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On Jun 12, 10:25�pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> Sheldon > wrote:
> >The best canned tuna are those packed in olive oil... most every
> >national brand makes it too... �it's typically sold at the more
> >upscale grocery stores and delis.

>
> I'll go along with this assessment. �Certainly tuna packed
> in non-olive oil is a non-starter as far as I'm concerned.
>
> But I don't particularly know that water-packed tuna,
> drained and then combined with olive oil, would be
> significantly different. �I suppose there might well
> be a difference.


Squeezing out the water removes much of the fish flavor, not that
there is much in water pack as almost all the natural fish oil is
removed in processing... don't yoose find it somewhat odd that there
is no fat floating on top of water pack tuna? The tuna industry sells
that fish oil to pharmaceutical companies, cosmetic companies, and
many other industries. People today truly have their taste in their
ass, they somehow developed such horrid food squeemishnness about
anything that doesn;t look like a fast food Greasy Meal. When I was a
kid we fought over whose turn it was to have fish skins to suck the
fat from... the old appetizing stores that hand sliced lox used to
sell the lox skin for cheap, but you had to be a steady customer and
reserve it too... a fatty smoked whitefish skin was to die for.

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> There are a handful of fatty tuna products, such as fatty tuna belly which
> is prized by the Japanese, but you're unlikely to see them unless you look
> for them specifically.


Sounds like a schoolyard taunt, to me. <pointing at the chubby kid>
"Fatty Tuna Belly...nyah, nyah, nyah!"


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>Steve Pope wrote:


>> There are a handful of fatty tuna products, such as fatty tuna belly which
>> is prized by the Japanese, but you're unlikely to see them unless you look
>> for them specifically.


>Sounds like a schoolyard taunt, to me. <pointing at the chubby kid>
>"Fatty Tuna Belly...nyah, nyah, nyah!"


No better than "Toro! Toro! Toro!"....

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> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
> and through. They're going to hear about this.
>
> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
> green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
> or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
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I'm guessing it was in a can? That's why I stopped buying the cans. Now, I buy
StarKist in the pouch. Packed in safflower oil, but my husband buys the kind in
water. I think the one in oil has more flavor. In any case, both are far superior to
the cans!

I haven't had that tuna salad in forever! Ma used to make that in the summer, along
with a couple other salads, like one with ring noodles, cubed ham & veggies, and
potato salad and a couple others, and we'd have a salad dinner. Hadn't even thought
about that in years, but I always did prefer the tuna salad to all the others.

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In article >, Nexis > wrote:

>"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message


>> Christine, who wonders if she is missing something here..


> I'm pretty sure he's referring to canned tuna, which *is* low-fat, as
> opposed to fresh. Tuna as a whole fish is a fatty fish, but
> it's not added to the canned tuna.


Nor is it included in nearly any fresh tuna filet sold
at the market or to restaurants. A tuna fish filet from
the market has almost as little fat as the canned-in-water
version.

I've never cooked or carved a whole tuna, I do not
know if there are sections of fat to be used in
some tuna preparation; if so maybe that supports
"tuna is fatty" claims.

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"Melba's Jammin'" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
> and through. They're going to hear about this.
> -Barb, Mother Superior,


In the US I always bought whatever tuna was warranted to be dolphin and
turtle safe, so I saw a lot of that stringy tuna.
Here I have found one that tastes better than all the rest. What a relief!
(I have not tried any of the really expensive single chunk ones in glass
jars.)


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wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
> > and through. They're going to hear about this.
> >
> > Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
> > green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
> > or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.


> I'm guessing it was in a can? That's why I stopped buying the cans.
> Now, I buy StarKist in the pouch.
>
> I haven't had that tuna salad in forever! Ma used to make that in the
> summer, along with a couple other salads, like one with ring noodles,
> cubed ham & veggies, and potato salad and a couple others, and we'd
> have a salad dinner. Hadn't even thought about that in years, but I
> always did prefer the tuna salad to all the others.
>


> kimberly


My mom used to make mac salads in the summer, too. Rings, shells,
elbows. :-)

There must have been a sale on the Chicken of the Sea when I bought it
in March (Lent). I've bought the foil pouch stuff before and looks like
I'll go back to it. Expensive, though.

