Tuna Surprise
What’s so surprising about tuna? Well, actually, a couple of things, in this recipe.
For one, it’s the fact that my daughter made the sandwich pictured for me while I was working through lunch on a deadline. She decided to surprise me with lunch, and surprise me she did.
At age 12, she’s got enough chops in the kitchen to man a chef’s knife safely, so I didn’t think much of the sound of the knife tapping rhythmically against the chopping board upstairs. Until it stopped abruptly - then I was all ears.
She yelled down to my office, “Mom, when you make tuna, how much onion do you put in?” I explained that for a single can, a couple of slices, chopped, would do. “Oh,” she said. “Well, then this is going to be the tuna sandwich from you-know-where.”
I snapped off my desk lamp and headed toward the stairs. “Why?” I called up. “How much did you put in?”
“More than you do.” Which meant, as it turned out, half a large Bermuda onion. (One can of tuna. One half large onion. Surprise!)
I rounded the corner into the kitchen to find my daughter happily dicing the rest of the onion, swim goggles strapped over her face. “What’s with the goggles?” “No tears,” she said. Surprise number two: innovation in the kitchen!
I decided to take a lunch break after all; it isn’t every day you get table service. And I have to say, the tuna sandwich was pretty good. The large pieces of red onion added sweetness and crunch and made a regular tuna sandwich into something really interesting. Surprise!
Super Onion Tuna Fish
1 can white albacore tuna (packed in water), drained well
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, more or less to taste
Salt and pepper
1/2 large Bermuda onion, roughly chopped
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and serve on toasted kaiser rolls.
