# If Subway's Tuna Ain't Tuna, Then What Is It? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773 "2021-01-29T14:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/223 "2021-11-16T01:06:47Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Most horses are pettable. Pettable and edible are two mutually exclusive properties for an animal to have. > > (This, BTW, may simply be an America or perhaps Western cultural thang. I’ve read something very differently about Korean culture: There, you might have a pet dog that’s part of the family, that your kids roll around and play with, and then one day you slaughter it for dinner.) I don’t know about petable but I’ve spent more time petting pigs then I have horses. Doesn’t stop me from enjoying a porkchop. I have been one of those kids in Korea playing with the cute puppies only for them to disappear to go be dinner. Generally. I don’t dig kegogi but I’ve tried it several times. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/224 "2021-11-16T01:32:36Z")
As I understand it, in most cultures that eat dog meat, the dogs are raised as livestock, not kept as pets. And if they do keep dogs as pets, those dogs are not eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/225 "2021-11-16T01:45:49Z")
Which isn’t quite as crazy different from things that happen in the West. There are a lot of people who keep both chickens and rabbits for chicken/rabbit fancy (i.e. competitive show animals), and those animals are also kept as pets, and those animals are never killed to be eaten really. But there are also of course farms that raise both animals as meat livestock. I actually know a guy whose family does rabbit fancy _and_ operates a rabbit meat farming operation–they use entirely different breeds and their kids grew up knowing the meat rabbits were for meat and they weren’t given names or treated like pets etc. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/226 "2021-11-16T03:22:55Z")
this side discussion reminds me of a Jimmy Stewart movie… jimmy’s supposed to be a scout that’s half Indian helping his tribe and the army get rid of some renegades that’s causing everyone misery So the tribe and settlers and the army are having a huge dinner in the Indian village and the army commanders eating a large piece of meat next to jimmy and he says " hey this isn’t bad… what is it? jimmy says " oh its pony" in a sideways manner army guy says “\ whats a pony? jimmy says " a type of horse” army guy pauses … slightly shrugs his shoulders and says " well it’s not bad at all " ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/227 "2021-11-16T03:30:27Z")
heh, one-day ill tell ya how I was introduced to rabbits as meat… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/228 "2021-11-16T17:43:07Z")
Oh, mommy I love my new little pet bunny. She is so cuddly. What kind of bunny did the man say she was? He said she was a friar. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/229 "2023-05-10T16:13:42Z")
[Subway Tuna Suit May Cost Plaintiff a Ton of Money to Dismiss](https://youtu.be/CvwgsOk12Oo) Steve Lehto, long winded internet attorney, discusses the dismissal and how the defendants say they’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend this case that they consider frivolous and how they want compensation for that. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/230 "2023-05-10T16:27:39Z")
Here is a non-video [link.](https://www.reuters.com/legal/woman-who-sued-over-subway-tuna-seeks-quit-case-subway-demands-sanctions-2023-05-08/) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/231 "2023-05-10T19:10:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [Subway Tuna Suit May Cost Plaintiff a Ton of Money to Dismiss](https://youtu.be/CvwgsOk12Oo) > > Steve Lehto, long winded internet attorney, discusses the dismissal and how the defendants say they’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend this case that they consider frivolous and how they want compensation for that. Thanks for the update. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/232 "2023-05-10T19:33:18Z")
It’s usually difficult to take the side of a big company but this case does look like an attempted shakedown. I wouldn’t blame Subway for making it tough on the plaintiff, really meaning the plaintiff’s lawyers who probably are working on contingency to drop this suit. And then possibly going after them for defamation because I doubt there was any real evidence to start with. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/233 "2023-05-10T21:18:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s usually difficult to take the side of a big company but this case does look like an attempted shakedown. I’d have to agree, altho I do not like Subway. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/234 "2023-05-10T23:52:33Z")
If you think Lehto is a long winded internet attorney wait until you see LegalEagle. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/235 "2023-05-10T23:55:32Z")
I like Legal Eagle, but he really does not know what to do with his hands when he’s explaining things. That’s very distracting. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/236 "2023-05-11T01:19:18Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s usually difficult to take the side of a big company but this case does look like an attempted shakedown. Agree. Hope Subway hits back with all they’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/237 "2023-05-11T18:29:53Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I like Legal Eagle, but he really does not know what to do with his hands when he’s explaining things. That’s very distracting. I like him also but I never noticed this. He does go on and on, however. ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/238 "2023-05-11T22:51:28Z")
Yea, it might not be albacore but it might be skipjack.l [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773.md?page=11)