Originally Posted by
BamaVol
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.
Yours?
Hold the onion, add thin sliced almonds. Turmeric if I'm feeling daring.
Try to get a pickle relish without gobs of sweeteners, dyes or artificial flavors, so it actually tastes like real pickles were involved in the making of it.
Also, added salt? I find between the tuna itself and the relish, tuna salad is more than adequately salty.