I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.

nb

notbob wrote:

> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>
> nb
In the first place, even though Julia Child's early books mentioned
water pack tuna, she would later say (Jacques and Julia TV program)
"Water doesn't preserve tuna properly. Use oil packed tuna.".

It works better if you say that in your best Dan Ackroyd (?) Julia voice.

I agree. Water packed tuna tastes gritty to me, and no amount of oil,
mayo, or anything else can fix it - sort of like beans cooked without
salt.

We have used TJ's product in oil and it's not bad. Worth getting a can
or two to see whether you like it.

notbob wrote:
> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>
TJ carries several kinds of tuna, packed in water or in oil. The one I
like is called "Albacore Solid White Tuna in Olive Oil." Pretty
solidly packed, breaks into larg-ish chunks, tastes good. I don't
remember what it costs -- probably neither a great bargain nor a big
premium.

I don't know of any reason -- storage quality, taste, nutrition, health
-- to use water-packed tuna but you're free to vary your mileage.
-aem

On 2006-07-21, Gualtier Malde > wrote:

> We have used TJ's product in oil and it's not bad. Worth getting a can
> or two to see whether you like it.

I bought a can, today. Thnx

nb

ke8yy wrote:
> notbob wrote:
> > I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> > tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> > have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> > rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
> >
> > nb
>
> I like the tuna in olive oil they carry at TJ. For a tuna salad, I
> don't add any mayo; I use the tuna and the oil, and add chopped
> shallots, capers, salt, pepper, chopped celery, dash of dijon mustard.
> Much more flavorful (and heathier) than taking waterpacked tuna and
> adding mayo.
All canned tuna may be ill with mercury. Make sure that it's dead
before it's canned. Canning live fish has caused havoc in supermarkets
whenever they the fish regain conciousness after being clubbed half to
death. How would you like it; you're living on Tahiti or someplace and
swimming with Tuna and you personally know them and they get kidnapped
and you swim hard hard hard to San Francisco to rescue them only to
find out that they your friend are no longer identifiable?

notbob wrote:
> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>
> nb


If you stop by Wal Mart or the Wal Mart Neighborhood Market, you can
pick up 6 oz. cans of Starkist albacore for $1.18. Someone else here
also mentioned Aldi's. If you have an Aldi's you now have two good
source to pick up some cans of tuna at very decent prices.

"notbob" > wrote in message
. ..
> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>

nb

I picked up some albacore in water at TJ's, in SoCal,at the beginning of the
week...cost was $1.39 for 6 oz can.

Harriet & critters

On 2006-07-22, Harriet Neal > wrote:
> I picked up some albacore in water at TJ's, in SoCal,at the beginning of the
> week...cost was $1.39 for 6 oz can.

Yes, I hit TJ's this morning. Bought albacore in water ($1.39) and in
O/O ($1.59). Since I can't eat sardines because of gout, I haven't
had canned fish in oil in ages. Looking forward to it.

nb

notbob wrote:

> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>
> nb

OUR current favorite is Wild Oats store brand.* Of course,
that does you no good if you aren't near a Wild Oats. Oh yes,
also the Bumblebee Prime Filet Solid White Albacore, which has
a gold label and a gold can, is good--a bit more expensive and
drier than the aforementioned one.

*MY favorite is actually Ortiz's Bonito del Norte en Aceite de
Oliva, but my daughter doesn't like it. Since the other
varieties only come in 6-oz cans. I rarely get to eat this
one, even though one can get 4-oz cans of it. (and that's
lucky, because it's expensive!)

--
Jean B.

notbob wrote:

> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>
> nb

PS, I see the price thingy, so forget what I said. Others may
be interested though.

--
Jean B.

notbob wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
> tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
> have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
> rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.

I just ran across this article on "Tunagate".
I'd never heard of it before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunagate

Steve Wertz wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:01:40 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>
>>notbob wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm looking for a good albacore tuna alternative to Starkist albacore
>>>tuna in water. I've heard Costco is decent. What about TJ? Do they
>>>have a good offering. Oh, I'm talking $1 per 6oz can. Starkist only
>>>rarely hits that price point and I'm running out of stock.
>>>
>>>nb
>>
>>OUR current favorite is Wild Oats store brand.* Of course,
>>that does you no good if you aren't near a Wild Oats.
>
>
> Wild Oats and Henry's Farmers Markets are all Southern California.
> They also own Sun Harvest, which is Texas only.
>
> CostCo has it for about $1.10 for the small cans, or $10.50 for
> the 60oz can (which I bought last night, but it's Starkist).
>
> -sw

I am in Massachusetts, and we have Wild Oats here. I'll pick
up some tuna at Costco the next time I'm there and see what
it's like.

--
Jean B.