Ready-made Tuna
Ready-made Tuna
Idea Description
I own a fish market on the east coast. For years I have been trying to convince suppliers (fish hatcheries in the pacific northwest) to feed their tuna mayonaise, onions and celery as a replacement for their normal diet. In feeding the tuna this way, you are pre-seasoning the tuna fish. Thus, producing a tuna fish that really doesn't need much more in terms of seasoning. Initially, this is a good start, but you could add some additional seasoning like Emeril's Essence to the tuna's diet creating a whole new line of tuna products.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
I will start my own tuna hatchery if I cannot find a supplier to help me.
Vote for it now.



What advice do you have to help me grow my idea?
That is truly a novel idea. In the case of spices and vegetables that sounds great for potential flavoring of the meat. I don't know about the mayo idea though. I'd recommend eggs instead. Good luck. Cheers
Sounds a little nutty.
I'm new to this forum and was concerned that participation for ideas such as this one about tuna would not be on the up and up. Quite the opposite! The idea to pre-season tuna and other fish of their kind mirrors the milk-fed / corn-fed / grass-fed livestock debate that has been raging in the midwest and in the medical community for the past year or so. Health and pricing considerations aside, the major concern is digestibility of the ingredients by the subject. I've seen where previous posters in this space have addressed the same concern. I work in the chicken industry and I will share a secret that we are exploring at this time. We've begun to initiate barkey-feeding to the subjects. We've learned that barley, when mixed with the right amount of hops, will cause the subject to …moreslow down and relax, and make them happier and more likely to ingest new feed. Of course, like anything else, if too much of the new mixture is ingested, the subject has been known to become irrational and quite difficult to deal with. Consider these and other ideas of their kind before giving up on this idea. I will gladly vote for your idea and will check in from time to time to add worthwhile input. Best of luck to you.
Having customers feed the tuna might be a fine idea(blob)where you come from but in Alibars Cove, the tuna can chew through a tin can with razor sharp teeth. In fact, we tried canning live tuna for export, and when the shippment arrived, most of them had chewed their way out of the packaging and it was a bloody mess. Thankyou Mrs. Crazeaglesfan for your suggestion.
I think you should incorporate small spoons into your marketing plan. You can attach them to a fish hook for the fish to eat the mixture off of them. You could take this a step further and once the fish have grown accustomed to eating in this manner, have a section at your fish market where customers could pay to feed the fish this mixture. You could take pictures of them, sell small spoon souveniers, etc.. In addition, to address the concerns of your potential investors, if you shred the celery in a food processor and mix with the onion and mayonnaise mixture the fish should be able to consume it fine.
Mr. jgian72, I did appreciate your first comment. Actually thought you had some good feedback. That said, I have not been back to Alibars Cove for a little over 2 months. I plan on being back there in the next few weeks. I will plan on stopping by and we can discuss opportunities to test my idea. Again, thank you for your feedback. To everyone out there viewing and voting for my concept. Thank you for your support.
I am still waiting for a call back. This is the problem with you flash-in-the pan inventors is. You come up with this great idea, and then you fail to deliver. I have spoken with my investors, and don't think that a tuna will eat celery. The mayonaise and onion is not a problem. Tuna do not have an opposable mandible to chew the raw celery. Do mind explaining that part to me.
I have a small specialty seafood shop in Alibars Cove, you stopped by a few months ago, and I have been meaning to contact you. Yes we are interested in setting up a small scale operation. This is one of the best ideas that I have heard in a long time, the trick is going to be processing the oinion with eggs, as the salt water tends to diminish the emulsification of these two.
I love this idea. I have been saying for years that someone should pursue this. I hope it works out for you.
Do you have a website?