My mom's tuna fish salad
On Jul 16, 5:44�pm, "James Silverton" >
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> �Jean �wrote �on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:35:18 -0400:
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> > 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.
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> >>> Here's how I make it: �Aldi brand tuna, Duke's mayonnaise,
> >>> salt, pepper, celery, sometimes onion. � It's okay -- not
> >>> wonderful.
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> >>> 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.
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> >> Yep, I'll buy that. :-)
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> >> I always prefer the sandwiches James makes me to the ones I
> >> make myself.
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> >> Serene
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> > 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.)
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> 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.
What's with this fishy... it's frickin' tunaFISH... it's supposed to
be fishy. You don't want fishy, next time try blending your favorite
mayo with solid water pack tofu. WTF is wrong with yoose TIAD
people... I'm surprised you don't want anchovy that tastes like cotton
candy, sheesh!
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