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On Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 9:25:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> On Friday, November 9, 2018 at 10:56:00 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> > On Friday, November 9, 2018 at 10:27:31 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> > > On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 3:07:41 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > What would you make with it?
> > >
> > > I don't know about how things are in the UK, but the state of can tuna
> > > in
> > > the US is dismal. Mostly, what greets you when you open up a can is
> > > murky
> > > water with tuna debris floating on top like the wooden splinters of a
> > > galleon sunk by cannon fire. It's not a pretty sight. What lies beneath
> > > is
> > > not much better either. It's a gooey mush that resembles the by-products
> > > of
> > > cat food production.
> > >
> > > OTOH, I had a tuna fish sandwich at a restaurant recently. It was pretty
> > > good because I have not had one of those in a while.
> > >
> > > ==
> > >
> > > Wow! I don't eat it but have never seen it like that! Here is made up
> > > of
> > > pieces of fish in either brine or oil.
> > >
> > > D. likes it and he really wouldn't like what you describe. I am
> > > pleased
> > > you got a decent sandwich!

> >
> > I have a can of Samoan tuna - Van Camp Wahoo. Those guys in Samoa just
> > love
> > the stuff. There used to be a cannery in Samoa that processed the fish.
> > The
> > last I heard, it closed down. It's some kind of secret just where this
> > fish
> > comes from and where it's being processed at the moment. The can doesn't
> > give a clue. Maybe it's better not to know... I don't particularly care
> > for
> > the stuff because it reminds me of albacore. You can get it on Amazon for
> > around 10 bucks a can but why would you?
> >
> > http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../ln40alee.html
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> > If it is really good and would be popular, I suspect the cannery might be
> > interested in a good market

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> As far as I know, you have to be Samoan to love it. That's the way the
> cookie crumbles.
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> OTOH, we eat a crapload of tuna. We got that stuff coming out of our gills.
> My guess is that we eat more tuna than the rest of the US. Yesterday our
> lunch was spicy ahi poke and spicy ahi katsu. I suppose you could say that
> ahi katsu is similar to your country's fish and chips. That is, if your fish
> was tuna and it was chopped up and slathered with spicy sauce and furikake
> and instead of chips you had a couple of scoops of rice. Hee hee
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...gyjd4bELpzB2Lq
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> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...iDqAhqHYOvrArW
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> If that is the equivalent of our fish and chips, it must be jolly good)


I remember the first time I had that dish. I was at the neighbor's home playing some board game. Maybe it was tiddlywinks. The guy's parents come home and they brought some new food called "fish and chips" from a place that just opened in Kailua town. The place was called, pretentiously enough, "H. Salt Esq." At the time it was exotic food from England which must have been classy because of the name. The newspaper motif printed on the bag and wrapper was puzzling to me. I thought it was good eats. Pretty much any food that wasn't prepared at home was good eats. Thus began my long and fruitful friendship with fast food.

I can remember the music that we were listening to at the time. My friend's older sister must have been playing the LP. I really wasn't interested in music at the time but it must have left an impression on me. It was just perfect. My introduction to the Stones and F&C, at the same time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRc0yaMW7Mw