Turning this into a recipe site for the moment…I love spicy tuna appetizers, rolls, anything at restaurants, but hate the high cost – even with coupons it’s pricey.  A few years ago I had some wonderful tuna marinade served in a glass sitting on ice with various garnishes (don’t remember that part).  The ingredients were few and easy, so I started messing around.  It’s basically sushi-grade tuna, that asian chili sauce with the rooster on the bottle, mayonnaise and lemon juice with or without sesame seeds as garnish.   I like to serve it in leaves of belgian endive (although I’ve used small romaine leaves).

Still pricey, but I just learned something a couple of days ago when I went to the market to select my small package of $19.99/lb tuna.   I asked fish guy for something for my spicy tuna recipe and he showed me the “junk” packages at $3.99/lb.  It’s the oddly-shaped pieces from the shaping of the little rectangular tuna pieces.  Some still have the membrane, some is odd cuts – guy said to just scrape the flesh off the membrane – which I did –  and it would be fine.  I’m here to tell you that it’s a wonderful idea for any fish or meat that is going to be marinated and mushed up anyway.  Instead of getting a puny piece for $19.99/lb, I ended up with a large package at $3.99/lb.  The membrane stuff was only a small part and my rather large dogs thought it a great treat.