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In Case You Missed It... The Ragbirds at WYCE
Posted: 08/04/2009
Michigan's eclectic globally-grooving band The Ragbirds stopped by the WYCE studio to chat with Nanette O'Connell in anticipation of the release of their new album Finally Almost Ready. Click the player below to hear it!
In Case You Missed It...Maia Sharp at WYCE!
Posted: 08/04/2009
Maia Sharp stopped by WYCE chat with Nanc and share some songs from her new album 'Echo'.
Meet Denise, our new Citizen Journalism Coordinator!
Posted: 08/03/2009
Denise Cheng is a West Coast native from Silicon Valley who left her heart in Portland, Ore. She graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a B. Phil in Global and Cultural Journalism and has been closely following the citizen journalism movement since early 2006.
Denise was an editorial intern for In These Times (a progressive magazine out of Chicago), reported for The Oxford Press, and did development work in Lesotho as a Peace Corps volunteer. Prior to coming to Grand Rapids, Denise developed social media programs at
Changes to DNS services effective September 1st
Posted: 08/03/2009
Effective September 1st, 2009, CMC will be moving all of our DNS services to Dotster, our domain name registrar. For clients that have CMC manage their domain name(s), your DNS services will be transfered to Dotster by us and will require no intervention from you.
For clients that have registered their own domains and have pointed the DNS servers for those domains to CMC's DNS servers (mb.grcmc.org and hb.grcmc.org), you will have to move your DNS records to another DNS provider. In most cases, the registrar that you registered your...
In Case You Missed It: Rhett Miller of the Old 97s
Posted: 08/03/2009
Prior to his band The Old 97s' performance at The Intersection, singer-songwriter Rhett Miller stopped by the WYCE studios for a couple of live tracks and a chat. Thumbs up, Rhett!


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The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX)
The Company is an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the US and worldwide. Its T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and A.J. Wright chains in US, Winners chain in Canada and T.K. Maxx chain in Europe sells off-price family apparel and home fashions.
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Bid on the City And CitiNet Consulting Utilize Hitachi 3LCD Projectors To Create Dynamic Real Estate Property Displays
New York City based real estate agency Bid on the City hired CitiNet Consulting to install and maintain two Hitachi CP-X809 3LCD projectors at its 5th Avenue bidding center location. Bid on the City utilizes video technology to distinguish itself in a challenging economic climate.
Bid on the City is a real estate trading platform that offers online and in-person bidding on residential and commercial properties worldwide. Bid on the City presents a level of transparency for buyers and sellers not currently offered through traditional real estate brokerage companies. Properties are sold 30 days after being listed with buyers bidding in real time on Bid on the Cityâs platform, negotiating the best possible price. Bidding occurs simultaneously online and in person at the bidding center. The bidding is streamed live globally via the Internet.
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At first glance, The IronKey (IK) USB drive looks tough, resembling a thumb-sized iron bar. While not actually made of iron, the die-cast case is waterproof, and inside, nearly invincible to tampering. Its interior is encased in an epoxy compound that makes manipulating components extremely difficult.
But its hardened exterior conceals perhaps the IK's biggest differentiator: its numerous onboard privacy and security features.
Perhaps most notable is the Secure Sessions Service, which lets users stealthily surf through insecure wireless networks, public Wi-Fi hotspots, and ISPs while hiding their IP address and other identifiable information. Owners can also use a computer without leaving behind any footprints, passwords, or other personal information.
After plugging in the drive and entering a password, owners can launch an onboard version of Mozilla Firefox. Once opened, the browser has a small icon in one corner allowing users to begin stealth mode. For stealth mode, IK uses Tor (The Onion Router), a free anonymous browsing system sponsored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. But the product improves on Tor in two ways.
Whereas the router service, run by hundreds of anonymous server operators, can be slow and erratic, IK makes surfing faster by using its own dedicated high-speed servers. Customers also avoid the occasional dose of malware some users have picked up using traditional Tor servers.
The drive also has outstanding data protection. When initially installed, the product's military-grade Cryptochip generates unique advanced encryption standard (AES) keys that are securely stored on the drive's hardware. Data traveling between the computer and the drive moves fast (30MBPS read/20MBPS write) and is secured using an encrypted USB channel.
The Password Manager (PM), helps protect against threats such as phishing and keyloggers. It hardware-encrypts passwords, credit card numbers, and addresses rather than using a computer-based password file. When passwords are entered automatically thereafter, it can protect against keyloggers. Further, by allowing the user to log into previously specified URLs, this USB drive can help customers avoid phony Web sites.
While online, users have the option to back up their IK files, which are then stored on an IK server. Some users might consider this a security risk, but the company says it works hard to ensure the security of stored data. Customers access IK's online database using RSA 2048-bit public key cryptography.
Pros. The drive loads relatively fast. Few drives in its price range have as many privacy-protecting features. Its hardware-based encryption precludes the use of additional software.
Cons. The onboard browser takes about twice as long to start as computer-based equivalents and runs slightly slower. This reviewer found it challenging to eject the drive in a manner that Windows deemed secure.
Where to get it. The Standard Edition can be purchased online. One GB, 2GB, and 4GB models cost $79, $109, and $149, respectively. The available Special Edition, intended for military and other high-restricted environments, is similarly priced but lacks software to access external networks.
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Some sad news for hungry potheads everywhere: Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota food magnate who popularized pizza rolls in 1968, died Thursday -- just four days after his wife of 64 years passed.
A new survey reveals that white teens are more likely to try drugs and alcohol than African Americans and Asians of the same age. The study also reports that at least 48 percent of Native American teens have abused drugs or alcohol. [NY Daily News]Patrons of Nonna's are undeterred by the Low ... More >>


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Baked Chocolate Puddings with Vanilla Whipped Cream
Servings: Makes 6
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 4 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon self-rising flour
- 1 cup chilled whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter and flour six 3/4-cup ramekins or custard cups. Arrange dishes on rimmed baking sheet. Stir 1/2 cup butter and chocolate in small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Using electric mixer, beat eggs, yolks, and 3/4 cup sugar in medium bowl until mixture is thick, about 8 minutes. Using rubber spatula, fold melted chocolate mixture, then flour into egg mixture. Divide batter among prepared ramekins. Bake until puddings are puffed and dry on top and tester inserted into center comes out with very moist crumbs still attached, about 12 minutes. Cool puddings 10 minutes.
Beat whipping cream, vanilla, and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until peaks form.
Transfer ramekins to plates. Top each pudding with dollop of whipped cream.
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Gaytime TV: "The Bold and the Beautiful" recap (May 16-25)
Like many other girls of the past five decades, I started watching soap operas with my mom, aunt and grandma from a young age. Not that I had a choice — the daytime soaps were pretty much the only time of the afternoon I had to surrender the TV remote and shush up while the matriarchs watched their stories. In my household, this was always The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.
My own personal interest in the shows had wavered over the years, until I was old enough to have a permitting schedule or a DVR that would allow my daily watching. But my mom would keep me up to date with what was happening, and there never seemed to be too much that changed and I could get right back into it with my beloved characters and learn who had died, been recast or moved to another show. The last four years, I've been lucky enough to have a job where I work from home, and so there was no way I was going to miss my B&B. (Y&R doesn't do it for me anymore, much to my mom's disappointment. She stays loyal.)
So I was psyched to learn of the lesbian storyline on Bold and the Beautiful, especially because I could go on and on about this show, but no one (besides Mom) seems to care. Maybe now some other people can talk about it with me, though most of my gripes lately have more to do with the love triangle that is Liam/Hope/Steffy. (I'm Team Steffy, BTW!)
Before we jump into what we've seen from the lesbian storyline so far (which, admittedly, isn't a ton), here's a primer for you folks who haven't been watching the show as long as I have. (Which is totally fine and shouldn't be too hard to grasp.)
This is Karen Spencer (played by out lesbian Joanna Johnson).
Karen has been on-and-off B&B since 1987. She also played Karen's twin sister Caroline, who died in 2001. (She's on the left.)
Karen's brother is Bill Spencer, a fashion magazine publisher who is nicknamed "Dollar Bill" because money is his main priority, much to the chagrin of his wife, Katie.
In the last month, Karen has reappeared with daughter, Caroline (named after her deceased aunt). They'd been living in New York City until Caroline became a fashion designer and moved to Los Angeles to work with Forrester Creations. The Forresters and the Spencers are the major two families at the focus of the show. Their constant personal and professional entanglements are what keep things interesting.
While working at Forrester, Caroline has caught the attention of stepbrothers Thomas Forrester and Rick Forrester. She's currently dating Thomas, though, which is where our lesbian storyline begins.
