Canned tuna as a prep?
 

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I would stick with canned beef personally. Just my 2 cents.

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If it comes down to it CALORIES are CALORIES are CALORIES and if you dont like it ...it will make a excellent barter item.... you cant looose with it being a prep IMO.


T

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QWAK,When times get hard and I need to live cheep TUNA,sweet relish and Miricle whip make a real good SANWHICH!

In NAM I lived on them rather than the MESS HALL -- ended up I was selling them out of my HOOCH! Bought my FIRST GOLD that way!:wink:

Now I always keep a couple dozen large cans ,even if I don't eat it the CAT will and likes it a whole lot better than RATS!:D

the DUCK

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i used to buy lots of those small 'chicken of the sea" packs at costco. switched to the big 4lb2.5oz can to save money and space. here's the kicker though:
we have 3 gangsters, two that were utter whores for the tuna juice from the small cans. will not touch the juice from the large cans. difference? small cans packaged in the u.s., i believe. the large cans are packaged in thailand and the philippines. guess cats can sniff out bad crap easier than i. will be switching back to those damn small cans. long shelf life too, bout 4 years

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Aint that something? ANIMALS DONT LIE........ I would trust them any day of the week...

Good move on your part.


T

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Wow! All this is exactly the opposite of what I was expecting to read when I saw the title of this thread. Personally, I like tuna. It's also relatively small to store, cheap, and is high in protein.

Maybe it's just the seafood lover in me :s9:

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As for mercury, at least buy the darker (and cheaper) tuna. It comes from younger fish that haven't had time to absorb as much mercury as the whiter, albacore types.

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:rolleyes_m: Buy Spam...shelf life 100 years and beyond.

The SPAM web site says 50 years minimum,but could be indefinite.

I like Tuna...but it's not getting any cheaper.

A hundred small cans sure wouldn't hurt to eat or for barter.

If they nuke selected locations to stop the food riots mercury content will be the least of our worries.

:bear_w00t::bear_w00t::bear_w00t:

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Oil or water is best ???

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Water is supposed to be healthier. It has 10 times less fat.

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If it gets that bad I think you'll want all the free fat you can get

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yes, and the oil is generally crappy, low quality stuff.

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Like I said in that other thread -- if things get really bad, small cans of tuna will be like currency, at least for a while. Small denomination, easy to carry / conceal, perfect for trade. And if you and your loved ones are really starving, how much are you going to worry about the mercury?

Dymaxion

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I'm not a big tuna fan, BUT it's great protein. Provided you don't eat tuna every meal a can a week won't harm you.

I bought 2 dozen 6ounce cans for 90 cents each (starkist) last week at meijer. It'll take us till the 2011 exp date to go thru them, but the price was right.

edit to add, in water only... oil is nasty, yuck!

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I'll stick with seaweed, thankyou...
helps protect from radiation poisoning too.
I'm not giving up my superhealthy diet
just because TPTB scare me. If I need
oil fat and calories I'll be making cacao
candy with gobs of coconut oil.

To each their own. Glad we are making
separate preps:confused_ma:

spam. I'd have to be dying first :puke:

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if i recall correctly, someone mentioned in another thread that Tuna in OIL lasts a lot longer.

i can't confirm this though. just remember reading it.

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I can really see those small cans moving around like currency!....... and I agree 110% on the straving aspect.


T

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The 6oz cans of tuna in water I am buying do not expire until late 2011. I love the stuff and buy it on sale. I buy 1/2 tuna, 1/2 salmon. I keep 90 cans of tuna and 90 cans of boneless skinless 6oz salmon. I eat fish about 5 days a week anyway and will never have a problem rotating through my supplies, I just need more cans.

I need to buy some of that canned chicken breast and see how it is....seems pretty expensive.

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The costco brand, kirkland is AWESOME. I love the stuff, same with their beef.

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We eat the sams brand, good stuff...

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would rather have canned tuna over cheez whiz any day of the week! lotta bang for your buck, always stock up on this and canned salmon. mercury smercury..........the entire country was subjected to radiation experiment in the 50s with nevada bomb tests. mercury least of my worries.

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We buy the large packs from Costco... Chicken of the Sea, I think. They come with something like 12 small cans shrinkwrapped together. Each can makes about a sandwich and a half, or two on smaller bread, being fairly generous with the portions. I like it best with mayo and chopped up sweet pickle, perhaps a little dijon in there too. :s9: I probably have a tuna sandwich about once a week. And the others are right about the expiration date... some time in 2011, IIRC.

The Kirkland Signature brand canned chicken breast is awesome, as well.

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Don't forget about sardines. I just purchased several cans with a 2012 expiration date.

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Sardines are better because they have negligible amounts of mercury. The only thing that I would recommend is to stay away from the stuff that is packaged in Thailand.

I tried to eat a couple of cans of Thai packaged sardines from Dollar General last week and had to throw them out because I nearly threw up.:thumpdown

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The wife likes tuna made like the Duck likes it, so we keep a bunch of cans in our rotation. I don't like almost any seafood. If tuna was all we had I would get pretty skinny.

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tuna.. not enough calories, too much mercury. Canned salmon is pretty cheap and provides decent calories though..

So far I've stuck with "armour" brand "smeet" and "chili" along with a wal-mart brand canned hash.. they're all really cheap and contain decent amounts of calories per can. Salmon is pretty good for what you get too though.

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I absolutely love costco's canned white meat chicken. The only downside is that it isn't cheap like the tuna. It makes the best chicken salad ever as follows:

2 cans chicken
handful of quality raisins (I don't like sun maid), chopped
2 or three stalks celery, finely chopped
1/4 onion, finely chopped
salt and pepper to taste
mayonnaise to taste, probably 1/4 to 1/2 cup

mash it all up and put on bread, toast, crackers, etc. Put some mustard and cheese on there if you like.

