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in reply to @cathoderaydude's post:

highly recommend just going to a fishmarket, an Asian grocer failing that, and then the fish counter at a supermarket, unless the farmers market often has fishmongers there instead of just someone who also sells fish

but you can probably trust it either way, it's just people who sell fish and other things but aren't fishmongers/fish counters, they're unlikely to have sashimi slabs

tuna is usually the cheapest and easiest to cut, salmon is soft so it's harder to cut casually. But nearly all fish are flash-frozen on the boat, which kills all the parasites. (don't get fish you eat raw from someone who is selling their own hobby catches though, they may not have been frozen)

Yeah no this place is a Whole Thing, actually bigger than the local supermarkets and mostly produce and meat. I need to figure out if it's a chain or not. That was a whole rabbit hole. Anyway, yeah no it's reasonably fresh. They probably have "sushi grade" fish, I just tend not to look much in there because it's a lil expensive for 'ol canned tuna me.

yeah.

i know it's more expensive still, but the jarred tuna and the Italian canned tuna often is a lot less dry and more taste having, it took me a long time to learn that, and it let me use less other ingredients so it evens out. ymmv.

pasta, capers, lemon, shredded packaged tuna, parsley with a light coating of vinegrette (as the sauce) served cold, is my go to cheap summer evening food.

the capers are pricy per jar but you don't need much. caper berries are cheaper by unit taste but require you to cut them up. you can probably substitute them for kosher salt and a bit more vinegar/lemon.

i don't use real lemon i use the lemon concentrate squeeze bottles, just make sure they have actual lemon, some are lemon flavor and citric acid and they taste like toilet cleaner smells

The thing I make with canned tuna actually benefits from it being as dry as possible, I get the store brand cheapo cans for it. Tuna, mayo, relish, some spices, mixed by hand and eaten in pita.

This is why my roomate does most of the cooking.