Now that her daughter is living in and loving L.A., Karen decides to rent a house on the beach with her partner, Danielle (Crystal Chappell). But no one knows that Danielle is Karen's boo and that Caroline has two mommies. Karen keeps Danielle holed up in the house with a denim-on-denim outfit and baking fruit pies. (Seriously, everyone else on this show has an amazing wardrobe and a personal chef. Not the lesbian!)
Considering this is 2012, they live in Los Angeles and their families work in the fashion industry, I am kind of annoyed this is the first gay storyline the show has come up with. Obviously the Forresters and Spencers are way out of touch if this is the first lesbian couple they've ever met.
Anyhow, Thomas wants to meet Caroline's family. He's met Karen, so he keeps saying he wants to meet her dad. Caroline nervously puts him off but calls her mom. She's illusive about what she's referring to at this point, but we hear her saying she wants to be honest with Thomas, that she really likes him. Karen is adamant, though. He cannot come over and he cannot know the truth. At this point I have to remind myself it's a soap opera and so everything has to be scandalous and overdramatic — even (especially?) lesbians.
Caroline brings him home anyway. She's all about being up front with her new beau, but when they show up to the beach house, Karen intervenes and immediately introduces Danielle as her friend. Caroline gives her mom a disapproving look and Danielle stands by with a stoic expression on her face. Sadly she must be used to this b.s. A guy friend is also there and Thomas, who knows him from work, says he didn't know the guy was Caroline's father, which is weird because why would any guy hanging out at their house automatically be Caroline's sperm donor? Thomas is just pushy as hell about this whole "dad" thing, which makes everybody tense.
Even more maddening is the fact that Danielle barely says anything. She stands idly by when Karen tells Caroline it's not up for debate — no one will know about the lesbianism! Eventually Caroline takes her aside.
Caroline: It doesn't have to be this way!
Danielle: Caroline, I understand how you feel but you're not going to change her mind tonight.
It's an awkward dinner, as Thomas' mention of daddy keep getting ignored. Eventually he wants to know why everyone is being so weird around him.
While eating Danielle's pie ("an old family recipe"), it comes out that they've "known each other a long time." Just then Bill stops by unexpectedly. "You must be the roomie," he says to Danielle. He spreads his smarm all over their living room, making comments about all the photos of Danielle and Karen and how close they are. He notes, "Looks like you two girls have done quite a bit of traveling together." Karen says she doesn't like to travel alone.
Bill: You know, two ladies sharing a house on a beach. You know what people might think, right?
Karen: Great to see you, Bill. Thanks for stopping by.
As Bill leaves, Karen turns to Caroline. "That is why we're not going to say anything." Apparently Dollar Bill is a bigot.
Caroline confronts her mom again, who says she's stressed out by being judged in her own home. Caroline makes an executive decision and outs her moms.
Caroline: Mom, I know how private you are, but please — for me.
Karen: Thomas, um, Caroline's father isn't in the picture. But she does have two parents. Dani and I — we're her parents. We're a couple and, um, we've been together for a long time.
Caroline: These are my moms.
Caroline is in tears and says it's not a big deal as she waits for Thomas' response. (Cue the soap opera long pause.) At first you think he might be disgusted. Maybe we're supposed to assume he will be. But he says he's shocked that they'd think he would ever care. In fact, he feels so dumb that
he had to say all that daddy dialogue he kept mentioning Caroline's dad when, clearly, she has two moms.
Thomas: I don't know what to say. I feel bad. I'm sorry you guys felt like you couldn't be yourselves around me. I really hope I didn't offend you by asking too much about Caroline's father. I should not have assumed he was even in the picture in the first place. … Love is the one thing we all want. We all know it when we feel it and we can't help who we love. But there are some people out there who think love is wrong. I'm not one of those people. I think it's great that you found Danielle and I think we should all be so lucky.
Karen says it means a lot to her, but Bill cannot know about it. ("Bill Spencer is not someone you share your secrets with — especially this one.") Caroline explains how her grandfather wouldn't even acknowledge Danielle as Karen's partner; that it wasn't until he died that they felt free to be themselves in New York. Specifically, "They got a taste of freedom." Yes, that's 40-something women she's talking about in the 21st century, living in New York City. This storyline seems a little stuck in the past for me, but I'll stick it out.
Later Bill goes home to Katie and they start discussing Karen bringing "her best friend, Danielle" with her to L.A. Katie thinks it's nice they have such a great friendship.
Bill: I just find it a little bit odd my sister needs a roommate.
Katie: I think it's nice she brought her best friend out here.
These two are oblivious. I thought the days of people pretending to be "roommates" were long gone, but I guess they are still alive and well in Soapland.
The next day, Bill tells his lawyer he'd like to set up with Karen.
Bill: I got it — you're going to take out my sister. She lives in L.A. now. She's gotta be sick and tired of hanging out with just her roommate. I think she's in the market for a new man.
Yeah, I don't think she's in the market for an old one, either. The lawyer says he doesn't think he's Karen's type. Ding ding ding!
OK, so my prediction: Bill is going to find out about Karen and try to use it against her somehow. But who will care that she's a lesbian? I can't imagine anyone that's already on the show will. Seriously, Bill is the only person I could even imagine would be homophobic because he hates pretty much everyone but himself, his wife, his son and Steffy (his ex-lover who is he trying to get his son to be with.) Here's hoping Danielle will get to talk some more and maybe she has some friends or family that allow her to be herself when she's not under Karen's thumb.


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It seems like Bumble Bee Tuna has gone down in quality
- Miss Needle Jan 13, 2009 12:42 PM
When I was a kid until my early 20s, I ate canned tuna fish frequently, whether it was Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, Progresso, etc. But I really haven't eaten canned tuna very often since then. A few days ago, I picked up a couple of cans of Bumble Bee tuna -- one can of solid white albacore in water and one can of prime filet solid albacore white in water. The prime filet was over a dollar more than the regular solid white. I paid over $3 for the prime filet and over $2 for the solid white albacore.
When I opened up the the solid white albacore, it kind of looked like the chunk light (you know, the cheaper variety). There might have been a couple of chunks, but it was mostly shredded and mushy. Then I opened up the prime filet, thinking it would be more like the expensive jarred Italian ones. But I was surprised to see that the prime filet was exactly how I remembered the regular solid white albacore was years ago. So it seems that quality has gone down over the years where the old solid white albacore is on par with the prime filet and the new solid white albacore is more similar to the old chunk light. I'm wondering what the new chunk light is like now.
Somewhere along the line, years ago, I gleaned that Bumble Bee was not considered a good-quality tuna, which kind of fit in with the old Star Kist commercials. Remember? "Sorry, Charlie, not all tunas are good enough to be Star Kist" or something like that. Also, I remember buying, not too many years ago, very cheap cans of Bumble Bee, which I picked up for the occasions my dog was feeling poorly. And it looked very chopped up to me. (The dog ate it, however.)
Just some anecdotal evidence to confirm your findings. But was Bumble Bee ever considered good?
re: Angela Roberta
I don't think Bumble Bee was ever considered a premium or decent tuna. But I was a bit surprised to see that quality has deteriorated even further.
re: Angela Roberta
Back in the 80's, Cook's Illustrated rated water packed Bumble Bee tops over other leading supermarket brands. Until recently, it was the canned tuna I used for those kinds of things that canned tuna are useful for.
These days however, I've found that I don't like BB, especially the Prime Filet. It seems very dry to me.
I had a similar reaction as you. I don't consume canned tuna often anymore, but I recently bought the Bumble Bee solid white in water, which is the tuna that I grew up with. I was surprised that it seemed much more like chunk light, both in texture and color. That's fine, but I won't buy it again, since I can get the equivalent by another brand for cheaper.
When it happened, I thought that perhaps I wasn't remembering the tuna of my youth correctly. Glad to see you had a similar impression.
re: cstr
If you shop at Costco a better tuna is their brand, Kirkland, the best canned chicken too.
In June of 2010 Bumblebee Tuna solid white in water is watery mush. There is nothing solid about the three cans I opened today. If I bought a can of Cosco's Kirkland (which I will from now on) I would have to put it in a food proscessor for a few minutes and then add a fouth of a cup of water for it to look like BB Solid White Tuna. This is faulse advertising. And they are getting away with it. I will say Star Kist and Chicken on the Sea are a far better purchase than BB.
