http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x51328Husb2Sparkly (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-14-08 02:18 PM
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Chicken of the Sea Tuna .......
..... from Costco. The big cans.
"Product of Thailand"
Husb2Sparkly (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-14-08 03:53 PM
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2. I always thought (assumed?) it was US caught tuna from our domestic fleet
The fleet sailed out of a number of Southern California ports, with the biggest fleet at San Diego ........
after which a map of the United States
We also had a fleet in American Samoa.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-14-08 04:06 PM
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3. It's never safe to assume anything anymore. I always read country of origin on the things we buy in the grocery.
Especially on produce. The big name produce companies have no compunction at all about growing in countries where there are much more lenient pesticide and herbicide regs than here.
sandnsea (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-14-08 09:59 PM
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4. I think the quality has deteriorated
A long time ago you could get regular canned chunk tuna, and then you could get really cheap grated tuna which was kind of disgusting like cat food. Now it seems like the disgusting stuff is the regular tuna and anything remotely good must be put in those aluminum packages or something. I buy albacore, although Bumble Bee doesn't seem to be as bad as StarKist or Chicken of the Sea.
They keep saying Americans are going to have to get used to a lower standard of living. Maybe that's why, the food we used to get as normal is now feeding more upper income people so there isn't any for us schmoes.
I think the quality has deteriorated because primitives DEMAND cheap food.
One gets what one pays for.
grasswire (1000+ posts) Mon Dec-15-08 01:26 AM
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5. The Kroger brand light tuna is great.
You should be able to get that at Fred Meyer. It's actual pieces of a whole fish, not little gratings. Seriously, it's a great value; always on sale for 69 cents or so.
I dunno.
I don't eat anything that grows under water, but once in a while I give the cats here canned tuna-and-water, and it always looks okay to me. And the cats gobble it up, which is a statement.
