Taking a short break from Second Life, I discovered these interesting items at a local specialty supermarket. Now... I usually avoid sketchy canned meat products -- they're often made from second rate meats from unidentified parts of the anatomy of occasionally unidentifiable animals. Canned seafood is even worse. But there's something intriguing about these "Old Fisherman" brand canned seafoods.

First, the "Roast Eel Chili". I'm going to hazard a guess that it's not a hearty Tex-Mex style chili, but chili-flavoured bits of preserved eel meat. The label notes "Shelf life: 3 years". Do I really want to risk tasting three-years-dead eel meat? The chili flavour sounds enticing, but... it's eel.

Next up, the "Squid in Soy Sauce". I don't know why, but I really like that cute little squid. I sort of expect to peel open the lid and find a few of those little guys inside. But sadly, the reality is that it's full of salty chunks of three-years-dead squid meat.

If I look closely at the "Old Fisherman" mascot, that old guy seems to be laughing and pointing. That can't be a good sign.

So... do I open these? Do I dare put these sketchy preserved seafoods in my mouth?