2007-01-23 12:31:50 · 14 answers · asked by lilmickey520 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Because it's so good, it's like the Chicken of the sea. Get it?
2007-01-23 12:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by BAnne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know how chicken is so common here on land? Well, the tuna is the most common thing we eat from the sea! So tuna is the chicken of the sea.
2016-03-28 23:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real story is....
In the "old days," fishermen referred to the white albacore tuna as "chicken of the sea." It was called this because the white color and very mild flavor reminded them of chicken.
Also, in Japan they call tuna salad sea chicken.
The founder of a cannery liked the reference so much that he named his product the same.
2007-01-23 12:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was because when people eat other meats they haven't tried the popular response is "tastes like chicken". So the rule is as a generalisation that to try and get people to try other meats is to get them to think it tastes like chicken.
So maybe a lot of other fish tastes like Tuna and hence chicken of the sea?
2007-01-23 12:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by Coleridge49 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because the meat that is mostly consumed on the earth and is mor economic is chicken well,tuna is the most favorite eaten fish of the sea so its like chicken of the sea get it?
2007-01-23 12:46:29 · answer #5 · answered by laura m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's the most popular fish in the sea like chicken is the most popular meat on land.
2007-01-23 12:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by Misty Eyes 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In the ole days the fisherman called it that because of the white meat and its mild flavor which reminded them of Chicken, so the name kinda stuck.
2007-01-23 12:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, like chicken, tuna is popular and versatile (used for a lot of different foods). Actually both food types are basically "bland"... that's why they can be cooked into any type of food.
2007-01-23 12:46:45 · answer #8 · answered by jomni1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont like canned tuna but I think tuna is red meat though
2007-01-23 13:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by kyah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it tastes like chicken with a bit of a fish flavour.
2007-01-23 12:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