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Post by Generic Poster on Sept 13, 2016 15:22:28 GMT -5
@patrickbatman was shocked when I said I only bought water-packed tuna and claimed he never met anyone who preferred it to oil-packed. I had never met anyone who bought oil-packed. Which of us is insane?
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Post by Generic Poster on Sept 13, 2016 15:26:38 GMT -5
Does the kind that comes in foil astronaut pouches count as water-packed for the purposes of this poll? If undefined, it could serve as a spoiler--the "Nader" of canned tuna polls, if you will. I've never bought the astronaut kind, so I don't know what it's packed in. However, this is a Canned Tuna poll. I don't want any pouch-buying freaks voting in, or even reading, this thread. |
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Post by Invisible Goat on Sept 13, 2016 15:29:32 GMT -5
One time when we were young I made dinner for me and my sister with tuna and as soon as we started eating we both knew something was deeply wrong. Turned out I had used oil-packed tuna instead of water-packed. Never again.
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Post by Generic Poster on Sept 13, 2016 15:29:52 GMT -5
Foil pouch tuna belongs in a basket of deplorables, not a grocery basket!
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Post by LazBro on Sept 13, 2016 15:38:45 GMT -5
I prefer oil packed for flavor and texture, but water packed is healthier so I'll usually get that.
As long as we're all agreed that whole chunk is superior, right? None of that shredded shit.
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Post by LazBro on Sept 13, 2016 15:41:50 GMT -5
Water-packed is also better if you want to do anything with it. Like make a tuna salad or something. But for straight eatin' ... oil-packed is king.
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Post by pairesta on Sept 13, 2016 15:46:56 GMT -5
I never even liked canned tuna until I had oil-packed. I can't stand the water-packed kind.
/Is overweight
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Post by The Sensational She-Hulk on Sept 13, 2016 15:55:09 GMT -5
I eat the low-sodium foil packet tuna because it's a good source of lean protein and my GP suggested it as part of my meal plan. Easy to open a packet and dump it onto my zoodles!
For tuna-fish salad, only water packed will do. For any other application, especially pasta, oil-packed is the way to go.
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Post by Generic Poster on Sept 13, 2016 15:58:56 GMT -5
You know who likes oil-packed tuna? The guy who shot Harambe.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 13, 2016 16:06:18 GMT -5
Water-packed! It's the Bat-Man, and all his followers, who are insane. I mean, please.
(To be fair, I've never had oil-packed tuna, so I don't really know what I'm talking about. I don't eat a lot of tuna.)
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Post by Gumbercules on Sept 14, 2016 7:07:45 GMT -5
It depends on the application. If we're talking standard, "chicken of the sea" tuna for sandwiches, I prefer water packed. Generally the things I'm mixing in with it have their own added flavor, and the oil packed can work against it sometimes. If we're talking spanish canned tuna that I'm using for tapas, oil packed.  |
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Post by ganews on Sept 14, 2016 7:41:54 GMT -5
Oil-packed tuna is gross, as I found out the one time I bought it by accident. Then again, I will eat tuna cold out of the can with the fork scraping horribly against the bottom, so what do I know.
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Sept 14, 2016 16:14:07 GMT -5
STORYTIME: Back when Atkins was still a big thing, a super-sheltered friend of mine ate nothing but oil-packed tuna 3 meals a day for like 2 months. He'd dump the can's contents into a bowl, microwave it until it was hot, then add shredded cheese and hot sauce. This continued until one day when he passed out at the gym and had to be taken to the emergency room due to self-inflicted starvation ketoacidosis. You used to know Gil Faizon? |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Sept 14, 2016 16:20:49 GMT -5
Water-packed is also better if you want to do anything with it. Like make a tuna salad or something. But for straight eatin' ... oil-packed is king. I'm the opposite. I get the fancy (or pseudo-fancy) oil-packed stuff to make Nicoise salad. But for an old fashioned mayo and dill salad like my Grandma used to make, it's Bumble Bee water packed albacore or nothing. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 14, 2016 18:09:02 GMT -5
Mackerel in sunflower oil or GTFO.
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 15, 2016 13:47:43 GMT -5
Mackerel in sunflower oil or GTFO. Canned mackerel patties were one of our go-to foods during lean times growing up. My parents, bless them, were very good at not letting us kids suss out exactly how straitened our circumstances were, so I never realized at the time. Mackerel's a fucking luxury for me. |
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Sept 16, 2016 4:22:06 GMT -5
If there's oil in canned goods it's usually the cheapest and so least healthy ones.
If it's already olive oil like in the picture gumbercules posted I guess that's ok but I wouldn't even know where to get that.
So water packed and adding olive oil myself it is for me!
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Post by Gumbercules on Sept 16, 2016 7:29:14 GMT -5
If there's oil in canned goods it's usually the cheapest and so least healthy ones. If it's already olive oil like in the picture gumbercules posted I guess that's ok but I wouldn't even know where to get that. So water packed and adding olive oil myself it is for me! No clue about where to get it in Germany, but here in the states, it's in the "ethnic" aisle at all supermarkets. Not too expensive, either. Something like $3.50. I mean, regular tuna is much cheaper, but I'm not breaking the bank getting the fancy stuff. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 16, 2016 8:31:57 GMT -5
If there's oil in canned goods it's usually the cheapest and so least healthy ones. If it's already olive oil like in the picture gumbercules posted I guess that's ok but I wouldn't even know where to get that. So water packed and adding olive oil myself it is for me! No clue about where to get it in Germany, but here in the states, it's in the "ethnic" aisle at all supermarkets. Not too expensive, either. Something like $3.50. I mean, regular tuna is much cheaper, but I'm not breaking the bank getting the fancy stuff. It's easy enough to find olive oil packed versions at the regular grocery store where I am, though Telly is right that the most common oil is either soybean or something equally bad for you. Long story short, always read the label. This is one brand I've seen: oceannaturals.com/products/products-canada/canada-albacore-in-italian-olive-oil-170g-can/ |
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 16, 2016 8:34:13 GMT -5
You know who likes oil-packed tuna? The guy who shot Harambe. Then he has good taste to go along with his good marksmanship. What a man! |
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Post by Pastafarian on Sept 16, 2016 8:37:16 GMT -5
STORYTIME: Back when Atkins was still a big thing, a super-sheltered friend of mine ate nothing but oil-packed tuna 3 meals a day for like 2 months. He'd dump the can's contents into a bowl, microwave it until it was hot, then add shredded cheese and hot sauce. This continued until one day when he passed out at the gym and had to be taken to the emergency room due to self-inflicted starvation ketoacidosis. Is your super sheltered friend a type 1 diabetic by chance? |
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