I think I'm going to make a bit of shrimp salad with the leftover mac
and peas that didn't get the tuna. I picked up a jar of Hellman's, too,
but am thinking about a one-yolk batch of homemade mayo with only about
1/3 cup or so of oil just to see what that turns out to be. My last
batch of homemade stuff was underwhelming and I'm not sure why.
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:10:38 -0500, "HiTech RedNeck"
> wrote:

>
>"Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
>> >and through. They're going to hear about this.

>>
>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White
>> Albacore packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.

>
>I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major brands. It
>seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna" (have you ever seen
>"grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I haven't, but I remember it from
>decades ago, when I used it as a pet cat treat) now qualifies as "chunk."
>


i've had that experience with bumble bee (and don't buy it anymore),
but c.o.t.s. has been o.k. in my experience. maybe a poor product run
or the end of a decent one.

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On Jun 12, 7:21*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
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> The best canned tuna are those packed in olive oil... most every
> national brand makes it too... *it's typically sold at the more
> upscale grocery stores and delis.
>

I like the solid white tuna packed in olive oil for Trader Joe's
label. Don't know who really makes it but the product is good and the
price is reasonable. -aem
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Sheldon wrote:
When I was a
> kid we fought over whose turn it was to have fish skins to suck the
> fat from... the old appetizing stores that hand sliced lox used to
> sell the lox skin for cheap, but you had to be a steady customer and
> reserve it too... a fatty smoked whitefish skin was to die for.
>


My mother used to get the skin and the "wings" (fins) from lox at the
appetizer store (that's what deli's that only sold dairy and fish
products were called) She made soup from them using potato, onion,
celery, carrots and a lot of black pepper. It was awesome.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:
> HiTech RedNeck wrote:
>
>> "Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White Albacore
>>> packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.

>> I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major brands. It
>> seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna" (have you ever seen
>> "grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I haven't, but I remember it from
>> decades ago, when I used it as a pet cat treat) now qualifies as "chunk."

>
> Aye. I've been thinking just that, every time I open a can of "chunk",
> for years, now, regardless of brand.
>
> But I didn't even think about the lack of honestly-labeled "grated", but
> yeah -- I think you're right about it not being around any more.
>
>

There is chunk white and chunk light. I once bought what I thought was
chunk white (I was on a budget and figured it was going to be mashed up
for tuna salad anyway.) I opened the can and the tuna was dark and ugly.
My neighbor who had been raised in the Pennsylvania coal mining area was
in my kitchen when I proclaimed "eeew! this tuna is spoiled" and was
about to throw it out.

I was almost 30 years old and had never seen "light" tuna in my entire
life. I thought it was spoiled tuna.

There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid white
Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy peanut
butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc. were for
a "different" class of people.

I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home <g>

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In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
> > HiTech RedNeck wrote:
> >
> >> "Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
> >>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
> >>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White Albacore
> >>> packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.
> >> I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major brands. It
> >> seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna" (have you ever seen
> >> "grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I haven't, but I remember it from
> >> decades ago, when I used it as a pet cat treat) now qualifies as "chunk."

