Oh no, I was going to suggest tuna noodle casserole (one of my favorite comfort foods). But that's made up of canned tuna, egg noodles, onions, frozen peas and cream of mushroom soup. It's not icky, I swear...
This month's Everyday Food suggests tuna salad served in a avacado halve...
― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 29 November 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
tons of variations of it are in the seminal student cookery book - Grub on a grant.
― Porkpie (porkpie), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Tuna, the Food of My Soul
Soft as the voice of my mother Calling as night shadows fell Calling her children to supper Oh what a heavenly smell! There on the dining room table Served from a steaming glass bowl Eaten with Jell-o and Kool-Aid Tuna the food of my soul
Tuna casserole, O how dear to my lips Noodles and tuna and mushrooms and chips (chorus)
Only a small can of tuna Mushroom soup, celery and peas Mixed with a quart of egg noodles Sprinkled with chips and with cheese
When my earthly journey is over Gladly I'll take to the air Afterwards in the church basement They'll serve tuna casserole there.
Tuna casserole, O how dear to my lips Noodles and tuna and mushrooms and chips
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 29 November 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
cook pasta (it's helpful to have a potato in with the water to make the seafood mix stick to the pasta). Whilst it's cooking heat a SHEDLOAD of olive oil. I cannot emphasise this enough. WAY WAY MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED. The bottom of the pan should be covered to a depth of a couple of mil. Slice two or three cloves of garlic and a dice a couple of red chillis (don't faff about de-seeding them, bear in mind that you're prob. drunk and will rub your eyes by accident, or, god forbid, scratch your balls), throw them into the oil, low heat for a couple of minutes to let the flavours infuse. If you've got them in, anchovies are a good addition at this stage
PLenty o' salt and pepper, obv.
Now the vague bit, prep whatever veg. you have lying around that you want to go in, frozen peas handy here, and there's generally peppers and cherry toms lying around my fridge (my housemate is a compulsive shopper who very rarely eats all that he's bought). Broccoli's good too, though take care to pull the florets apart so they're quite small. Bung it in and cook it, if you need any more liquid (and the whole point of this is that it's a sloppy, tasty, mess) lemon juice, balsamic maybe, spott of white wine or sherry, whatever's lying around, really. If you have it you may want to bung in some smoked paprika at this juncture, or maybe a spot of oregano. Who cares? You're drunk!
Oh go on, add a fuckload more oil, you might as well. You're drunk, after all. The essential thing being that when the pasta's cooked there's enough liquor to coat it. When the veg is but a moment off being cooked throw in said tinned fish, or frozen prawns or whatever and warm tnrough. Stir in pasta. Season. Scarf with the rough-arse red that a friend bought you that you wouldn't touch sober. Enjoy!
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 17:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 08:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 11:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Grilled tuna sandwich. Canned tuna (drained), Miracle Whip, onions, finely chopped dill pickles and a dash of hot mustard. Or go the lazy way and mix the drained tuna with your favorite pre-mixed jar of tartar sauce. Slap between bread wtih a slice of melty cheese .. butter outside of bread and grill / fry as you would any other grilled sandwich.
Or ... make your favorite macaroni and cheese receipe and add a can of drained tuna.
Both ways are tasty, cheap and easy!
― Lou Fig, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 12 August 2005 08:21 (eighteen years ago) link
But how can it be bad? Flake up a can of tuna chunks in oil. Finely chop some sundried tomatoes. Cook a pot of pasta - short pasta works best but spaghetti is good too. When the pasta is almost done, fry some finely chopped garlic in oil, then toss in the tuna and sundried tomato and stir it around till its all warmed thru. Add some lemon juice.
Toss thru the drained pasta. GLORIOUS.
Also, tuna mornay OMG, comfort food or what. I make a white (bechamel) sauce (is that what you merkins call milk gravy? or is that somehting else, cuz "milk gravy" sounds really gross. Anyhoo...), and the white sauce is the base - I add whatever I have to hand, cooked onion, the tuna of course, some cooked mushrooms, corn kernels, maybe a chopped boiled egg. Turn the mix into a caserrole, add breadcrumbs n cheese and bake it til thats all crispy. Yummo.
