"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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>> In article >,
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>
>>> "percy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> I haven't had any peas for a very long time. They have always been
>>> >> one
>>> >> of my favorite vegetables.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > snip
>>> >>
>>> >> Husband hated his portion but Angela and I loved it and there was
>>> >> enough
>>> >> left (wouldn't have been any if husband liked it) for her lunch
>>> >> tomorrow.
>>> >>
>>> >> But the peas!!!! I sprinkled a few spoonfuls over the top of mine.
>>> >> Yum,
>>> >> yum! I had forgotten what peas tasted like. They were soooo good.
>>> >
>>> > Peas and pearl onions in bechamel sauce. Memories of my childhood.
>>> >
>>> > I adore peas. Hot, cold, pease porridge, soup... Definitely a required
>>> > addition to tuna casserole no matter what, IMO.
>>>
>>> Really? My mom always put them in there so I assumed that was a normal
>>> thing.
>>
>> Ummm... isn't he agreeing?
>>
>> I used to put peas into tuna casserole all the time, but now I mostly
>> double up on the mushrooms. But fresh peas are just around the corner,
>> and I cannot wait!
>
> My husband likes peas in tuna casserole. But the tuna casserole he likes
> has regular wheat and egg pasta and cream of mushroom soup in it. Angela
> and I can't have that kind. I used a rice and quinoa blend pasta and had
> to make my own mushroom soup. I think that's the part he didn't like.
> And perhaps the fact that I used canned tuna. We've gotten used to the
> kind in the pouch and personally I think it tastes a LOT better.



I would agree with you that the pouch tuna is better.

About the home made mushroom soup, try this;

Cook and reserve your mushrooms or else just finely chop them in your
processor.

Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in a saucepan
Add some flour, salt and pepper to it to soak up all the butter.
Now add a generous amount of cold milk to that and a chicken bouillion cube
and stir over heat till it thickens.
Add in your sauteed or finely chopped mushrooms and cook for a minute or two
more.

This ought to taste as good or better than the canned stuff.

If you can't use the flour, I would suggest using corn starch or arrowroot
powder dissolved in a little water first, and adding that to the hot milk to
thicken.
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Evelyn

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