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i don't know who made it but the tuna salad
was inedible and for someone like me to say
that means a lot.

the noodles were pasty textured and the
rest of it was fairly tasteless with some
hint of tuna flavor. no peas, onions or
green olives to be found. if they'd have
gone as far as some chopped hard boiled eggs
it might have been rescued but those weren't
in their either.

i took a few bites and had to throw the rest
away. *ashamed* wasting food is one of the
worst things to do in life but i just could
not eat it. now that i think of it i should
have put some mayo on it and ate it anyways
i could have gotten it down that ways. oops.


songbird

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songbird wrote:
>
> i don't know who made it but the tuna salad
> was inedible and for someone like me to say
> that means a lot.
>
> the noodles were pasty textured and the
> rest of it was fairly tasteless with some
> hint of tuna flavor. no peas, onions or
> green olives to be found. if they'd have
> gone as far as some chopped hard boiled eggs
> it might have been rescued but those weren't
> in their either.
>
> i took a few bites and had to throw the rest
> away. *ashamed* wasting food is one of the
> worst things to do in life but i just could
> not eat it. now that i think of it i should
> have put some mayo on it and ate it anyways
> i could have gotten it down that ways. oops.

I've never heard of a tuna salad as you described with things
missing. Most of those things would never appear in my tuna
salad.

How do YOU make a good tuna salad?

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Gary wrote:
....
> I've never heard of a tuna salad as you described with things
> missing. Most of those things would never appear in my tuna
> salad.
>
> How do YOU make a good tuna salad?

mainly it was the pasty noodles that ruined it.

the tuna salad we usually have here has chopped
onions, celery, green peas and green olives in it
along with the tuna, noodles and dressing.

sometimes it will also have mushrooms and/or
chopped boiled eggs.

the dressing can be mayo and plain is fine with
me but at times we add ranch dressing flavoring to
it or miracle whip.

personally i'm not a huge fan of chopped eggs in
my tuna salad (if i want egg salad i'll have egg
salad) yet Mom has become a fan of this the past
year so i just eat it anyways. it's good, just no
longer really tuna salad to me.


songbird

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On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 11:42:25 AM UTC-4, songbird wrote:
> Gary wrote:
> ...
> > I've never heard of a tuna salad as you described with things
> > missing. Most of those things would never appear in my tuna
> > salad.
> >
> > How do YOU make a good tuna salad?
>
> mainly it was the pasty noodles that ruined it.
>
> the tuna salad we usually have here has chopped
> onions, celery, green peas and green olives in it
> along with the tuna, noodles and dressing.
>
> sometimes it will also have mushrooms and/or
> chopped boiled eggs.
>
> the dressing can be mayo and plain is fine with
> me but at times we add ranch dressing flavoring to
> it or miracle whip.
>
> personally i'm not a huge fan of chopped eggs in
> my tuna salad (if i want egg salad i'll have egg
> salad) yet Mom has become a fan of this the past
> year so i just eat it anyways. it's good, just no
> longer really tuna salad to me.
>
>
> songbird

I'd call that a pasta salad with tuna. When most of us say "tuna salad",
they mean tuna with mayo (and other ingredients) as a filling for a
sandwich:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna_salad>

Cindy Hamilton

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On 8/4/2019 8:22 AM, songbird wrote:
> i don't know who made it but the tuna salad
> was inedible and for someone like me to say
> that means a lot.
>
> the noodles were pasty textured and the
> rest of it was fairly tasteless with some
> hint of tuna flavor.
(snippage)
> songbird
>
You don't know who made it? Where did you eat it? A pot luck kind of
thing?

