stupid question probably...

[rdny041285]

Is tunafish that is bought in stores made from blackfin tuna, yellowfin tuna, both or something totally different? So if i wanted to go out and catch fish and smoke it to have tuna fish....what would i try to catch?

 

[mike64]

Re: stupid question probably...

Is tunafish that is bought in stores made from blackfin tuna, yellowfin tuna, both or something totally different? So if i wanted to go out and catch fish and smoke it to have tuna fish....what would i try to catch?

A Google search says this:
"...several different varieties of tuna are canned. Skipjack, Bluefin and Yellowfin (called Ahi in Hawaii) tuna are canned and sold as "light meat," while Albacore (also called Longfin tuna , Tombo Ahi, and Ahi Palanacan) is the only tuna that can be labeled premium "white meat"."
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=97

That's canned tuna. Tuna steaks are typically ahi, or yellowfin. I'm not sure what you mean by smoking it though-- never heard of smoked tuna, though it might exist(?)

You don't mean smoked salmon, do you? All varieties of salmon are good for smoking, I believe.

 

[rdny041285]

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i thought that was how tuna fish was made? do they just chop the tuna filets and put them in a can? my neighbor made smoked kingfish or "fish dip" and it was basically tunafish like in the can except this was kingfish and had a much different taste....thought maybe tuna was smoked before it gets canned or something.

 

[JB]

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When I lived in Fort Likkerdale and fished the Gulf Stream my favorite tuna was blackfin. Wonderful sashimi, salad, steaks. . .whatever. The only pelagic fish I preferred over blackfin was dorado (dolphin fish). I really liked Wahoo, too, but they were awfully hard to catch.

 

[norm1057]

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rdny041285,

King Fish have a higher oil content than Tuna. Any fish in the water can be smoked with fair to good results. As far as which Tuna would be best, I'd have now idea.

 

[thurps]

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Just Google smoked albacore or tuna. I personally prefer albacore to salmon.