Delicious

[susandennis]

I just made the most delicious tuna salad.

Trader Joe's Albacore in oil
2 hard boiled eggs chopped
chopped onion
chopped celery
chopped apple
mayo
salt, pepper, etc.

VERY excellent. And enough for tomorrow. I love tuna salad in a big bowl with a side of cottage cheese. It's a lunch I used to have at a diner in Norwalk, CT a lot. I do miss diners. We do have one here that is kind of diner-ish but it's not handy and I always forget about it. When I lived in the northeast, I loved all the diners and all the Friendly's Ice Cream places. We have NOTHING like the latter here, more's the pity.

Back to the sewing room for now...

Comments

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

Friendly's Ice Cream is the best! When I was a teenager a poor boyfriend could buy us grilled cheese or hot dogs and ice cream and we'd call it a date.

Their vanilla is superior to all others.

[susandennis]

I truly miss them so much. My brother has a son who lives down the street from a Friendly's and while I know he enjoys going to see his son and granddaughters, I think Friendly's is high up on that list.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I did nearly get in a fist fight with a Friendly's waitress in the mid-2000s. They always had yummy Big Beef Bacon Cheeseburgers and I ordered one. She asked "How do you want it cooked?" I asked for rare. She said "They only cook them medium-well."

"Why did you ask me then??????"

Now that I embrace more flies with honey than vinegar philosophy, I look them in the eye, wink and ask that the chef cook mine "the least amount his conscience will allow". You'd be surprised how many are actually pink inside!

Fudruckers will cook your burger any way you want. We go there now.

[susandennis]

haha I once ate dinner with a woman who ordered her steak "rare enough so a good vet could save it." I stole that line and use it every time.

I learned, last time I was in Vancouver that it is against Canadian law to serve hamburgers with any pink at all!!! No way could I live there.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

That's funny! The line I stole was "Just enough so it has no hope of recovery".

Places that won't cook burger rare aren't confident of the quality of their meat.

[susandennis]

And I LOVE Fudruckers. I wish we had one here.

[fauxklore]

I have been known to say "just walk the cow past the fire"

[susandennis]

Excellent!

I love that rare beef still has a healthy following.

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

I never tried mixing hard boiled eggs in with the tuna, it sounds very good! I will have to try that next time.

[susandennis]

Oh it is!! Also good in chicken salad.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

My mom always made it with egg!

Tuna salad

[babsbuni.livejournal.com]

Years ago (32ish) Honey, my grandmother, made me tuna salad. She chopped up green apple. When I saw what she was doing, I dreaded eating it. I'm glad I did. I will not make tuna salad without green apple now.

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

One of the things we found most exciting about our new neighborhood when we moved was the abundance of diners. We typically only eat at them for breakfast, but the three we've tried have been so good. We also have a Friendly's that we haven't been to yet due to all of the wonderful local eateries around.

[susandennis]

I have diner envy!