Star Kist Tuna in a package

The Albacore in olive oil is my favorite, at $1.99 for 2 1/4 ozs. pricy but good. Numerous flavors in the packaged Tuna, any opinions?

Oil pack is getting hard to find and I didn't know they do it in the packages. Last oil pack that I remember seeing was in the little cans and out of all the tuna selection, there was only one choice. You can't make a decent tasting tuna sandwich with water pack and the spec for the place I worked for many moons ago was dark for taste. The other thing nowadays is the concern of mercury in Albacore for kids. Which means that I have to use Skipjack when I prepare tuna salad for the little ones on Sunday lunches. You can oil water pack easily if you have to. To a 64 oz can that's been sink press drained, I add 1/2 cup oil mixed with 1 cup of finely chopped onion that's been nuked in a microwave for 2 min and combined with the pressed out and flaked tuna for 5 minutes in the fridge. If you find my article here about infused oils, that's a nice option for taste.

DawnT


Oil pack is getting hard to find and I didn't know they do it in the packages. Last oil pack that I remember seeing was in the little cans and out of all the tuna selection, there was only one choice. You can't make a decent tasting tuna sandwich with water pack and the spec for the place I worked for many moons ago was dark for taste. The other thing nowadays is the concern of mercury in Albacore for kids. Which means that I have to use Skipjack when I prepare tuna salad for the little ones on Sunday lunches. You can oil water pack easily if you have to. To a 64 oz can that's been sink press drained, I add 1/2 cup oil mixed with 1 cup of finely chopped onion that's been nuked in a microwave for 2 min and combined with the pressed out and flaked tuna for 5 minutes in the fridge. If you find my article here about infused oils, that's a nice option for taste.

Great idea Dawn, I won't eat Tuna in water, tasteless, IMHO!

What do you mean by packaged? I don't believe I've ever seen tuna in a package, unless you mean a can or a jar.

A package is a foil-ish bag.
 
I'm opposed to squeezing food out of a package unless it's a condiment.

Michael Hoffman


What do you mean by packaged? I don't believe I've ever seen tuna in a package, unless you mean a can or a jar.

Around here Michael, ALL the Supermarkets carry Star Kist Tuna in a foil package, it's, different flavors added like Tuna with Lemon spice, about 5 or 6 different flavors, all in water except the Albacore in olive oil, which I like a lot, even at $1.99 for 2 1/4 ounces of it. They even have tuna salad premade in a package, which I wouldn't touch with said pole. 

I guess I've just never noticed.
 

Michael, they are called Flavor Fresh Pouches. Kinda like Tender Vittles cat food used to be.
 
They even have it in low sodium after much begging & pleading from me. I don't care if it's oil or water packed, just so long as I don't have to rinse the salt off it. The best loso is Starkist Albacore Very Low Sodium, it's less than 100mg of sodium for the entire can.
 
http://www.starkist.com/p...te-albacore-tuna-water
 
I do have a pouch of the other in my desk at work for emergencies.
http://www.starkist.com/p...acore-white-tuna-water

What I don't like about the foil packages besides the higher price and less tuna is that many claim to be pre-drained and recipe ready, but aren't. They still have a lot of residual fluid and still have to be squeezed out in my experience if you need a drained product to start with.

You appreciate the foil packages when you have a disability like I do and can no longer open cans of any kind. Still, the foil package isn't that easy either and I usually have a mess so I just don't eat tuna very often anymore.

OK. Thanks everyone. I stopped by the canned meats section of the supermarket a little bit ago and looked. Indeed they're there.

chewingthefat


The Albacore in olive oil is my favorite, at $1.99 for 2 1/4 ozs. pricy but good. Numerous flavors in the packaged Tuna, any opinions?

 
I enjoy the Albacore in the packets.  Picked up a ton when Kroger had them for $0.49!!

I still buy tuna in oil in cans.And will continue to do so until its stopped being made.Dont like any other kind, and I have tried many-