I have lots of canned tuna, but the "normal" ways to serve it - sandwiches w/ mayo, casseroles w/ pasta and maybe cheese, will get boring pretty quick.

Got any unusual tuna recipes? Mine is tuna with canned pineapple. It's a bodybuilder thing....then there's tuna shakes....

-- y2kbiker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), June 29, 1999

Answers

Tuna omlets

Tuna shakes

Tuna tacos

Tuna Burgers

Tuna and Rice

Tuna and tuna

Tunadrivers (tuna and vodka mixed in a blender)

Tuna and Jelly sandwitches

Tuna pot tie

Tuna smores

Tuna in a blanket

I can't believe it's not Tuna

Tuna cookies (hard to get them to bake evenly)

Tuna cubes for your iced-tea

Tuna soup

Tuna cake

Tuna tota

Tuna meal (resembles oatmeal, mildly)

Frosted Tuna flakes

Tuna Turnovers

-- (just for@starters.com), June 29, 1999.

Mistake, that is Tuna Tots. The Irish Tuna version of tater-tots

-- (just for @starters.com), June 29, 1999.

take a can of tuna (drained) and add a dash of salt and pepper......some chopped onion and bell pepper....about a tablespoon of flour.....and an egg (got chickens?)

mix well and shape into patties.......fry in a small amount of oil (not deep frying....just a little in the pan to keep em from sticking) till crispy on both sides

my mom used to make these ALL the time when i was a kid and i still love em......YUM

you can even eat leftover ones on bread as a sandwich

hope this helps

-- andrea (mebsmebs@hotmail.com), June 29, 1999.

Have you tried Tuna Suppositories?

-- Jim Smith (cyberax@ix.netcom.com), June 29, 1999.

Or perhaps a tuna/sparrow sandwich?

-- Jim Smith (cyberax@ix.netcom.com), June 29, 1999.

Butter a 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish. Take out one sleeve of crackers- ritz or saltines, your choice. Roll them with a rolling pin until they become crumbs. Put 2/3 of them in the bottom of your casserole dish. Open a can of cream of mushroom (or whatever cream soup you have) and spread 1/2 of it over the crackers. Open a can of tuna, drain it and spread it over the soup layer. Fill up the can containing the remaining soup with milk and a few dehydrated onions. A little bit of finely chopped celery would be good too. A sprinkle of lemon pepper would be a tasty addition at this point. Pour it over the tuna layer. Melt a couple of spoons of butter or margarine and mix in the remaining 1/3 of the crackers and mix together. Spread the buttered crumbs over the top of the casserole. Place in the oven at 350 degrees until hot and bubbly.

-- Sharon L (sharonl@volcano.net), June 30, 1999.

Tuna-rice casserole

1 can tuna 2 cups rice (cooked) 1 can cream of celery soup 1 cup peas (canned, fresh, or frozen) 1/2-1 cup grated chedder cheese (More cheese allows you to mix some inside the casserole, too).

Mix all ingredients except cheese in a casserole dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until the cheese melts.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), June 30, 1999.

Saw tuna pot pie above. Starkist used to make these commercially...and they were really good. Anyone have a recipe?

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), June 30, 1999.

Tuna smores? You were kidding, right? :)

-- Greg Lawrence (greg@speakeasy.org), June 30, 1999.

Tunaghetti: Saute tuna in olive oil laced with Italian spices. Albacore preferred. Careful, it "pops" when frying. Pour over skinny spaghetti. Kinda like enhanced olive oil/pesto sauce.

-- A. Hambley (a.hambley@usa.net), June 30, 1999.

Tuna Kedgeree. This traditional British dish is normally made with smoked fish (haddock or kippers), but tinned fish makes it easy. Start with one-day old boiled or steamed white rice, add a couple of chopped up hard-boiled eggs, a can of peas, then add the can of tuna. Season with salt and black pepper. Heat and serve. Kedgeree is a good cold-weather food; it is very filling.

-- David Harvey (vk2dmh@hotmail.com), June 30, 1999.

See thread below on inexpensive salad dressing. We got off the subject and I just posted some tuna receipes there.

-- Moore Dinty moore (not@thistime.com), June 30, 1999.

Anything tuna can do, SPAM can do better. :)
There IS a SPAM site. http://www.spam.com

-- A (A@AisA.com), June 30, 1999.

ya know,I could have gone all day with out thinking about tuna s'mores.

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), July 01, 1999.

My favorite tuna "recipe" is when hubby arrives home and asks 'what's for dinner.' I say 'tuna' and he says, 'let's go out!'

Told you I was a newbiebutnodummy. Linda

-- newbiebutnodummy (Linda@home.com), July 01, 1999.

Well, have you tried these sites: www.tuna.com (it's the bumble bee tuna page) also: http://www.chickenofthesea.com/cprcook3.html (chicken of the sea) this page actually has a recipe 'generator' to help you select a recipe according to your needs. They both looked interesting. Then there is always: http://soar.berkeley.edu/recipes/ (They have thousands of recipes, and I'm sure some use tuna!) Don't forget the can opener!!

-- kat (k@tuna.net), July 11, 1999.

yeah, don't forget the can opener! I bought a bunch of those little GI can openers. They're about 50 cents now, but I bet they'll trade for SEVERAL cans of food if TSHTF.

Remember, just in case you have to go to some kind of government shelter, they'll take your multitool away from you cause its got a knife blade...have a separate can opener....

-- (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), July 11, 1999.

no smore tuna 4 me....lol...but hey, on the tuna dish that has to be baked./...who said we will have natural gas for the ovens?

-- consumer (private@aol.com), July 12, 1999.

I just found a great new food! New to me anyway. Canned mackerel fillets. More flavor than tuna, almost as much protein, and more calories because of more fat (though I guess that could be just cause they use more vegetable oil...still, more calories per can). I ts not really fillets, though, its broken up like cheap tuna is. So what it still tastes great. YUM YUM !!

It costs about the same per pound as tuna, plus it comes in lightweight rectangular pulltab cans so its more convienient too! COOL!

The cans I got are "3 Diamonds" brand so if your store has 3 Diamonds tuna they might be able to order you a case of this stuff.

-- biker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), July 12, 1999.