While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
Janet

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
> the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
> thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?

There was! Could Costco be listening?

Janet Bostwick said...

> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
> the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
> thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
> Janet


Janet,

Yes. The shrinking can of tuna, from a month or so ago.

I wonder if they added more tuna or more water.

Drain the "new" 7oz. can and put the tuna on a food scale?

Best,

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

On Apr 25, 7:11*pm, Andy > wrote:
> Janet Bostwick said...
>
> > While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
> > the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. *Wasn't there just a
> > thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
> > Janet
>
> Janet,
>
> Yes. The shrinking can of tuna, from a month or so ago.
>
> I wonder if they added more tuna or more water.
>
> Drain the "new" 7oz. can and put the tuna on a food scale?

I don't think they're allowed to count the weight od the water.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy
>
--Bryan
Visit Bobo Bonobo's Mortuary and Sausage Emporium
On the web @ http://MySpace.com/BoboBonobo

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of
> Chicken of the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't
> there just a thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped
> to 5 ounce?

It was in their magazine. They insisted that all the tuna they sell in
cans get back up to 7 oz.

I think this is a link to the article:

http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52

nancy

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
> the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
> thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
> Janet
>
>

More important than can size is price per ounce. Generally, the
downsizing of products is a way to retain profits without raising the
price per can. Obviously, you can't keep doing this for very long.
Sooner or later you'll have to raise the price per can. My thinking is
that new improved larger sizes are mostly a way to hide price increases.

I recently opened up a bar of soap and was shocked to find that the
cardboard box hid a bar that was whittled down on the sides - no longer
was it a bar or plump oval but something that resembled a doggie bone.
What next? Chicken bones? :-)

Nancy Young said...

> I think this is a link to the article:
>
> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52
>
> nancy


nancy,

Good link, only problem is CostCo is doing something funky with that webpage
whereby I can't zoom the page up. It jumps back to a fixed page size. I don't
want to read about it with a magnifying glass.

Thanks though!

Best,

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of
>> Chicken of the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't
>> there just a thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped
>> to 5 ounce?
>
> It was in their magazine. They insisted that all the tuna they sell in
> cans get back up to 7 oz.
>
> I think this is a link to the article:
>
> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52
>
> nancy

That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco cans of
tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands offered by
Costco. Thanks.
Janet

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of
>>> Chicken of the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't
>>> there just a thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped
>>> to 5 ounce?
>>
>> It was in their magazine. They insisted that all the tuna they sell
>> in cans get back up to 7 oz.
>>
>> I think this is a link to the article:
>>
>> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52

> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco
> cans of tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands
> offered by Costco. Thanks.

You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've seen
in a long while.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
news
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>
>>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of
>>>> Chicken of the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't
>>>> there just a thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped
>>>> to 5 ounce?
>>>
>>> It was in their magazine. They insisted that all the tuna they sell
>>> in cans get back up to 7 oz.
>>>
>>> I think this is a link to the article:
>>>
>>> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52
>
>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco
>> cans of tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands
>> offered by Costco. Thanks.
>
> You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
> haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've seen in a
> long while.
>
> nancy

I know that many here complain that they get slush and mush in cans of tuna
today. I only buy Chicken of the Sea and only at Costco. I usually have
just one round of meat in the can that I have to break up to make tuna
salad. Maybe, max., a tablespoon of juice. Sometimes there are two pieces
of meat. Maybe Costco dictates the contents of the cans to major brands as
well.
OT have you seen the perennials and annuals that are zooming out of the
store each day and the prices? A full flat of 18, 3" pots is $11.99. If I
would buy separately at a greenhouse, the cost would be $1.49 each pot.
Gallon pots are going $21.99 for a set of 3. I've been at Costco 3 days in
a row, and every day, yesterday's plants offerings are totally gone.
Zowee!!
Janet

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:49:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:


>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco
>> cans of tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands
>> offered by Costco. Thanks.
>
>You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
>haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've seen
>in a long while.
>
>nancy
I agree with you totally Nancy. Oddly, Kirkland is the best.
aloha,
Cea

Janet Bostwick > wrote:\
>
> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco cans of
> tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands offered by
> Costco. Thanks.

They only have 1 brand of canned tuna in albacore and yellowfin,
both in water. Their prices have been well above the local sales
prices for years. I'm certainly going to notice the reduction from
48oz to 7oz.

