Why 'Chicken of the Sea'?

[Aigoo]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 4:17pm

Isn't this offensive to tuna? Being referred to some other animal that seems plentiful? Why couldn't the CHICKENS be called 'Tuna of the Land'?

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 4:24pm

"Tuna of the Land"

OK, you're disrupting my coworkers by making me cackle aloud, Aigoo.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 4:26pm

I've been wondering this for many MANY years, myself.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 4:45pm

I don't know how I thought of this...I think it was due to an impromptu prompt for speech team. My topic was "chicken" and I couldn't think of a last point. So voila, Chicken of the Sea. I think I somehow related it to tuna's inability to speak for themselves, and the company that started the brandname "Chicken of the Sea" would have PETA all over their ass. And...PETA....people...are nearly as rabid as Jesse McCartney fans (Wicked fans, for you theatre peoples...with no connection to the "outside world" whatsoever ). So yeah...it was an interesting speech lemme tell ya.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 4:47pm

I know!! No wonder Jessica was confused!!

[Marlene]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 5:32pm

Perhaps the marketing gurus assume that everyone knows what a chicken is, and might be lured in to the vast depts of say fish, by calling tuna, CHICKEN OF THE SEA! Yay. At least youre aware it's tuna, Aigoo.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 5:36pm

Does it taste just like chicken?

[Jilani]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 5:39pm

The name confused Jessica Simpson a while back; she wasn't sure whether she was eating chicken or tuna out of the can . . . but this webpage explains all, including why the company chose its name:

http://www.chickenofthesea.com/news_4.aspx

[KelRel]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 5:41pm

Don't let Jessica read that Tuna of the Land stuff...her head might explode!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 9:41pm

perhaps because more people ate chicken than tuna, in history.....

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 9:43pm

"Look for my little sister on the label."

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 10:53pm

Aigoo, that's the best thing I've heard all day. "Tuna of the land" Nice.

*bumps*

[Aigoo]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 11:09pm

It tastes similar to chicken?! I've had tuna once in my life (love the smell, hate the taste) and it tasted NOTHING like chicken. ::scoff:: I was hoping for a much better explanation than that.

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 11:45pm

So aigoo likes to smell tuna?

That's a nice little hobbie, I think we need a "tuna-smellers anonymous" for people like you...

[Aigoo]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 12:54am

I have the same situation with coffee. But it's horrible tasting stuff.