"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Nexis" >
> wrote:
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>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>> > This is the poorest excuse for chunk tuna I've ever seen. Mush, through
>> > and through. They're going to hear about this.
>> >
>> > Tuna salad with mac and peas, bound with homemade mayo, on top of some
>> > green stuff for dinner tonight. Maybe some Triscuits, and corn relish
>> > or pickles for HWSRN. Marble bundt cake for dessert.
>
>> I'm guessing it was in a can? That's why I stopped buying the cans.
>> Now, I buy StarKist in the pouch.
>>
>> I haven't had that tuna salad in forever! Ma used to make that in the
>> summer, along with a couple other salads, like one with ring noodles,
>> cubed ham & veggies, and potato salad and a couple others, and we'd
>> have a salad dinner. Hadn't even thought about that in years, but I
>> always did prefer the tuna salad to all the others.
>>
>
>> kimberly
>
> My mom used to make mac salads in the summer, too. Rings, shells,
> elbows. :-)
>
> There must have been a sale on the Chicken of the Sea when I bought it
> in March (Lent). I've bought the foil pouch stuff before and looks like
> I'll go back to it. Expensive, though.
>
> I think I'm going to make a bit of shrimp salad with the leftover mac
> and peas that didn't get the tuna. I picked up a jar of Hellman's, too,
> but am thinking about a one-yolk batch of homemade mayo with only about
> 1/3 cup or so of oil just to see what that turns out to be. My last
> batch of homemade stuff was underwhelming and I'm not sure why.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

I forget...do you have Smart & Final out there? They sometimes have really good deals
on the pouch tuna. Also, occasionally (thought not lately, sadly), the grocery stores
do the 3 ounce pouches 10/$10.
It's a bit pricey, especially compared to the price of the cans, but I figure the 7
ounce pouch has way more actual tuna than the cans, so that justifies it for me

I'll have to call mom today to see what it was she made with elbows. I know there was
one! She used shells for tuna usually, and the rings had the cubed ham. I just can't
remember the elbows!

By the way, if you ever get a recipe from one of the Minnesota Mooshy dives, please
do pass it along ;-) I get a craving now and then!

kimberly