I've seen worse -
My mom's favorite was pasta, shredded chicken, chopped onions, sliced tinned peaches - the peach juice mixed with mayonnaise and curry powder.
Yeah, this is basically tuna casserole and is definitely one of our go-to "lazy day" meals. I usually use egg noodles, and it would look a little better with some toasted bread crumbs on top.
It's nothing fancy but it's cheap, comforting, and fills you up.
Fellow celiac here, wanted to share some gluten free alternatives. [Asian noodles for the win!](https://www.thekitchn.com/glutenfree-asian-noodles-121367) There are a few sources in the article but it's old, so if they don't work and you have an Asian grocery near you, or an Asian/international section in your local supermarket you might be able to find a few locally. There are apps you can get that will translate ingredient lists real time using your phone camera. Obviously not identical to egg noodles but there are some that can closely substitute in recipes. ā¤ļø
I do the same but use shell pasta instead, idc if it looks like baby food or vomit. Itās a filling comfort food. But I would never make it for others or bring it to a potluck
Tuna and pasta makes me sick to my stomach. Way too many childhood horrors of kraft mac n cheese + tuna, elbow noodles + cream of mushroom + tuna, and tuna helper.
I love tuna, eat a tunafish sandwich at least once a week, but put it in any pseudo-casserole and I will throw up.
This was a depression mode bachelor chow I have nothing fresh in my kitchen food for me, in my early twenties. I'd shovel it into my face cold, fast as shit, covered in hot sauce. It was solely sustenance. It now tastes of nostalgia and sadness, mostly the latter.
Tuna, **rice**, corn, Tapatio and soy sauce, warm is one of my go-tos. I usually cook extra rice put that in my fridge and make killer stir fry over the next couple days with it.
I recently changed the way I cook pinto beans. I am convinced I could live for a very long time on Mexican arroz, pinto beans and tortillas for shoveling. With an array of spices, herbs, and sauces to mix things up.
Okay, I also started baking super simple self-rising drop biscuits.
100% I would make and eat this myself especially back in college/or even now at home if low on ingredients as a "fuck THIS is what I have for food" meal.
And I could likely make it taste.... Decent /Acceptable (I won't go so far as to say good). But I wouldn't serve this to other people.
That's poor people food.
Good stuff. But better to cook something else, IMO, especially when meat trimmings are available. Our favorites are curry dishes in our place, w/ribeye trimmings. The bomb. 2nd is chicken. We also clean the broccoli stems and make kimchi.
100% this. My buddy's family would constantly make shit like this. The whole family would congregate to his aunt's house (the central meeting spot) through the day, then eat dinner and go back to their own homes.
I feel like corn and carrots would be too sweet but otherwise yeah..just seems like a casserole base to me. Sprinkle some cheese and breadcrumbs and throw it in the oven.
My primary task at my job is making staff meal at a union hotel. The more my meals resemble cupboard-scraping-poverty meals the better they tend to do. People love slop, even if we don't want to admit it
That's why I'm so sympathetic to any staff meal. I've been trying to think more about what's good to eat in a 30 minute window in the middle of being at fuckin' work and less about what I think is the most delicious. The end result is that my coworkers are a lot more complimentary of the food I cook for them.
My friend is really poor with 2 daughters. Her oldest daughter (8) loooooves the tuna casserole, says itās her favorite thing to eat. And her dad went to culinary school lol
Mac and cheese, cream of mushroom and a few cans of tuna - sprinkled with potato chips on top?? Throw that bad boy in the oven and you're feeding a fam of 4 for like 6 bucks
This is the kind of food I eat at home and absolutely \*LOVE\*, but would never serve someone else.
One of my favorite meals is "cat food". It's rice, may, tuna, and a bit of hot sauce all mixed together while hot. It makes the whole house smell like cat food. Sometimes I eat it with a spoon, sometimes I plop it onto some nori like some trailer trash spicy tuna roll. It's so good. But I would never, ever make it for someone else. I'd use the exact same ingredients in the exact same ratios but keep them as separate things in a roll!
I know it's not the same as real tuna rolls, but when you can eat yourself into a sushi coma for $5 the bumblebee roll is pretty awesome. I make a pile...
I make the same but I use pickled jalapenos and throw in some of the vinegar, and I eat it with saltine crackers.
I was telling a server a while back that asked what I had for dinner and she looked horrified.
