Food news

“Saw this on rec.backcountry:

Saw a commercial last night for Star-Kist tuna in a pouch. It is also
"drain free", meaning there is not excess water/oil in the pouch
(alleviating fears of a punctured pouch and a fishy pack) This will
certainly add some variety to my trail menu this year. Actually, I can't
remember when I have been so excited about a new way to package a food
product...

Has anybody tried this?”

“sirpeteofmillwork had it in savage gulf. he seemed to like it.

it supposedly does not need refridgeration, either.”

“Wow, packaged fish that doesn't need refrigeration! If only they sold it in a container you could make a stove out of. That would be the ultiimate!”

“I saw it on the shelf at Safeway a few weeks ago and tried it. It is just as advertised. I've taken tuna in a can before and always worried that draining it would leave that tuna smell around camp, attracting varmints, but this stuff doesn't need drained. It's unit price was actually LOWER than the canned tuna's.”

“Sounds like a plan. I've taken the cans too, but I'd rather not have to pack out a fishy smelling tin.”

“I've used it.
One pack of ramen mixed with makes for a big meal - and easy, too.

You could actually use the pouch to "cook" the ramen (I didn't, tho), kinda like Mountain House packages. Just add noodles, then boiling water, and let it set a few. Tuna cassarole - yum!”

“I was excited by this stuff when I saw it too. One of our staples on the trail is Lipton noodles and sauce with tuna or canned chicken thrown in. These pouches are a great weight saver - no tin and no water! I haven't tried it outdoors yet (its been too cold) but found it delicious at home.”

“I ate some of the tuner y'all are talkin bout. Tuners are good I reckon but ded trowts ARE NOT.

Know what?
SKINNY KENNY EATS DED TROWTS! EWW!

One time my daddy got ded trowts from the water and they tasted ICKYPOO cuz I carried them round in my mouf but I did not bite them. But then we made a fire and got the trowt hot so they would not be ded no more and they was good then and I ate them for my dinner.”

“Thanks, gojo! Sounds like this tuna is a good tip. Sounds like everybody else thinks so, too.”

“Not much of a tuna fish eater, its that whole drift net thing. Granted some have change the practice others have not. Now if that were chicken in a pouch, it would be a another story.

I 'm surprised no one has made a more durable stove from those cans. Come on you McGyvers get with it!”

“For more info & a Charlie Tuna animation, go to:
www.starkist.com”

“Checked out the website--they say it lasts up to 18 months without refrigeration. They don't say what the size of the pouch is (i.e., how many servings). Gojo?”

“i hate tuna but you guys are makingf me hungry”

“Fondled a pouch a few weeks back in the store. Started collecting Mayonaise packets at the fast food joints. Pretty stoked I don't have to haul in/out cans no more.”

“Who needs tuna?
”

“Red Hook has an IPA now???? 8)

The tuna bag is the bamb. Along with ready to eat bacon in a bag, you an also get ready to eat just heat sausage. I also saw in the freezer section they make scrambled eggs on a stick, in a push-up version.

Hmmmmm, I'm ready for breakfast.”

“I tried that scrambled eggs on a stick. Don't like em. They don't melt in your mouth like regular popsicles.”

“But kleetn, when are they going to start selling beer in a pouch?”

“I eat everthing my daddy eats cept lettis and piggels and some nother things.
Know what?
The nother day my daddy was eatin grass stiks! But they was not grass stiks. I said: "What is those grass stiks that you are eatin?" And my daddy said: "These is not grass sticks happy nice Sarabelle, they is
A SPARROW GUTS!"
EWWWW!
I do not like a sparrow guts.”

“Dried tuna is still lighter, or chicken, or turkey. Take it out of the can and chop it up real fine and put it in your dehydrator. It reconstitutes instantly. A great addition to a lipton dinner or ramen if you like that suff. Yummy-licious or something like that.”

“I've used the tuna pouches many times this winter. They're great. Mac & Cheese and tuna is a staple for me. Buy the premium kind (Kraft Shells and Cheese) cause you don't have to add milk or butter, and it tastes better.”

“M-nutz -- you don't have to add milk or butter to the regular Mac & Cheese. I know it says you do but try it without the milk or butter. Leave enough water in the pot to stir in the cheese packet (occasionally I'll add in some olive oil) and mix and eat. You can hardly notice the difference.”

“Or, if you're determined to have the milk & butter, mix some powdered milk and butter flavoring into the cheese flavoring.”

“Saw those tuna pouches and I'll looking forward to trying them. Sounds like a great idea. Now I'd like to see them package sardines that way, since that's another great trailfood where I don't like struggling with the can or having to carry out a smelly, fishy, oily tin when I'm done. Anyone have any brilliant suggestions for carrying or repackaging sardines?”

“Man, I don't want to be carrying Sardines anywhere in Bear Country. The scent would attract them like flies to honey. You never really would be able to get rid of that oily residue on your hands without polluting the water.”

“I went to the kitchen shelf and what do I find? TUNA,a pouch contains 7.06 oz. It is packed in sunflower oil. I,m going to dayhike at Oak mountain near Birmingham this weekend. Now I know what to take for dinner.”

“Been wanting to splurge and get one of those vaccum sealer things I keep seeing on TV. Close to $200.oo
so I'll be on my list. Would really be a nice investiment for b-packing.”

“I would just like to say, as per the Addition island thing......I bought a case of the stuff and put it in the deep freezer. Ya never know how long a good thing like that will be on the market. Can't take any chances!
LOL”

“BS and tehipite - I've tried the regular mac and cheese w/o the extras and think the premium tastes better. However I do use the regular kind on longer trips because the powdered stuff is a lot lighter.”