▲ 81 ▼ When you order a tuna fish sandwich, do you say "tuna" or "tuna fish"? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by beefbaby182@lemmy.world [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments Please vote on respective comments for results so we can see the results
[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children) Is there a tuna that is not fish? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Tuna piano? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) There is, yes ... that's the main Spanish name for prickly pear. Up until around 1907, your odds of encountering the fruit by the name "tuna" were about the same as the fish, when the first commercial canneries started to pop up in California... hence, a habit of clarifying between the two that stuck, even though most folks outside of the southwest had never heard of a tuna cactus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] theragu40@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Fascinating. I'll add a slight addition of info that prickly pears are actually present in the Midwestern and eastern parts of the US. Saw them growing in the wild at the Indiana Dunes national park last year. Very weird to see cacti that far north, but there they were. Never knew the Spanish name for them! permalink fedilink source parent [–] kemsat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Thanks for the info :) permalink fedilink source parent [+] zac@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] fernandorincon@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Tuna can? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) There is, yes ... that's the main Spanish name for prickly pear. Up until around 1907, your odds of encountering the fruit by the name "tuna" were about the same as the fish, when the first commercial canneries started to pop up in California... hence, a habit of clarifying between the two that stuck, even though most folks outside of the southwest had never heard of a tuna cactus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] theragu40@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Fascinating. I'll add a slight addition of info that prickly pears are actually present in the Midwestern and eastern parts of the US. Saw them growing in the wild at the Indiana Dunes national park last year. Very weird to see cacti that far north, but there they were. Never knew the Spanish name for them! permalink fedilink source parent [–] kemsat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Thanks for the info :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Fascinating. I'll add a slight addition of info that prickly pears are actually present in the Midwestern and eastern parts of the US. Saw them growing in the wild at the Indiana Dunes national park last year. Very weird to see cacti that far north, but there they were. Never knew the Spanish name for them! permalink fedilink source parent