-sw

pure kona wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:49:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco
>>> cans of tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands
>>> offered by Costco. Thanks.
>>
>> You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
>> haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've seen
>> in a long while.

> I agree with you totally Nancy. Oddly, Kirkland is the best.

You know, I never would have thought to try it except people here
recommended it. I had pretty much given up on canned tuna, the
quality has deteriorated so much.

nancy

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
>> haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've
>> seen in a long while.

> I know that many here complain that they get slush and mush in cans
> of tuna today.

Have you ever had the pleasure of opening a can of tuna and
it's tuna bits in water ... slush is a very good word for it. And
not cheap, either. I had switched to the gold pouches.

> I only buy Chicken of the Sea and only at Costco. I
> usually have just one round of meat in the can that I have to break
> up to make tuna salad. Maybe, max., a tablespoon of juice.
> Sometimes there are two pieces of meat. Maybe Costco dictates the
> contents of the cans to major brands as well.

That wouldn't surprise me.

> OT have you seen the perennials and annuals that are zooming out of
> the store each day and the prices? A full flat of 18, 3" pots is
> $11.99. If I would buy separately at a greenhouse, the cost would be
> $1.49 each pot. Gallon pots are going $21.99 for a set of 3. I've
> been at Costco 3 days in a row, and every day, yesterday's plants
> offerings are totally gone. Zowee!!

Yikes, I must have gone at the wrong time. I see shrubberies but I
have never noticed flats of annuals. I'll be hitting all the nurseries
next week.

I did get some boxwood at Costco a couple of years ago. large pots
for $13 something. Can't beat that.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> pure kona wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:49:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco
>>>> cans of tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands
>>>> offered by Costco. Thanks.
>>>
>>> You're welcome. Since their brand is the only tuna I buy anymore, I
>>> haven't noticed the other stuff. It's the best canned tuna I've seen
>>> in a long while.
>
>> I agree with you totally Nancy. Oddly, Kirkland is the best.
>
> You know, I never would have thought to try it except people here
> recommended it. I had pretty much given up on canned tuna, the
> quality has deteriorated so much.
>
> nancy

We just recently became Costco members. We don't eat a lot of tuna
mostly because it has become such a bummer to buy (and the mercury
issues).
The next time we go, I am going to try the Kirklands.

The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a very
nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it. The
funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.

Tracy

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> Nancy Young said...
>
>> I think this is a link to the article:
>>
>> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52
>>

> Good link, only problem is CostCo is doing something funky with that
> webpage
> whereby I can't zoom the page up. It jumps back to a fixed page size. I
> don't
> want to read about it with a magnifying glass.
>
> Thanks though!

Worked for me with IE.
If the + button does not work, try doing it under the settings menu.

Tracy wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> You know, I never would have thought to try it except people here
>> recommended it. I had pretty much given up on canned tuna, the
>> quality has deteriorated so much.

> The next time we go, I am going to try the Kirklands.

I hope you like it.

> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it.
> The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.

I happen to love macaroni salad with tuna. I guess it's a nostalgia
thing for me, I haven't had that in ages. I have to make some.
Thanks for that reminder. Your recipe looks good to me.

nancy

Ed Pawlowski said...

>
> "Andy" > wrote in message news:Xns9BF8D12EEFCADCotD@
216.196.97.131...
>> Nancy Young said...
>>
>>> I think this is a link to the article:
>>>
>>> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...0904/?folio=52
>>>
>
>> Good link, only problem is CostCo is doing something funky with that
>> webpage
>> whereby I can't zoom the page up. It jumps back to a fixed page size. I
>> don't
>> want to read about it with a magnifying glass.
>>
>> Thanks though!
>
> Worked for me with IE.
> If the + button does not work, try doing it under the settings menu.


Ed,

I use Firefox.

I've never seen such web page behavior until this CostCo webpage.

I'm familiar with other webpages that won't zoom period!

Oh well!

There's a CostCo about 15 miles away as the crow flies. I've been tempted
to join but it's located at a major highway interchange/mall. King of
Prussia.

