On Wed, 06 May 2015 09:08:21 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Starkist Tuna - 5oz cans, packed in water (or oil)
>
>My store this week....3 cans for a dollar, limit 12.
>I finally got there on the first day of a good sale so they had
>plenty. Next time I go on Saturday morning, I'll bet the shelves are
>empty.
>
>I do eat tuna sandwiches maybe once or twice a week (as late night
>snacks). I'll buy many more this week just for future use...this is a
>rare price for canned tuna these days. :-D

Y'know, about a year ago I found a similar "bargain". I've been
eating canned tuna my whole life, like most Americans, but there's
been a lot of question recently about how often those tuna cans even
contain tuna. I ate one, and the second, and the third is still
unopenned in my pantry. It was pretty poor quality tuna, if it was
tuna at all. I'd offer it to a cat if I had one handy, for a second
opinion. At this point if I'm going to eat canned tuna it's going to
be the best stuff available, and frankly it's fallen off my list.

There are a couple of restaurants that claim they're using exotic
"Spanish canned tuna" or the like, ... I'm even avoiding those staples
of American cuisine the tuna salad sandwich and tuna casserole. Not
just the mercury, but the doubt of what I'm getting, some of the
substitute fishes have reputations for intestinal upset.

Salmon just seems a better alternative, there's much less doubt about
what you're getting, and the canned pink salmon at TJ's, with similar
products available in most markets, at about $3.30/pound, is fine for
me when I want canned fish.

J.