On 10/18/2012 9:17 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:

>
> Now, this discussion (no matter how off track it has gotten) has
> gotten me in the mood for something like tuna noodle casserole.
> Chicken and noodles sounds good too..but I think I have most of the
> ingredients for tuna noodle casserole. Now, to bring this back to
> food and cooking...what has to go into a tuna noodle casserole? Is it
> noodles? Or can it be macaroni? And what else? I have seen some
> recipes that add sauteed mushrooms.... And somewhere (not sure
> where-here?) someone added broccoli.
> I have had tuna noodle casserole on occasion...but not much. Maybe
> 2-3 times in my lifetime...and I have never made it myself. I
> honestly cannot remember what was in it, other than tuna and
> noodles...


A quick version is creamed tuna (or chicken) on toast, pretty much the
same ingredients (canned soup or bechamel, frozen peas, mushrooms if you
have them) but no noodles to cook. It's a quick and easy Sunday night
dinner a few tines a year.

gloria p