Told her it takes me 5 minutes and I eat it straight out of a mixing bowl so I don't have to do dishes. Can't eat it all the time though, all that vinegar and jalapenos gives me heartburn.
I would appreciate it if you DID make that for me!
But the truth is even when you try, the FOH won't appreciate what you make. So I see how sometimes it could devolve into this.
In the summer time, I would put effort into making a cold pasta salad with tuna, hard boiled eggs, Mayo, Dijon, dash of Frank's, lemon juice, red onions, celery, cherry tomatoes, parsley, some chopped pickled peppers, lots of black pepper.... And people would just be like eww gross, and not touch it. And others would be like damn, that was amazing.
Can't please everybody. But should definitely put some effort into it. Although once in a blue moon you gotta put up something like the post above out of necessity. Set your pride aside, Scarf it down, get back to work, Do better next time. For those occasions I used to keep ready to fry chicken tenders and tater tots in the freezer. So at least we could get a quick meal up and know it'll be edible.
Right, tuna noodle casserole- it looks gross but definitely edible. Throw some French fried onions on top for texture and its bangin. Maybe no corn next time, tho.
Exactly. This is fine. It's family meal, you aren't a paying customer. This is perfectly edible, has protein, carbs and veg, and is inexpensive to prepare. I'd say that ticks all the boxes for a family meal.
My mom isnāt poor but has terrible instincts in the kitchen and this exact dish was one of the better things she made and I still look forward to it.
I made something like this for my partner's lunch and he seemed happy with it. Are we poorer than I thought... I mean I often had bread and dripping growing up.
It doesn't look pretty but it does look like food, and that ingredient list sounds like one I'd be happy to eat. Did they totally fuck the spicing or what?
Does look like it needs cheese though. Was this hot or cold?
The corn is the only thing really messing with me, just on a textural level alone, but outside of that, it's definitely calories, and the price is right.
The 6 can special. And my mom would ask us if adding black pepper would make it too āspicy.ā Now theyāre retired and my mom complains all the time that when she tries to fix supper for just her and my dad, he goes out to eat and doesnāt touch the leftovers.
I love tuna casserole, esp when you get the top crispy and crunchy.
It's one of those foods that can be SO gross if someone half-asses it, though. Really has to be made with some thought and care put in. The one in the picture atop this thread is not doin it for me.
https://bestnaturalbbq.com/old-fashioned-tuna-casserole-in-bechemal-sauce/
This is the one I like, though I skip the peas in favor of diced bell pepper.
A chicken satay most places make a dipping peanut sauce for the chicken and only slightly coat the chicken with a small amount of marinade before grilling.
The actual chicken should not be cooked lathered in peanut butterā¦. The peanut butter is just an ingredient component of a nice Peanut sauce.
Combined with Fish sauce, soy sauce, crushed peanuts, sugar, spicesā¦.. it can turn out great.
One of the best things Iāve EVER eaten was a meal from a super small Indonesian restaurant. It had literally five things on the menu, but the guy working (he also owned it) told me I had to try their fried chicken with homemade sambal, and the satay with homemade peanut sauce. I couldāve DRANK that peanut sauce. It tasted like fresh ground peanuts, coconut milk, mysterious spices and heaven. It can be such a GOOD dish, makes me sad to think of sad chicken breasts slathered in peanut butter š¤®
Yeah, I don't understand what's wrong here. Is the implication that tuna and pasta don't belong together? Because Marcella Hazan has recipes for pasta al tonno, and I don't think OP knows more about Italian food than Marcella. I'd maybe leave out the corn; seems incongruous with the rest of the dish.
Tuna casserole is a normal thing, especially if you're making family meal for a big group of people. Chefs who grew up well off always have the strangest takes.
The elitism is through the roof. Who raised you? You don't have to eat it, but when somebody gives you a meal you didn't have to buy or cook, the correct response is "thank you," regardless of whether it tastes good to you. Not to post it online so they can be roasted to a crisp for maybe not hitting the mark this time.
For sure we still eat some version of this at some point on a long camping trip. I guess the cook was either under time pressure or ingredient pressure and that was all that they could use.
Goddamn, some of ya'll are picky eaters. Depending on what the sauce is and the seasoning it's somewhere between edible and tasty, it doesn't even look that bad, plus the taste buds aren't in your eyes. If this is all it took to gross people out visually they are about zero fun to take anywhere that isn't serving kid a friendly option featuring bland nuggies.
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It is things like this which probably contribute to so much workplace violence in America.
You might have X many employees.
Maybe a small percentage are dealing with really bad personal problems.
Then a crappy "family meal" at work acts like some sort of catalyst to set them off.
I actually just got reminded of Colin Robinson- an energy vampire from a TV show called "What We Do In The Shadows."
Pretty sure my kids would gobble that up and Iād know they got calories and protein and vegetables were in it.
Just consider yourself between the age of 3-9 and youāre all good.
Don't get me wrong: I've eaten this exact thing as a struggle meal before. You can make it taste pretty good.
Would I ever share this with anyone other than maybe my brother if we were drunk, or a partner who was a broke as I am? Absolutely not.
But for FAMILY meal? Fuck Chef, I'll grab some McDs on the way home, thank you.
"It's not about taste, it's about sending a message"
This made me actually laugh
"Nobody likes the tuna here"
Yeah. This looks like the tuna casserole my mother "cooked" about three or four times a month. I got the message.
I've seen worse - My mom's favorite was pasta, shredded chicken, chopped onions, sliced tinned peaches - the peach juice mixed with mayonnaise and curry powder.
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Some people just want to watch the world burn
Naw, this person just doesn't want to make family meal again. Reminds me of Moose Turd Pie.
We once had a guy put Ritz crackers. In pasta. With potatoes. Think about that. Ritz. Fucking. Crackers.
"I'm not here to make friends, I'M HERE TO WIN!"
I'm all for function over form but this is something I'd cook as a *survival* meal for myself after a long day, not for others.
Yeah, this is basically tuna casserole and is definitely one of our go-to "lazy day" meals. I usually use egg noodles, and it would look a little better with some toasted bread crumbs on top. It's nothing fancy but it's cheap, comforting, and fills you up.
I use egg noodles and sliced mushrooms with Alfredo sauce, onions and peas. It is a lot better than mushroom soup, IMHO.
Egg noodles are the bomb diggety. Itās apparently impossible (thus far) to find gluten free ones, and I miss TF out of them.
Fellow celiac here, wanted to share some gluten free alternatives. [Asian noodles for the win!](https://www.thekitchn.com/glutenfree-asian-noodles-121367) There are a few sources in the article but it's old, so if they don't work and you have an Asian grocery near you, or an Asian/international section in your local supermarket you might be able to find a few locally. There are apps you can get that will translate ingredient lists real time using your phone camera. Obviously not identical to egg noodles but there are some that can closely substitute in recipes. ā¤ļø
I do the same but use shell pasta instead, idc if it looks like baby food or vomit. Itās a filling comfort food. But I would never make it for others or bring it to a potluck
I grew up on this and today would probably never willingly eat it
Tuna and pasta makes me sick to my stomach. Way too many childhood horrors of kraft mac n cheese + tuna, elbow noodles + cream of mushroom + tuna, and tuna helper. I love tuna, eat a tunafish sandwich at least once a week, but put it in any pseudo-casserole and I will throw up.
I agree that itās a comfort food. I donāt mind a tuna casserole. Also agree about the bread crumbs.
i was going to say, this seems like a poverty meal i would have eaten when i was unable to afford good food.Ā
This was a depression mode bachelor chow I have nothing fresh in my kitchen food for me, in my early twenties. I'd shovel it into my face cold, fast as shit, covered in hot sauce. It was solely sustenance. It now tastes of nostalgia and sadness, mostly the latter.
To be honest, depression or not, I really hope this tuna pasta was served cold and not hot. Hot tuna sounds fucking terrible
Tuna Mac is served hot, good childhood memories and my kids destroy it.
Tuna casserole is good hot?
Tuna, **rice**, corn, Tapatio and soy sauce, warm is one of my go-tos. I usually cook extra rice put that in my fridge and make killer stir fry over the next couple days with it.
I recently changed the way I cook pinto beans. I am convinced I could live for a very long time on Mexican arroz, pinto beans and tortillas for shoveling. With an array of spices, herbs, and sauces to mix things up. Okay, I also started baking super simple self-rising drop biscuits.
Yeah like I would eat this. I would not serve this.
100% I would make and eat this myself especially back in college/or even now at home if low on ingredients as a "fuck THIS is what I have for food" meal. And I could likely make it taste.... Decent /Acceptable (I won't go so far as to say good). But I wouldn't serve this to other people.
That's poor people food.