Hi Miss Needle,
Like you, I have had a long time of not eating canned tuna since my childhood until recently. I never like tuna in water so I only buy tuna in olive oil. What I found from my recent purchases is that the tuna that is of Wild Yellowfin tasted a lot better than the other kinds. Of course the jarred Italian imports are great stuff, but they are also expensive (which makes me want to buy the real yellowfin and not the canned ones ;P)
I found some pretty good ones at TJ, and very cheap (only $2!)
re: wayne keyser
And the cans have been "squeezed" too. Didn't those little cans used to contain 7 ozs.? Now its 5 oz. - and they're mostly water. I remember being able to make 2.5 tuna salad sandwiches with one can since my brother and I would fight over the 1/2 sandwich after we each had our own. Now you can barely make one sandwich out of a can of tuna.
Wow, are you ever right! Just opened a can of white albacore/water to make tuna salad (dill or sweet relish?) for sandwiches -- so pink (def non-white), so shredded, and such a dainty amount (5 oz instead of 6), so maybe one sandwich. Taste test is tomorrow.
Not to gross anyone out, as if I care, but I eat a can of Starkist chunk light in water everyday for my mid-morning snack. A little high in sodium, but 32% daily protein, one gram of fat, plus omega 3 all in a 3.3 ounce can. I wash it down with a small carton of orange juice. It blows the minds of my co-workers who are slamming down their McDonald's and coke.
re: James Cristinian
I also buy BB tuna at Costco, and have always been happpy with it. I grew up on BB but it has to be the solid in water and always felt it was the premium tuna, I can't even eat starkist. Oh and not to start another thread but you have to use hellmans when making tuna salad, nothing else except maybe adding some pretzel sticks. for crunch.
re: jscott65
Kirkland tuna at Costco is our favorite. It's quality has been better than the "regular" brands for several years now. And cheaper.
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re: Oneiron
i agree 100% kirkland is THE BOMB!!!!! Ten times better than anything else ive ever had!!
re: Oneiron
I agree completely. It's cheaper because there is so much SOLID Tuna in the can.
re: Oneiron
Since I no longer belong to CostCo but hus bought a Sams club membership wonder if it's the same or at least close
re: Oneiron
glad I saw this reminder cause I need to go back for a multi pack of the stuff. hope it's still good as it's been a while since I bought the Costco brand
re: jscott65
It used to be only Hellman's mayo for me, too, until they changed their glass containers to plastic. They make 1 glass container of mayo at 8 ounces; but it costs the same as 2-3x the mayo "bottled" in plastic. Since I've been on the search for a good-tasting mayo packaged in glass that doesn't break the bank.
Re: the tuna. Growing up, I found Bumble Bee (in oil) to be the best. Tuna packaged in water does not have the flavor I like. Now I'll only still buy tuna in oil. I've not yet paid for more premium tunas.
re: James Cristinian
Personally, I'd be wary of eating so much tuna. It has a lot of mercury in it. It's best these days to vary your diet when it comes to fish.
re: visciole
FWIW, chunk light has less mercury than albacore.
re: greygarious
Yes, I know, but I still think a can every day puts you over the EPA limit, which many people think is set too high anyway.
re: visciole
gad, when I was pregnant all 3 times, everyday I ate a tuna sandwich and tons of raw tomatoes. now that may explain why all 3 of the kids love tuna but really has it gotten that bad for you in these few years? it used to be a health food item, shhhhheeeeeeeeeeesh, I'm mad................. :(
re: iL Divo
I don't think it has changed, there has just been more publicity about it. It's surprising how long it takes for info like this to get around. If your kids are still small they shouldn't eat too much tuna, according to many sources.
re: visciole
We have switched to sardines. Small herring (which are the sardines) are much lower on the food chain than tuna and are young fish. Both contribute to low mercury levels. Plus there is the added benefit of eating the bones which add calcium to the diet. We had sardines on toast w/ poached egg and 1/2 grapefruit for brekkie this a m.
re: Passadumkeg
Sardines are not small herring....same family different species.....
re: Passadumkeg
Not sure what they do in Maine or if it is legal to sell/can imature/small herring and call it sardine? In the rest of the world sardine is a sardine and herring is a herring....there is a difference...
re: Pollo
Sorry, but you are incorrect. I have lived in Stavanger Norway, home of the Sardine Canning Museum, and King Oscar's are herring as well. To repeat, the only true Sardine is caught near Sardinia in Med. Sea. In europe, pilchards are also called sardines. Sardine has beome a generic term for several species of small fish.
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European ...
re: Passadumkeg
I started reading into this and there is a lot of info. on naming regulations from EU, WTO, Codex, etc. Long story short I guess you are partly right and I am partly wrong....or vice versa. Here is a link to more recent ruling by EU: http://docsonline.wto.org/GEN_viewerw...
re: Passadumkeg
Yes, some countries allow small herring to be labelled as sardines but they are not (like you stated) true sardines.
re: Passadumkeg
You also did not say "true herring"....but anyway with logic like that who could argue?
re: Passadumkeg
They are all "Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes" Ah... but they are not lemmings.. lemmings are mammals ....
re: Passadumkeg
AH, that helps explain why, a few decades ago, the attempt to popularize pilchards as a substitute for tuna didn't catch on. Do you remember that? Cans the same size and shape of what was then the typical tuna can appeared on supermarket shelves alongside the tuna. I can't recall if the reason was the price of tuna, availability, and/or health concerns. I do remember that I'd never heard of pilchards before (or since), and found them a lot fishier tasting than tuna, although they were purported to taste the same.
re: greygarious
The last sardine cannery in the US closed last Fri. at Bumble Bee's at Prospect Harbor Me. They magically turned live herring into canned sardines!
re: Passadumkeg
I have eaten fresh Sardines (grilled/BBQ) in the Bay Area or at least what was called a sardine. I guess to be sure I will have to take a trip to Sardinia so sample the real stuff.
By the way, I almost visited the cannery in Prospect Harbour few years back....too bad it closed. Right now I only know of this small cannery on Vancouver Island that does (co-packs) some sardines for the local (Vancouver) market...bought few cans but have not tried them.
re: iL Divo
Yes, it really is that high in mercury. Several verified cases of children who have had serious mercury poisoning from a single tuna fish sandwich daily, at lunch. These are children had noticeable declines in IQ, thought and reasoning, mental retardation. Most of them did not suffer permanant damage when their diet was changed.
re: JudiAU
You may find this link interesting as the study you are referring to is seriously flawed: http://www.mercuryfacts.org/
re: apops
Seriously? Mercuryfacts.org is funded by a food and restaurant groups. It's just a website, and is no more believable than a blog on extraterrestrials set up by my neighbor Bob. The facts on mercury are pretty clear. I'll take my science from the journals, not from a blog. And if you're referring to the Lancet study on maternal seafood consumption and child developmental outcomes, I'd like to know what the "serious flaws" are.
re: James Cristinian
James - you might want to get your mercury load tested. Canned tuna is ridiculously high in mercury. Mercury isn't metabolized by the body, so it continues to accumulate. There is no safe limit for mercury in humans - meaning, any amount of mercury is considered bad. I'm no health freak, but mercury scares the bejeesus out of me.
I'm not buying any more Bumble Bee tuna. Yesterday I opened a can labeled "Chunk White Albacore in water." It wasn't 'chunk', it was mush, a sort of grey-tan mush. Then I read the ingredients, which include tuna, water, vegetable broth, pyrophosphate, and soy. I like soy. I eat a lot in my diet. But I don't want it snuck into the tuna. When I buy tuna I want only tuna. I have a friend at the coast who buys tuna fresh and puts it up, in glass jars. I think I'll have to learn the process. More and more it seems you can trust the food processors less and less.
re: billyboy9
Is it snuck in if it's on the label?
re: ccbweb
Yes it's "snuck" in because they know most people don't read the ingredients on the label.
BTW Hello Billyboy9 :-)
re: billyboy9
The idea that they'd sneak soy into the can to cut costs seems pretty outrageous to me, so I had a look at the tuna in the pantry... Cheap Aldi house brand white albacore in cans, and Starkist chunk light and albacore in the foilpacks. Ingredients on ALL of them are the same as yours - tuna, water, veg. broth, pyrophosphate...
After the ingredients list, the Starkist packs say "CONTAINS: TUNA, SOY" (I assume that's an allergy listing type of thing). The Aldi tuna cans say "veg. broth (contains soy)". Not sure about Bumble Bee, but it looks like in these the soy is the basis for the veg. broth, and not being thrown in as a "cut" to stretch the tuna... If that is the case though, then that's pretty sneaky.... I mean, why should you need to read the ingredient list on a can of tuna? Additives like HFCS, MSG, and all kinds of other crap aren't sneaky and wouldn't surprise me, but sneaking soy in for tuna would be totally wrong! That would be like Land-o-Lakes selling butter and throwing in a little margarine.
re: billyboy9
The soy is listed as a part of the allergen information. According to their website, the vegetable broth has some soy in it. They've not replaced tuna with soy protein.
