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Summer lunch

8/12/2015

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Okay, it is really hot outside – so hot that eggs could really fry on the sidewalk – this is NOT exaggeration.  Still, one needs to eat something.  Because I don’t want to fire up the stove, I decided on another salad.  Yesterday I had a green salad with a boiled egg added (you can boil several eggs at once without heating up the kitchen – this was done days ago.)  Today I decided on a tuna salad. Truthfully, it has been a long time since I wanted a tuna salad – I used to eat it regularly, that and egg salad.  My usual recipe for tuna salad includes binding it with Miracle Whip ™, one of my long time favorites.  I also usually buy those single serving tuna packages – economical and smart.  I had two of these packages in my pantry.  Well, I prepared the other ingredients for my tuna salad, I don’t use onions, and I like a sweet/tart salad that diminishes the fishy flavor.  I get the salad dressing from the fridge, it’s practically a full jar, open it and notice it looks a little more gelled then usual.  Hmmmm, I wonder.  Well, I mix it in with the tuna anyway and plate the salad on top of a layer of fresh baby spinach to serve it with slices of paired apple and a slice of whole grain English muffin.  This looked yummy.  First taste, not so good!  Flavor off, a bit flabby, not tart, but stale.  Hmmm, well, I looked at the jar of salad dressing, squinted my eyes and was finally able to read the ‘use by’ date – it indicated that particular jar should have been used by June 2014!!!!  Good grief, I say to myself, ummm, no wonder it is stale in flavor.  Geesh!  Although refrigerated, nothing should be expected to be that good that far past its shelf life!  I hadn’t realized that I hadn’t had a desire for tuna salad in that length of time.  (Mind you, the tuna’s expiration date was not until the end of this year!)  I hate waste, I’m sorry I bought such a large jar.  I will see if a smaller jar is available – maybe I’ll buy one, maybe not.  I just don’t use that kind of salad dressing that often any more.  And, I’ve now discovered that tuna, with a good helping of sweet pickle relish and chopped apple, is pretty durn good without the extra salad dressing.  So went my lunch preparations today.  A glass of chardonnay made the “medicine” go down a bit better!

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