Best,

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Tracy wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> You know, I never would have thought to try it except people here
>>> recommended it. I had pretty much given up on canned tuna, the
>>> quality has deteriorated so much.
>
>> The next time we go, I am going to try the Kirklands.
>
> I hope you like it.
>
>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
>> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it.
>> The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>
> I happen to love macaroni salad with tuna. I guess it's a nostalgia
> thing for me, I haven't had that in ages. I have to make some.
> Thanks for that reminder. Your recipe looks good to me.
>
> nancy

Add diced, seeded cucumber, shredded carrot, diced celery, thawed peas and
chunks of tomato, then you've got tuna mac!!!
Janet

Nancy Young wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> You know, I never would have thought to try it except people here
>>> recommended it. I had pretty much given up on canned tuna, the
>>> quality has deteriorated so much.
>
>> The next time we go, I am going to try the Kirklands.
>
> I hope you like it.
>
>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
>> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it.
>> The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>
> I happen to love macaroni salad with tuna. I guess it's a nostalgia
> thing for me, I haven't had that in ages. I have to make some.
> Thanks for that reminder. Your recipe looks good to me.
>
> nancy

Thanks for the reminder. Even my daughter likes that. My norm is
mac, tuna, celery, mayo, lemon juice, and capers.... I sometimes
add some dill to mine.

--
Jean B.

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:26:09 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> I only buy Chicken of the Sea and only at Costco. I
>> usually have just one round of meat in the can that I have to break
>> up to make tuna salad. Maybe, max., a tablespoon of juice.
>> Sometimes there are two pieces of meat. Maybe Costco dictates the
>> contents of the cans to major brands as well.
>
> That wouldn't surprise me.
>

i know wal-mart jawbones its suppliers ruthlessly, but does costco have
that kind of clout?

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:10:46 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> Janet Bostwick > wrote:\
>>
>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco cans of
>> tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands offered by
>> Costco. Thanks.
>
> They only have 1 brand of canned tuna in albacore and yellowfin,
> both in water. Their prices have been well above the local sales
> prices for years. I'm certainly going to notice the reduction from
> 48oz to 7oz.
>
> -sw

what in god's name does one person do with 48 ounces of canned tuna fish?

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:59:36 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:26:09 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>> I only buy Chicken of the Sea and only at Costco. I
>>> usually have just one round of meat in the can that I have to break
>>> up to make tuna salad. Maybe, max., a tablespoon of juice.
>>> Sometimes there are two pieces of meat. Maybe Costco dictates the
>>> contents of the cans to major brands as well.
>>
>> That wouldn't surprise me.
>>
>
>i know wal-mart jawbones its suppliers ruthlessly, but does costco have
>that kind of clout?
>
>your pal,
>blake

Oh yes

I'm going to Costco this afternoon, as I'm in Canada will check the
tuna and see if it's the same.

blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:10:46 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Janet Bostwick > wrote:\
>>>
>>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco cans of
>>> tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands offered by
>>> Costco. Thanks.
>>
>> They only have 1 brand of canned tuna in albacore and yellowfin,
>> both in water. Their prices have been well above the local sales
>> prices for years. I'm certainly going to notice the reduction from
>> 48oz to 7oz.
>
> what in god's name does one person do with 48 ounces of canned tuna fish?

Foodservice Tuna Salad. I've never found anything to do with it at
home. I still have a can that's 5-6 months old, just looking for
idea (or a large cat).

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:10:46 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> Janet Bostwick > wrote:\
>>>> That's what I get for skimming an article. I "read" that all Costco cans of
>>>> tuna would be 7 ounces, I missed the part about all brands offered by
>>>> Costco. Thanks.
>>> They only have 1 brand of canned tuna in albacore and yellowfin,
>>> both in water. Their prices have been well above the local sales
>>> prices for years. I'm certainly going to notice the reduction from
>>> 48oz to 7oz.
>> what in god's name does one person do with 48 ounces of canned tuna fish?
>
> Foodservice Tuna Salad. I've never found anything to do with it at
> home. I still have a can that's 5-6 months old, just looking for
> idea (or a large cat).
>
> -sw

Food pantry--or organization that feeds folks in need.

--
Jean B.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken of
> the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
> thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
> Janet

Not the COSTCO brands (Kirkland)

This the supermarket brands that were downsized several times.

Dimitri

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:10:46 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
snip
>
> what in god's name does one person do with 48 ounces of canned tuna fish?
>
> your pal,
> blake

;o} I've promised myself that once in my life I am going to get one of those
BIG cans of tuna. I just want one. The size and 'shape' intrigue me.
Janet

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> m...
>> While shopping at Costco today, I noticed that all the packs of Chicken
>> of the Sea tuna cans were labeled New, 7 ounce cans. Wasn't there just a
>> thread about tuna cans being 6 ounce and to be dropped to 5 ounce?
>> Janet
>
> Not the COSTCO brands (Kirkland)
>
> This the supermarket brands that were downsized several times.
>
> Dimitri

I understood that the Kirkland brand tuna wasn't being downsized. The
previous thread was about non-Kirkland tuna brand cans getting smaller.
Costco apparently told Chicken of the Sea that any tuna sold in a Costco
store would be 7 ounces. See linked article provided by Nancy above.
Janet

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:


>The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a very
>nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it. The
>funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.