It's all right there on the label to be read. You don't have to trust, you can read.
re: billyboy9
The most expensive brands are all still mush.
re: iL Divo
Not at all - Pastene is consistently delicious. But they don't even offer a "packed in water" abomination, it's pure Italian olive oil or nothing!
re: BobB
Where's that found Bob?
I went into Safeway on 4th in Vancouver and by feel and shaking only the Safeway brand sounded best. They had a $3.99 5 oz can of something I'd never seen that didn't sound any tighter than the store brand. The 5 oz Safeway brand was 2/$5.00. I didn't buy it cause I have no opener but can buy it when I bring my opener on the 17th, I'll check out the texture of it then and can only hope I'm not disappointed
re: iL Divo
Most major supermarkets here (Boston) carry it, but I'm not sure how widely it"s distributed outside New England. In my local market it's in the Italian imports aisle, not with all the rest of the tuna, and sells for about $3 for a 5 oz can.
I've heard from other posters that Progresso also sells a good Italian tuna in oil - I haven't seen it myself but it may be comparable.
re: cstr
Thanks, cstr...I might try it! Packed in water is usually fine with me and I do seek out lower- or no-sodium everything these days, but will have to look into the Italian style. I think I've bought it before but I used in the great CHOW recipe for tuna casserole...I've never used it for making tuna salad.
I have to agree about this, but it also seems to be a fairly recent phenomenon. The first time I encountered the more "shreaded" tuna, I thought that maybe it had been hanging around the pantry too long. We buy the large cans at Costco, and I was disappointed that the next batch was equally watery and undistinguished. I always felt that Bumble Bee was the premium brand, but I may have to try Kirkland the next time I am at Costco.
Domnestic Tuna brands have ceklarly downgraded the tuna they put in the cans
I only use tuna form Italian importers or small Canadian hand packed companies
NOW that is the kind the canned tuna I remember when I was a kid - -
firm - and clean tasting!!!
BB and others have altered their "grades" and it is not the same
I think they all have. Generally, I've always used Star-Kist, but on occasion, have picked up a can of Chicken of the Sea. Several years ago, on advice from a friend, I bought a can of Bumble Bee. I found that it actually tasted better than the higher priced varieties, but unfortunately, I seem to remember there was only about a tablespoon of actual tuna in the can - the rest being water.
Now, since SK has begun to do the vacuum packaging, their canned tuna is primarily water as well. If this isn't bad enough, the "product" inside tastes nothing like tuna. Same for CotS. Weird. As for the packaged stuff - I don't care for it even a little bit. The "tuna chunks" are hard - a very strange consistency for fish. So unfortunately, as much as I enjoy a good tuna sandwich, I've pretty much quit buying it - a least in the pkgs/cans.
Agreeing with someone else on this thread, I've heard that there are somewhat reasonably priced cans of yellowfin tuna (aka ahi) that are very good, but I haven't seen them on the shelves of my usual Albertson's haunt.
The last time I bought a can of BB tuna, I bought the package of 8 cans from Sam's Club for a tuna salad sandwich platter I was making. I was so disgusted when I opened them and found a can of squishy, flakes and almost no solid chunks anywhere. To add insult to that, I found several hard SCALES in the tuna, I just threw them away and bought a nice tuna steak, broiled it, cooled it down and made it that way. It was much better. I will never buy another can of tuna again. Finding several scales was it for me.
I hope that the soy is a seasoning for the vegetable broth and not an extender for the tuna. There is also the possibility of soybean oil. I'm not happy about the pyrophosphate (I believe a pH regulating preservative) which, among other things, could cause water retention in the flesh.
There's an interesting NY Times article at:
The article is from 1997, and quality has dropped even further since then.
I'm in Canada and Clover Leaf, our major mainstream "quality" brand, is exactly as you describe. The "solid white" is not solid at all, though the manufacturer claims otherwise, and it is swimming in liquid (vegetable broth & soybean oil, which tastes better than plain water). Much of it is flaking in the can. My current supply from this flag waving "Canadian company" is canned in Thailand. They claim a "drained" weight of 120g in a 170g can, but this doesn't account for liquid trapped within the flesh. It recently cost $1.88 on sale.
We have one premium brand, Raincoast Trading, that has created a great corporate image. Their albacore is line caught 50 miles off the Pacific coast, dolphin friendly and mercury free. It is cooked only once and contains no added water or oil - just sea salt. The 150g cans cost around $5.00, depending on the store, which is less expensive than it seems due to less waste, but hardly a cheap meal. Everything is right save one - the eating quality isn't all that good.
When I'm making something where canned tuna is the star, I use an Italian brand in a jar, white ventresca processed with olive oil. I don't recall the brand, as only one is ever available (and it isn't available all the time). Enough to serve two costs about $14.00.
I've heard great things about bonito del norte packed by Ortiz and Goya, but neither is available in Canada.
As an aside, Starkist has interesting associations for many Canadians over forty. In a political scandal dubbed "Tunagate", Starkist was somehow able to dump their rejected product into the Canadian market. Their tuna, while not overtly unsafe to eat, was decomposing in the cans. (How they got away with this leads to interesting speculations not suitable for discussion on this board, but, see, we had this Prime Minister guy and ....) Starkist disappeared from the Canadian market shortly after, never to return.
re: embee
We have a couple of premium canners in the US making a similar product, line caught, young fish with no mercury, canned once, no water or oil and just sea salt, firm tuna. Its expensive, and I don't love the flavor compared to olive oil packed tuna, but I use it for our tuna needs. I always wonder if maybe olive oil is the most important ingredient.
I've always thought water packed was gross. Even as a kid my mom bought oil packed.
I buy and love the Kirkland Brand Solid White Tuna from Costco. It's packed in water and not broth. and in my experience has always been solid., not shredded. Some brands say packed in water but are actually packed in broth. And yes, I have noticed that other brands are shredded, wet mess.
I've noticed this too...started noticing it actually around 10 years or so ago. I remember when solid white tuna was just that...a more or less solid cross section kind of filet packed with just enough water or oil for processing. Now its loose, flaky, and waterlogged...BumbleBee, StarKist...all of them, in the new shrunken 5oz cans just to add insult to injury.
I finally started to just buy the store brand of tuna from whatever store I happened to be in...here, it's Stob N SHop, ShopRite, A&P, etc. And much to my surprise, the store brand has proven to be superior in every way 90% of the time...nice solid filet and not totally soaked...and in a 6oz can to boot. I never buy the "name" brands anymore. Not worth it.
I just bought some Costco tuna this week and it was great -- the tuna I remember. I recommend it!
re: roxlet
I'll second that! I opened Bumble Bee earlier this week and promptly threw it out as it looked horrid. It was mushy and it didn't look like water, instead it was more like a gravy. Yesterday bought the Kirkland brand at Costco and it was perfect, plus I got more out of the can. Won't go back to BB ever again.
re: grouper
I came to the same conclusion. I was a loyal BB customer and didn't think that there could be better. I always bought them at Costco since they always carried them. One day I went to my local supermarket and saw that they were selling BB solid white Albacore in a pink can. Something didn't look right, turned out it was smaller than what I was used to buying, 5oz. Did some Googling and saw that many people were unhappy with BB. They noticed what I have been noticing of late that BB solid while was anything than solid, but was some kind of mush. I just bought Kirkland tuna - what a difference! A nice solid cunk of tuna in the can, the way I remembered what tuna used to be like.
Goodby Bumble Bee!
re: MartyB
Just had a thought mayebwe should all TWITTER the fish mush that is now in a BB can - I hear big companies have services that monitor twitter for comments on their products !
re: MartyB
I wish I had a kirklands in NH :(
re: gryphonskeeper
Do you have Whole Foods? Their 365 brand of solid white is really great, in my opinion...okay, $1.49 per can...but it's still 6 ounces!!!
re: gryphonskeeper
Costco is in Nashua (Kirkland is their house brand).
re: grouper
Just so you know, Kirkland uses Bumble Bee tuna. The tuna is processed and packaged at the Santa Fe Springs Bumble Bee plant. So, techically, you never stopped buying Bumble Bee...
re: grouper
Here's a CNN link showing that Bumble Bee is Kirkland:
re: roxlet
That's probably the case...as may be the case with certain other store brands. As I mentioned earlier, in my experience the solid whit tuna sold under the Shop-Rite brand label has by and large been and remains consistently better than either Bumble Bee, Star Kist, and Chicken Of The Sea. Until a month or two ago, they were even still sold in 6 oz cans ...but everyone seems to be switching to the 5 oz cans.
re: The Professor
Well, doesn't Shop Rite have "Cans, cans, lots of things in cans"? :-)
re: apops
I don't have a lot of business acumen, but something about the contractural link between Costco and Bumble Bee seems a bit fishy to me. The Bumble Bee brand equity is generations old. It's "worth" far more than the Kirkland brand is to the minds of the consumer. Why then does Bumble Bee pack its best product for a store brand and pack its "mush" for its own brand? Seems like brand suicide. Especially since Bumble Bee pays for shelf exposure at grocery stores in N. America.
