On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:02:30 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

snippage

>Tuna gravy! I grew up on the stuff served over rice and fed it to my
>kids when money was tight. Old days it was one 6 ounce can of tuna
>(about a dime back then), one can of cream of mushroom soup (also a
>dime), maybe some onions or other items that would go good. Served over
>rice. We bought rice in 42 lb bags for about 3 bucks at a nearby rice
>drier and kept the bag in the kitchen. If my father was out on strike we
>lived on tuna gravy and rice and one of the 200 white Leghorn chickens
>my mother raised from chicks. Got them in the mail from somewhere. What
>a memory, I think I'll make tuna gravy and rice this week just for the
>memory.
>
>George

Dang George, you are bringing back some childhood memories. We had
creamed tuna on toast made just like your tuna gravy, but served on
toasted white bread. Sometimes canned peas were added.
Too bad I have neither in the house now.

koko
There is no love more sincere than the love of food.
George Bernard Shaw