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 12 August 2005 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link
If you are anywhere near a Trader Joe's, their tuna in olive oil is good (and well-priced) and their sundried roma tomatoes in olive oil are the very best. RJM was putting groceries away earlier this week and counted 8 jars of these beauties. I buy some every time we are in Seattle.
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 17 November 2005 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 20 November 2005 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link
canned tuna is all over nyc menus in nicoise salads
i just ... really don't understand
tuna steak, people
can u eve?
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
It is in Nice, too.
― in an arrangement that mimics idiocy (Michael White), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
yeah - and i wouldn't like it there either
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
canned tuna is meant for the home. that's about it.
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
this thread cracks me up
"Is it possible to cook with (common ingredient that many people cook with)?"
― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
i'm ready to fight about canned tuna
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
"Is it possible to cook with toast?"
― You get nothing for a pair, not in this game (snoball), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I cook with tomato paste -- why am I so bad and hated?
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
i made a delicious tuna salad the other night. it involved mayo, yogurt, chopped green apples and cilantro. and a dash of curry powder.
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
I had friends who made a tuna marinara sauce for pasta when I lived in Milan.
― in an arrangement that mimics idiocy (Michael White), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
canned tuna is meant for the home.
FYI, canned tuna is common all over the Mediterranean. Italian or Spanish tuna canned in olive oil with a little lemon and mustard over toast with arugula and tomatoes is ace.
― in an arrangement that mimics idiocy (Michael White), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
canned tuna is meant for the home. that's about it.― j lol (surm), Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:39 AM (1 hour ago)
― j lol (surm), Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:39 AM (1 hour ago)
RONG
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
salsa di tonno
6oz of tinned tunny fish in oil, 1 cupful of meat or chicken stock, oliver oil or butter, parsley, pepper.
heat the oil or butter. add the tunny broken up into some small pieces, and some chopped parsley. let it cook gently. after 5 minutes add the hot stock, season with ground black pepper, and cook for another 5 minutes.
to serve with spaghetti or risotto.
italian food by elizabeth david, 1954.
― you've got male (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
You know, my ex used to make something like that frequently and it FREQUENTLY grossed the hell outta me. I'm going to stick with my tuna straight out of the can, and not cooked any further. I like that mustard/lemon/tomato and toast arrangement, though.
― manager expects you to work past 6PM but won't allow you to change into (Laurel), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Canned haters should check this place out imho:
http://www.espinaler.es/index.aspx?lan=en
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
europeans have some high quality canned goods
― just sayin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
the 'no reservations' spain episode features many beautiful looking & expensive canned fishes -- seemed like a pretty common if not high class tapas thing there
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
i would never order canned tuna at a restaurant tho bcuz it's one thing that i keep at home to make whenever i run out of food am feeling super lazy
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah spanish are mad for fancy canned food. i have marvelled in supermercados.
in britain you can get some fancier canned food in some places. in a normal shop a tin of sardines is 40p or whatever, you can get ones in waitrose that are over £2 and they are so much better quality.
― you've got male (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
supposed to be a slash in there
when i was in school i'd make tuna quesadillas quite frequently, pretty much a tuna melt w/ a tortilla for bread -- did this when i had no bread left
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.brindisa.com/assets/458x261/Ortiz-bonito1900g-detail_1002_1.jpg
― just sayin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
The key is to get the good quality stuff that is in big chunks, not a slusge of finely flaked tuna in crappy brine (which I suspect is what a lot of cheap US tuna might be like?).
Here you can also buy tuna in cans like you would sardines - big slices, like you might get off a tuna steak almost. I've had tuna steak too and tbh I cant much tell the diff, unless the tuna is raw, and blech (not a fan of tuna sashimi).
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Thursday, 14 July 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
in general american canned tuna is way nicer than australian canned tuna.
― estela, Friday, 15 July 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
Fair nuff! I only buy the imported italian stuff anyway :)
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Friday, 15 July 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
(nothing more depressing than opening a can of Savings tuna and finding a puddle of brine and only half a can of actual meat)