Would you mind posting the recipe?

Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
through the clipper.)

Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!

I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....

Alex

Chemiker wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>
>
>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a very
>> nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it. The
>> funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>
> Would you mind posting the recipe?
>
> Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
> I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
> dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
> through the clipper.)
>
> Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
> extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
> macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!
>
> I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....
>
> Alex

Well, the recipe is basically what I just listed. Cook a box (one pound)
of elbow macaroni.
Add half of a large onion, chopped, two or three cans of drained tuna
(we used to buy chunk light, but it is disgusting now so we use chunk
white now) packed in water)and a jar (eight ounces maybe) of chopped
green olives with pimento. You can buy "salad olives" which are slightly
chopped already but I don't mind chopping olives and I don't think the
price difference is major. Next add mayonnaise. I use Hellman's. Add
slightly more than you think it needs because it will dry out in the
fridge. Salt and pepper to taste.

When my mother died about 10 years ago, my sister decided to make "the
macaroni salad" for the family gathering after the funeral. She ruined
by decorating a perfectly good macaroni salad with stewed tomatoes.

This macaroni salad is good because it is so simple.

Tracy

Tracy wrote:
> Chemiker wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
>>> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it.
>>> The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>>
>> Would you mind posting the recipe?
>>
>> Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
>> I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
>> dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
>> through the clipper.)
>>
>> Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
>> extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
>> macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!
>>
>> I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....
>>
>> Alex
>
> Well, the recipe is basically what I just listed. Cook a box (one pound)
> of elbow macaroni.
> Add half of a large onion, chopped, two or three cans of drained tuna
> (we used to buy chunk light, but it is disgusting now so we use chunk
> white now) packed in water)and a jar (eight ounces maybe) of chopped
> green olives with pimento. You can buy "salad olives" which are slightly
> chopped already but I don't mind chopping olives and I don't think the
> price difference is major. Next add mayonnaise. I use Hellman's. Add
> slightly more than you think it needs because it will dry out in the
> fridge. Salt and pepper to taste.
>
> When my mother died about 10 years ago, my sister decided to make "the
> macaroni salad" for the family gathering after the funeral. She ruined
> by decorating a perfectly good macaroni salad with stewed tomatoes.
>
> This macaroni salad is good because it is so simple.
>
> Tracy

Two comments...

First, I went to Costco yesterday and picked up an 8-pack of
Kirkland brand tuna to make our tuna mac salad. Turns out that we
haven't yet sampled it, because we have other plans, but they 7-of
cans were full of pretty solid tuna, with none of that "mush".

Second, I am kicking myself because I just threw out the brine
from a jar of green olives. I am now thinking of a mac salad I
kluged together back when I was in my teens. It contained mac,
hard-boiled eggs, green olives, brine from olives, mayo, dill...
That's what I readily recall, anyway. I can probably find my
recipe if anyone wants it. I do wonder whether I'd find it very
salty now, because I kept adding more and more of that salty brine.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>> Chemiker wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>>>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
>>>> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it.
>>>> The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>>>
>>> Would you mind posting the recipe?
>>>
>>> Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
>>> I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
>>> dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
>>> through the clipper.)
>>>
>>> Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
>>> extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
>>> macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!
>>>
>>> I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....
>>>
>>> Alex
>>
>> Well, the recipe is basically what I just listed. Cook a box (one
>> pound) of elbow macaroni.
>> Add half of a large onion, chopped, two or three cans of drained tuna
>> (we used to buy chunk light, but it is disgusting now so we use chunk
>> white now) packed in water)and a jar (eight ounces maybe) of chopped
>> green olives with pimento. You can buy "salad olives" which are
>> slightly chopped already but I don't mind chopping olives and I don't
>> think the price difference is major. Next add mayonnaise. I use
>> Hellman's. Add slightly more than you think it needs because it will
>> dry out in the fridge. Salt and pepper to taste.
>>
>> When my mother died about 10 years ago, my sister decided to make "the
>> macaroni salad" for the family gathering after the funeral. She ruined
>> by decorating a perfectly good macaroni salad with stewed tomatoes.
>>
>> This macaroni salad is good because it is so simple.
>>
>> Tracy
>
> Two comments...
>
> First, I went to Costco yesterday and picked up an 8-pack of Kirkland
> brand tuna to make our tuna mac salad. Turns out that we haven't yet
> sampled it, because we have other plans, but they 7-of cans were full of
> pretty solid tuna, with none of that "mush".
>
> Second, I am kicking myself because I just threw out the brine from a
> jar of green olives. I am now thinking of a mac salad I kluged together
> back when I was in my teens. It contained mac, hard-boiled eggs, green
> olives, brine from olives, mayo, dill... That's what I readily recall,
> anyway. I can probably find my recipe if anyone wants it. I do wonder
> whether I'd find it very salty now, because I kept adding more and more
> of that salty brine.
>

