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I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!

I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!

Heheh fuckin' great! or some people are children, or some people are just not foodies!

Wow. That really is sad.

I like tuna sandwiches, but there's no reason to make a great meal into a good one.

I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!

$20/lbs? I'd rather go out and catch it myself...

I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!

I find your daughter's lack of respect for conspicuous consumption difficult to lament.

I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!
Kids have a way of cutting to the chase, don't they? When you get right down to it, it's just a piece of tuna and they make great tuna fish sandwiches...

But why didn't you have any homemade mayonnaise ready for her?

Did she make a full 1 lb sandwich? If not then it probably wasn't a $20 sandwich. In any case, I find a sandwich is a great way to enjoy tuna, though if you've got a high quality base using low quality garnish doesn't make much sense to me. Give your daughter better ingredients to make a truly excellent tuna sandwich, imo.

Tuna needs to be seared and enjoyed sashimi-like with an outer crust. MMMMMmmmmmmmmm.

It's not really natural and fresh unless you catch it yourself with a spear.

I picked up some fresh albacore at the local overpriced organic grocery story - a steal (for them) at $20/lb. Not wanting to ruin this fishy rival to filet mignon, I carfully seasoned it with butter, dill and garlic and then placed it gently in a baking dish with a half inch of good vegetable stock in the bottom. I baked at at 375^ watching it carefully so I wouldn't overcook it. I removed it after half an hour, done to perfection. I served it with rice and asparagus. My daughter took her share and made it into a tuna sandwich! You know, with mayonnaise (not even homemade!), celery, green onions, and sweet pickles on white bread! Some people have no respect!
It's really twenty dollars a pound down in Denver? (Or wherever you are.) Up here at the King Soopers in Conifer it's only twelve!

It's like giving money to beggars.

None of your damn business what they do with it. If you want your food enjoyed in a particular way, then contract into it. Otherwise, you waive all further rights to it once possession passes to the other person.

Jesus. No I didn't.

It's really twenty dollars a pound down in Denver? (Or wherever you are.) Up here at the King Soopers in Conifer it's only twelve!

Colorado Springs, Whole Foods. I couldn't find it at King Soopers.

Colorado Springs, Whole Foods. I couldn't find it at King Soopers.

Ah, that explains it. Still...harsh price. But at least it's--probably--mercury free!

I support the decimation of the Tuna population...

Meh....most of those expensive foods are overrated anyway. I really don't care if I ever have another lobster, crab, fillet mignon, etc. again. They taste fine, but I really don't care.

Now if I could get my hands on some more moose meat.... (Of course, you can't buy that.)

Meh....most of those expensive foods are overrated anyway. I really don't care if I ever have another lobster, crab, fillet mignon, etc. again. They taste fine, but I really don't care.

Now if I could get my hands on some more moose meat.... (Of course, you can't buy that.)

Sure you can: http://www.stomos.net/Meat_Products.html#anchor_35

Sure you can: http://www.stomos.net/Meat_Products.html#anchor_35

Interesting. Although I imagine that the shipping would be murder.

Up here, you can buy reindeer (since it's farmed), but not moose. You can't sell wild game.

Interesting. Although I imagine that the shipping would be murder.

Up here, you can buy reindeer (since it's farmed), but not moose. You can't sell wild game.

I just googled "moose meat" and found lots of references, but not a lot of retail outlets. There was something about ... road killed moose. I didn't look into that one.

I just googled "moose meat" and found lots of references, but not a lot of retail outlets. There was something about ... road killed moose. I didn't look into that one.

Around here, the road kill moose are salvaged and handed out to charities.

That would be sad, if it weren't for the fact that tuna tastes universally terrible. More like weasel of the sea.

Now if I could get my hands on some more moose meat.... (Of course, you can't buy that.)

'Tis why I hunt.

I see your measly $20 tuna sandwich and raise you a $70, 000 cocktail

Club launches £35,000 cocktail — The cocktail consists of a large measure of Louis XII cognac, half a bottle of Cristal Rose champagne, some brown sugar, angostura bitters and a few flakes of 24-carat edible gold leaf. The drink is described as warming and refreshing.At the bottom of the crystal glass is an 11-carat white diamond ring.

Link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/dec/08/consumeraffairs.creditcrunch?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront)

Wow. That's the price of 40 cans of Wal-Mart tuna for me. :p Not that fresh isn't good, but I'll take the $1.99/lb catfish and grill it with lemon if I want that. ;)

Interesting. Although I imagine that the shipping would be murder.

Up here, you can buy reindeer (since it's farmed), but not moose. You can't sell wild game.

That's cool. Unless reindeer tastes at all like caribou. Worst meat ever. :(

That's cool. Unless reindeer tastes at all like caribou. Worst meat ever. :(

Wha!?

Caribou meat is tender, like a whole animal made of the best cuts of beef. I don't know what 40 year old, stringy caribou you ate but damn man! If I could only eat one meat for the rest of my life it would be caribou, hands down.

'Tis why I hunt.

Amen!

That's cool. Unless reindeer tastes at all like caribou. Worst meat ever. :(

Same animal (more or less). And it tastes great!

Wha!?

Caribou meat is tender, like a whole animal made of the best cuts of beef. I don't know what 40 year old, stringy caribou you ate but damn man! If I could only eat one meat for the rest of my life it would be caribou, hands down.

Well, I admit I've only eaten it jerked, but it really was foul. Maybe the nitrates don't get along well with it. :p I had heard that caribou is the only meat that you *can't* survive on, due to their diet, so I might've been too quick to blame it on the animal.

Well, I admit I've only eaten it jerked, but it really was foul. Maybe the nitrates don't get along well with it. :p I had heard that caribou is the only meat that you *can't* survive on, due to their diet, so I might've been too quick to blame it on the animal.

Tell that last bit to the Gwich'in who've been living off them for thousands of years. It's still protein. I had this argument once with a chick from my hometown. It was ridiculous. Sorry...caribou meat does in fact have more nutritional value that sawdust.

But yeah, caribou are exceptionally lean. I've had dried caribou...tasted the same as dried anything. Might of been how it was prepared?

(by the way, who had the job of jerking the caribou? ewwww....)

Tell that last bit to the Gwich'in who've been living off them for thousands of years. It's still protein. I had this argument once with a chick from my hometown. It was ridiculous. Sorry...caribou meat does in fact have more nutritional value that sawdust.

But yeah, caribou are exceptionally lean. I've had dried caribou...tasted the same as dried anything. Might of been how it was prepared?

I was a bit skeptical about the caribou's lack of nutrition myself, and probably wouldn't have believed it if not for the funky jerky. It had almost a blueish-purplish tint, and both the crispy and the marinaded had a taste I can't even describe. Sort of like moss with a hint of cactus-like alkaline bitterness. Lean and veiny, too, if I remember. But, I suppose the myth is kinda silly if you give it a second thought - meat is still meat.

(by the way, who had the job of jerking the caribou? ewwww....)

These guys:

http://www.johnselginmarket.com/

...who are just outstanding, caribou aside. Everything on the menu is basically perfect. :)

Tell that last bit to the Gwich'in who've been living off them for thousands of years. It's still protein. I had this argument once with a chick from my hometown. It was ridiculous. Sorry...caribou meat does in fact have more nutritional value that sawdust.
And how many of those Gwich'in are still alive today, eh? So much for the nutritional value of caribou.
*stuffs a Three Musketeers Bar in his face and washes it down with a Coke*

And how many of those Gwich'in are still alive today, eh? So much for the nutritional value of caribou.
*stuffs a Three Musketeers Bar in his face and washes it down with a Coke*

Quite a few, considering that they're the ones up here that are putting up the big stink about not drilling in ANWR.

The real waste is bad food, and it sounds like the kid enjoyed the sandwich.

Plus, its a charming story, which alone is worth the money you spent.