> >
> > Aye. I've been thinking just that, every time I open a can of "chunk",
> > for years, now, regardless of brand.
> >
> > But I didn't even think about the lack of honestly-labeled "grated", but
> > yeah -- I think you're right about it not being around any more.
> >
> >

> There is chunk white and chunk light. I once bought what I thought was
> chunk white (I was on a budget and figured it was going to be mashed up
> for tuna salad anyway.) I opened the can and the tuna was dark and ugly.
> My neighbor who had been raised in the Pennsylvania coal mining area was
> in my kitchen when I proclaimed "eeew! this tuna is spoiled" and was
> about to throw it out.
>
> I was almost 30 years old and had never seen "light" tuna in my entire
> life. I thought it was spoiled tuna.
>
> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid white
> Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy peanut
> butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc. were for
> a "different" class of people.
>
> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home <g>


Here we go with those hoity toity brand names again. . . . My Alex!!
If it's not Jimmy Choo, it's Hellman's mayo!! I NEVah!! '-)

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aem wrote:
> On Jun 12, 7:21�pm, Sheldon > wrote:
>
> > The best canned tuna are those packed in olive oil... most every
> > national brand makes it too... �it's typically sold at the more
> > upscale grocery stores and delis.

>
> I like the solid white tuna packed in olive oil for Trader Joe's
> label. �Don't know who really makes it but the product is good and the
> price is reasonable. � �


Yup, just dump all the contents of the can atop a composed salad,
squirt with some fresh lemon and it makes it's own dressing.
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Nexis" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
>> > and through. They're going to hear about this.
>> >
>> > Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
>> > green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
>> > or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.

>
>> I'm guessing it was in a can? That's why I stopped buying the cans.
>> Now, I buy StarKist in the pouch.
>>
>> I haven't had that tuna salad in forever! Ma used to make that in the
>> summer, along with a couple other salads, like one with ring noodles,
>> cubed ham & veggies, and potato salad and a couple others, and we'd
>> have a salad dinner. Hadn't even thought about that in years, but I
>> always did prefer the tuna salad to all the others.
>>

>
>> kimberly

>
> My mom used to make mac salads in the summer, too. Rings, shells,
> elbows. :-)
>
> There must have been a sale on the Chicken of the Sea when I bought it
> in March (Lent). I've bought the foil pouch stuff before and looks like
> I'll go back to it. Expensive, though.
>
> I think I'm going to make a bit of shrimp salad with the leftover mac
> and peas that didn't get the tuna. I picked up a jar of Hellman's, too,
> but am thinking about a one-yolk batch of homemade mayo with only about
> 1/3 cup or so of oil just to see what that turns out to be. My last
> batch of homemade stuff was underwhelming and I'm not sure why.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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I forget...do you have Smart & Final out there? They sometimes have really good deals
on the pouch tuna. Also, occasionally (thought not lately, sadly), the grocery stores
do the 3 ounce pouches 10/$10.
It's a bit pricey, especially compared to the price of the cans, but I figure the 7
ounce pouch has way more actual tuna than the cans, so that justifies it for me

I'll have to call mom today to see what it was she made with elbows. I know there was
one! She used shells for tuna usually, and the rings had the cubed ham. I just can't
remember the elbows!

By the way, if you ever get a recipe from one of the Minnesota Mooshy dives, please
do pass it along ;-) I get a craving now and then!

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Here we go with those hoity toity brand names again. . . . My Alex!!
> If it's not Jimmy Choo, it's Hellman's mayo!! I NEVah!! '-)
>


LOL! Just the food brands, Barb. Clothing and shoes were NEVER retail.
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Steve Pope wrote:
>
> > wrote:
>
> >It's Van Camp's Wahoo but it is similar to good tuna and $2/can. It
> >is from Samoa so maybe because we are closer, it shows up in our local
> >store. Yummy. In Hawaii, we call wahoo- <ono>. Husband says Wahoo
> >(funny name isn't that?) is found through out the Pacific.

>
> Cool. I love ono, and if I saw it canned I would buy it.
> Will have to look for it.
>
> Steve


We bought some at the local Kroger's/Smith's. Same shelf as the tinned
tuna.
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On Jun 12, 8:12*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> > wrote:
> >It's Van Camp's Wahoo but it is similar to good tuna and $2/can. *It
> >is from Samoa so maybe because we are closer, it shows up in our local
> >store. Yummy. *In Hawaii, we call wahoo- <ono>. *Husband says Wahoo
> >(funny name isn't that?) is found through out the Pacific. *


The word, "Wahoo," reminds me of Yahoo, which is a term originating
from Gulliver's Travels, which I was reading earlier today:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_(literature)
>
> Cool. *I love ono, and if I saw it canned I would buy it.
> Will have to look for it.


