Tonight my family will eating food from a recipe passed down from my parents to me. Unfortunately the children aren't so crazy about we're having(Dad can we go to Lindburgers instead?). So what is the meal?
Tuna Casserole
The ingredients three cans of tuna fish
One can campbell's cream of mushroom soup
One pound ziti macaroni
butter
milk
bread crumbs
The meal takes 55 minutes in the oven at 350F
BTW it is cooked in a casserole dish that may be older than some of BC's readers or authors. The dish came with my family from New York in 1976 and while I'm not sure of the exact time my mother bought it, it has to be circa 1974 or a little earlier.
Don't everyone rush over to my house for the food.
On a serious note, my mother-in-law still has internal bleeding, she has been a temperature, and has water in her lungs. None of this is good news for Nanay who is my last surviving parent.
No I'm not referring to my Nanay as a family antique. Just the recipe and the casserole dish.
Comments
Interesting
I've used can'd soup in several recipes over the years, but not tuna casserole.
BTW - I grew up with Dill Pickle in my Tuna Casserole. My wife grew up with that OR cut fruit. Sadly, the kids MUCH prefer the fruit, so guess what we have? Yep, the fruit... So they'll eat the healthy meal. LOL
Anne
A family recipe of ours as well
....the variety comes in switching out the kinds of pasta. The high end 'restaurant'-like meal might include parsley and of course, Albacore.
Seriously, it's of course nice to talk about things like this to take away the anticipation and anxiety of your Nanay's continued diminishing health. I lost my precious Natalie (my dear sweet mother-in-law) last year, and I know how difficult it is at this time. All of my prayers and thoughts are with you and your dear family at this time, and of course with your Nanay as well.
Dio vi benedica tutti
Con grande amore e di affetto
Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Different pastas
Ziti is the most common for the tuna casseroles I or my wife make, but we also have made them with Rotelle or Shells.
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My families
Tuna casserole uses canned cream of celery soup along with really thin julliened green and red peppers and jarred marinated artichokes all mixed with egg noodles. i like the pouched tuna better though especially if you put a layer down the bottom like the meat in a shepherds pie. I also dice a stick of celery and some capers and gerkins on top when it's about to be served.
Gotta like the fact that its still a universal dish though considering where we're all from and all.
Bailey Summers
I Love The Recipe
I love the recipe. A lot of my family are like your kids and they don't like Tuna Casserole. I used to take it to work for my lunch sometimes when I worked at a place with plenty of Microwave ovens to warm things up.
Like a lot of noodle dishes.
Tuna Casserole is made with egg noodles here in my family, however like a lot of noodle dishes... it tastes so much better from the fridge the next day.
*grin* I would never put fruit into it though... what kind of fruit do you put in it?
Nobody.
I can't imagine
Kids not liking Tuna Casserole. I still eat it fairly often, and loved it as a kid. Only two things I didn't like about the way mom made it: she put peas in it then sprinkled crumbled potato chips on top and popped it into the oven. Precook the noodles and butter them, add the soup, water and tuna, and heat on the stove top, covered. Straight off the stove and onto a plate, that's my way. And definitely egg noodles, nice wide ones. Some diced up fresh mushrooms are good too. Basic stick to your ribs grub. Never enough to last, though. Canned tuna was a bit pricey for our family in those days, too many mouths to feed.
Now I'm hungry!
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