Does not make any sense to me.
re: RedTop
cat food.
re: gryphonskeeper
I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee or soda when I read your response, gryphonskeeper!
Several years ago I noticed that the chunk tuna from the major brands looked shredded to me. I didn't like the flavor or the look. Like others in this thread I used Bumble Bee for years and I thought it was very good quality, but quit using albacore for tuna salad because I read it had more mercury.
At any rate, I started buying Tongol Tuna. It is packed by Crown Prince, is wild caught, and the ingredients are listed as Tongol Tuna, spring water, sea salt. It tastes good to me.
I think Tongol tuna is the species name(?). I found it initially in the health food aisle of my food market. It makes fine tuna salad as far as I'm concerned. Certainly better than what I was using.
I agree that BB hasn't tasted like firm, white, tuna in years and shrinking the can to 5 oz was the end for me. I like Progresso but will also try other brands and try to find firm, white, tuna, like what BB used to taste like.
I fired off a comment to Bumble Bee along with a link to this post. Don't know if I will get a response but at least I got this off my chest.
re: MartyB
Well, I got a letter from Bumble Bee explaining their position about some of the reasons why there are variations in color and texture of raw fish. Included were 3 coupons for free 5oz cans of tuna and two 25 cents off coupons as well.
I am no fool and will use the three coupons for free 5oz tunas. Out of curiousity does Bumble Bee's prime filet solid albacore white come in 5 oz cans :)
re: MartyB
Well, I threw out the coupons since in small print it said that it excludes the prime filet solid albacore white. Unfortunately I still have a stock of their solid albacore to finish and really don't want to increase my stock, even for free.
re: dmmvdc
I weighed in above about this back in January, but I have to do it again. I had BB again today - my sister gave me an individual serving can. When I opened it up, there were huge globs of mushy, semi-gelatinous sludge on top. The taste was okay, but there was a high ick factor at first.
re: dmmvdc
I found a bone in a can of Bumble Bee a few years ago, and wrote them a letter enclosing the bone. I mean, imagine if a child was eating it. I got some cents off coupons in response. I wasn't too happy.
re: roxlet
I don't think it's reasonable to expect that a bone won't show up in a can of tuna once in a while, just like how seeds occasionally show up in dried fruit. If anything, it's a reminder that you're eating something pretty natural. And I think a child is more likely to get killed sitting in a car than eating a can of tuna that has a bone in it.
I decided not to respond to any one post because the issue's seem to be all across the board and dealing with specific brands.
I grew up on whatever brand of Tuna was cheapest for my parent's to buy. It wasn't until I left home at age 18 that I even had to think about brands (didn't matter anyway because cost was the factor). Albacore was not even available then.
Funny thing is that I don't like fish at all, the milder the better, cod in batter and deep fried? I'm there if I can drown it in tartar sauce! BUT, I grew up eating smoked fish (trips to the U.P. of MI) and I still love a small dose of that. That and canned tuna are IMHO (and midwest tastebuds!) pretty damn strong fish flavors. I grew up from sprouthood on "chunk light in water" tuna, which is "very" fishy tasting and yet I don't mind it because it is familiar.
About 5 years ago my Dad, after his heart attack, switched over to Albacore for health reasons. We did too, When we had a financial tight spot a bit over a year ago, I bought a can of "Chunk light in water" and realized why my tuna-salad had been lacking in flavor for so damn long! As a die-hard hater of fish, albacore is tasteless!!! Give me the strong-ass tuna I grew up with!
Now to my real complaint, back in the day, when I bought a 6 oz. can of tuna (in water), it was mostly tuna. Now, it seems like the fish is so minced and there is so much water that you are lucky to end up with 3 oz. of fish after draining the can (with a whole lot of that "minced" fish going along with the water). I, not so long ago, used to get 3 tuna salad sandwiches out of one can of tuna. I guess that time is no more. :(
I will still stick with my flavorful chunk light in water, but I will have to plan on two cans if I want lunch and a left-over sandwich!
re: Alicat24
I totally agree with you about Albacore. I better not find out that the same Chowhounds who bemoan the popularity of boneless, skinless chicken breasts are also fans of canned "solid white packing product", because it's even more flavorless than the former.
My current preferred everyday tuna is the yellowfin in oil from Trader Joe's. With a nice amount of fishy flavor and a price of $1.99 a can, it's a good compromise between the crummy "big 3" product and the expensive Spanish stuff.
I wish canned, boneless mackerel was widely available. I bet that would make a really flavorful fish salad.
re: Humbucker
How many ozs are in Trader Joe's canned tuna?
re: Humbucker
"solid white packing product"
Oh my! That had me laughing, I'll have to remember that one! Unfortunately we are deprived of a TJ or WF ANYWHERE around our area. I'm pretty much stuck with the "big 3" or store brands. *sigh*
re: Humbucker
Haven't tried the TJ's but I buy Pastene light tuna in oil at $2.49 a can and it blows away anything produced by a major US packer. Solid white in water is cardboard by comparison.
re: Humbucker
Most of the "other" smoked and canned fishes at TJs are good. Our baby loves their smoked trout.
re: Alicat24
I never had Chunk Light Tuna only Solid Whie Albacore, thanks to your post I decided to try the Chunk Light Tuna. Costco was selling Chicken of the Sea, 7oz cans for a much better price than the Albacores. Guess what, I likes it better! So for me it is better and cheaper to boot! Thanks!!
re: MartyB
You're welcome! Glad to help a convert! MMM, after revisiting this thread, I do believe a tuna salad sandwich is in order for lunch. It'll shore me up with some protein before I tackle mowing the backyard. :)
re: Alicat24
I have to agree about light tuna vs white. The white is so bland; 'solid white packing product' is right. It doesn't even taste like fish.
re: Sooeygun
LOL, it's interesting how we all have such varied tastes. Some posters below compare some tuna's to cat food. I'm sure it really smells like it to them but I'll alway's love my "cat foody" tuna! Even though, as I have already complained, I lose half the "minced" fish down the drain with the water.
funny that i found this on the web because i grew up eating only solid white tuna. everything else was cat food to me. i haven't made tuna in a long time but last week thought, oh i'll whip up a nice tuna salad and make some rollups. i opened the can and had to check the can twice to see if my husband made a mistake and bought the chunk light. nope, solid white. i made it anyway, with all my usual fixings and it was disgusting!!!! cat food. i threw it all out. big wooooooof! never again. this weekend i was at a friend's house, she made chicken of the sea solid white and it was delicious. so i guess the answer is yes, the quality is awful. how sad.
I just bought the large can of chunk light tuna from Sams Club, thinking it MUST have chunks right? I mean the can was the size of a basket ball. Nope, it was 100% sludge inside. Gross! I WAS going to make tuna salad for a large party I was planning, but instead tossed it out and made a fresh batch of ham salad.
Since there's so much water in canned tuna now, I press it through a sieve and freeze the liquid for when I'm making fish stock or chowder.
I just recalled that some years back, canned tuna was either scarce, high-priced, or out of favor (maybe the dolphin thing?) and stores were selling canned Pilchard(s). As I recall, the cans were cheaper but the fish smelled rather cat foody. What ever became of pilchards?
I haven't been on this site for a while, but I sure have been talking about the quality downslide of BB "solit white" tuna in water. I've switched to their foil packed salmon. And I absolutely refuse to eat Chicken of the Sea. That's cat food!
Dealing with those cans is so messy because the tuna is shredded to a point that I can't get the water out without losing tons of the tuna as well. And white, it is not!
I will have to check and see what brands they have at BJs. I don't have a costco nearby.
I am 60 years old and have been eating Bumble Bee tuna for over 50 years. I agree, something has dramatically changed with their tuna. Its flakerier, contains more water, has a much blander taste and its color is different. I bought several cans recently that i just would up tossing out it was so awful. I have written to the people at Bumble Bee and have gotten no repaly after 4 weeks. Beleive it or not, i now find that the only tuna i can call aceptable happens to be the A&P brand tuna which i buy locally at the Pathmark stores here in NJ.
