primitive wants to freeze canned tuna

[franksolich]

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Ecumenist (3,603 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

I'm about to ask a weird question: Can canned tuna be frozen?

Here's the reason I ask; I have one of those caveman sized cans of tuna from costco and want to make tuna fish salad but NOT FRED FLINTSTONE PORTIONS. Can I freeze the rest?

Denninmi (1,906 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. Yes.

It works fine. Just be sure to wrap/package it tightly so the fishy aroma doesn't get into other foods.

The defrocked warped primitive, she with the face like Hindenberg's:

Warpy (61,977 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. Yes, but just freeze the tuna and not tuna salad.

Squeeze out as much air as you can and be sure to use it up within the next month. You'll still lose texture but since it's going to be mushed up with mayo and celery, that shouldn't make a huge difference.

Ecumenist (3,603 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. I didn't plan to freeze the tuna salad, just the leftover tuna...

There's a solution to this, of course.

Don't buy caveman-sized cans of tuna; buy the small cans.

[Rebel]

Yeah, as soon as you thaw it, you'll die from botulism toxin, DUmbass. Good luck!

[shadeaux]

I have never heard of freezing tuna.   What the hell size can requires you to freeze the rest ?

[Rebel]

I have never heard of freezing tuna.   What the hell size can requires you to freeze the rest ?

I freeze tuna all the time after we go fishing. Canned tuna? That's like Special Ed retard level 11.

[MoshMasterD]

Yeah, as soon as you thaw it, you'll die from botulism toxin, DUmbass. Good luck!

SHHHHHhhh.  Let them find out the hard way.

[diesel driver]

Yeah, as soon as you thaw it, you'll die from botulism toxin, DUmbass. Good luck!

Don't tell Pelosi.

She'll be injecting it into her face.

[franksolich]

I have never heard of freezing tuna.   What the hell size can requires you to freeze the rest?

Well, I'm curious as to how much the primitive "saved," by buying a gigantic can of tuna.

That's the primitives for you; they're suckers for every "marketing" scam there is.

Say an ordinary flat can of tuna costs 89 cents (I dunno what it really costs; I don't pay attention), and that one of these "caveman"-sized cans is the equivalent of five little flat cans.  Five cans x 89 cents would be $4.45, but of course there's that "discount" for quantity.  So the "caveman"-sized can was probably.....$4.39 or something.

Whoop-whoop-de-do.

Primitives like to do things like this, because they imagine they're pulling one over the greedy corporations, denying them the extra profit from the smaller units.  Primitives of course have no idea how it works.....

[vesta111]

Well, I'm curious as to how much the primitive "saved," by buying a gigantic can of tuna.

That's the primitives for you; they're suckers for every "marketing" scam there is.

Say an ordinary flat can of tuna costs 89 cents (I dunno what it really costs; I don't pay attention), and that one of these "caveman"-sized cans is the equivalent of five little flat cans.  Five cans x 89 cents would be $4.45, but of course there's that "discount" for quantity.  So the "caveman"-sized can was probably.....$4.39 or something.

Whoop-whoop-de-do.

Primitives like to do things like this, because they imagine they're pulling one over the greedy corporations, denying them the extra profit from the smaller units.  Primitives of course have no idea how it works.....

Speaking of Tuna, it was not that long ago when I found the Starkist tuna packed in sunflower oil on the shelves, in some sort of plastic bag.    What , no refrigeration needed, just out there on the open shelves like corn flakes??

A package that takes up no room akin to canned, no can opener needed and no draining .  I having worked with fish and how it is packaged for sale  and bought just one home, cautious as I was buying unrefrigerated fish I placed the package in a bowl of cold water to see if the package was air tight. -----You know like placing an inner tube for a bike in water to find out where the puncture is.

I an sitting here looking at one of those packages and the use by date is --- best by date, 1/11/14-------This is the best taste by that date but does not mean the product will go bad at that date.  This is for open shelf storage not frozen or refrigerated.

This stuff is survival food, camping, hiking or just stocking up the pantry.    In an emergency with loss of power, all frozen or refrigerated food will go bad, got to Bogey out of town the idea of carrying a back pack of 10 cans of tuna and the weight of the cans is cut down big time with twice the packages of tuna that is editable for the next 3 years.

Fish stored in a freezer for that long is a problem. Nuts.

Cost of living goes up every year, the cost of that tuna pack may be higher then the canned at time bought, but as the shelf life is more then 2 years, by the time you need the tuna you will have saved yourself some good money.

 

[Rebel]

Speaking of Tuna, it was not that long ago when I found the Starkist tuna packed in sunflower oil on the shelves, in some sort of plastic bag.    What , no refrigeration needed, just out there on the open shelves like corn flakes??

