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Tuna Salad (1940)

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This classic tuna salad recipe is from the 1940's U.S.

Ingredients

  • 1 can (6–9½­ oz / ~170–270 g) tuna
  • ¼ apple, finely chopped
  • ½ stalk celery, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise (low fat can work)
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ ea. chopped green onion or ½ tsp dried chopped white or yellow onion
  • 1 hard boiled egg, chopped (or two hard boiled egg whites and a bit of oil olive oil to make up the difference)
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • Paprika (optional) (optional)
  • Lettuce (optional) (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Drain and squeeze tuna dry, discarding liquid or reserving for some other use.
  2. 2
    Combine tuna, apple, celery, mayonnaise, lemon juice, green onion, egg, and pepper.
  3. 3
    Refrigerate 1 hour or more.
  4. 4
    Sprinkle with paprika and trim with lettuce, if desired.
Category
Salads

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Tuna_Salad_(1940)