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If anyone has a recipe for the costco canned roast beef, I'd love to hear it. I can't figure a good one out.

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Yuk!

Wouldn't have to worry about anyone stealing it unless they were REALLY desperate....

Ok, I know, some people must LIKE tuna. Everytime I smell it, it reminds me of tuna casserole when I was a kid. I used to feed it to the cat under the table when my Mom wasn't looking. We weren't allowed to leave the table till we ate our food, and NO amount of ketchup could make that stuff taste edible.

The weird thing is I actually LIKE sardines from Norway or Canada. Go figure. I won't have to worry about anyone stealing the 20 or 30 cans of those I have stocked up from when they went on sale for 88 cents, LOL.

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Don't forget potted meat. Its even cheaper then tuna and spam and no mercury. The calorie content is through the roof though.

http://images.thewavemag.com/images/...2000/11541.jpg

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Funny how the label is a disclaimer. Kinda like cheese product made from vegetable oil.

Potted meat says: "Take note, this is not food, it's food product."

Must be the stuff that isn't good enough for hotdogs. :D :applause_

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Very interesting read.

http://www.pk.org/pottedmeat.html

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only fish I eat is canned wild salmon, notice in that mercury calculator, mercury is not detectable in salmom

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Alaska wild caught salmon is $1.79 for a 14.75 oz. can at my food store.

Contents... salmon and salt.

Goes well with rice and greens. :bull-buddy-icon:

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salmon loaf is really good too.. just canned salmon with slices of cut up bread mixed together with some butter and microwaved or baked in a meat loaf pan, served with lemon juice usually.

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I've been involved in bodybuilding and powerlifting my whole adult life. I eat a LOT of tuna when I'm on a diet and have never had a problem with mercury poisoning. I have eaten two cans of tuna per day for 60 days straight before with no ill effects. Can tuna and can Treet meat are the main can meats I keep for shtf. I keep quite a bit of each. The tuna gets rotated pretty well because I eat a lot of it. I hope treet meat keeps as long as Spam. Anyone know anything about this?

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"partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue"

Read that ingredient slowly and you'll be dumber than before you started.

I'm ashamed to say mom cooked pork brains and eggs for breakfast and I loved them.

My mouth is watering right now though it's been 20 years. I'm much too uppity now to be caught buying pork brains at the grocery.

:tongue_ma:

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QWAK,I have eaten WORSE things!:D

In Nam Mama San brought in some stuff I think she called "Nook Mom" It was in a jar and is baicly putrified ish juice run threw a sive,it is pored over rice like gravy and stunk SOooooooo bad we all left the hooch! Also ate CAT and RAT --- did not know wht it was at the time and with all the seasonings it was just meat to me.

IF I got hungry enough I supose I would eat the poted meat to stay alive but it would be a close call between that and earth worms or insects!:wink:

Just bought 12 cans of sardeans,some people say they stink too but some how they don't bother me at least the good small ones like "King Oscar" the other big ones and strange brands taist yuckey.

Bottom line when you get hungry enough a part of your brain will tell you to eat nasty stuff that has nutrients you need and at that point it will taist like DISERT!

the DUCK

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It looks like a Hot Dog Smoothy!

Maranatha,

:smile:

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I eat a fair bit of Tuna and just bought some at 56 cents a can. Too bad there was a limit at that price. I try to visit Superstore a few times whenever they have a sale on certain canned goods.

I have been buying more salmon lately though because they have more nutrition than tuna plus you don't have to worry about mercury as much. Also the fat in salmon is healthy and high in omega 3 fatty acids. Here's some nutrition information of some cans I have.

Can of Tuna (PC No Name brand) 170g can 120g drained
Ingredients - Tuna, water, salt.
Calories - 120
Protein - 30g
Carbs - 0g
Fat - 0g (probably rounded down)
Sodium - 380mg
Vit A - 0% of DV
Vit C - 0%
Calcium - 0%
Iron - 4%

Can of Salmon (Clover Leaf) 213g
Ingredients - Wild Pink Salmon, salt.
Calories -280
Protein - 34g
Carbs - 0g
Fat - 16g (5g Omega-3)
Sodium - 1000mg
Vit A - 4%
Vit C - 0%
Calcium - 40%
Iron - 16%

Can of Salmon (PC no salt added) 213g
Ingredients - Wild Pink Salmon.
Calories - 320
Protein - 40g
Carbs - 0g
Fat - 16g (4g Omega-3)
Sodium - 180mg
Vit A - 8%
Vit C - 0%
Calcium - 40%
Iron - 16%

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I got some canned salmon a while back, good until Jul 2013 it says. Tastes pretty good. It wasn't that cheap though.

As pointed out in another thread in this section, cooking oils don't last very long. So how is it that tuna packed in oil lasts longer than tuna packed in water? Doesn't the oil go rancid? What kind of oil is it?

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Ahh yes, catfood.

My cat likes it.

I prefer to drink mercury and lick on lead bars. :smokin:

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It is usually soybeen oil, same for sardines.

I think the reason it lasts longer is because it is in a metal container (nolight) and kept away from any oxygen.

I would assume one could get the same from oil if it were to be packaged properly.

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QWAK,How to catch TUNA the OLD time honored way!:wink:


the DUCK

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Yeah, them King Oscars are good, huh? Too bad they are SOOOO expensive. The only other brand I've found that is decent is the Canadian Brunswick ones. Not quite as good, but decent, and less than 1/2 the price.