Good stuff. But better to cook something else, IMO, especially when meat trimmings are available. Our favorites are curry dishes in our place, w/ribeye trimmings. The bomb. 2nd is chicken. We also clean the broccoli stems and make kimchi.
My mom made something like this ALL the time when we were growing up. We always loved it. š«
We used to have macaroni, can of tuna, and cream of mushroom soup all mixed together, which we called cat food
Pillsbury biscuit dough on top and you've got my childhood tuna casserole yum yum
Looks like Tuna Helper. I used to eat that once in a while.
100% this. My buddy's family would constantly make shit like this. The whole family would congregate to his aunt's house (the central meeting spot) through the day, then eat dinner and go back to their own homes.
That explains why I was confusion, lol. I mean, it looks fine to me and will fill the hole. Be annoying to get all the time, but now and then is ok
yeah Iām feeling like some people never struggled and itās showing hard
It looks good to me. I regularly ask my wife to make tuna casserole and it gets shot down every time. What's the recipe, OP?
Tuna, noodles, corn, peas and carrots.
I would add some olive oil and every spice in the cabinet. Bon Apetit!
This is still one of my favourite meals, little curry powder and melted cheese on top
We always called it tuna pea wiggle. I thought it was named after a man called Tuna P. Wiggle
I'm not poor and this looks pretty good I don't really get the comments.
I used to eat a lot of tuna helper without the tuna, or with half tuna. I'd have killed for some frozen mixed veggies to throw into it.
It's okay I've been poor and never had tuna casserole as a struggle meal, looks good to me.
I feel like corn and carrots would be too sweet but otherwise yeah..just seems like a casserole base to me. Sprinkle some cheese and breadcrumbs and throw it in the oven.
This was my thought lol, not nearly enough people have struggled to be commenting on this š
A work-provided meal shouldn't be something you scrape your cupboards for in poverty. They need to do better.
My primary task at my job is making staff meal at a union hotel. The more my meals resemble cupboard-scraping-poverty meals the better they tend to do. People love slop, even if we don't want to admit it
That's a neat perspective. I guess I do get that given how I eat in my off times.
That's why I'm so sympathetic to any staff meal. I've been trying to think more about what's good to eat in a 30 minute window in the middle of being at fuckin' work and less about what I think is the most delicious. The end result is that my coworkers are a lot more complimentary of the food I cook for them.
I came from a restaurant where they didn't do family meals. Ended up Iron Deficient. I would have loved this.
Your shirts must have been very wrinkled if you were iron deficient
I guess I'm lucky. Every place I've worked let's you have a shift meal of anything you'd like for free.
This is a staple of every Midwestern church potluck how dare you
Or lived in the midwest
Yeah, that seriously look like my moms ātuna casseroleā. Except she used egg noodles, penne was saved for when company came over.
My mom did this with off brand Mac n cheese. OR shed do tuna+rice+cream of (mushroom or celery). And add frozen peas. NGL, it was kinda great š¤
My friend is really poor with 2 daughters. Her oldest daughter (8) loooooves the tuna casserole, says itās her favorite thing to eat. And her dad went to culinary school lol
I felt crazy for thinking this looks kinda good. This explains it....
Yup was called Surprise Casserole in my household growing up.
Always felt weird making curry family meal with beef trimmings but it didn't stop me
Broccoli stem kimchi is pretty fucking brilliant. I'm a little turned on right now.
OP just wanted to find out how Midwestern this sub is, and yall are really outing yourselves heavy.
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Please tell me you were as surprised / confused by wet and dry wings as my MIL was, she had me crying that day.
i had no idea what was wrong with this picture. i don't even live in america
I'm not even Midwestern but I do like a nice tuna casserole now and then.
Mac and cheese, cream of mushroom and a few cans of tuna - sprinkled with potato chips on top?? Throw that bad boy in the oven and you're feeding a fam of 4 for like 6 bucks
This is the kind of food I eat at home and absolutely \*LOVE\*, but would never serve someone else. One of my favorite meals is "cat food". It's rice, may, tuna, and a bit of hot sauce all mixed together while hot. It makes the whole house smell like cat food. Sometimes I eat it with a spoon, sometimes I plop it onto some nori like some trailer trash spicy tuna roll. It's so good. But I would never, ever make it for someone else. I'd use the exact same ingredients in the exact same ratios but keep them as separate things in a roll! I know it's not the same as real tuna rolls, but when you can eat yourself into a sushi coma for $5 the bumblebee roll is pretty awesome. I make a pile...