Canned fish just doesn't do it for me, nor does canned chicken. I've
always thought that "Chicken of the Sea" was funny, like getting to
second base with a mermaid, and knowing that...gee..I have had more
beer than usual tonight because I hurt my back, and the alcohol, while
rather relaxing, has made me pretty giddy.
>
> Steve


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> On Fri 13 Jun 2008 02:09:37a, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu 12 Jun 2008 08:57:36p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>
>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Melba's Jammin' > news:barbschaller-
>>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of

> some
>>>>>> green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn

> relish
>>>>>> or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep. I agree. You're hard pressed to get enough out of it for 2 small
>>>>> sandwiches. Did you buy the canned or the pouches? I don't like the
>>>>> taste of the pouch tuna, regardless of the brand. Maybe it's just me.
>>>>
>>>> Tuna does not belong in pouches. Small kangaroos and opossums belong

> in
>>>> pouches.
>>>
>>> Ummmm! Opossum sandwiches!

>>
>> Possum tail soup!
>>

>
> Mmmmmmmmm, tasty!


So, back to tuna for a moment...I picked up both some albacore and some
normal tuna in oil, today, to see what kind of differences those factors
make. Pricewise, of course, oil and water packs are a push; but the
abacore had damn well better be a lot nicer.


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On Jun 12, 1:55 pm, Melba's Jammin' >
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> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
> and through. They're going to hear about this.


I feel the same way about Bumble Bee's chunk tuna.

Kirkland's Albacore is pretty darned good; I wish Costco'd sell them
in larger cans.

> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
> green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
> or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.


Homemade mayo?! Bah! Miracle Whip cut with some buttermilk and an
extra pinch of cayenne pepper.

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> sandwiches. Did you buy the canned or the pouches?
> Michael


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>In article >,
> Janet Wilder > wrote:


>>
>> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid white
>> Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy peanut
>> butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc. were for
>> a "different" class of people.
>>
>> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
>> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home <g>

>
>Here we go with those hoity toity brand names again. . . . My Alex!!
>If it's not Jimmy Choo, it's Hellman's mayo!! I NEVah!! '-)


a light coating of hellmann's mayonnaise on your jimmy choos will help
preserve the leather.

your pal,
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> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> HiTech RedNeck wrote:
>>
>>> "Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White
>>>> Albacore packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.
>>> I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major brands.
>>> It seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna" (have you
>>> ever seen "grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I haven't, but I
>>> remember it from decades ago, when I used it as a pet cat treat) now
>>> qualifies as "chunk."

>>
>> Aye. I've been thinking just that, every time I open a can of "chunk",
>> for years, now, regardless of brand.
>>
>> But I didn't even think about the lack of honestly-labeled "grated",
>> but yeah -- I think you're right about it not being around any more.
>>
>>

> There is chunk white and chunk light. I once bought what I thought was
> chunk white (I was on a budget and figured it was going to be mashed up
> for tuna salad anyway.) I opened the can and the tuna was dark and ugly.
> My neighbor who had been raised in the Pennsylvania coal mining area was
> in my kitchen when I proclaimed "eeew! this tuna is spoiled" and was
> about to throw it out.


I had never even seen chunk tuna, white or light, until many years after I
left home. I bought it once, and never again. Solid white was the only
thing my mother ever bought. That, and canned *red* salmon, never pink.
Those are the only things I buy, too.

> I was almost 30 years old and had never seen "light" tuna in my entire
> life. I thought it was spoiled tuna.
>
> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid white
> Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy peanut
> butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc. were for
> a "different" class of people.


