This came up elsewhere and I thought it deserved a thread.

My tuna salad does not have a recipe. I make it with what I have if all ingredients aren’t available and don’t measure anything.

If yours is wildly different, I would not consider it heresy. But mine always pleases.

Ingredients

Tuna -any, but I prefer albacore or chunk white
Celery - not too small a dice
Onion - preferably sweet, not too small a dice
Sweet pickle relish - I will use diced sweet gherkins if I’m not rushed. Dill relish or diced dill pickles are fine too but not usually.
Seasonings: salt, pepper, paprika. Can add dill, onion salt or garlic salt. I’ve also used seasoned salts but eliminate all else.

Served on/in

I like it on top of lettuce with other salad ingredients like cucumber, onion, tomato, Kalamata olives. I’m also happy with it between 2 slices of bread with lettuce and tomato. I’ll eat it with a scoop of egg salad but never with chicken salad. I don’t eat cheese and don’t think it adds anything to tuna salad anyway unless you’re making a melt. And I hate saltines in the side. Also too much mayonnaise and not enough crunch spoil it for me.

Yours?