On Wed 16 Jul 2008 02:44:54p, James Silverton told us...

> Jean wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:35:18 -0400:
>
>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>> Tara wrote:
>>>> I probably ate three or four tuna fish salad sandwiches a
>>>> week when I was little. I loved them. I have never been
>>>> thrilled with my own tuna fish salad; it tastes too fishy to
>>>> me. I blamed it on the poorer quality of canned tuna these days.
>>>>
>>>> Here's how I make it: Aldi brand tuna, Duke's mayonnaise, salt,
>>>> pepper, celery, sometimes onion. It's okay -- not wonderful.
>>>>
>>>> My mom was here this weekend and here's how she made her salad:
>>>> Aldi brand tuna, Duke's mayonnaise, salt, pepper, celery. It was
>>>> delicious. Proof positive that the secret ingredient is love.
>>>
>>> Yep, I'll buy that. :-)
>>>
>>> I always prefer the sandwiches James makes me to the ones I
>>> make myself.
>>>
>>> Serene
>>>
>> Love, okay. I think it's also the fact the we didn't make it
>> ourselves, and sometimes, too, that we don't have expectations
>> for the dish. (I put in that "sometimes" because that didn't seem to
>> be a factor with the OP's tuna--or, then again, maybe it was.)
>
> The brands of tuna and Mayo are open (Kraft is fine, IMHO) and I'd add
> fresh lemon and possibly a little chopped sour or sweet pickles. I think
> the results are better with chunk tuna since it seems less fishy to me.
>

I won't buy any tuna except solid pack white albacore, no matter how fine I
plan to break it apart. My usual additions for tuna salad are simple...
some finely chopped onion or scallion, celery, pickle relish, a sprinkle of
celery seed, a sprinkle of dill weed, mayo, salt, and pepper.

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Wayne Boatwright
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