Those were exactly the same brands I grew up with at home, and still buy
them today. That was also the philosphy in our house. There was just
something "wrong" with the other stuff. :-)

> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home
> <g>


I only like chunky peanut butter and most often have bought Skippy.
However, I did find that Fry's store brand was equally good. When I tried
JIF I found it too sweet.

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On Sat 14 Jun 2008 11:43:22a, blake murphy told us...

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:55:52 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> Janet Wilder > wrote:

>
>>>
>>> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid
>>> white Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy
>>> peanut butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc.
>>> were for a "different" class of people.
>>>
>>> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
>>> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home
>>> <g>

>>
>>Here we go with those hoity toity brand names again. . . . My Alex!!
>>If it's not Jimmy Choo, it's Hellman's mayo!! I NEVah!! '-)

>
> a light coating of hellmann's mayonnaise on your jimmy choos will help
> preserve the leather.
>
> your pal,
> blake


Hellman's also makes for a very good re-vitalizer for dry hair.

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> On Fri 13 Jun 2008 11:55:49a, Janet Wilder told us...
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> HiTech RedNeck wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White
>>>>> Albacore packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.
>>>> I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major brands.
>>>> It seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna" (have you
>>>> ever seen "grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I haven't, but I
>>>> remember it from decades ago, when I used it as a pet cat treat) now
>>>> qualifies as "chunk."
>>>
>>> Aye. I've been thinking just that, every time I open a can of "chunk",
>>> for years, now, regardless of brand.
>>>
>>> But I didn't even think about the lack of honestly-labeled "grated",
>>> but yeah -- I think you're right about it not being around any more.
>>>
>>>

>> There is chunk white and chunk light. I once bought what I thought was
>> chunk white (I was on a budget and figured it was going to be mashed up
>> for tuna salad anyway.) I opened the can and the tuna was dark and ugly.
>> My neighbor who had been raised in the Pennsylvania coal mining area was
>> in my kitchen when I proclaimed "eeew! this tuna is spoiled" and was
>> about to throw it out.

>
> I had never even seen chunk tuna, white or light, until many years after

I
> left home. I bought it once, and never again. Solid white was the only
> thing my mother ever bought. That, and canned *red* salmon, never pink.
> Those are the only things I buy, too.
>
>> I was almost 30 years old and had never seen "light" tuna in my entire
>> life. I thought it was spoiled tuna.
>>
>> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid white
>> Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy peanut
>> butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc. were for
>> a "different" class of people.

>
> Those were exactly the same brands I grew up with at home, and still buy
> them today. That was also the philosphy in our house. There was just
> something "wrong" with the other stuff. :-)
>
>> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
>> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home
>> <g>

>
> I only like chunky peanut butter and most often have bought Skippy.
> However, I did find that Fry's store brand was equally good. When I

tried
> JIF I found it too sweet.



I only use solid white albacore tuna from Bumble Bee. 10 years ago I bought
a wholesale club 12-pack of tuna and opened a can and it was the chunk
light (already been chewed) tuna. It's probably time to throw out the other
11 cans in the panty.

A couple years ago I bought solid white albacore tuna and while squeezing
out the water I realized it was packed in oil. I hadn't seen that sold in
years. It was so gross I thought something was seriously wrong with the
tuna. Darn near couldn't wash the grease off my hands with dish soap. Don't
remember if I ate it.

My tuna salad usually mixes up with garlic hummus dip for dietary reasons.
Sometimes miracle whip free.

Peanut butter is Smart Balance smooth (the kind that separates), again for
dietary reasons. Now ask yourself what good is a peanut butter sandwich
without jelly?

