Press for forcing liquid from canned solid foods

A press for forcing liquid from solid food in a can of the type having a lid arranged to be severed for opening the can, said press comprising:

• a body member having opposite parallel ends and a peripheral imperforate side wall,
• a first of said ends of said body member comprising an imperforate wall,
• the other end of said body member being open,
• one of said ends of said body member including lid engaging means that abut a severed but remaining lid of a can and utilize the lid as a pressing plate for maintaining the lid in a flat condition in pressing liquid from food in the can upon relative forced telescoping movement of said body member and the can,
• and a magnet on said lid engaging means that magnetically attracts the lid and pulls the lid out of the can upon reverse relative telescoping movement of said body member and the can,
• said lid engaging means and magnet forming a lid engaging surface that holds the lid in a flat plane at right angles to the axis of the can when the lid is pressed into the can.