In my opinion, the best tasting tuna bar none. Starts Wed March 16. Enjoy :)
Coles 16/3: Sirena Tuna $1.99, Dr Oetker Pizza $3.75, Luv-A-Duck $11.50, Kettle Chips $2.10, Telstra $30 Starter Kits $15
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If you can find stock that's not expired…
Can't believe they are advertising porterhouse at $27 a kg as a special.
Agreed. Ordinary….
Is the Sirena really good? The price is double compare to John West (usually $1 when on special)?
Yep, really. + it's the 185g can on special which is double the size of the normal Greenseas/John West. Do it!
Remember though 'only 6 per customer' haha good luck enforcing that.If you are going to compare the price of tuna you should look at the ingredients list. They are required to put a percentage of tuna, and you will find Sirena to be higher than all of the other main brands.
Factoring this in makes the price not necessarily cheaper, but certainly more reasonable.
safcol percentage is really high as well and tastes great.
Aldi tuna tastes great and is $4.xx/kg. What's so good about this brand?
@tightwad:
was one of the few that are pole caught (I see some aldi ones are now)
I was commenting on the % of tuna in the tin. Greenseas and john west are around 65% fish.same goes for Ham, check out Don ham, its around 75% pork, better ham at the deli is 90% or more.
In my opinion John West is the best, I eat at least 7 tins a week and have done for the last 5-6 years, always John west, (I can't stand Greenseas/never bothered with coles/other more expensive brands).
Last year I bought some Sirena when it was really cheap and everyone here was saying how great it was. I bought a couple tins and
I thought it was ok, the quality was great but the flavour not so much, but it would grow on me (and I was just so used to eating John west it was just, different)… so being the ozbargainer I bought 120+ tins over the week haha!But I never really started enjoying it and ended up going back to John West…
I only use the Sirena by mixing it into scrambled eggs now (which is good because the quality is high, like a tuna steak it works perfectly) but I just prefer the flavour/texture style of John west for any other purpose, and will use it in my eggs once I run out of Sirena. (I'd probably still use Sirena for eggs if it was the same price as John West however)
So make sure you buy a few sample tins before going all out and stocking up :)
(This is all referring to Chili tuna by the way which is my go to flavour and seems to be by the majority ages on what usually sells out.)
I agree the JW chilli is superior to sirena, although a bit too salty in some batches.
I used to eat around half a kilo of canned tuna a day. I wonder if I still have drain bamage from all that methyl mercury?
Half a kilo is a lot of canned fish a day…..
I eat heaps of canned fish, I was worried and got my blood tested. My Mercury level was LOW.
If you stay away from flake, sword fish and bigger fresh fish like snapper you will be fine.
Sardines, canned tuna, canned wild caught salmon, herring are all cool.
How much were you eating when you got tested?
When I used to eat canned tuna a lot I would buy the cheapest 425g cans (~272g drained according to can) and could down 1 for lunch and 1 for dinner (544g total). It confused me when bodybuilder types would eat the smaller 125g cans for their "protein fix". What pussies, I thought :)
Thanks to being a cheapskate I would have only ever eaten the relatively smaller skipjack variety. So if I phrased it that I ate 60g of Swordfish a day would that be considered high? Or 180g of Yellowfin tuna?
I later switched to canned salmon and then finally to sardines, which should have 10 times less mercury than skipjack (mackerel isn't much better than skipjack, surprisingly). Homebrand sardines are cheap but smell like catfood. I like brisling and the hot pepper ones Brunswick used to sell. I can't believe they stopped selling the hot pepper ones in Coles. Too spicy for the Australian market? What pussies they must think we are :)
Do not eat ANY swordfish in my opinion or flake. They are old mature fish which accumulate Mercury and God knows what else.
I eat canned fish at least 5 days a week, once a day, sardines and medium sized cans of tuna and salmon. I regard that as "heaps".
Canned tuna are usually smaller fish, which by default have low mercury.
If you are a bodybuilder and eat fish for protein than yeah maybe get tested once just to keep your mind at ease especially if you got stuck into the swordfish at any time.
They stopped selling the brunswick ones and the santamaria chilli flavoured tins. sad days.
you pussies. thanks alot.
I take a can of tuna (different flavours, lately been stocking up on John West when on $1) to work every single day - the missus wonders what's wrong with me. My workmates - no idea what they think! Haha! It's simple and time-saving. That's what makes it so good :)
I saw this comment yesterday and completely missed what you actually said..
looks like we all know who really has drain bamage..!