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On Sat 14 Jun 2008 12:30:50p, Andy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright said...
>
>> On Fri 13 Jun 2008 11:55:49a, Janet Wilder told us...
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> HiTech RedNeck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>>> ooohh...yuck.... The ONLY one I use is StarKist Solid White
>>>>>> Albacore packed in water. Chunk tuna is always mushy to me.
>>>>> I've also seen this situation with Bumble Bee and other major
>>>>> brands. It seems that what in years past was called "grated tuna"
>>>>> (have you ever seen "grated tuna" in supermarkets recently? I
>>>>> haven't, but I remember it from decades ago, when I used it as a pet
>>>>> cat treat) now qualifies as "chunk."
>>>>
>>>> Aye. I've been thinking just that, every time I open a can of
>>>> "chunk", for years, now, regardless of brand.
>>>>
>>>> But I didn't even think about the lack of honestly-labeled "grated",
>>>> but yeah -- I think you're right about it not being around any more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There is chunk white and chunk light. I once bought what I thought was
>>> chunk white (I was on a budget and figured it was going to be mashed
>>> up for tuna salad anyway.) I opened the can and the tuna was dark and
>>> ugly. My neighbor who had been raised in the Pennsylvania coal mining
>>> area was in my kitchen when I proclaimed "eeew! this tuna is spoiled"
>>> and was about to throw it out.

>>
>> I had never even seen chunk tuna, white or light, until many years
>> after I left home. I bought it once, and never again. Solid white was
>> the only thing my mother ever bought. That, and canned *red* salmon,
>> never pink. Those are the only things I buy, too.
>>
>>> I was almost 30 years old and had never seen "light" tuna in my entire
>>> life. I thought it was spoiled tuna.
>>>
>>> There were certain cultural culinary things I grew up with: solid
>>> white Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Skippy
>>> peanut butter... The other kinds of tuna and brands of ketchup, etc.
>>> were for a "different" class of people.

>>
>> Those were exactly the same brands I grew up with at home, and still
>> buy them today. That was also the philosphy in our house. There was
>> just something "wrong" with the other stuff. :-)
>>
>>> I still stick to the Albacore tuna, Heinz ketchup and Hellman's
>>> mayonnaise, but a jar or two of JIF has sneaked its way into our home
>>> <g>

>>
>> I only like chunky peanut butter and most often have bought Skippy.
>> However, I did find that Fry's store brand was equally good. When I
>> tried JIF I found it too sweet.

>
>
> I only use solid white albacore tuna from Bumble Bee. 10 years ago I
> bought a wholesale club 12-pack of tuna and opened a can and it was the
> chunk light (already been chewed) tuna. It's probably time to throw out
> the other 11 cans in the panty.
>
> A couple years ago I bought solid white albacore tuna and while
> squeezing out the water I realized it was packed in oil. I hadn't seen
> that sold in years. It was so gross I thought something was seriously
> wrong with the tuna. Darn near couldn't wash the grease off my hands
> with dish soap. Don't remember if I ate it.


I actually prefer the flavor of tuna packed in oil, although I do drain
most of it off. having said that, I do buy water packed tuna for dietary
raesons.

> My tuna salad usually mixes up with garlic hummus dip for dietary
> reasons. Sometimes miracle whip free.


LOL! Mine will *always* be Miracle Whip free. I hate the stuff. For me
it's gotta be good mayo.

> Peanut butter is Smart Balance smooth (the kind that separates), again
> for dietary reasons. Now ask yourself what good is a peanut butter
> sandwich without jelly?


One could easily gag on a peanut butter sandwich without jelly. Be careful!

> Andy
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>> My tuna salad usually mixes up with garlic hummus dip for dietary
>> reasons. Sometimes miracle whip free.

>
> LOL! Mine will *always* be Miracle Whip free. I hate the stuff. For me
> it's gotta be good mayo.



Wayne,

When I was fat I used the good stuff. Lots of it. The tuna salad could slide
off multigrain toast if squeezed too hard.

Do you cheese your tuna salad sandwiches? I used to American cheese mine.

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On Sat 14 Jun 2008 01:01:37p, Andy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright said...
>
>>> My tuna salad usually mixes up with garlic hummus dip for dietary
>>> reasons. Sometimes miracle whip free.