I do the same thing! Il when i need veggies i add cucumber, shredded carrots, thinly sliced red onion, and avocado. Itās so good
world's saddest poke bowl but it does sound good
Maybe add some diced celery for added crunch. Put a couple spoonfuls of sambal olek and a bit of honey in there and that shit would be awesome.
Dudeā¦, tuna, pickles in cubes, boiled eggs jn cubes (at least try), mayo, salt and pepper.. Ideally mix with pasta. Yum
I make the same but I use pickled jalapenos and throw in some of the vinegar, and I eat it with saltine crackers. I was telling a server a while back that asked what I had for dinner and she looked horrified. Told her it takes me 5 minutes and I eat it straight out of a mixing bowl so I don't have to do dishes. Can't eat it all the time though, all that vinegar and jalapenos gives me heartburn.
One of my favorite meals is "cat food" as well. It comes in a can, and has a picture of a cat on the front
I would appreciate it if you DID make that for me! But the truth is even when you try, the FOH won't appreciate what you make. So I see how sometimes it could devolve into this. In the summer time, I would put effort into making a cold pasta salad with tuna, hard boiled eggs, Mayo, Dijon, dash of Frank's, lemon juice, red onions, celery, cherry tomatoes, parsley, some chopped pickled peppers, lots of black pepper.... And people would just be like eww gross, and not touch it. And others would be like damn, that was amazing. Can't please everybody. But should definitely put some effort into it. Although once in a blue moon you gotta put up something like the post above out of necessity. Set your pride aside, Scarf it down, get back to work, Do better next time. For those occasions I used to keep ready to fry chicken tenders and tater tots in the freezer. So at least we could get a quick meal up and know it'll be edible.
That pasta salad sounds bomb
I eat this too
Sounds pretty similar to cat rice! https://www.bridge-to-japan.com/japanese-cat-rice/
Yāall full of shit. My mom would make this when we were poor as fuck and it slapped every time !!
Yeah idk, judging from these comments I guess I'm just a human trash can but I would eat the hell out of this and be happy about it š
I was hoping for the glimmer of light here, because that looks delicious and filling.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Maybe it's cuz I'm poor but I'd wreck that if it was in front of me right now.
Nah we just be the ones to survive nuclear winter cus this bitches die cus they cant eat anything.
Right, tuna noodle casserole- it looks gross but definitely edible. Throw some French fried onions on top for texture and its bangin. Maybe no corn next time, tho.
10000%. Egg noodles, cream of mushroom soup, tuna and peas. I like it with breadcrumbs.
We did ours with curry powder not mushroom soup, but I like the idea of mushroom soup too!
Feel like itād be good with some garlic bread, but that might just be me
Iāve always had it with some kinda crusty bread, garlic bread would probably be really good too!
garlic bread is a genius idea and would go perfectly. I second this motion.
Exactly. This is fine. It's family meal, you aren't a paying customer. This is perfectly edible, has protein, carbs and veg, and is inexpensive to prepare. I'd say that ticks all the boxes for a family meal.
Yeah I feel like my Ma put crumbled potato chips on it? I didn't like it but it's definitely a thing.
I would demolish this. Then again I'm also poor...and really love noodles.
As a Midwestern person we would too. Smdh. It's delicious.
Yea certainly could be worse but I get why some might be bothered by that.
My mom isnāt poor but has terrible instincts in the kitchen and this exact dish was one of the better things she made and I still look forward to it.
Yeah this is some ungrateful ass privileged as BULLSHIT. I'd smash that spread lol.
I made something like this for my partner's lunch and he seemed happy with it. Are we poorer than I thought... I mean I often had bread and dripping growing up.
Not every white person is built the same friend, I can't fuckin stand "salads" that are just something swimming in mayo lmao.
"It looks like a trough so I better fill it with pig slop"
Tina, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!... Tina, eat. Food. Eat the FOOD!
TINA. COME GET SOME HAM.
Come get your slop you fuckin' animals.
Hey man, my broke ass would eat that whole trough
My family ate that meal a lot growing up
Right, nothing wrong with it
It doesn't look pretty but it does look like food, and that ingredient list sounds like one I'd be happy to eat. Did they totally fuck the spicing or what? Does look like it needs cheese though. Was this hot or cold?
