After stewing on the thread for some time, I just took the deenz pill moments ago as a late night experimental snack. I grip'd-n-rip'd a tin of King Oscar, skinless/boneless in extra virgin olive oil and ate them with some Kellogg's Club original crackers.
They were more difficult to extricate from the tin than I expected, even with a fingernail they flaked apart and I couldn't pull a whole deen if I tried. Resorted to a common fork to scoop them out, took two at a time at one point due to not really knowing their shape or size(I understand they're 2x4 now). Ultimately I was underwhelmed by their tuna-like blandness, but I feel their potential, and more importantly I finished the whole tin despite the oily mess because my body instinctively felt "damn, this is nutritious." Probably the closest I've felt to that before it eating liver & onions on a whim once and actually liking it. I chased it with a half-bottle of lemonade I had sitting in the fridge and the lemony flavor coupled with the sugar to offset the salty blandness of the deenz was a nice pair.
I have a second tin of Mediterranean-style to try next time, and will be a bit braver in buying/seasoning going forward. it was quite satisfying for its size and 2 bucks a tin is fair I think for what I'm getting. The tin was also much oilier than I expected, gave it a good rinse and it still wasn't totally clean despite the solid matter all gone. Hopefully it doesn't stink with my other recyclables but overall it was a positive experience and look forward to the next Deenz.™ Continued consumption might lead me to a dedicated tool for eating, I assume there's special little deenz forks out there that are smaller than usual and better suited for deenplucking? Share some if true.