisement.
Posted by SCREW LYING on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 10:17 PM
"Don't be tricked by this fakery."?
"What a load of false advertisement."?
Please, tell me you're being sarcastic.
Really, if a person is really this gullable, they deserve to be tricked IMHO.
I love gag products. Remember the electric corncob toilet paper replacer? That's right, for those who don't know, it was a corn cob with an electric cord stuck in it meant to substitute TP as a gag of course. Low brow yes but it was very popular in rural Minnesota about 30 years ago as a gag gift.
Posted by Rehydrated on Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM
"What a load of false advertisement."?
Please, tell me you're being sarcastic.
Really, if a person is really this gullable, they deserve to be tricked IMHO.
I love gag products. Remember the electric corncob toilet paper replacer? That's right, for those who don't know, it was a corn cob with an electric cord stuck in it meant to substitute TP as a gag of course. Low brow yes but it was very popular in rural Minnesota about 30 years ago as a gag gift.
This is also produced by J. Rosemblum & Sons from Paterson NJ, it says Lord Sterling Dehydrated Water, I have it here sitting on my desk next to my computer....
Posted by Jim on Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 01:02 AM
sorry, Roenblum.......
Posted by Jim on Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 01:03 AM
WOW that is the most useless thing that i have ever seen, all the people that have baught this can are ******
Posted by Jerome on Thu Oct 07, 2010 at 01:19 PM
People buy stuff almost this ridiculous everyday... It's really amazing what marketers can get people to buy 😉
Posted by Marvin on Sun Jan 02, 2011 at 01:05 PM
Marvin - please tell me you are kidding? This is a gag and anyone who reads the label on the can would know that. There are recipes and instructions for creating a gallon of water with it; (Open can, pour into a gallon of water, stir, serve), etc. Also they are not really sold unless requested specifically - they are normally distributed as a gag-advertisement for a company that produces dehydrated foods, which are very useful in camping and emergencies. Other things in life are far more serious than this to worry about or criticize. Learn to laugh a little, first at yourself, then WITH others.
Posted by MIke on Sun Jan 02, 2011 at 01:20 PM
My grandmother had a can of dehydrated water in her office
Posted by Julie on Fri Jan 14, 2011 at 01:01 AM
I have had one of these cans for nearly 45 years - it is from the original 1964 run and is in very good shape!
Posted by Stephen Eskelson on Sun Apr 08, 2012 at 04:51 PM
My father worked for American Can Co. In San Jose in the late 50's. I'm the proud keeper of my fathers can of Bernard Dehydrated Water. My father always kept it in the back of our food pantry in the dark, its one of the items I asked for before he past away. My uncle George Harnik who just past away was a senior VP for American Can Co. He called it a can of Vacuum when he wrote about it in his Snap-Shot of his life as an iternational executive.
Posted by Robert Will on Fri Sep 14, 2012 at 09:08 PM
Hi, I have a can of pittco Dehydrated water. These were given out by salesmen as gag gifts. I'd be willing to part with mine.
Posted by Dryw Loney on Fri Oct 05, 2012 at 04:52 PM
All I want to say is...Brilliant!
Posted by Emily Stevens on Tue Jan 29, 2013 at 01:28 PM
Where can I purchase one of these? :coolsmirk:
Posted by Loretta Lustig on Sat Sep 14, 2013 at 11:12 AM
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