I too have been wondering why all the changes. Even the size of the can has been reduced from 6 to 5 oz over the past year or so while the price continues to rise. The pressures these companies are feeling are no greater than other food industries. Tuna is approching the price of beef these days per pound. Just try buying a tuna sandwich or a raost beef sandwich at some sub shop and youll see what i mean. Well.., i hope this isnt too much of a rant...just wanted to share my findings and say all of you who have noticed the deficeiencies arnt crazy!
re: garyw
A big +1 on the store brands actually being better...the A&P brand _is_ quite good.
I have been buying the Shop Rite brand almost exclusively lately...solid packed white tuna in minimal water, and still in a 6oz can to boot, usually for between $1.15 - 1.35/can.
It beats by a long shot any of the 'big' brands I used to buy.
In the series she did with Jacques Pepin, although they were using oil-packed, Julia Child bemoaned the popularity of water-packed tuna when they made Salade Nicoise. Last weekend the local PBS station ran a marathon of French Chef shows made 40-some-odd years ago. In the Salade Nicoise show from THAT series, she used a can of oil-packed tuna that was the same diameter as always, but seemed taller than even the disappearing 6 oz cans. I'd guess it was at least 7, maybe 8 oz. The salad served 4 to 6 people and she used just the one can.
This is slightly off topic, but reading this thread caused me to check out Cooks Illustrated's test tests on tuna. There are two articles on the subject. In 2002, they tested tuna packed in olive oil. There were two "highly recommended" ones:
Ortiz Bonito del Norte "Ventresca"
Ventresca refers to the underside of the fish, where fat is more concentrated. These small fillets blew all other contenders out of the water with their "silky texture" and "fresh flavor." $9.95 for 3.88-ounce can (YIKES!!)
Ortiz Bonito del Norte (tinned)
The "flaky," "tender," and "pleasant" texture of this "intense and delicious" tuna was perfect for Niçoise. $3.99 for a 3.95-ounce can
In 2006, they tested water-packed, and the following two were "highly recommended":
Chicken of the Sea Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
Tasters liked its "good, mild flavor," "moist texture," "chunky appearance," "large, beautiful flakes," and "taste of the ocean." $1.39 for 6-ounce can
Starkist Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
Texture ruled with this "firm," "flaky," and "moist" tuna that was praised for its "fresh taste," "perfect salt level," and "mellow flavor." $1.39 for 6-ounce can
Bumble Bee bought out the last local Stinson's Cannery (up the road) here in Maine. The tuna is of poor qualty and they have even done the impossible by making small sardine cans even smaller! Bumble bees should stick to flowers and honey, not fish.
Bumble Bee tuna song:
Just a quick note to let you know that since your original comment of January 2009, I believe Bumble Bee tuna continues it's decline. As a matter of fact, yesterday I opened the absolute worst can of very expensive, "Prime Fillet Solid White Albacore Gourmet Tuna In Water" that I have ever purchased in my 40 years of tuna buying experience. Not only was the texture and color questionable, but the ODOR almost knocked me off my feet. I was so angry and appalled at both cost and lack of consumability, that I decided to contact BumbleeBee at their website this morning and let them know just what I thought of their product. ALAS... the "contact us" link appears to be broken on their website... should I be surprised??? To me they are the true example of an "OSTRICH COMPANY" head buried in the sand wishing to remain clueless. Not only will I never purchase their product again, but I urge those reading this reply to do the same
re: BetchaBoop
I just bought a dozen cans of Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna because it was on sale. I opened one can. It was nothing but pureed, pulverized gray and watery mush. How anyone could eat this stuff is beyond me. I took the other 11 cans back and will never buy the BB brand again. I can recommend the Genova Tonno tuna, packed in olive oil. It is quite outstanding.
re: Johnara
BB Solid White is scarcely different from the chunk light anymore...same watery (or oily) mess of mush, just not as grey.
And now in a smaller 5 oz can at a higher price, for the convenience of the consumer. LOL.
Oh heck. Just come up with any canned brand of tuna and you're sure to be disappointed these days. I remember back in the day when all you had to do was shake a can and if all you heard was water and it sloshing around, you knew to go to the next can. Now all you hear is water sloshing and all the cans are small and the quality is just awful. I've gone to the foil packets myself because they are at least better and no water.
I think the ocean is fished out of real tuna and they're trying to fool us with baracuda or something. Ever notice how fish fillets at McDuggies used to be good? Now I know they're not tuna, not saying they are or ever were but heard on tv watching a food related televsion show that now, they McDuggies uses this bottom feeder that is plentiful in "like" Taiwan or some far away far off place, what's this world coming to? :(
And I thought it was just my taste buds. I've gotten the Bumble Bee filet at BJs & I agree with Miss Needle, the BB filet is what I remember as albacore back in the 50s & 60s. I haven't bought it in a while, but maybe I'll try one can just to make sure that hasn't gone downhill as well.
From my first memory of BB tuna, it was around 1960, when we bought some "grated" tuna.
Never again, it had bones and chunks of fin, and not sure what else.
Used to be that most brands bottom line tuna was still pretty good, but not BB brand.
Seems to have improved since then, last I had any BB tuna.
I usually bought `Star `Kist or Chicken of the Sea on sale.
For the record, my memory tells me that the cans used to be 8 ounce, and my mother agrees with that.
And we both prefer oil pack to water pack. Something about the flavor is so much better.
I am trying to figure out, chunk tuna used to be actual chunks, now it is more like flakes.
Quality dowhill, amount per container less. And cost is certainly not lower.
I normally did not buy the solid pack, had to watch the budget.
Oh yes, when fixing Tuna Helper, one can use the oil from the oil pack instead of margerine.
At least most of the tuna I bought still has the taste. Have not bought any 5 ounce cans yet, so no comment there...
I tend to eat more herring snacks than tuna nowadays, and getting harder to find good kipper snacks too. I posted on that in another thread...
Tuna, as with almost everything coming out of the sea today, is over fished. A mature tuna is between 650 and 1000 lbs. The average weight these days is 50 lbs. Yes, they're babies. That means loss of flavour and texture and if they're a farmed fish, probably a loss of nutrients as well.
And any of the mass market brands are going to be the same. The same fleets catch the fish and the same canneries process them. It's just different labels.
re: Dimwit
This about sums it all up ---
re: Dimwit
Well I hate that. Again I used to think buying top shelf would ensure me a nice can of tuna. But I'm inclined to believe that it is overfished and not sure anymore it's even tuna in all that wetness, blech
I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but Kirkland brand is Bumble Bee tuna. They copack the tuna at the Bumble Bee facility and Kirkland supplies the labels. Here's a link to the CNN article about it:
Reading through all these comments from the last 15 months, it becomes clear that as long as there is a steady, if not increasing, demand for tuna, the quality is going to continue to decline. Tuna may even disappear from the supermarket shelf. Sushi gains in popularity by the day, putting more pressure on large tuna, which are the choice for the sushi market, leading canners to resort to smaller, immature fish. If it is true, as stated in this thread, that the younger fish have less flavor, we are going to be stuck with that until they, too, are fished out. It would be great if measures were taken to allow the stock to recover, but I'm not holding my breath. If CH is still around 25 years hence, tuna may well be on the list of that generations' responses to the "What did your mother always have on hand that you never do?" thread.
re: greygarious
I found this post by searching for why Bumblebee tuna is so cheap right now. It's on the shelves ranging from .44 cents to .60 cents for a 5 oz can. Is there anything wrong with these batches? I actually buy it for my cat for the occassional meal. However, the last time I gave him a can, he only ate part of it and threw up later.
re: lazygrl
Probably nothing 'wrong' with it per se (except that it's their usual mush). At least at that price it's closer to what it's worth.
re: lazygrl
It stinks.
I just bought a 12 oz can of solid white albacore. I got all the stuff ready to make small, open faced sandwiches and then opened the can of tuna. It's disgusting! It's gray, mashed up, gelatinous and horribly fishy. Not only does it look bad, but it's sooo stinky. It looks bad and smells bad. I'm too afraid to eat it, so I'm throwing it out. Bumble Bee doesn't provide a phone number, so I sent them an email via their website. I want a voucher so I can get my $5 back. This can of tuna has ruined me for eating it again. I will never buy Bumble Bee again. Sad, since I've been eating it for years, though sparingly to avoid mercury poisoning. It's amazing that tuna is poisonous. I feel badly for what we've done to our environment.
