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multigraincracker

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26. I eat about 10 cans to 1 of sardines.

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 07:51 PM

Mar 2021

To me they are cheaper and taste better. Also less mercury than any ocean fish you can eat. Only thing better is fresh sardines.

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Is canned tuna of poorer quality than it used to be, or is it just me? Nt [View all] raccoon Mar 2021 OP

Check out Wild Planet. Mike 03 Mar 2021 #1

We buy Wild Planet online musette_sf Mar 2021 #16

Costco has better tuna KT2000 Mar 2021 #2

I buy Costco kcr Mar 2021 #3

We buy Costco tuna also... it's actually Bumblebee tuna. NurseJackie Mar 2021 #8

IMHO wryter2000 Mar 2021 #4

You can still get it packed in oil. In fact it's cheaper than the water pack. ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #5

I'll look for that wryter2000 Mar 2021 #41

Sorry, haven't checked my posts in a while. You can get it at Albertsons/Safeway. Not sure ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #46

I agree XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #20

I like albacore in water but my hubby likes it in oil. I do have to look for it though. ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #35

I only buy solid white albacore in water, its good, never eat that bleh one in oil, lol Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2021 #6

Same here. nightthinker Mar 2021 #9

I use that for tuna salad XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #21

Celery, onion, pickle relish, and a pinch of jerk seasoning! nt woodsprite Mar 2021 #23

Except for the jerk seasoning, you like your tuna like my oldest brother. Blue_true Mar 2021 #34

Me, too. SharonClark Mar 2021 #22

I eat about 10 cans to 1 of sardines. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #26

I remember Julia Child saying you should always use tuna in oil, as it... LAS14 Mar 2021 #27

I bought a can of bumblebee light chuck tuna a while back. tikka Mar 2021 #7

You remind me of a story having nothing to do with tuna PCIntern Mar 2021 #44

Smells and tastes like it laid on the dock for 3 days before being cleaned. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2021 #11

I always shake the cans first. taxi Mar 2021 #12

The Walmart brand (Great Value) chunk light is good happybird Mar 2021 #13

I did a head-to-head test about ten years ago. Patterson Mar 2021 #15

It's more radioactive than it used to be. roamer65 Mar 2021 #14

What is the half-life of tuna these days? taxi Mar 2021 #17

A good research project! roamer65 Mar 2021 #19

I heard West Coast milk was like drinking Hiroshima greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #18

Fortunately Timewas Mar 2021 #24

I love home caned salmon. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #29

I;m sure it's of poorer quality now, but it's always been nasty. Goodheart Mar 2021 #25

I avoid tuna now, including for my cat. Too much mercury. PSPS Mar 2021 #28

See post 26. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #30

Horrible compared to what it was decades ago. Haven't bought canned tuna in years. highplainsdem Mar 2021 #31

I only buy it in pouches. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #32

It is not you. Blue_true Mar 2021 #33

Much worse than it used to be Mossfern Mar 2021 #36

tuna fish.. what a dish.. Keth Mar 2021 #37

I get the canned sardines from Costco and I think they are great FlyingPiggy Mar 2021 #38

Wild Choice SkylineChili Mar 2021 #39

Buy only solid tuna, not chunk tuna mainer Mar 2021 #40

Tuna was sold as an inexpensive replacement for canned chicken... hunter Mar 2021 #42

They're overfishing the oceans. Today's watery tuna is tomorrow's delicacy. Doremus Mar 2021 #43

It's just you. You are of poorer quality than you used to be. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #45