Just Wondering

Raw tuna in sushi is my preferred way of having it.

The tuna I have that smelled funny was labeled as wild caught.

My mother would make tuna casserole when I was a kid. It did not taste too bad at the time. But, what she used in it other than tuna and elbow macaroni, I have no idea.

A casserole can be whatever you want it to be. It's just a mash up of leftover stuff thrown together and baked. Don't get me started on quiche however... I had a small bite of that only once in my life and also painted the floor with it. Never again will I try quiche!

Fresh tuna is great - seared ahi is one of my favorite things - but I like tuna salad and make it nearly every week. I always buy wild caught skipjack and while the quantity in the can has been reduced over the years, it smells and tastes the same as it ever did.

The most recent "smelly" tuna was "Ace of Diamonds" brand and is labeled "Solid White Tuna - Fancy Albacore In Water". My wife got "Natures Promise" brand this time and it's labled as "Solid White Albacore Tuna In Water". We'll see if it's any better. This latter one says "Product of Vietnam".

Another aspect of this is that it can be legit tuna, but fish in general smells when it gets old so it could just come down to the way it was handled. Unlike fresh tuna, you can't smell canned tuna until you open the can. We do also buy tuna steaks on occasion and grill those, and Yes, there is no comparison, but we still use canned tuna for tuna salad sandwiches.

Most times these days if I'm "Just wondering" about something I'll ask ChatGPT. It's not always right, but usually leads me to a path of truth.

If we buy canned tuna (for tuna salad sandwiches) it's chunk white tuna in water. There must have been a sale because we have a few cans of StarKist "chunk light tuna in water" in the cupboard.

Looking at the labels I noticed that some were "25% less sodium". The other cans were marked "wild caught" and had an American flag that said "Packed in the USA". It took awhile but in fine print on the UPC mark of the "less sodium" cans it said "Product of Ecuador". Hmmm...

Hope you're sitting down Mayhem... looking at the Albacore entry in Wiki, it appears that albacore tuna is the only tuna that can be sold as "white tuna" BUT a lot (most) of the tuna sold as white tuna isn't actually tuna...

"Albacore tuna is the only species that can be marketed as "white meat tuna". The canning industry uses this label to differentiate canned albacore from other types of tuna.[25]

From 2010 to 2013, a study by Oceana, an ocean preservation organization, tested over 114 samples of tuna, and found that 84% of the white tuna samples were actually escolar." -en.wikipedia. o rg/wiki/Albacore

It's unclear to me if that sampling was only for "tuna" served in restaurants or sold in fish markets, but the Wiki rabbit hole led me to other entries that indicate escolar was commonly canned and sold as "white tuna"- as often as 84% of the time.

Sorry Charlie, that ain't tuna.

Canned tuna = dog food. Fresh tuna = amazing

Not that it can't ever go bad, but canned anything usually has quite a long shelf life. That said, we did find canned anchovies at a brand new Market Basket supermarket near us. It's one of the reasons the Mrs will never shop there.

The fact that the store was new meant that they stocked the shelves with known expired food, and/or their inventory control is non-existent.

"We tend to buy whatever solid white is on sale. It doesn't taste bad. It just smells funky."

Maybe it's on sale because it smells funky.

I'm not a connoisseur of canned tuna to determine if one smells funky but I did encounter an extremely funky smelling coochie once. The only one I ever refused to eat and guys...

Don't stick your dick in funky.

Yeah, I'm just talking about the major brands, like Starkist, Chicken of the Sea, Bumblebee, etc. We tend to buy whatever solid white is on sale. It doesn't taste bad. It just smells funky.

You can't compare canned tuna to fresh or even frozen tuna, and different types of tuna taste differently.

Well, maybe some people can compare them and I'm not considering the Covid impaired people.

Yes. Pacific lobster dont have claws.

TBR, y’all got the declawed variety off of SD? (Just wandering’))

BT

We don't eat much tuna, but we know enough fishermen that we don't usually have to pay for it.

We use more for bait in the lobster traps than we eat.

I hear the human head weighs 8 lbs…most of the time.

BT

Chinese food is infamous for being made fun of for it being made from cat.

In turn, Korean food would be made fun of for if being made from dog.

:-D

@WindowShopping - re: self-starter. I think that I had that on my first resume.

As for “dropping a big bowl of dog that goes everywhere”, As coincidence would have it, I was just online today looking at restaurants in LA… K-Town, for the end of the month. Just wondering what they use for Korean BBQ??

BT

It's not taboo, it's just that it tastes like water that has gone through a hose not meant for potable water. If it doesn't bother you, go for it.

Just wondering, why is it taboo to drink from the garden hose? People are stupid...

The Mrs had been left with permanently altered sense of smell from covid. Many things that didn't used to bother her now do.

My sense of taste and smell mostly returned after a few weeks, but my ability to correctly judge how salty something is has been permanently impaired. I have to rely on other tasters to tell if I need to add more salt to whatever I'm cooking.

Ok m nice isn’t beige.

How about the off white of adjectives? : )

The sense of smell is supposed to fade with age. It seems as if yours is more pronounced though.

Re nice. It’s a ubiquitous part of language. Similar to fine and ok, tone of voice determines it’s meaning.

Dropping a bowl of dog that goes everywhere? Niiiiice.

I am not allergic to seafood, I just don't like the taste. I cannot tell you if tuna from a can has gotten more smelly, as I don't eat seafood. However, in comparison, wet cat food has gotten more smelly. Yes, something died in order to make the cat food. But, wet cat food now smells like something freshly died and was just starting to rot, then canned or sealed in its plastic container.

That reminds me of an old co-worker/friend who lived on his trawler with his wife in Ventura Harbor. They both loved the liveaboard life, but when he purchased his last boat, he wanted to rename it SMELLS LIKE FISH. His wife threatened to leave him if he did it. They compromised by renaming the dinghy....

Different topic, but I eat canned tuna usually at least once a week. We generally buy only solid white packed in water or sometimes oil. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that canned tuna is a lot smellier these days?

Just wondering if my sense of smell has changed that much or if we are getting an inferior product now, or perhaps both