I need a to make a Costco run this weekend. I am definitely going to
get some tuna. It comes in so handy during the hotter days and isn't'
today one of 'em! The current temp in Chestnut Hill is 92. Tomorrow it
will probably be 60 again. Love New England.

I am not a fan of hard cooked eggs in macaroni salad. I tolerate them in
potato salad but I personally don't include them. I'd rather have a
deviled egg on the side.

Adding brine sounds kind of good, I'll have to try that.

Tracy (thinking a gin and tonic after work will taste mighty good)

Tracy wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Tracy wrote:
>>> Chemiker wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>>>>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a
>>>>> very nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made
>>>>> it. The funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>>>>
>>>> Would you mind posting the recipe?
>>>>
>>>> Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
>>>> I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
>>>> dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
>>>> through the clipper.)
>>>>
>>>> Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
>>>> extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
>>>> macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!
>>>>
>>>> I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>
>>> Well, the recipe is basically what I just listed. Cook a box (one
>>> pound) of elbow macaroni.
>>> Add half of a large onion, chopped, two or three cans of drained tuna
>>> (we used to buy chunk light, but it is disgusting now so we use chunk
>>> white now) packed in water)and a jar (eight ounces maybe) of chopped
>>> green olives with pimento. You can buy "salad olives" which are
>>> slightly chopped already but I don't mind chopping olives and I don't
>>> think the price difference is major. Next add mayonnaise. I use
>>> Hellman's. Add slightly more than you think it needs because it will
>>> dry out in the fridge. Salt and pepper to taste.
>>>
>>> When my mother died about 10 years ago, my sister decided to make
>>> "the macaroni salad" for the family gathering after the funeral. She
>>> ruined by decorating a perfectly good macaroni salad with stewed
>>> tomatoes.
>>>
>>> This macaroni salad is good because it is so simple.
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>
>> Two comments...
>>
>> First, I went to Costco yesterday and picked up an 8-pack of Kirkland
>> brand tuna to make our tuna mac salad. Turns out that we haven't yet
>> sampled it, because we have other plans, but they 7-of cans were full
>> of pretty solid tuna, with none of that "mush".
>>
>> Second, I am kicking myself because I just threw out the brine from a
>> jar of green olives. I am now thinking of a mac salad I kluged
>> together back when I was in my teens. It contained mac, hard-boiled
>> eggs, green olives, brine from olives, mayo, dill... That's what I
>> readily recall, anyway. I can probably find my recipe if anyone wants
>> it. I do wonder whether I'd find it very salty now, because I kept
>> adding more and more of that salty brine.
>>
>
> I need a to make a Costco run this weekend. I am definitely going to
> get some tuna. It comes in so handy during the hotter days and isn't'
> today one of 'em! The current temp in Chestnut Hill is 92. Tomorrow it
> will probably be 60 again. Love New England.
>
> I am not a fan of hard cooked eggs in macaroni salad. I tolerate them in
> potato salad but I personally don't include them. I'd rather have a
> deviled egg on the side.
>
> Adding brine sounds kind of good, I'll have to try that.
>
> Tracy (thinking a gin and tonic after work will taste mighty good)

I only have seen 86 around here when I went to retrieve my
daughter. (I hate the heat, so that is still way too hot for me.)

That tuna was pretty cheap--11-something for the 8 cans. They had
some other brands too. The Chicken of the Sea that was mentioned
here. Maybe Bumblebee.

Unfortunately, we have to go to Cambridge for dinner. And that
will entail some walking. With the reported temperature of 90F at
Logan, it doesn't sound like going in that direction will be a
good thing.

--
Jean B.

