Chemiker wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:44 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>
>
>> The weather is just right for macaroni salad. I make it with elbow
>> pasta, tuna, chopped onion, chopped green olives and mayo. It's a very
>> nostalgic recipe for me because it's the way my mother made it. The
>> funny thing is I hated olives as a kid. Now I love them.
>
> Would you mind posting the recipe?
>
> Many, many, many ......many years ago, when I was in the 7th grade,
> I volunteered to become a kitchen helper at school ( I scraped the
> dishes and loaded them into the clipper basket, and then ran them
> through the clipper.)
>
> Why did I do this thing? Kitchen helpers ate last, but they got the
> extra food from that day's meal, and these old biddies made the best
> macaroni salad in the whole, wide world!
>
> I have never duplicated that dish. Maybe, this time....
>
> Alex

Well, the recipe is basically what I just listed. Cook a box (one pound)
of elbow macaroni.
Add half of a large onion, chopped, two or three cans of drained tuna
(we used to buy chunk light, but it is disgusting now so we use chunk
white now) packed in water)and a jar (eight ounces maybe) of chopped
green olives with pimento. You can buy "salad olives" which are slightly
chopped already but I don't mind chopping olives and I don't think the
price difference is major. Next add mayonnaise. I use Hellman's. Add
slightly more than you think it needs because it will dry out in the
fridge. Salt and pepper to taste.

When my mother died about 10 years ago, my sister decided to make "the
macaroni salad" for the family gathering after the funeral. She ruined
by decorating a perfectly good macaroni salad with stewed tomatoes.

This macaroni salad is good because it is so simple.

Tracy