What's in your Tuna Salad ?

chocolate moose

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 8:35 pm

I want to make Tuna Salad for the Chabad House lunch shiur next week; what should/shouldn't I put in it?

Thanks.

lamplighter

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 8:54 pm

personally I hate when they put eggs in it, aside for that anything goes with me...but Im not picky

Squash

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:21 pm

I usually stick with just mayo. my father has a great recipe (try it first, it has a different type of flavor). he puts in mayo, ketchup, some mustard and matzoh meal.

salad

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:23 pm

pickles or thinly sliced celery are great in tuna salad

Clarissa

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:25 pm

I like mayo, chopped Vidalia onion, a little bit of celery seed, which some people don't love so I don't do that every time.. My husband likes pickle relish too, but I don't make it that way for others.

cookielady

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:28 pm

Yes on the mayo and thinly sliced celery. NO on the celery seed, My dh likes it but I find it has a very strong taste, which other ppl may not like.

amother

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:31 pm

I can only eat tuna salad if it's only tuna and mayonnaise. If it has anything else I wouldn't touch it.

greenfire

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:37 pm

not dark tuna it's major no no - taste like cat food ...

not oozing with mayo ... looks like vomit Puke

I've made

1) chopped red onions & thinly sliced celery ...

2) garlic/dill pickles sliced

3) hard-boiled eggs mixed in ... everything made nice and smooth ...

Squash

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:44 pm

yeah, my mother processes it in the food processor with hard boiled eggs, mayo and some carrots (raw)

Beauty and the Beast

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:44 pm

tuna, mayo, and I make a pesto paste to spread on my bread to go with the tuna. yuuuum.

salad

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:45 pm

would love to hear the recipe for that pesto paste - sounds interesting...

Beauty and the Beast

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:47 pm

sure!
pine nuts
cube of frozen dill
frozen basil, fresh is better, but hard to get...
oil

process till smooth.

salad

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:48 pm

sounds yumm - but dh is allergic to nuts - do you think it would have the same effect without the pine nuts?

Beauty and the Beast

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 9:59 pm

there are times I dont have pine nuts at home, so I mix the paste with mayo, so its like a pesto mayo, its great!

Mimisinger

Tue, Apr 01 2008, 10:08 pm

Aren't the pine nuts that makes something pesto? Also, we do mayo, spicy pickles and celery if I'm not too lazy. Dh likes it just with Salsa - but that's not for me.