Tuna Sarnie

[EcclesCake]

I've been reminded by another thread about something that may have been peculiar to my family.

As a child I remember tinned tuna being mixed with malt vinegar. I'm pretty sure pink and red salmon got the same treatment for our Sunday tea.

On visiting a relative aged 8-9 I was horrified to find that the tuna was mixed with salad cream........I went running for my mummy at that horrific discovery.

Now if I fancy a tuna sarnie I use mayo.....and I really fancy a tuna sarnie but I can't eat bread, have no mayo and the cucumber is only good for the chickens.

So, how have your tastes changed over the years for the preparing of tinned tuna.......and as an aside does anyone still buy tinned salmon?

[shoota]

Unstained smoked haddock is a delight.

[Baldric]

///it's performance related!///

That ole Thespian's bound to get the best deal then, talk about spamming it up!!
;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Now you're talking Sardines and Pilchards are fab!!

[tonyav]

Arrrrgggggg.

[shoota]

Best be having me Autumn bath a month or two early then....

[ethandron]

Ooh yes, on hot crunchy thin brown bread toast with loads of pepper, now you're talking!

[Mamyalynne]

My little ones loves sardines in tom sauce as a pizza topping.

[Old_Geezer]

Tinned fish is fine. I like the small tins the contents fit on a couple of slices of toast rather well.

When I was young the family used to buy tinned salmon. Pink usually unless they were feeling particularly in the money when they'd get red. Good in sandwiches with slices of tomato and a bit of vinegar. I still get the odd tin, but not so often.

Tuna, well in those days didn't get any, but today it is a favourite mixed with low fat mayo and put into baked potatoes. A little veg (sweetcorn more often than not) and there's dinner.

Salad cream is nice. Not had it for years though. I suspect it wouldn't seem the same if I got it now.

[EcclesCake]

Grrrr, feeling peckish now......wish I had a functioning tin opener :-(

[Old_Geezer]

Actually it is untinned salmon fillet for tea tonight :-)

[Tilly2]

I had Manx kippers on toast for lunch today. Lovely!

[EcclesCake]

Your lunch didn't try to stare you out then Tilly?

[Tilly2]

No, they were fillets, thank goodness! :-)

[shoota]

As for anchovies........well.....

[EcclesCake]

The fourth circle of hell is biting into a slice of pizza to find it has anchovy on it.

[Mamyalynne]

oooh anchovies, lovely tucked in slits cut into a leg or shoulder of lamb - real flavour intensifier.

[EcclesCake]

Dissolving into a joint of lamb is one thing.......

.....lying in wait under a slice of pepper is just out and out malicious!

[Old_Geezer]

Anchovies are heavenly, except that they always seem to come packed in so much oil it could create it's own slick.

[Obiter]

friend of my mother used to add vinegar and cochineal to tuna and pretend it was best red salmon.

[EcclesCake]

On reflection it was probably salmon that was getting the salad cream treatment.

I'm struggling to think when I started eating tinned tuna.

Any thoughts on how/when tinned tuna became a mainstream item?