A little over a year ago I wrote about a company called Candwich that sells a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that comes in a can.

They claim that the sandwiches have a shelf life of a year, so I saved one and last month on the one year anniversary of my original blog post I poured myself a glass of milk, popped the top of the can and took a bite. Amazingly, it tasted exactly the same as the one I’d eaten 365 days prior.

Well, Candwich apparently saw my update and decided to send me a couple cans of their newest creation — a honey BBQ chicken sandwich.

Unlike the peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a can, which you have to assemble yourself, the BBQ chicken sandwich comes pre-made. In fact, the chicken is actually inside a pocket of bread.

Now, peanut butter and jelly are two things that I actually expect to last for a decent amount of time, but I’ve gotta admit, I was a little nervous about eating a BBQ chicken sandwich out of a can. In fact, I definitely paused for a few seconds and stared at it before taking my first bite.

Once I actually started eating it though I was pleasantly surprised with just how fresh the chicken actually tasted. For some reason I expected it to be really dry, but that wasn’t the case at all. The fact that there are about 100 ingredients that I’ve never even heard of listed on the can makes me a little nervous, but as long as you can get past that the sandwiches aren’t too bad at all.

If there ever really is some sort of zombie apocalypse do you know what I’ll be doing while everyone else is stocking up on things like rice and beans? I’ll be buying as many cans of honey BBQ chicken sandwiches as I can get my hands on!

A couple weeks ago I mentioned how Verizon Wireless hooked me up with some money, a Motorola Droid Xyboard and six months of free, unlimited data access. All I have to do in exchange? Share my experiences when it comes to using the tablet. In case you missed the original post you can read it by clicking here.

Anyway, back when I wrote that first post I still hadn’t used my tablet for much, but recently I discovered just how versatile it really is!

You see, I made myself a frozen Thai chicken pizza for dinner the other night, and after slicing it I realized that every single plate I owned was dirty. What was I supposed to do, just eat the pizza straight off of the circular cardboard disc that it came on like some kind of savage? No way!

That’s when I noticed my Motorola Droid Xyboard sitting on the kitchen counter next to me! Suddenly I had no need for a plate at all, as the Xyboard was the perfect substitute!

Plus, thanks to Verizon’s lightning fast 4G LTE service and the Netflix app that I installed I was even able to watch a streaming episode of Workaholics as I ate my dinner. Thanks Verizon!

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Gourmets program and have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.

I don’t make much money from the ads on this blog, which is totally fine with me — I write it because I have fun doing so. I like coming up with ridiculous food creations and I absolutely love hearing people’s reactions to them.

Where exactly am I going with this? I was recently approached by Verizon Wireless who offered me some money, a free Motorola Droid Xyboard (don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it, because I hadn’t either until they handed it to me. As it turns out though it’s a pretty sweet Android tablet) and free, unlimited data service on their 4G LTE network until the end of the year in exchange for me talking about them on my blog. I accepted.

Does that make me a sellout? I’m not sure. What I do know though is that I’m now contractually obligated to mention Verizon twice a month here on DudeFoods for the next six months. Mention them how you ask? They weren’t very specific about it, which is sort of cool. Basically I’m just supposed to write about anything that I think might be “interesting” to you guys when it comes to how I’ve been using my tablet.

The only real steadfast rules about the program (which they call their Savvy Gourmets Program) are that I need to include that image that you see in the upper left-hand corner of this post and the disclosure language that you see in red down below every time I mention the program.

So far I’ve pretty much only used it to stream music off the internet while I’ve been in my back yard grilling, which isn’t exactly front page news, so I’ll probably have to get back to you with some stories that are a little more engaging than that. All I know right now is that I’ve got one blog post down and only eleven more to go!

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Gourmets program and have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.