In article >, DreadfulBitch
> wrote:

> Just WTF is wrong with a can of soup in a recipe? How do you all make
> tuna casserole, or DO you?

Well, first I make cream of mushroom soup using only the finest
ingredients. Then I make cream of celery soup using only the freshest
celery. Whole cream is a must for the soups! Then I hand make the
noodles.
Everything is now on hand for the tuna I expect to catch in the river
that runs through our inland city. So far, no luck.
Or, I fall back on my wife's recipe that requires none of that. If one
spends more than forty-five minutes of prep making tuna casserole, they
miss the point.

leo

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:04:25 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

> In article >, DreadfulBitch
> > wrote:
>
> > Just WTF is wrong with a can of soup in a recipe? How do you all make
> > tuna casserole, or DO you?
>
> Well, first I make cream of mushroom soup using only the finest
> ingredients. Then I make cream of celery soup using only the freshest
> celery. Whole cream is a must for the soups! Then I hand make the
> noodles.
> Everything is now on hand for the tuna I expect to catch in the river
> that runs through our inland city. So far, no luck.
> Or, I fall back on my wife's recipe that requires none of that. If one
> spends more than forty-five minutes of prep making tuna casserole, they
> miss the point.
>
Leonard, I don't make or eat tuna noodle casserole on any regular
basis... and I hated it the one and only time I made it which was from
scratch - so I really do not understand why using a can of soup is
going to make it so awful someone can't eat it.

Truth told, I thought I remembered that my mother made it when I was a
kid - but in truth, she didn't. I think I've read too many stories
here about others and their childhood memories that I transposed to my
childhood. I have to get those warm and fuzzy thoughts out of my
head. She wasn't like that.

Not saying she was an awful person, but she knew what she liked/didn't
like and she didn't want to subject us to her dislikes... because she
hated them.



--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

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> On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:04:25 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >, DreadfulBitch
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Just WTF is wrong with a can of soup in a recipe? How do you all make
>> > tuna casserole, or DO you?
>>
>> Well, first I make cream of mushroom soup using only the finest
>> ingredients. Then I make cream of celery soup using only the freshest
>> celery. Whole cream is a must for the soups! Then I hand make the
>> noodles.
>> Everything is now on hand for the tuna I expect to catch in the river
>> that runs through our inland city. So far, no luck.
>> Or, I fall back on my wife's recipe that requires none of that. If one
>> spends more than forty-five minutes of prep making tuna casserole, they
>> miss the point.
>>
> Leonard, I don't make or eat tuna noodle casserole on any regular
> basis... and I hated it the one and only time I made it which was from
> scratch - so I really do not understand why using a can of soup is
> going to make it so awful someone can't eat it.
>
> Truth told, I thought I remembered that my mother made it when I was a
> kid - but in truth, she didn't. I think I've read too many stories
> here about others and their childhood memories that I transposed to my
> childhood. I have to get those warm and fuzzy thoughts out of my
> head. She wasn't like that.
>
> Not saying she was an awful person, but she knew what she liked/didn't
> like and she didn't want to subject us to her dislikes... because she
> hated them.

The main problem with most cream of ___ soups is the crap they put in them.
Tons of sodium, HFCS and soy protein isolate in some cases. You can get
organic soups but they may not be condensed and condensed is usually what
people want in a casserole.

But... You can easily make a white sauce and it does make a fine tuna or
other casserole. Yes, it will be rather weak on the taste scale unless you
add some onions to it, which I do. But I think that's the appeal of such
casseroles.

On Monday, February 3, 2014 10:04:25 PM UTC-6, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >, DreadfulBitch
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> > Just WTF is wrong with a can of soup in a recipe? How do you all make
>
> > tuna casserole, or DO you?
>
>
>
> Well, first I make cream of mushroom soup using only the finest
>
> ingredients. Then I make cream of celery soup using only the freshest
>
> celery. Whole cream is a must for the soups! Then I hand make the
>
> noodles.
>
> Everything is now on hand for the tuna I expect to catch in the river
>
> that runs through our inland city. So far, no luck.
>
> Or, I fall back on my wife's recipe that requires none of that. If one
>
> spends more than forty-five minutes of prep making tuna casserole, they
>
> miss the point.
>
I'm glad that I married a woman who couldn't cook at all, instead of one
who was a shitty cook. Perhaps she has other good qualities.
>
> leo

--B