Save your money. Bumble Bee is far too expensive for it to be mushy, gray, fish matter.
re: mocean
I used to be willing to brag about Polar tuna. Not anymore cause I can't find it now :(
re: iL Divo
My understanding is that Polar is a Chinese brand. I'm kind of leery of them as it seems their standards are a bit less stringent than US ones.
re: coney with everything
It also seems no matter cause I can't find it any longer. I will look today in the supermarkets of Vancouver. Maybe I can find something good and worthwhile on Granville Island. probably not Polar though, I'll see my offerings.
re: mocean
I, too just experienced the same thing with BB canned tuna in water. Twice now in the past two weeks. A real disgusting bad fishy smell and gray ashy color. I tossed it. Id rather throw away $1.38 then have food poisoning. I dont know how it is anywhere else but here in eastern, CT, Im finding a lot of food quality to be in poor condition and not enough supply for the demand.
I am surprised that the larger companies are still able to can tuna. Tuna stocks around the world have really taken a hammering, and the popularity of sushi in the last 20 years has really changed the price structure of tuna. The specialty canners making high-priced products are likely the only ones that can stay in business without dropping quality significantly.
re: crmudgn
...and the BB "solid white" is not much better. Pure mush.
re: The Professor
I bought the large 3lb can from Sams Club of BB "Solid White" and it was a giant glob of scales and mush. I was going to use it to make finger sandwiches for a Christmas Party. I threw all of it away, and made deviled ham sandwiches from a chunk of ham ends from the deli.
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for whatever reason though, I can't find polar now.
yesterday my son wanted a tuna sandwich for his drive home.
I opened a small sized can of "select" CotS or Starkist [olive oil packed] can't remember which one, anyway, more expensive so I'd hoped it'd be better than average and it was. my son got a beautiful sandwich. then doing all my baking I got hungry and decided to open a can for a sandwich for me. it was BB light chunk, absolutely pinkish grayish mush. awful, although I ate my sandwich I was once again reminded of the awfulness of regular, what we used to be used to, tuna. this morning I decided to make a tuna sandwich for my husbands lunch at work and found an Albertsons brand solid white in H20. I opened it and it looked pretty good, especially compared to the dumb experience of the BB yesterday. His sandwich also turned out lovely, but honestly, I just keep buying different brands and I'm usually very disappointed.
BUBBLE BEE tuna is a can of mush, i seen better cat food!!! I opened a can of starkist and it was pure white meat. I WILL NEVER BUY BB EVER AGAIN.
I get my Bumble Bee canned tuna in water in Walmart in eastern CT. For the past two weeks Ive opened two cans of bad tuna. I knew it the minute the can opener put the hole in the can. Its a bad fishy smell and the color of the tuna is kind of ashy looking. A good can of tuna should smell like ocean fish and be very light tan. Also thety seem to be putting less in the can. I think Bumble Bee tuna is just another victim of our failing environment. Its getting very scary. Id advise everyone who reads this to be careful in not just canned tuna but all your food.
The best recent discovery I've made on the tuna front is the WEGMAN'S brand of canned tuna...a 6 ounce can of true _solid pack_ white tuna in water (and it's not mostly water like BB is these days)...and for less than 80 cents per can. It's solid white tuna the way we all remember it from 30+ years ago.
If there'a Wegman's near you, get some and try it...I GUARANTEE you won't be disappointed
Soon it will go from tuna fish to tuna "food".. Hey, I guess if it's good enough for cheese. *smh* Just awful..


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Friday, January 18th, 2013
Let's start our weekly round-ups of new music videos this year with some bangers. Representing Congo this week, rapper (and professional dancer) Dinozord: above. Next up, there's new music and visuals from Art Melody (representing Burkina Faso):
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Got caught up in other stuff yesterday, so this week's Bonus Music Break comes a day late. "Sister Deborah" Owusu-Bonsu calls herself a "creative hustler" and yes, she is the sister of FOKN Bois's Wanlov the Kubolor,...
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Nowadays we're doing multiple #musicbreaks on Twitter and Facebook when the spirits move us. We figured we'd put the ten favorite ones up every Friday as our #BonusMusicBreak. First up, old school jazz man Pharoah Sanders is still doing...
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"...and this be our motto: 'In God We Trust'... (words found in the fourth stanza of the USA national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner").
"In God we trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of 'E pluribus unum', adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782.
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November 26, 2014
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez spent last week telling his players that to make the program relevant again, they'd need to beat a ranked team.
The Wildcats did just that, rolling over No. 18 Oklahoma State 59-38 Saturday and moving into The Associated Press poll the next day at No. 24, their first ranking in nearly two years.
Coaching a team that doesn't have a lot of size or depth, Rodriguez has coaxed the Wildcats into a 2-0 start by getting them to play hard and fast.
Led by fifth-year senior Matt Scott, Arizona's offense has been nearly unstoppable, ranking second nationally with 65 first downs and ninth in total offense at 562.5 yards per game. Rodriguez's 3-3-5 defense has given up some yards, but has been good at preventing touchdowns and creating turnovers.
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The union of a woman and a man,
Touching for the very first time;
The gentle texture of a hand,
True love is always hard to find.
And sometimes – my penis ain't as hard as wood.
And sometimes – you're disappointed in my manlihood.
I can't take it, please:
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The delicate nature of love
Can only make this relationship grow.
And though it's sent from heaven above,
Things don't always work down below
And I know – that the porno movies make you feel cheap.
And sometimes – you finish while I'm fast asleep
I can't take it, please:
Fake it for me.
I try so hard to be a man, but
You're so damn hard to please
Doesn't help to know your best friend
Runs on batteries.
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The family of Welsh private investigator Daniel Morgan has welcomed the decision of the Home Secretary to appoint an independent panel to examine the circumstances surrounding his murder in 1987.
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Daniel Morgan's family welcomes new inquiry into his murder
The family of a Welsh private investigator whose murder has never been solved has welcomed the decision to launch an independent inquiry.
Daniel Morgan, from Cwmbran, was found killed in the carpark of a London pub in 1987. A number of investigations have failed to find who was
Home Secretary Theresa May today said a retired judge would lead a panel to look at any police involvment in the murder and the possible role played by corruption in protecting those who killed him.
Carl Edwards reports.
Theresa May on new Daniel Morgan inquiry
Questions for the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel
A new inquiry into the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan will seek to address the questions arising, including those relating to:
- Police involvement in the murder
- The role played by police corruption in protecting those responsible for the murder from being brought to justice and the failure to confront that corruption.
- The incidence of connections between private investigators, police officers and journalists at the News of the World and other parts of the media and alleged corruption involved in the linkages between them.
New inquiry into private investigator's murder
A new inquiry into the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan has been announced by the Home Office.
The Daniel Morgan Independent Panel will be chaired by Sir Stanley Burnton, a retired Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal.
Its remit will be to shine a light on the circumstances of Mr Morgan's murder, its background and the handling of the case over the period since 1987.
Independent panel to investigate Daniel Morgan murder
The Home Office is expected to announce the appointment of an independent panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987. The private investigator from Monmouthshire was found dead in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in south London.
In the intervening 26 years there have been five separate police investigations but no one has been successfully prosecuted or convicted of the murder.
The case came to light once again last year during the Leveson inquiry into press standards. A former police officer, Jacqui Hames, told the inquiry that she believed people at the News of the World were involved in an attempt to 'derail' the murder investigation.
Possible review of Welsh detective axe murder case
The Home Office says it's in discussions with the family of Daniel Morgan following reports that there is to be an independent review of the murder which could trigger a new inquiry.
The private detective, who was from the Cwmbran area, was killed with an axe outside a pub in Sydenham in 1987.
His family claim he was very close to revealing police corruption.
An estimated £50m has been spent on inquiries and investigations since then and his family continue to fight for the truth about why he died.
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Paapi chirayu (The sinner lives long) --- is it true?
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Eart is called Mrityu lok in vedas. Hence, staying on earth is like staying under detention (as explained by the gods). so I assume that PAAPI CHIRAYU as gods do not want sinners in their land..Answered by Ananya Dixit, 26 May '10 04:14 pm
Yes some how but the destination is waiting foe thm.Answered by Vanita, 25 May '10 06:30 pm
No ! chiraayu kai baar uski suffering ko badhaane ke liye bhi hoti hai, prithvi par jeewan mein !Answered by nkpathak, 25 May '10 04:23 pm
He lives long and suffer a lot in the materialistic world with fear alwaysAnswered by saranathan Narasimhan, 25 May '10 04:15 pm
Yes true........very true........cuz GOOD PEOPLE DIE AT YOUNG AGE.Answered by umesh, 25 May '10 01:58 pm


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Deming, Barton R.; real estate and bldg.; born, Mudson, Ont., August, 1875; son of Huburt U. and Susan Wigle Deming; Ontario schools, graduated Sarnia High School; married, Chicago, Ill., July 8, 1908, Helen R. Rice; one daughter; five years with Oglebayhorton & Co., iron ore; pres., treas. and mngr. The Deming Bros. Co.; pres., treas. and mngr. The B. R. Deming Co.; member Chamber of Commerce and the Euclid and Automobile Clubs.