>>
>> LOL! Mine will *always* be Miracle Whip free. I hate the stuff. For
>> me it's gotta be good mayo.

>
>
> Wayne,
>
> When I was fat I used the good stuff. Lots of it. The tuna salad could
> slide off multigrain toast if squeezed too hard.


I understand being fat, as I was once. I'm very careful about how much
mayo I use, just enough to moisten the salad, and I account for the amount
of fat in my daily allowance.

I can't stand the reduced fat or fat free versions of mayo, so will only
use the real thing in a controlled manner. OTOH, I have sometimes used
fat-free sour cream instead. It's a nice change.

> Do you cheese your tuna salad sandwiches? I used to American cheese
> mine.


No, I have never put cheese on my tuna salad sandwiches, only a bare smear
of mayo on the bread and a leaf or two of lettuce.

However, I used to order tuna melts at one of my favorite eateries back in
Ohio. That was back in the "fat" days, so the tuna melts were accompanied
by an order of slim jim fries and a bowl of creamy coleslaw.

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Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Sat 14 Jun 2008 01:01:37p, Andy told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright said...
>>
>>>> My tuna salad usually mixes up with garlic hummus dip for dietary
>>>> reasons. Sometimes miracle whip free.
>>>
>>> LOL! Mine will *always* be Miracle Whip free. I hate the stuff. For
>>> me it's gotta be good mayo.

>>
>>
>> Wayne,
>>
>> When I was fat I used the good stuff. Lots of it. The tuna salad could
>> slide off multigrain toast if squeezed too hard.

>
> I understand being fat, as I was once. I'm very careful about how much
> mayo I use, just enough to moisten the salad, and I account for the

amount
> of fat in my daily allowance.
>
> I can't stand the reduced fat or fat free versions of mayo, so will only
> use the real thing in a controlled manner. OTOH, I have sometimes used
> fat-free sour cream instead. It's a nice change.
>
>> Do you cheese your tuna salad sandwiches? I used to American cheese
>> mine.

>
> No, I have never put cheese on my tuna salad sandwiches, only a bare

smear
> of mayo on the bread and a leaf or two of lettuce.
>
> However, I used to order tuna melts at one of my favorite eateries back

in
> Ohio. That was back in the "fat" days, so the tuna melts were

accompanied
> by an order of slim jim fries and a bowl of creamy coleslaw.



I could get fat again that way! Of course I could get fat on cheesesteaks,
just off the aroma.

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>
> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
> green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
> or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
> --
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I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the can was
filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the meat up with a fork
for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was missin from your can. ;o{
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> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>
>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
>> green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
>> or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>> --
>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

>
> I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the can
> was filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the meat up with
> a fork for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was missin from your
> can. ;o{ Janet


What grade they're marketing in each country must vary widely. I've only
once bought chunk tuna, but I have often seen people open cans at work and
they all look like cat food...soupy, mushy, and no really visible chunks.
Actually the food I feed my cats looks better. It's sad.

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> On Sat 14 Jun 2008 05:24:35p, Janet Bostwick told us...
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>
>>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of
>>> some green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and
>>> corn relish or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>>> --
>>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

>>
>> I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the
>> can was filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the meat
>> up with a fork for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was missin
>> from your can. ;o{ Janet

>
> What grade they're marketing in each country must vary widely. I've
> only once bought chunk tuna, but I have often seen people open cans
> at work and they all look like cat food...soupy, mushy, and no really
> visible chunks. Actually the food I feed my cats looks better. It's
> sad.
>
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I'm in your country, although another state. I purchased the tuna from
Costco.
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On Sun 15 Jun 2008 11:18:54a, Janet Bostwick told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sat 14 Jun 2008 05:24:35p, Janet Bostwick told us...
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>
>>>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of
>>>> some green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and
>>>> corn relish or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>>>> --
>>>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>>> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>>>
>>> I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the
>>> can was filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the meat
>>> up with a fork for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was missin
>>> from your can. ;o{ Janet