Tracy wrote:

> I need a to make a Costco run this weekend. I am definitely going to
> get some tuna. It comes in so handy during the hotter days and isn't'
> today one of 'em! The current temp in Chestnut Hill is 92. Tomorrow
> it will probably be 60 again. Love New England.

I doubt it will make you feel any better, but the weather is identical
down here in Jersey. It's starting to drop now that it's after 4.
Keep going! I'm not ready for this weather.

I'm getting the ingredients for that macaroni tuna salad tomorrow
when I can be bothered going food shopping.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>
>> I need a to make a Costco run this weekend. I am definitely going to
>> get some tuna. It comes in so handy during the hotter days and isn't'
>> today one of 'em! The current temp in Chestnut Hill is 92. Tomorrow
>> it will probably be 60 again. Love New England.
>
> I doubt it will make you feel any better, but the weather is identical
> down here in Jersey. It's starting to drop now that it's after 4. Keep
> going! I'm not ready for this weather.
>
> I'm getting the ingredients for that macaroni tuna salad tomorrow when I
> can be bothered going food shopping.
>
> nancy

I was mostly kidding about the drop to 60 tomorrow, but I just checked
and it is going to be 60 tomorrow.

I don't mind the heat today. There is a nice breeze, but I just know my
husband is going to want to put ac in the window when he gets home from
work. I just know it. He won't listen to reason.

Tracy

Tracy wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Tracy wrote:
>>
>>> I need a to make a Costco run this weekend. I am definitely going to
>>> get some tuna. It comes in so handy during the hotter days and isn't'
>>> today one of 'em! The current temp in Chestnut Hill is 92. Tomorrow
>>> it will probably be 60 again. Love New England.
>>
>> I doubt it will make you feel any better, but the weather is identical
>> down here in Jersey. It's starting to drop now that it's after 4.
>> Keep going! I'm not ready for this weather.
>>
>> I'm getting the ingredients for that macaroni tuna salad tomorrow when
>> I can be bothered going food shopping.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I was mostly kidding about the drop to 60 tomorrow, but I just checked
> and it is going to be 60 tomorrow.
>
> I don't mind the heat today. There is a nice breeze, but I just know my
> husband is going to want to put ac in the window when he gets home from
> work. I just know it. He won't listen to reason.
>
> Tracy

Ah, but some forecasts say it is going to be nice and cool
tonight. I guess that depends on when the front comes through.
Maybe not in time to avert that installation.

What I REALLY hate is the fact that this room has no openable
window in it. Thus, it's the AC or total stuffiness. Hmmm. I
should use my daughter's laptop this summer.

--
Jean B.

Tracy wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I doubt it will make you feel any better, but the weather is
>> identical down here in Jersey. It's starting to drop now that it's
>> after 4. Keep going! I'm not ready for this weather.

> I was mostly kidding about the drop to 60 tomorrow, but I just checked
> and it is going to be 60 tomorrow.

You were right, it's supposed to be in the 50s overnight. I've been
looking forward to that all day.

> I don't mind the heat today. There is a nice breeze, but I just know
> my husband is going to want to put ac in the window when he gets home
> from work. I just know it. He won't listen to reason.

It's going to be cooler, it's still April. Just a little reminder of things
to come. It is breezy as you say, so it's not bad. Just having the
heat on one morning, to wondering if I should start up the A/C the
next day is a little abrupt for me.

nancy
>
> Tracy

"Jean B." > wrote:

>> Foodservice Tuna Salad. I've never found anything to do with it at
>> home. I still have a can that's 5-6 months old, just looking for
>> idea (or a large cat).
>
> Food pantry--or organization that feeds folks in need.

I just got laid-off. I'm sure I'll find something to do with it.
The food pantry would probably just complain that the 4lb can used
to weigh 5lbs, anyway.

-sw

Janet Bostwick > wrote:

> ;o} I've promised myself that once in my life I am going to get one of those
> BIG cans of tuna. I just want one. The size and 'shape' intrigue me.
> Janet

That's exactly why I bought mine. I still have it.

-sw

Janet Bostwick > wrote:

> I understood that the Kirkland brand tuna wasn't being downsized. The
> previous thread was about non-Kirkland tuna brand cans getting smaller.
> Costco apparently told Chicken of the Sea that any tuna sold in a Costco
> store would be 7 ounces. See linked article provided by Nancy above.

Which is quite the opposite of what Walmart is telling their
suppliers ("lower the price no matter what"). CostCo is making a
significant statement, IMO.

-sw