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Yesterday a reader commented on my April 16th post, "Theory: In 'Man of Steel,' Krypton Lives" with this link. Which leads to this:
So from this May 3rd post, "Four Reasons Krypton Doesn't Blow Up in the new Superman Movie 'Man of Steel,'" it looks like alternate theory 2:2 is the correct one ("Or he's got a spaceship that's roaming the cosmos"). It also means Entertainment Weekly was wrong in its summer movie guide description of "Man of Steel." Or the above doo-dad is wrong. We'll find out soon enough.
If the above is right? The plot is taking shape. Kal-El searches for himself on Earth, hides his true nature because people here would freak, and doesn't truly emerge until this threat, Kryptonians taking over Earth, arrives. Cue: battle. But I guess we already knew this.
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1. person originally from Philadelphia
2. Philosopher
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1. Sarah's originally a Philly but she moved last year.
2. She's such a philly (<- note:no capitalisation), its deep and all, but someone shut her up!
2. She's such a philly (<- note:no capitalisation), its deep and all, but someone shut her up!
od uživatele Anonymous Philly 10. Leden 2006
Slang term for Philadelphia.
"Philly has some of the meanest graff on the planet."
od uživatele Eric Fischman 15. Leden 2003
A brand of cheap, convenience store cigar which, when emptied of its tobacco contents, makes a perfect wrap for a long, joint-like marijuana cigar called a "blunt."
"You're sleepin son; hit that philly."
od uživatele Eric Fischman 15. Leden 2003
A major city of Pennsylvania, short for philadelphia.
Im bout to got to west philly and pick up my baby.
od uživatele Philly_mami33 16. Červenec 2003
Slang term for one of the greatest cities in the United States, the "City of Brotherly Love." Use "Philly" instead of "Philadelphia" to explain your point more quickly.
I'm going to drive down to Philly tonight if you want to come.
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This bittersweet topping is good for more than hot buttered toast and oatmeal. Try cooking desserts with it and savory dishes, too.Marmalade, a citrus preserve that includes shreds or chunks of peel, was first produced in Scotland. Traditional marmalade gets its intense flavor from aromatic Seville (bitter) oranges. If you find that it's too bitter for your taste, look for "sweet" on the label or purchase marmalade made from sweet oranges.
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From 2000 to 2005, 32,500 Blacks moved out (pushed out) of Harlem and some 22,800 Whites moved into Harlem
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(In the last 10 years, 35,500 Blacks and Hispanics have been pushed out of Harlem).
Blacks and Hispanics
[ own less than 5% ]
of the privately-owned, for-profit, multi-family residential rental housing in Harlem.
Orthodox Slumlords and Their Tenants
- Jewish Daily Forward;
Jew or not, a crook's a crook
- New York Daily News;
When the Slumlords Are Us
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Raising difficult questions about Jewish slumlords
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Tenants at East Harlem Building Without Gas for 2 Months
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Gov. Cuomo puts heat on NYC landlord for alleged gentrification push
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Eviction Anxiety Rattles a Formerly Subsidized Upper Manhattan Building
- New York Times.
Blacks and Hispanics
[ own less than 5% ]
of the privately-owned, for-profit, multi-family residential rental housing in Harlem.
The displacement of low income Black and Hispanic tenants in Harlem is NOT happening just by accident – it is a wicked conspiracy between greedy landlords and those elected officials (many of them
Black and Hispanic, the Uncle Tom, House Negros
) they control with their campaign contributions.
Read in the New York Daily News about landlords creating their own political action committee to continue to control politicians with camapign contributions:
Real estate-backed PAC spends megabucks to sway Council contests
By 1980, the City of New York owned 60% of all residential real estate in Harlem, and began auctioning these properties to the public in 1985. After years of false starts, Harlem began to see rapid gentrification in the late 1990s. This was driven by changing federal and city policies, including fierce crime-fighting and a concerted effort to develop the retail corridor on 125th Street. Real estate values in Central Harlem increased nearly 300% during the 1990s, while the rest of the City saw only a 12% increase (empty shells of Harlem brownstones sell today for $1,000,000 each).
During this period, a large number of
White middle income households
began to flood Harlem for the "relatively inexpensive" Manhattan housing costs (rentals and sales). Today the trend continues with
devastating impact
on the lives of low income Black families who do not have the incomes to compete in the open market for housing in the "NEW" Harlem. From 2000 to 2005, 32,500 Blacks moved out (or got pushed out) of Harlem and some 22,800 Whites moved into Harlem (NYC Census 2010).
Read in the New York Times about the larger numbers of White people now living in Harlem:
No Longer Majority Black, Harlem Is in Transition
Line outside of Housing Court in Manhattan
Each day the lines of low income tenants (of which are 90% Black and Hispanic) outside housing court in Manhattan run all the way around the block because greedy landlords seek to displace low income tenants.
Not even public housing is safe from greedy landlords who with their political friends in government (Republicans and Democrats) are trying to buy public housing land to build luxury housing for rich people in Manhattan.
Read in the New York Daily News about the proposed sale of public housing land to build housing for rich people:
NYCHA tenants file suit against lease plan to build luxury housing units
At 3333 Broadway, over 500 Black and Hispanic families have been pushed out of their apartments by their greedy landlord with rent that went from $800 a month for a one bedroom to $1,500 per month!
Read in the New York Times about one of the many greedy landlords, pushing low income Black and Hispanics out of their apartments at 3333 Broadway in Harlem:
Eviction Anxiety Rattles a Formerly Subsidized Upper Manhattan Building
3333 Broadway at 135th Street in Harlem
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In 2007, 3333 Broadway was sold to
Urban American Management (a family business that has No Black or Hispanic ownership)
, one of the worst landlords in NYC for $278 million.
In 2011, Urban American Management was ordered by a NYS Judge to pay one of their tenants, a low income single mother $33,000 for illegal rent charges
For more than 10 years, greedy landlords like
Urban American Management
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July 26 (Bloomberg) --India's rupee rose the most in almost two weeks on speculation central banks in the world's largest economies will take more steps to support growth, bolstering demand for higher-yielding assets.
The currency climbed to the highest level in almost a week after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled officials are prepared to do whatever is needed to preserve the euro. Foreign investors added $10.2 billion to holdings of Indian shares this year, compared with outflows of $512 million in 2011, exchange data show. Asia's third-largest economy expanded 5.3 percent in the first three months of the year, faster than Brazil's 0.75 percent and Russia's 4.9 percent.
"Capital inflows will be better this year than last as India is still one of the world's relatively fast growing economies," said Sujan Hajra, chief economist at Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd. in Mumbai. "However, we are unlikely to see an avalanche of funds as capital preservation is more important for investors than generous returns, considering the external environment is quite bad."
The rupee advanced 1.2 percent to 55.5150 per dollar in Mumbai, the biggest jump since July 13, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It touched 55.5125 earlier, the strongest level since July 20. One-month implied volatility, a measure of exchange-rate swings used to price options, decreased 10 basis points, or 0.10 percentage point, to 11.70 percent.
Policy makers from the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England all meet next week, before the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis in August. Citigroup Inc. estimated, before Draghi's comments, that there is a 90 percent chance Greece will exit the euro within 18 months, having previously given odds of 50 percent to 75 percent.
Rate Outlook
The rupee will be supported as the highest yields among major Asian economies will attract global funds, according to Anand Rathi. The government's 10-year bonds yield 669 basis points more than comparable U.S. Treasuries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The Reserve Bank of India will keep its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged at 8 percent at a review on July 31, according to 27 of 28 analysts in a Bloomberg News survey. One predicts a 25 basis point cut. Central bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on July 16 that inflation, which measured 7.25 percent last month, is "way above" the monetary authority's threshold of around 5 percent.
Three-month onshore rupee forwards traded at 56.75 per dollar, compared with 57.18 yesterday, and offshore non- deliverable contracts were at 56.74 from 57.21. Forwards are agreements to buy or sell assets at a set price and date. Non- deliverable contracts are settled in dollars.
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