A package that takes up no room akin to canned, no can opener needed and no draining .  I having worked with fish and how it is packaged for sale  and bought just one home, cautious as I was buying unrefrigerated fish I placed the package in a bowl of cold water to see if the package was air tight. -----You know like placing an inner tube for a bike in water to find out where the puncture is.

I an sitting here looking at one of those packages and the use by date is --- best by date, 1/11/14-------This is the best taste by that date but does not mean the product will go bad at that date.  This is for open shelf storage not frozen or refrigerated.

This stuff is survival food, camping, hiking or just stocking up the pantry.    In an emergency with loss of power, all frozen or refrigerated food will go bad, got to Bogey out of town the idea of carrying a back pack of 10 cans of tuna and the weight of the cans is cut down big time with twice the packages of tuna that is editable for the next 3 years.

Fish stored in a freezer for that long is a problem. Nuts.

Cost of living goes up every year, the cost of that tuna pack may be higher then the canned at time bought, but as the shelf life is more then 2 years, by the time you need the tuna you will have saved yourself some good money.

 

Damn Vesta. You think people just started eating fish upon the invention of the refrigerator? You too better hope society doesn't collapse.

[BadCat]

If the canned tuna is packed in oil...well good luck freezing that.

[Maxiest]

Damn Vesta. You think people just started eating fish upon the invention of the refrigerator? You too better hope society doesn't collapse.

BS for quoting Vesta...

And frank, said DUmmie probably got it at the food bank.

[Karin]

Well it's just stupid to buy a bigass can of tuna, without a game plan.  Who does that?  You only buy that if you're feeding some small army for some event.  

I had to laugh at Vesta suspiciously testing out the packaging in the shelf stable envelope.  This stuff has been tested to a faretheewell.  It's fine.  I only buy it this way, I prefer it.  The texture is fantastic, not at all catfoody, like some canned stuff can be.  $1.00 at the Dollar General.  

[vesta111]

Damn Vesta. You think people just started eating fish upon the invention of the refrigerator? You too better hope society doesn't collapse.

No Rebel, but i remember some time in the late 1950's where a local fisherman would push a cart of the things he caught out of the river. He would stop at my G-grandmas summer place with his offerings.  Every thing was on ice in his push cart, lobster, clams, Lamprey Eels, perhaps a striper bass or Oysters.

All on ice as I try to remember it.  it was ice that brought the people to fresh fish, not smoked or salted.

We all hear that any guests that stay 3 days begin to smell like 3 day old fish.======Wonder how that expression came to be.

[Maxiest]

We all hear that any guests that stay 3 days begin to smell like 3 day old fish.

LOL!!!!

It's

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

-Benjamin Franklin

[dixierose]

Well it's just stupid to buy a bigass can of tuna, without a game plan.  Who does that?  You only buy that if you're feeding some small army for some event.  

I had to laugh at Vesta suspiciously testing out the packaging in the shelf stable envelope.  This stuff has been tested to a faretheewell.  It's fine.  I only buy it this way, I prefer it.  The texture is fantastic, not at all catfoody, like some canned stuff can be.  $1.00 at the Dollar General.  

I prefer it in the shelf stable envelopes as well. You don't need to worry about draining the fishy smelling water into your sink or trashcan. You also don't need a can opener.

[NHSparky]

Unless you're making 400 tuna fish sandwiches a day, or taking care of Frank's cats for two weeks, I really don't see the point of buying the Melchior-sized can of tuna.  Even the bulk stores like Sam's Club or BJ's usually sell 8-packs/12-packs of standard sized cans, which will last for a couple of years, at least.

Yeah, DUmmies--go ahead and freeze that canned stuff and see how well it works for you.

[Maxiest]

I do buy the bigger one (12oz) when I make tuna salad.  I am not sure what size this dude is talking about unless its like a super big Sam's size.  And buying that much is stupid as the poster above me mentioned.

Edit- Holy Cow.. I just found one that is 66.5oz... I hope this DUmmy didn't open one of those for a sandwich. 

[Chris_]

"Four pounds of tuna!  I'm getting a bargain!!"

[GOBUCKS]

I once knew a guy who thought he'd scored a great bargain at a freight-salvage place when he paid just a few bucks for a five-gallon bucket of canned beets.

People are stupid when they think they're getting a good deal.

[Maxiest]

I once knew a guy who thought he'd scored a great bargain at a freight-salvage place when he paid just a few bucks for a five-gallon bucket of canned beets.

People are stupid when they think they're getting a good deal.

 

Mrs. Maxiest will buy like 15 things of detergent if they are a good deal.  Of course we use those, but she does that with everything.  Luckily we use most of the items, but I do find it funny some time.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Doubt if it would matter, the real premium tuna that isn't canned immediately on a factory ship is flash-frozen hard as a frickin' rock when it's caught, and still brings ridiculous sums.