This old cartoon is from this very date, May 26, in 2009. I’ve loved a good tuna-salad sandwich since I was a kid. Mama made the best “tuna-fish salad,” but, like most of her recipes, her tuna salad was very simple. Mayonnaise, a little pickle relish and canned tuna. I know: it doesn’t get much more generic than that, but she had a real knack for mixing it all together. There’s nothing more dispiriting than anticipating a good tuna-salad sandwich and opening a can to find a watery mess that looks like the bottom of a chum bucket. As Arlo discovers, even buying the more expensive “chunk” variety is no guarantee of satisfaction.
244 responses to “A Mournful Tuna”
Lady Mindy, you may pushing the “picky” envelope close to the realm of OCD. 🙂
Anon, just being curious: did you attend a school named Nevill or Neville?
I make my tuna (always drained) with mayo, garlic powder, onion powder, a little salt & pepper, and sometimes Old Bay seasoning. It’s amazing how mushy the ‘brand name’ tuna has gotten. I’ve found that the house brand from Aldi usually contains actual chunks, and it’s cheaper.
Yes, Neville in Monroe, LA. I designed the coat of arms that is used for their yearbook and school flag.
No, I have no copies of any yearbooks from the four high schools I attended nor have I seen one since I attended. God knows what I looked like, I don’t.
Funny thing is no one from my past has surfaced and until Ghost mentioned it had not run through my brain. Oh dear. No, I have never gone to a reunion or tried to connect with the past.
If Janis isn’t dreaming she is making a huge mistake and needs to go to confession but we’ve had no indication of religiousity.
I went to one class reunion and recognized almost nobody. But they all seemed to know me. Good thing I never took up anything that required me to go undercover. My family moved so much that I attended 2 elementary schools, 3 Jr. high schools and 2 high schools. I was rarely at a school long enough to even get well acquainted, much less become part of any clique.
And I use the lid to drain tuna, too. When you have the lid detached, press it down and then turn the can sideways, and keep pressing till it stops dripping. Still moist tuna, but not runny.
Mark, I do about the same thing. Before using the canopener, I punch two holes on opposite sides of the lid, with a beer opener; much easier then to open and squeeze all the liquid out.
You mean not everyone uses the lid to drain the juice from cans? Imagine that! And of course the cat gets the “tuna juice” 🙂
TIP BlogSpot and comic are different today. Peace,
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
I don’t get either one. emb
http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/
‘Our Family’, a house brand, tuna works fine for me, only 1 g. fat / 5 oz.* can [which they label as 2 servings], juice drained with lid. Don’t make tuna salad, but happily eat others’ t.s. Use it in various combos w/ steamed veggies. *Downsized from 6, like all the others,
About college: just learned that my Cornell U. roommate, all 4 years, died couple of days ago, Palo Alto. Felt strange telling my visiting 54 y.o. daughter my roomy had died. He was 85/86; don’t remember his b’day. Renal physiologist, both PhD and MD. Known him since 6th grade, used to live in the Greenwich Village house on 5th Ave. and 9th St. that once housed Mark Twain.
Four of us graduated Stuyvesant H.S. in June ’47. The other two went to Columbia U. [Brown geochem. prof., now suffering from Alzheimer’s nr. Palo Alto], the other to Pratt Inst. in Bkln., now retired EE in Philly, still plays tennis. He’s the one who called w/ the news. I emailed the widow [I’m a firm believer in content as opposed to show, which I think she and maybe their sons know], cc. to my kids and others who should know. Wife was a nurse [as was mine]. We don’t really know what’s next, but I think he is still in good hands. Peace,
emb, first TIP refers to stereotype of men wearing pink as being less masculine. The second has reference to TV series/books Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. Have not read any, nor seen show, but London’s Daily Telegraph keeps mentioning the show and characters on their website, so I have seen the name.
Perhaps a fan can explain it to us both?
Debbe 😉 I didn’t know I liked “Bluegrass” until the first time I heard this lady sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pufMSqzG1g
This is the best “Hard Times” (S.Foster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khwCkW4mMpY
May not have been the first I was aware of song but was first I heard it.
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So far this spring in northern Utah I’ve been able to wear shirtsleeve shirts just 3 days… meaning that the max temperature was over 75 F only on those 3 days thus far. That is very unusual! And we’ve had more rainy days than we normally do in this very dry state.
Tuna Sandwich – with celery and dill seed – on toasted cheese on rye.
I posted this before and it has disappeared.
This is for Monday – I may not get back before then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omd9_FJnerY
Monday was originally “Decoration Day”
People forget that this is why we have “Memorial Day”
not just another Monday off.
GM Debbe
emb
Steve said he would play it on Friday Favorites about 6ish
Good morning Villagers…
Having chicken salad for lunch today….store bought chicken salad…
Cats get the water from canned tuna.
gotta go, Happy Payday
oh, here’s a link on the frustration of peeling an egg….baking soda?
http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/tipsandtricks/the-five-second-trick-for-making-hard-boiled-eggs-easy-to-peel-because-you-have-way-more-important-things-to-do/ar-BBrw2QX?li=BBnb7Kz
GR 😉 more ‘darlings’…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5sWzTFhqY
Strip of 05.27.16:
So she passes it off by saying that they were young and human?
Nothing worse than an unfaithful spouse.
By the way, she would have killed Arlo for being young and human.
I was hoping that I would go through this weekend without hearing or reading the loathsome “Happy Memorial Day.”
No luck.
Just read it in the blog of a fellow whom I know, about my age, and quite intelligent.
I hope that it was a momentary lapse, but I suspect that it’s more representative of the spreading rot in our culture.
Dickens went back to bed and I wish I were. Early doesn’t work anymore. In fact, I feel ill. Eating strawberries to go with Glucerna, water and insulin. Dickens didn’t eat any breakfast. He has chicken Beneful.
Being a genuine war orphan I have trouble with Memorial Day celebrations. It has ceased to be a day to remember and become a barbecue and beer and boats day, especially on lakes as where I live. I always want to crawl off somewhere on top of a mountain high in the Rockies to skip it. And sometimes I do.
And now for something completely different, at least musically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-KiAItxEqc
Rick: My response was relief: “We know.”
Janis knows an overall good deal when she has one. Fortunately, so did Elaine and I. There is much to be said for trustworthy long-term monogamy.
Today’s TIP comic is the same as yesterday’s BlogSpot, and today’s BlogSpot is new;
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/ Peace,
I equate Memorial Day with Good Friday in that a death had a meaningful purpose. I am very happy that these young boys (and now girls) paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. I like to think that going to a parade, having a picnic or watching the Indianapolis 500 is a celebration of that freedom and that is what those young people would want me to do. I don’t know.
I will continue to celebrate my freedom to eat whatever I like and not eat what I don’t like. I often cook things that I would never eat as a service to others. My wife has lived long enough with me to know this and that’s why respect each others dietary preferences.
Just saw a story about flooding in Conroe, TX, which made me realize we haven’t heard from Judy in quite a while. (So long, in fact, that I almost wasn’t sure that was her name.) Hope all is well with her.