Here at Asylum, we're not the kind to turn up our noses to a good meal... or even a bad one. Let's face it, when times get tough, you'll eat anything - even armadillo meat in a can.

So as we've been gradually collecting our favourite tinned goods left discarded across the internet for months, we thought now was a good a time as any to unleash their freaky contents.

We've got everything you never knew could be eaten, let alone trapped in a stainless steel coffin, for you to stare at in disbelief. Even camel meat.


Canned good: Horse milk

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Industrial glue, wallpaper paste, emulsion paint or coffee whitener

Canned good:
Potted possum sauce

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Wood varnish, or fake dog excrement. Always useful in the apocalypse, fake dog excrement.

Canned good:
Smoked rattlesnake

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Ropes, whips or shoelaces.

Canned good:
Silkworm pupae

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:Salty gobstoppers. Yummy.

Canned good:
Squid

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Banana skins. Yep, they're that slippery.

Canned good:
Armadillo

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Tennis balls, paperweights. Then again, with the latter, you could just use a rock. Plenty of them in the end of the world.

Canned good:
Buzzard gizzards (marinated in cream sauce)

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Stink bombs, or another crude grenade.

Canned good:
Camel meat

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Beef. No seriously, it tastes a lot like cow. Now you know.

Canned good:
Cheeseburger

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Maccy Ds. It's the closest you're going to get, alas. Oh, and don't be fooled by the "delicious" photo – it really looks like this.

Canned good:
A whole cooked chicken

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
A football. A big greasy one.

Canned good:
Crocodile curry

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Your local Masala Zone.

Canned good:
Bacon and eggs

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Terry's café down the road. Beans not included.

Canned good:
Fish mouths

Nuclear holocaust replacement for:
Arrow heads, maybe? Or... false teeth?