JRStern wrote:
>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.

Canned fish is sold in many quality levels. I can't imagine three 5
oz cans of tuna for a buck is going to be solid white tuna, it's
likely that awful dark flake tuna, scraps left from the solid white
tinned tuna... my cats won't eat that chum. There are also several
species of tuna, same as with salmon. One usually gets what they pay
for. The other issue to keep in mind is that tuna has a rather high
murcury content so one would be wise to limit their tuna consumption
whether canned or fresh. Cats are very discerning about what they'll
eat, they won't eat canned fish if it's tainted with heavy metals, in
fact most feral cats won't eat commercial cat food unless they have no
other choice, they prefer to eat their own kills. Believe it or not
one of the canned foods most cats can't resist, and I use it in the
Have-A-Hart trap, is SPAM... they actually prefer it to expensive
sardines. I still have two more ferals to trap... Joiner and Ivan are
very elusive/wary... the rest have all been to the Vet. I'm pretty
sure Ivan is a boy, but Joiner looks prego and needs to go to the Vet.
Joiner is not a litter mate but joined the kittens, she's probably a
few months older and took over the mommy training chores, she's an
excellent hunter, this is the first spring I've seen no vole mounds,
they earn their keep. This is an ideal spring day (sunny and 74º),
tomorrow will be the first mowing. My Redspire Pear in full bloom
today:
http://i57.tinypic.com/1tudea.jpg
http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp