Tuna Casserole

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Um, yes it is for Deplorables, bitch.

Potato chips are absolutely essential to Tuna casserole. Now I will say that some people crumble Panko over it or crumble up some Club crackers or Townhouse crackers or Ritz crackers, but that is not the greatest idea. Potato Chips are the absolutely best way to do it.

This sounds delish. But I would leave out the tuna though.

[quote]But I would leave out the tuna though.

A good rule of thumb for most things in life.

Hesh yo' mouf, R2

I grew up Catholic in San Francisco and this a Friday Catholic Dinner. Usually topped with home-made french bread crumbs or crumbled Ritz crackers. It was this or creamed tuna on toast with paprika. Or if their was a bit left in the jar by Friday, filet of sole with tartar sauce and Mac 'n' cheese.

I still love all three..

[quote] A good rule of thumb for most things in life.

Haha..beware the 'DL Is misogynyst' frau/troll.

"misogynist"

Or, R7, the judges would have accepted "member of the he-man, women haters club."

...or THIS gang, R8.

" no women to scold you, no children to bawl.." Now THAT'S DL.

The potato chip topping is the best part. You can use it on chicken casseroles too.

It's trashy if you make it with canned soup.

Go with tater tots instead. They'll crisp up as the casserole bakes.

I don't ever remember having tuna casserole growing up but in recent years I saw a picture and thought it looked delicious. I make a roux out of butter, milk and flour and add cheese - usually muenster. It's a delicious cream base. Then I mix in whatever pasta (bowtie or similar) and chopped sweet red pepper, chopped onion and tuna. Sometimes I forget the tuna and have to remix it. LOL!

The recipe called for some kind of bread crumb topping but I prefer nothing. I squeeze a little lemon on the plate and it's delicious.

Can't think of anything worse.

I'd rather eat the Pioneer Woman's pussy than that slop.

It will never surpass my Tuna Montezuma!

Tuna is no more for deplorables than watermelon is for niggers, your use of such words shows your racism.

I don't use the canned mushroom soup either and make my own roux (as described above) and add mushrooms. As a young gay, we didn't use a topping and only tried potato chips later. For some reason, it works. True, this casserole isn't for everyone, but I love it anyway. This is the week to talk about Green Bean Casserole.

I like to accompany it with a lime Jell-O mold w/ cottage cheese and pineapple

that recipe is ridiculous

I know its tacky and gross looking but I bet tastes good.

as a non-american i've always been intrigued by this dish. I'm italian so it sounds horrifying, but OP's picture is not that bad.

r19 Are you referring to the infamous "Lime Jell-O, Marshmallow, Cottage Cheese Surprise"? Made famous in song.

[quote]Potato chips are absolutely essential to Tuna casserole.

Gross. No.

Just do a breadcrumb and cheese topping. And no canned f-ing soup. You use a white sauce to bind it.

My Mom didn't start making it for us until we got a bit older. Hers was made with cream of mushroom soup, egg noodles, and always included peas. She'd crumble some Ritz crackers and saute them in a little butter, and that was the topping. I'd make it now, except I live alone, and I don't want to end up eating it all week.

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Carbs and salt

I stopped eating tuna when I found out it’s high in mercury. (Same with sashimi/sushi.) I miss it.

what is the green stuff in OP's pic? Is it dill?

It's death.

Dill. Ridiculous ingredient for tuna casserole.

The dish as a whole sounds delicious, probably because I'm starving right now. I make traditional tuna casserole with egg noodles, peas, and cream of mushroom soup. All ingredients are essential to a good tuna casserole. (No, that is not an oxymoron, you moron.) I also make a variant with Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and mushrooms and peas. Divine, again when you are starving. Potato chips optional.

That is also way too much dill for anything.

I liked my mom's tuna noodle casserole, damnit!

I posted on another thread about a summer tuna pasta salad that's really good. In fact I am having it for lunch today. It's any kind of small pasta (shells, ditalini, elbows) with tuna, mayo, celery, sweet onion, and diced tomato. And of course I have it with a side of potato chips. I can't eat tuna without a few chips. Not a casserole OP, but still a tuna concoction.

Fuck, I found a really good recipe for a delicious tuna casserole dish (I know, tuna is not my thing, I was his test audience, etc., but it was so tasty it may have turned me into a tuna fan) and I cannot, for the life of me, find it again. Like, it was just some random recipe, and I decided, for some reason, to follow that recipe to a T, and came out with a deliciously excellent dish. And now I'm worried that I won't be able to replicate the same dish.

[QUOTE] R28 I stopped eating tuna when I found out it’s high in mercury. (Same with sashimi/sushi.) I miss it.

It'd be a shame if you got run over by a bus after taking such good care of your health.

How long are you thinking of living?

[BOLD] A 2006 review of the risks and benefits of Tuna fish consumption found, for adults, the benefits of one to two servings of fish per week outweigh the risks, even (except for a few fish species) for women of childbearing age, and that avoidance of fish consumption could result in significant excess coronary heart disease deaths and suboptimal neural development in children. [/BOLD]

R36 Albacore tuna is considered high in mercury and it’s recommended that it be restricted to 3 or fewer servings per month for that reason There are fish that are low in mercury such as salmon as an alternative. I guess it comes down to how much mercury you’re willing to ingest. For me personally tuna usn’t worth it.

R47 Tuna is the number 1 selling fish here in the UK, number 2 is Salmon (but only because it is very inexpensive),followed by Cod, Haddock and Shrimp.

I suppose we're all screwed in terms of mercury poisoning

I worship tuna casserole. I’m too lazy to make it tonight, but I will be making Tuna Helper.

Growing up in the UK, I only ever heard of tuna casserole on US TV programmes/films.

I thought it sounded absolutely disgusting since a casserole in the UK usually involves a meat cooking with vegetables and lots of liquid for a very long time. I couldn't imagine how anyone could treat tuna in this way.

Glad to hear it's just a 'pasta bake'.

Given how much Tuna has increased in price in recent years you could easily substitute it with fresh Salmon here in the UK. It's easy to find Salmon fillets for less than £2.50 ($3.20) a pound. It might even work out cheaper.

I still have my mom's tuna casserole recipe. (She died in 1995). She recommends chow mein noodles as the topping. I use canned mushroom soup but I do chop up fresh celery. Mom suggests celery salt - no thanks.

OP you have white trash taste you're probably a deplorable.

I always heard it called Tuna Noodle Casserole. It's a classic dish primarily among white Americans (I've never known any black families that ate it). I think it goes back to the middle of the 20th century. It was a way of taking a single can of tuna, adding inexpensive ingredients, and feeding the entire family with it. It's frugal, and Catholics (like myself) could eat it on Fridays, when so many things were off-limits. McDonald's Filet of Fish sandwich was developed to accomodate Catholics back when most of us honored the rules for Fridays. A confession: I'm no longer observant of the faith in which I was raised (I'm gay, after all), but I still can't eat meat on a Friday.

R42, My Mom used chow mein noodles, too. We'd have Campbell's Tomato Soup, with La Choy chow mein noodles floated on top!

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R13, I'm going to make that. Muenster, never thought of it but I'll bet it's good. I love tuna--my comfort food is a tuna sandwich, diet coke and some chips.

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