Chickpea to Cook

Call it my own food star rating. I’ve decided that when I have a strong reaction, good or bad, towards particular foods or flavors, I will be categorizing the subject in one of two well-thought-out, scientific categories:

Scrumptious or Shenasty.

You can see the dishes/restaurants that are branded with my judgment…just follow the links in the nav bar under either category.

And I know that “shenasty” isn’t a word you’ll find in the dictionary, but if Rachel Ray can annoy everyone with “Yummo” after each bite, then this is my revenge.

Let me get this out of the way. I don’t like Tuna in a Can. I really don’t like any sort of meat product that comes in a can–it just seems wrong and counter-intuitive. Although don’t ask me why meat wrapped in cellophane is any better.

But I thought I would give this Trader Joe’s Albacore Solid White Tuna in Olive Oil a try. I know now that I fell victim to a clever marketing ploy.

The sign by the shelf suggested pairing the Lemon Pappardelle pasta (yum) with capers (yum) and…albacore tuna from a can? I should have known. But I bought it. Boy, did I ever.

This photo is the closest this tuna got to my kitchen table. The smell alone was enough to let me know this was really just human-grade cat food. But I thought it would make for a good blog story. So I tried it.

And promptly threw it away.

Does anyone actually like this stuff? I want to hear from some tuna-in-a-can eaters so I can find out the appeal. It doesn’t have to be fancy tuna…even StarKist Tuna would be fine. Whatever it is, I want to hear from you.

Chickpea says: Shenasty