>>
>> What grade they're marketing in each country must vary widely. I've
>> only once bought chunk tuna, but I have often seen people open cans
>> at work and they all look like cat food...soupy, mushy, and no really
>> visible chunks. Actually the food I feed my cats looks better. It's
>> sad.
>>
>> --
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> I'm in your country, although another state. I purchased the tuna from
> Costco.
> Janet
>
>
>


I should look at Costo's brand, then, although I don't use enough tuna to
want it hanging around in the large multi-can packages usually available
there. Today, I just bought a can of Bumble-Bee solid white albacore in
the gold can. It was excellent.

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> On Sun 15 Jun 2008 11:18:54a, Janet Bostwick told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Sat 14 Jun 2008 05:24:35p, Janet Bostwick told us...
>>>
>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of
>>>>> some green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and
>>>>> corn relish or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>>>>> --
>>>>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>>>> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>>>>
>>>> I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the
>>>> can was filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the
>>>> meat up with a fork for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was
>>>> missin from your can. ;o{ Janet
>>>
>>> What grade they're marketing in each country must vary widely. I've
>>> only once bought chunk tuna, but I have often seen people open cans
>>> at work and they all look like cat food...soupy, mushy, and no
>>> really visible chunks. Actually the food I feed my cats looks
>>> better. It's sad.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright

>> I'm in your country, although another state. I purchased the tuna
>> from Costco.
>> Janet
>>
>>
>>

>
> I should look at Costo's brand, then, although I don't use enough
> tuna to want it hanging around in the large multi-can packages
> usually available there. Today, I just bought a can of Bumble-Bee
> solid white albacore in the gold can. It was excellent.
>
> --
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The Costco brand is very nice to be sure. However, I purchased the Chicken
of the Sea tuna from Costco. I thnik sometimes theautomated canning process
just portions out by weight and not solids and the consumer gets a can of
mush. I've only had that happen to me a couple of times with Chicken of the
Sea, but I say away from Bumble Bee because it has always been watery mush
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 15 Jun 2008 11:18:54a, Janet Bostwick told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Sat 14 Jun 2008 05:24:35p, Janet Bostwick told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>>>> This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush,
>>>>>> through and through. They're going to hear about this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of
>>>>>> some green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and
>>>>>> corn relish or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>>>>> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>>>>>
>>>>> I just opened a can this noon. There was hardly any water and the
>>>>> can was filled with 2 solid chunks of tuna. I had to break the
>>>>> meat up with a fork for tuna salad. I must have gotten what was
>>>>> missin from your can. ;o{ Janet
>>>>
>>>> What grade they're marketing in each country must vary widely. I've
>>>> only once bought chunk tuna, but I have often seen people open cans
>>>> at work and they all look like cat food...soupy, mushy, and no
>>>> really visible chunks. Actually the food I feed my cats looks
>>>> better. It's sad.
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>> I'm in your country, although another state. I purchased the tuna
>>> from Costco.
>>> Janet
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>> I should look at Costo's brand, then, although I don't use enough
>> tuna to want it hanging around in the large multi-can packages
>> usually available there. Today, I just bought a can of Bumble-Bee
>> solid white albacore in the gold can. It was excellent.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright

> The Costco brand is very nice to be sure. However, I purchased the
> Chicken of the Sea tuna from Costco. I thnik sometimes theautomated
> canning process just portions out by weight and not solids and the
> consumer gets a can of mush. I've only had that happen to me a couple
> of times with Chicken of the Sea, but I say away from Bumble Bee because
> it has always been watery mush when I have opened a can. Just the luck
> of the draw I guess. Janet


I've not had a problem with the solid white albacore, but I don't buy
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i think i remember seeing canned tuna packed in olive oil from italy-maybe i should give it a try

anyone try it?
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