Jill

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jmcquown wrote:
....
> You don't know who made it? Where did you eat it? A pot luck kind of
> thing?

family event, i think i know who made it but not
sure and will not ask.

we brought pasta salad, cucumber salad and
some cookies. there was plenty of food for
all and i was glad to see people taking some
as they left so it wouldn't go to waste.


songbird

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On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 11:42:11 -0400, songbird >
wrote:

>Gary wrote:
>...
>> I've never heard of a tuna salad as you described with things
>> missing. Most of those things would never appear in my tuna
>> salad.
>>
>> How do YOU make a good tuna salad?
>
> mainly it was the pasty noodles that ruined it.
>
> the tuna salad we usually have here has chopped
>onions, celery, green peas and green olives in it
>along with the tuna, noodles and dressing.
>
> sometimes it will also have mushrooms and/or
>chopped boiled eggs.
>
> the dressing can be mayo and plain is fine with
>me but at times we add ranch dressing flavoring to
>it or miracle whip.
>
> personally i'm not a huge fan of chopped eggs in
>my tuna salad (if i want egg salad i'll have egg
>salad) yet Mom has become a fan of this the past
>year so i just eat it anyways. it's good, just no
>longer really tuna salad to me.
>
>
> songbird

I would heat what you describe and call it tuna casserole.

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U.S Janet B wrote:
....
> I would heat what you describe and call it tuna casserole.

i don't do mayo/mw/ranch dressing in casserole... white
sauce or some other sauce, sure, but not the green olives
and eggs. plus bread crumbs or chips on casserole and
cheese.

pretty distinct IMO.


songbird

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On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 19:15:42 -0400, songbird >
wrote:

>U.S Janet B wrote:
>...
>> I would heat what you describe and call it tuna casserole.
>
> i don't do mayo/mw/ranch dressing in casserole... white
>sauce or some other sauce, sure, but not the green olives
>and eggs. plus bread crumbs or chips on casserole and
>cheese.
>
> pretty distinct IMO.
>
>
> songbird

well, of course not. I expected you to understand the sauce.

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"songbird" > wrote in message
...
> i don't know who made it but the tuna salad
> was inedible and for someone like me to say
> that means a lot.
>
> the noodles were pasty textured and the
> rest of it was fairly tasteless with some
> hint of tuna flavor. no peas, onions or
> green olives to be found. if they'd have
> gone as far as some chopped hard boiled eggs
> it might have been rescued but those weren't
> in their either.
>
> i took a few bites and had to throw the rest
> away. *ashamed* wasting food is one of the
> worst things to do in life but i just could
> not eat it. now that i think of it i should
> have put some mayo on it and ate it anyways
> i could have gotten it down that ways. oops.

I won't eat bad food.

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Julie Bove wrote:
> I won't eat bad food.

Heck Julie. Most all food is bad to you or bad for you. Face it,
you're doomed. :)

Note to others: this is affectionate teasing like many of my
local friends do to each other often. I also do this here
occasionally too. Not meant in a hateful manner. Not bullying.
Learn the difference.

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> I won't eat bad food.
>
> Heck Julie. Most all food is bad to you or bad for you. Face it,
> you're doomed. :)
>
> Note to others: this is affectionate teasing like many of my
> local friends do to each other often. I also do this here
> occasionally too. Not meant in a hateful manner. Not bullying.
> Learn the difference.

I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.

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Julie Bove wrote:
> I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
> describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
> Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.

And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
cooking.

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On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
> > I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
> > describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
> > Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
>
> And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
> stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
> themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
> charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
> cooking.

Yet stuffed squash blossoms were invented by home cooks.

Cindy Hamilton

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Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
>> describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
>> Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
>
> And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
> stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
> themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
> charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
> cooking.

if you are wanting vegetable filler anything that
is edible is fine. fiber is a good thing to have in
the diet. besides there may be some trace nutrients
in there your body will appreciate instead of packaged
and processed squares of ...