Gonna get a slab of sirena tuna
Do you guys just eat the tuna straight out of the can or what? On a sandwich?
Either works. What we do is to mix a 185g can of Sirena with 500g (dry weight) of cooked pasta (eg. Fusilli), add some diced tomato and a good squeeze of lemon. Dinner for 4 sorted for about $5…
Can also add some barilla pesto with all that too :)
Nice mixed with rice and lemon juice too.
Add some capers and chilli when u want a change.
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/2038/spaghettini+with+tuna+c…
Didn't realize you could eat it straight out of the can. Would it taste fishy?
Yes - but not in an bad way.
My kids took small tins hiking - a great flavoursome treat after a hard day.
Sirena also have varieties with nice additions like a bit of chilli, lemon and pepper etc. etc.
The only ones that we don't bother with are those packed in 'spring water' - the oil adds so much to the flavour (extra good when mixed into pasta).
@lostincanberra: I see. Thanks. I usually microwave it first and make a sandwich, so might try eating it straight next time
For a quick lunch when I'm in a hurry, I mix some canned diced tomatoes with the tuna, a bit of soy sauce and pepper, and the crumbs of the bottom of a bag of rice cakes for a nice crunchy topping.
Delicioso, quick, cheap and easy!
Oooh half price gummies, nearly out.
@TA i normally just plus vote your posts but i'll make an exception and say thanks for not only posting this, but also for shutting down ungrateful, whiny pissants :)
Thanks for posting the Telstra Starter Kit deal, just in time when I need it. Now I know that I have to go to Coles to get one instead of Woolies. Your post has saved me a 10 mins drive to my nearest supermarket or a 10 mins of scrolling through the weekly special catalogue, ergo it's not a garbage post. Cheers!
PS: If it wasn't for the daily limit of 5 negative votes, that ungrateful little pissant would've probably ended up with more -tives.
FYI the "limit 6 per customer" is complete BS. never had a problem loading up when they've been this price before…
Am I the only one that is seeing only the 1st page of the catalogue?
That's all that has been posted.
Well you're here aren't you? :)
Many people unfortunately don't realize that most tuna in Australia is now skip Jack Tuna which is an inferior quality tuna. This includes sirena. Due to environmental lobby most producers here were forced to switch to skip jack
People forget the real tuna is Yellow Fin tuna, that's the real stuff you grew up with. The taste and texture is vastly superior. It's only available in coles under Coles brand Yellow fin Tuna. Try that you'll know what I mean it's the real stuff.
How is yellowfin caught compared to skipjack? What's the difference and why is it important?
yellow fin Tuna supplied exculsively at coles is caught by fishing lines in the maldives using sustainable practises. i highly recommend you try, it will take you back to the real taste of tuna like the stuff u grew up with. Skipjack tastes more fishy and is considered low quality, so low that in japan sushi chefs refuse to use it
Wow, that's what I call a late reply. I actually did try it and I agree that it does taste better. I'm just not sure about the claims of sustainability. If true, then surely you'd see it offered in something other than a bargain item. Surely Coles' own brand is focused mainly on price instead of quality.
Glad you like it, go on youtube and check maldives sustainable tuna fishing / factory you will learn alot about it and you will learn the quality is excellent, its very sustainable. If you read the can it says " individually pole and line caught in the Indian Ocean" and i emailed coles who confirmed its fished in Maldives and packed in Thailand.
its cheap because demand is low, in other countries outside Australia yellow fin Tuna is double or triple price of skip jack.
People do realise, they make the choice to eat the inferior but sustainable tuna so that even if you eat the yellow fin it will hopefully be ok
The kettle chips and Dr Oetker Pizza are already half price at woolworths now if you can't wait until Wednesday.
FWIW if you were considering bulk buying either the 185g Sirena's vs the John West 'No Drain' tuna that WW currently has for 1/2 price the REAL prices per gram of Tuna in them (as Sirena has 81%, JohnW is 93% - for the Olive Oil versions)
Sirena - $13.28/kg of actual Tuna content
JohnW (No Drain) - $14.47/kg " " "Curious that Sirena has differing % of Tuna content across their sizes of Tuna in Oil cans 95g - 73.5%, 185g - 81%, 425g - 71%.
Hope that helps someone if you're stuck between the two. :-)
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from experience that won't happen for a while, telcos tends to heavily subsidise starter kit around Xmas time, probably to make up their customer base.