dsi1 > wrote:

> John Doe wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The Trouble With Tuna: A Lot of Millennials Don't Even Own
>> > Can Openers
>> >
>> > StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea deal with slumping
>> > market amid competition from fresher options
>> >
>> > https://www.wsj.com/articles/tuna-ma...ook-younger-co
>> > nsu mers-1543766400
>>
>> > Canned tuna, a lunchbox staple from the 20th century, is
>> > fighting to keep its spot in American cupboards...
>>
>> > Tuna first made inroads into American cupboards following a
>> > sardine shortage in 1903 and grew in popularity during wartime
>> > protein shortages that followed and as new canning technologies
>> > took hold. Since the late 1980s, its reputation has changed as
>> > consumers worried about potential mercury poisoning, the harm
>> > done to dolphins and its likeness to cat food.
>> >
>> > Then there is the smell. It's over and above fishy.
>>
>> THE PROBLEM IS POOR QUALITY CONTROL, perhaps because of
>> outsourcing to China/Asia. As I recently posted, the quality is
>> extremely hit and miss.
>>
>> Saying it smells "over and above fishy" is exactly right. And I'm
>> talking about solid albacore. I can't imagine eating ordinary
>> tuna. Used to. Not anymore.
>>
>> The fact they obviously don't care royally sucks, because canned
>> solid albacore can be the most awesome food when you are lucky. I
>> tried for about 15 freaking years to eat it, all the available
>> brands. It was always like "This is the brand!" and then BOOM it
>> got nasty, over and over again. Forget it.
>
> Can tuna fish was a product of the technology of the turn of the
> century and economics of the America of the past. It's time has
> come and gone. My guess is that the younger generation thinks of
> it as a nasty, stinky, product and they'd probably be right.

That is false. On rare occasion, it smells and tastes fantastic. If it
were all the same when it is canned, if it were not a quality issue,
perhaps it would have to do with being in the can too long, but none I
have seen have expiration dates and I have seen no such indication.

The problem is lack of quality control.