songbird

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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 11:42:25 AM UTC-4, songbird wrote:
> > Gary wrote:
> > ...
> > > I've never heard of a tuna salad as you described with things
> > > missing. Most of those things would never appear in my tuna
> > > salad.
> > >
> > > How do YOU make a good tuna salad?
> >
> > mainly it was the pasty noodles that ruined it.
> >
> > the tuna salad we usually have here has chopped
> > onions, celery, green peas and green olives in it
> > along with the tuna, noodles and dressing.
> >
> > sometimes it will also have mushrooms and/or
> > chopped boiled eggs.
> >
> > the dressing can be mayo and plain is fine with
> > me but at times we add ranch dressing flavoring to
> > it or miracle whip.
> >
> > personally i'm not a huge fan of chopped eggs in
> > my tuna salad (if i want egg salad i'll have egg
> > salad) yet Mom has become a fan of this the past
> > year so i just eat it anyways. it's good, just no
> > longer really tuna salad to me.
> >
> >
> > songbird
>
> I'd call that a pasta salad with tuna. When most of us say "tuna salad",
> they mean tuna with mayo (and other ingredients) as a filling for a
> sandwich:

Same here and as JanetUS said, maybe even call it a tuna
casserole.

Just regional differences.. Seems that usains think of a tuna
salad as something you use for a sandwich. With pasta, that would
be eaten in a bowl.

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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> > > I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
> > > describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
> > > Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
> >
> > And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
> > stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
> > themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
> > charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
> > cooking.
>
> Yet stuffed squash blossoms were invented by home cooks.

To impress family or guests with fancy presentation -
understandable when cooking for others.

I realise the value of presentation. Just don't bother now that I
live alone. I don't care what a meal looks like, only how it will
taste. I won't serve myself some fancy pants cute meal.

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On 2019-08-04 11:51 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:

>> Â*i took a few bites and had to throw the rest
>> away.Â* *ashamed*Â* wasting food is one of the
>> worst things to do in life but i just could
>> not eat it.Â* now that i think of it i should
>> have put some mayo on it and ate it anyways
>> i could have gotten it down that ways.Â* oops.
>
> I won't eat bad food.


Given the number of times that you have reported making food that your
family would not eat, it would seem that you eat a lot of bad food.

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On Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:03:09 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> > Julie Bove wrote:
>> > > I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
>> > > describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
>> > > Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
>> >
>> > And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
>> > stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
>> > themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
>> > charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
>> > cooking.
>>
>> Yet stuffed squash blossoms were invented by home cooks.
>
>To impress family or guests with fancy presentation -
>understandable when cooking for others.
>
>I realise the value of presentation. Just don't bother now that I
>live alone. I don't care what a meal looks like, only how it will
>taste. I won't serve myself some fancy pants cute meal.

That's why you're alone and eat alone.... even when just for me
presentation and garnishing is important... sounds like you dump your
dinner in a ferret food bowl.

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On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 10:03:53 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > > Julie Bove wrote:
> > > > I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
> > > > describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
> > > > Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
> > >
> > > And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
> > > stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
> > > themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
> > > charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
> > > cooking.
> >
> > Yet stuffed squash blossoms were invented by home cooks.
>
> To impress family or guests with fancy presentation -
> understandable when cooking for others.
>
> I realise the value of presentation. Just don't bother now that I
> live alone. I don't care what a meal looks like, only how it will
> taste. I won't serve myself some fancy pants cute meal.

Why so many recipes for "grandma's stuffed zucchini blossoms" and
the like? It's somebody's everyday cooking, even if it isn't yours.

Cindy Hamilton

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On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 05:37:39 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>> > I was listening to a radio show with local chefs on it earlier.One was
>> > describing squash blossoms and said they had no flavor. The "Chef In The
>> > Hat"said, "Lots of things in this world have no flavor!" Heh.
>>
>> And in real life, squash blossoms indeed have no flavor. Just
>> stuffed with some food that has the flavor. The blossoms
>> themselves are just a presentation thing. Good for restaurants to
>> charge you more for your dinner but completely worthless for home
>> cooking.
>
>Yet stuffed squash blossoms were invented by home cooks.

When we had a big veg garden and grew our squash, I used to make
stuffed squash blossoms a couple of times a year. It's no big deal if
you can just walk out your door, pick the flowers, and use them
immediately.

I used to stuff them with either a ricotta/parmesan concoction or with
a ground beef mixture. Cover with sauce (tomato or bechamel) and bake.
Yum!

Doris