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Tuna Fish Salad

February 5, 2006 - 9:03pm — pchuck

I found that there is a great amount of variation in people making tuna fish salad. Your responses to these questions means absolutely nothing but it is interesting to see the variations in preparing tuna fish salad. So here are the questions:

How do you make tuna fish salad? Do you put mayo in it? Do you put in relish? Do you add onions? Explain.

Bonus question: If you celebrate Christmas does your family open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? If you open Christmas Eve, do just the kids open presents? Do they open only one?

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February 6, 2006 - 2:26am — Mock Turtle

Tuna Salad - it all depends

Mayo? Yes. This is the only earthly use for mayo IMHO. In other applications I find it repugnant and faintly terrifying. If the tuna salad (TS) is just for me, I use only enough mayo to barely bind the ingredients. If my husband (a non-mayophobe) will be eating it, I am supposed to use vast quantities. (Ewww!)Relish? Yes, if I have it on hand. Dill only, please! None of that sweet-pickle nonsense.Onion? Only if it's for the spouse. The man does love him some raw onions. I use Vidalia (or faux Vidalia) if I can, so it will be less painful for the rest of us.The rest? If the TS is just for me (and/or others excluding my spouse), I'll cut up some apple and throw it in. Grapes will also work, and I think I have tried pear before with satisfactory results. (My husband thinks fruit should never be allowed to touch something called "salad." Go figure.) I also like to put some curry powder in (more if it's just for me, less if's meant to be spouse-friendly). And I usually put some mustard in, regardless of the intended audience.Bonus question re Xmas - Christmas morning for present-opening, always. When my son was little, he was allowed to open one, and ONLY one, present on Christmas Eve. At nearly 17, he no longer lobbies for this.

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February 6, 2006 - 5:09pm — pchuck

Re:Tuna Salad - it all depends

Nice touch with the curry. I think I 'll try the pear.

Agree with your sentiments about mayo. Who was the first to invent mayo and (more importantly) why?

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February 7, 2006 - 5:34am — mdoneil

Tuna & Christmas

1) Take 1 can of tuna and feed it to the cats. Don't add mayo, onion, curry, celery, or anything just put it on paper plates and give it to the girls.

2) Get a nice steak and look at it for a while, put it back in fridge. Get a large potato and wash and rinse it well, prick holes in it so it does not explode. Rub potato with vegetable oil and then sprinkle about 3 grams of Kosher salt on the potato. Put potato in oven at gas mark 3 (about 350F) for a while. When that while is up go get your steak. Cook it on a hot cast iron pan with ridges. cook it until the center is pinkish and a crispy crust has formed on the outside- medium rare is quite nice.

3) Take potato out of oven and split it open using a fork. Mush the insides up and put good butter on it. Use a lot as you will be eating the crispy-salty skin as well.

4) Get a clean not disposable plate. Put steak and potato on the plate. Eat. If available also have corn on the cob and a nice Petit Syrah or if you prefer a big Cab.

5) Repeat as necessary.

Christmas presents- usually before but we exchange token gifts and give real gifts to places like the Humane Society and Missionary Ventures. Organizations with which we have been personally involved and have personally vetted.

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