Tuna Fish or Tuna Salad?…discuss amongst yourselves

I think it’s a matter of where you are from. I can’t say tuna salad, it’s just sounds weird, it’s sounds too wet or something. It sounds like someone is using an ice-cream scooper to scoop the mushy tuna out of a metal tray onto a paper plate. Chicken salad, seafood salad, egg salad, shrimp salad, those are all okay, in fact, delicious, if made right. To me it’s a “tuna fish” sandwich, or just tuna sandwich. Canned tuna is one of those things I do not want to eat if it’s not nicely cushioned between 2 pieces of bread (preferably toast). I do not care for a scoop of tuna on a bed of lettuce. In fact, please don’t scoop meat and fish items onto my plate, the scooper is reserved for ice-cream (or melon balls if it’s a small scooper). I have really only heard this “tuna salad” in the midwest here.

By the way, my Dad makes the best tuna fish ever! Celery, onions, a little mayo, salt and pepper.

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March 14, 2007. Uncategorized, Food Freaks. 7 Comments.

7 Comments

  1. Miranda replied:

    I agree about the tuna sandwich thing! Plain tuna/tuna salad on the plate is icky and nursing-home-like. I do, however, think that the sandwich rule can be broken in the case of a nice salad nicoise.

    March 14th, 2007 at 11:38 am. Permalink.

  2. collene replied:

    All this tuna fish sandwich talk brings a wee tear to my eye. I haven’t been able to enjoy tuna since the Great Tummy-Tuna Conflict of 1992. But I am a great fan of the salad sandwiches, so perhaps this curse will one day be broken. In theory I love the idea of adding onion and celery for texture!

    March 14th, 2007 at 1:45 pm. Permalink.

  3. LD replied:

    Wow. That’s the last time our office manager at work got a haircut, in 1992.

    March 14th, 2007 at 9:50 pm. Permalink.

  4. tamara replied:

    I am a firm believer in tuna or tuna fish. No tuna “salad” for me! And your dad’s recipe sounds delicious! I was a tuna addict as a kid. Collene, I wonder if you and my mom ate the same bad tuna in 1992? She’s also been on a hiatus since then….curious…

    March 15th, 2007 at 9:48 am. Permalink.

  5. kittyteefs replied:

    tuna “salad” does not bother me. My favorite, however, is the Tuna Melticus. Nothing compares. A heaping helping of tuna (mixed simply with mayo/mutard), topped with TWO (very important) slices of american cheese and lovingly nestled betwixt 2 pieces of toast. Heat for 30 sec in microwave and cut in half. Simple and divine. I’m pretty sure this recipe can conquer your aversion, CAW.

    March 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am. Permalink.

  6. tamara replied:

    i concur. the melticus is quite tasty.

    March 15th, 2007 at 12:46 pm. Permalink.

  7. kpedone replied:

    Mercury and Tuna allotment!

    http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp

    March 15th, 2007 at 1:20 pm. Permalink.

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