bobbi2

Thought this may come under one of the most oddest topics on here!!!!

Tuna fish, firstly it is not as popular here in France...secondly I bought some tins the other day, which were in a blue tin. It says it is in oil but when you open it, it is more like a runny tuna, and not suitable for putting in a sandwich, or even adding to a salad. You couldn't even drain the oil, without all the tuna coming out!
The date was well in and the smell was normal. Is this type of tuna used for a specific french dish, am I missing something here, or is it a duff batch? The tinned salmon seems normal enough.

dennerlymum

Sorry cant help you here as I never buy tuna in oil; the stuff I have bought in France in brine comes in 2 categories; chunks like the uk and more pulpy stuff which is much cheaper, but not soo pulpy that you cant drain it..

balding_potter

I think you probably purchased 'Miettes de Thon' - tuna flakes - which you can get in either oil or brine. Even my (recently deceased) cat wouldn't touch it. It seems to be used in tarts, filled potatoes, etc. Mostly more like tuna slurry than tuna flakes. But safe to eat.

What you really need to look for are tins of 'Thon Entier', again readily available in oil or brine. Normally something like 'Thon Entier à l'Huile de Tournesol', for tuna in (sunflower) oil.

Petit Navire (sorry about the advert!) do a nice line. Our local Leclerc has an aisle devoted to the stuff (but funnily, only a very few tins of salmon...)

Enjoy!

balding_potter

...that would be my recently deceased cat *before* he deceased, if you see what I mean. Not afterwards...

Novocastrian

No need for clarification. It was the tuna wasn't it?

Tweedpipe

Love it!

bobbi2

thanks....tuna slurry is the best way to describe it novocastrian. very sorry about your feline friend, ours passed away last week after an illness and it's heartbreaking.

Novocastrian

Eh? We did have a cat once but it got eaten by a coyote. Sorry about your loss though. Appearances aside I am an animal lover. More dogs these days.

balding_potter

The cat was mine - and I think it was the tuna which kept him going for as long as he did - tuna chunks, that is. Not slurry.

And sardines. And salmon. And steak. And chicken. The vet was ready (more than ready) to put puss to sleep last May - I said no, and nursed him back from the abyss with tiny morsels of lovely things, which gradually evolved into larger morsels of lovely things, until he was back with us. He regained a happy life until three weeks ago, when he died on my lap. But he was 17. Lovely, lovely cat.