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[XCashier]

Wait... you're not supposed to put tartar sauce on tuna salad? Why did no-one tell me?! *shrugs. continues putting tartar sauce on her tuna*

I don't see why you couldn't.

There's a seafood place near us that offers superb fish & chips with several different tartar sauces. I'd bet any of those would make a wonderful tuna salad.

[AccountingDrone]

You can buy it pre-made? Wow. And if it tastes the same as homemade that's impressive, I find most sauces have a chemical taste to them. (And frankly, if I got guests that expected me to waste money like that, I suspect I wouldn't miss them.)

didnt say that I use the stuff, I make my own, but if a guest has some mental abberation that they require a commercially made sauce, I have it on hand. i will confess to being lazy and buying cocktail sauce because I can't keep horseradish in my fridge because my roomie is allergic to it. We have a deal, I dont keep horseradish and she doesnt keep mushrooms =) that way we stay out of the hospital and my epipen doesnt get used.

[Magpie]

yes, however when you buy it in the grocery store and it comes in cute little bottles, if you dont use it on sandwiches it is still there when you need it =) I also am lazy and buy cocktail sauce, even though I know how to make perfectly cromulent cocktail [and tartar sauce]

[many times you end up with guests who refuse to eat homemade sauces and only eat bottled stuff from the grocery store. It is easier to keep a couple bottles of them around the house than to argue that the homemade tastes just the same]

You can buy it pre-made? Wow. And if it tastes the same as homemade that's impressive, I find most sauces have a chemical taste to them. (And frankly, if I got guests that expected me to waste money like that, I suspect I wouldn't miss them.)

[KMMCurly]

tartar sauce.

What? I desperately wanted tuna salad once and was out of mayo and miracle whip ....

Wait... you're not supposed to put tartar sauce on tuna salad? Why did no-one tell me?! *shrugs. continues putting tartar sauce on her tuna*

[AccountingDrone]

... doesn't tartar sauce require mayo?

yes, however when you buy it in the grocery store and it comes in cute little bottles, if you dont use it on sandwiches it is still there when you need it =) I also am lazy and buy cocktail sauce, even though I know how to make perfectly cromulent cocktail [and tartar sauce]

[many times you end up with guests who refuse to eat homemade sauces and only eat bottled stuff from the grocery store. It is easier to keep a couple bottles of them around the house than to argue that the homemade tastes just the same]

[Imogene]

tartar sauce.

What? I desperately wanted tuna salad once and was out of mayo and miracle whip ....

Well, it IS fish...

[Magpie]

tartar sauce.

What? I desperately wanted tuna salad once and was out of mayo and miracle whip ....

... doesn't tartar sauce require mayo?

[Cazzi]

tartar sauce.

Delicious on ham sandwiches

Yeah, I have weird food tastes, so what

[AccountingDrone]

Well, considering that you used to put celery in tuna salad (most people sub in sweet relish and celery salt these days), it sounds like an outstanding idea. I'm going to have to try that at some point.

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tartar sauce.

What? I desperately wanted tuna salad once and was out of mayo and miracle whip ....

[Whiskey]

(And why do they all say "Eggplant Babaganoush" on the labels? Isn't that redundant? What the hell else can you make baba ghanoush out of if not eggplants? Sheesh.)

allergies, probably. people don't read labels, it has to be put in their face.

[Shalom]

And you're going to have to share this recipe. I've never seen a baba ganouj recipe with mayo in it, so now I'm curious.

Unfortunately I couldn't tell you. I don't make the stuff myself; I just get it in tubs from the kosher supermarket. (Usually this brand, but there are a few others.) They also have something similar without the mayo, but they just call that one "eggplant salad". Wikipedia says that baba ghanoush with mayo is the Israeli version, but it's the only kind I'm familiar with.

(And why do they all say "Eggplant Babaganoush" on the labels? Isn't that redundant? What the hell else can you make baba ghanoush out of if not eggplants? Sheesh.)

I do know that over Passover, the stuff doesn't taste as good, because Passover mayo has cottonseed oil instead of soy oil and it just tastes weird.

[Andara Bledin]

I'd never have thought of this, but now I'm curious to try it. Hmm...I think I have both ingredients on hand....

Well, considering that you used to put celery in tuna salad (most people sub in sweet relish and celery salt these days), it sounds like an outstanding idea. I'm going to have to try that at some point.

^-.-^

[Dilorenzo]

One good way I've found to not get comments like that about my weight was to wear my full lenght leather trench, grow a long beard and let my hair grow out.

Of course, mileage may vary on that depending on various factors.

[Whiskey]

And you're going to have to share this recipe. I've never seen a baba ganouj recipe with mayo in it, so now I'm curious.

ditto. I dont think you were eating baba ganouj

[LadyAndreca]

Or celery soup, even better. Yum.

I'd never have thought of this, but now I'm curious to try it. Hmm...I think I have both ingredients on hand....