# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 31, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/81 "2021-01-31T19:32:40Z")
Subway is working on their new World Sandwich: a pita stuffed with surströmming in a durian sauce topped with casu marzu. Take-out only. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/82 "2021-01-31T19:44:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Subway is working on their new World Sandwich: a pita stuffed with surströmming in a durian sauce topped with casu marzu. Take-out only. - “Extra maggots, please.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/83 "2021-01-31T20:00:47Z")
I heard they’re not real maggots ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/84 "2021-01-31T20:31:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > “Extra maggots, please.” If i give you extra maggots everyone’s going to want them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/85 "2021-01-31T20:34:11Z")
\< Looks around. \> Oh, like you have a _shortage_. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/86 "2021-01-31T21:51:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > … Oh, like you have a _shortage_ you forgot to add … ( ~~flees~~ flies ) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/87 "2021-01-31T22:12:52Z")
I used dill pickle relish instead of sweet relish. I will bet that the facts in are that the tuna is more mayo than tuna. Big fucking deal. Lawyers are scum. present company excluded of course. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/88 "2021-01-31T22:56:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I used dill pickle relish instead of sweet relish. I’ve made it with dill pickle relish. I prefer sweet pickle relish. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/89 "2021-02-01T02:05:03Z")
Surely this is really about taxes? No one will mistake a bun for a bonbon. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/90 "2021-02-01T04:33:36Z")
> [quote=“DrDeth, post:87, topic:931773, full:true”] > I used dill pickle relish instead of sweet relish. [/quote] I prefer dill relish as well, but also add a bit of horseradish mustard for a slight kick. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/91 "2021-02-01T04:40:02Z")
Hmmm, that could work- or just the horseradish. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/92 "2021-02-01T05:11:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve made it with dill pickle relish. I prefer sweet pickle relish. Both dill & sweet for me. Plus the mayo, some capers, onion and a squirt of dijon mustard. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/93 "2021-02-01T09:50:59Z")
There was a “home cooking” restaurant that did that with Popeyes chicken, and a pizza place that supposedly bought the Little Caesar pizzas at Kmart and dressed them up. Allegedly. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/94 "2021-02-01T14:09:46Z")
I haven’t eaten at a Subway in years (Sheetz has a far superior sandwich, IMO), but the last time I ate there the tuna had an unmistakable smell, to the extent that I knew better than to order a toasted sub if the person in front of me had ordered a tuna melt. I think, as others have noted, that the case will come down to semantics – the “tuna salad” will be found to contain more mayo than tuna. It would be too risky for a restaurant chain to mislabel cheap fish, and I would think that going through the trouble to make TVP smell strongly of fish (with fish oil, I guess?) would be more expensive than just buying low-grade tuna. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/95 "2021-02-01T14:35:21Z")
> [@solost](#): > > This sounds like the rumor that went around when I was a kid in the 70s that McDonalds put earthworm meat in their ground beef to stretch it and cut costs. Which was a silly claim, because commercially-bought worms were, per pound, quite a bit more expensive than ground beef. I remember that one. Also, and more recently, there was a stupid thing circulating on Facebook about how KFC was rearing spherical chickens that were supposedly headless and boneless with no digestive system or limbs - basically just living balls of chicken flesh. The weird thing is this rumour was about how horribly cruel that was, when (if it had been remotely true) it would actually be comparatively humane ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/96 "2021-02-01T14:56:47Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Both dill & sweet for me. Plus the mayo, some capers, onion and a squirt of dijon mustard. Actually, I don’t use relish anymore; just that when I did use it, I preferred sweet pickle relish. Nowadays I use chopped celery (if we have any celery), mayo, and tarragon. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/97 "2021-02-01T15:21:04Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Unfolded, it turned out to be **5 unused Subway paper napkins**. They had the company logo, “eat fresh,” and dietary details for several six inch sandwiches. > > It has been years since I went to a Subway. I cannot remember when I last ate there. My bolding. It must have been quite a while; I can’t remember a time Subway ever gave me more than two napkins per sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/98 "2021-02-01T15:30:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I will bet that the facts in are that the tuna is more mayo than tuna. Big fucking deal. Yeah, but the claim isn’t that the tuna salad doesn’t have enough tuna as compared to other ingredients. The statements the lawyers have made say that there is no _fish_, let alone tuna, in the sandwich. > “We found that the ingredients were not tuna and not fish,” the attorney said in an email to The Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/99 "2021-02-01T15:42:35Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > …there was a stupid thing circulating on Facebook about how KFC was rearing spherical chickens that were supposedly headless and boneless with no digestive system or limbs - basically just living balls of chicken flesh. The weird thing is this rumour was about how horribly cruel that was, when (if it had been remotely true) it would actually be comparatively humane Yeah, I thought lab-grown meat was the humane, environmentally-friendly wave of the future. > **[Lab-Grown Meat](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-meat/)** > > Beef for dinner—without killing animals or the environment ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773/100 "2021-02-01T17:52:57Z")
It seems a certain thread put tuna salad on my mind and I made a three can batch last night. Two in water and one in oil which I’d never used before. I’ll probably stick with just water from now on; the oil didn’t add much and it was a little messier. Mayo, sweet & dill pickle relishes, some capers, chopped onion and a little dijon mustard plus a few twists on the peppermill. I put it on a croissant with sliced onion and tomato, very tasty! I made another one for lunch today though now I wonder if the wet tomato against the bread all night & day wasn’t a mistake. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nowadays I use chopped celery (if we have any celery), mayo, and tarragon. Celery would have been good. I’ll have to try tarragon. I think I’ve used it for chicken salad but not tuna. Edit: Oh, right, Subway. I don’t think anyone seriously thinks it’s anything but tuna and mayo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-subways-tuna-aint-tuna-then-what-is-it/931773.md?page=6)