aka cat food surprise
My reprehensible recipe:
Drain a decent-sized can of water-packed tuna and dump it in a medium-to-large mixing bowl. (We’re not being foo foo here.) Break it up with a serving fork. Squirt some lemon juice over it if you’re that kind of person
Chop up celery until it looks right (= you get tired of it) and add to bowl
Dice red or green bell pepper, enough to see it when mixed with celery - half a pepper if large, and add to bowl. Or more, what the hey. You want variety in tastes, textures, and colors
Oops, go back in time and start boiling 2-3 eggs
Break up a lot of fresh pecans halves into quarters (yes, to be pedantic, this would be eighths) until you’re tired of this and add to bowl
Add sweet pickle relish, Dukes relish (sandwich spread) and mayo in whatever proportions float your boat. Stir everything together with the afore-mentioned serving fork
If you haven’t forgotten about the eggs and boiled the pan dry, cool the eggs off, peel, and chop into reasonably sized bits. Not tiny things that disappear. Gently stir into the rest so that they don’t fall apart too badly.
Generously shake paprika (note to 12-year-old self: paprika is not the same as cayenne pepper) over top. Go find where the last person hid the Saran Wrap and cover, and stick in the icebox
Turn off the burner you used for the eggs
You’re welcome.
Note: this is my 91-year-old mother’s recipe. If anyone posts snotty commentary (this being the Zone), I will ask her therapists to accelerate her wheelchair skillz so that she can hunt you down and berate you in person.
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