Cookbook:Tuna Salad - 1940

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This classic Tuna Salad recipe is from the 1940's U.S.

Ingredients

• 1 can (9½­ oz. or 6 ­oz.( ~270g to ~170g)) tuna
• ¼ apple, finely chopped
• ½ stalk celery, finely chopped
• ¼ cup mayonnaise (low fat can work.)
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• ½ chopped green onion or ½ tsp dried chopped white or yellow onion
• 1 hard boiled egg, chopped (or two hard boiled egg whites and a bit of oil olive oil to make up the difference)
• ground black pepper to taste

Procedure

1. Drain and squeeze tuna dry, discarding liquid or reserving for some other use.
2. Mix all ingredients.
3. Refrigerate 1 hour or more.
4. Sprinkle with paprika and trim with lettuce, if desired.