Top tip (forgive me if you already know this): remove the paper wrapper before using the key to open, makes it a lot easier. You can also use a tin-opener to take off both ends and push the beef out with a wooden spoon or something.I have to get the deli fresh corned beef, ever since needing 9 stitches from one of those stupid cans that didn't fully open, so I tried to prize it with a knife. Put me off tinned corned beef and Heinz Ketchup, and since then, HP only and never looked back.