brine

[Scott]

whats the dealio with cans of tuna in brine and cans of tuna in spring water?
is brine really bad? wtf IS brine anyways?

Ive been eating a fair bit of tuna salads lately, the spring water version, but I just get those coz they 'sound' better dunno if theres much diff.

[lil john]

Brine is water saturated or nearly saturated with a salt (usually Sodium chloride).i always have it with brine as just been brought up with it haha and i hate it in oil. spring water prob is best?

[Al]

Salt.

[Scott]

so the tuna in brine would have a lot more salt in it? I guess if its packed in the stuff then the salt must seep into the tuna.

[samurai69]

so the tuna in brine would have a lot more salt in it? I guess if its packed in the stuff then the salt must seep into the tuna.

i think thats their thinking (marketing for their spring water ones), but i would imagine that there isnt too much salt absorbtion..............i always rinse of the tuna anyway


thats just my opinion.............probably totall saturated in salt!


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[firebear369]

Brine water is greater than 50 parts per thousand of sodium and equates to one cup of salt per gallon of water.

http://bbq.about.com/cs/barbecuetips/a/aa112000b.htm

[Cookie]

I always used to wash off the brine as much as possible when I ate tuna.

Don`t eat it much these days due to dieting on tins & tins of the stuff for comps sort of put me off & the smell used to make me feel like vomiting after 4 solids weeks of eating the stuff

[lux]

I always used to wash off the brine as much as possible when I ate tuna.

Don`t eat it much these days due to dieting on tins & tins of the stuff for comps sort of put me off & the smell used to make me feel like vomiting after 4 solids weeks of eating the stuff

Tell me bout it mate. I was pescetarian for a time and tuna was my main protein source. Taken me ages to be able to stomach it again

I have fell into the idea of buying my tuna in spring water instead of brine. But i feel my diet lacks salt anyway so don't mind buying the brine stuff even if only a bit of salt is absorbed as i don't wash it either.

[fits]

I got yellow find tuna recently but for some reason it smelt more Fishy and I didn't like it!

If i can, i wash my tuna in brine through with water.

[Cookie]

Tried tuna steaks a few times but never found them worth the extra cash

[fits]

Tried tuna steaks a few times but never found them worth the extra cash

smae here, I used them all the time while on diatia. personaly i prefer tinned tuna! but that could have allot to do with me over cooking the steaks!

[Cookie]

I over cook the steajks as well