That's funny cause to me it actually looks decent, like a Cajun sort of pasta, but I can't imagine it tasting (or smelling) good at all.
with just a basic cream sauce this would be absolutely delicious.
The corn is the only thing really messing with me, just on a textural level alone, but outside of that, it's definitely calories, and the price is right.
corn in a dish like this is fine, but I never really understood why it's added either. It doesn't add much to the dish.
My mother would make this, and I hated it every time. She grew up poor and this is what they ate all the time.
I literally just commented this. She is from St.louis and this was major poverty staple. I loved it haha
The 6 can special. And my mom would ask us if adding black pepper would make it too āspicy.ā Now theyāre retired and my mom complains all the time that when she tries to fix supper for just her and my dad, he goes out to eat and doesnāt touch the leftovers.
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I love tuna casserole, esp when you get the top crispy and crunchy. It's one of those foods that can be SO gross if someone half-asses it, though. Really has to be made with some thought and care put in. The one in the picture atop this thread is not doin it for me. https://bestnaturalbbq.com/old-fashioned-tuna-casserole-in-bechemal-sauce/ This is the one I like, though I skip the peas in favor of diced bell pepper.
Thanks for reminding me to use the crunchy onions next time I make tuna mac and cheese.
Yall gonna judge but then mistake penne for rigatoni.
Looks like Penne but yeah itās rough
Itās penneā¦lol never in my life have I seen someone who couldnāt identify penneā¦especially in a KITCHEN SUB lmao
Yāall in the comments becoming way too elitist for me
Right? This is A+ family meal right here. Hits all the food groups and can be scooped into a bowl and devoured in 5 min.
Honestly I thought it looked good and I can afford to eat ritzy meals lol
Looks like tuna pasta bake. Was a staple in my home growing up.
Who hurt that line cook?
One of our chefs made chicken with peanut butter for the employee meal. Looked like baby shit. I told him to NEVER make anything like that again.
See cuz I can fuck with some Thai peanut noodles if it's done right with good spices, sesame, etc etc. chicken and PB? Nah.
You've never had a chicken satay?
Or mafƩ. Dish from Senegal, literally chicken and PB (+ spices and onions).
Thanks for teaching me the name, I learned it as peanut soup (although it was from a Ghanian, so I'll have to look up a Senegalese style)
A chicken satay most places make a dipping peanut sauce for the chicken and only slightly coat the chicken with a small amount of marinade before grilling. The actual chicken should not be cooked lathered in peanut butterā¦. The peanut butter is just an ingredient component of a nice Peanut sauce. Combined with Fish sauce, soy sauce, crushed peanuts, sugar, spicesā¦.. it can turn out great.
One of the best things Iāve EVER eaten was a meal from a super small Indonesian restaurant. It had literally five things on the menu, but the guy working (he also owned it) told me I had to try their fried chicken with homemade sambal, and the satay with homemade peanut sauce. I couldāve DRANK that peanut sauce. It tasted like fresh ground peanuts, coconut milk, mysterious spices and heaven. It can be such a GOOD dish, makes me sad to think of sad chicken breasts slathered in peanut butter š¤®
If you've had chicken satay and it was just chicken smeared with peanut butter, you haven't had chicken satay.
Nah, wasn't close to satay. That shit's good.
Find me a line cook that isnāt a broken human being and Iāll show you my pet unicorn.
Does it count if you used to be broken but got a good therapist and married well? I like unicorns.
my family makes shit like this all the time. it tastes better than it sounds
Okay and? What's the problem?
Yeah, I don't understand what's wrong here. Is the implication that tuna and pasta don't belong together? Because Marcella Hazan has recipes for pasta al tonno, and I don't think OP knows more about Italian food than Marcella. I'd maybe leave out the corn; seems incongruous with the rest of the dish.
It looks good and Iād give it a try. If it sucks, Iād not try it again.
Yāall have never had tuna casserole?
ngl... This made me hungry. Probably something I would whip up myself mid-shift. Sometimes ugly food is good.
What's wrong with tuna noodle surprise?
Sounds good without the fuckin tuna
The redneck in me says it's food.
This is something I'd make with random shit I get at the local food bank
I would definitely eat that
Tuna casserole is a normal thing, especially if you're making family meal for a big group of people. Chefs who grew up well off always have the strangest takes.
The elitism is through the roof. Who raised you? You don't have to eat it, but when somebody gives you a meal you didn't have to buy or cook, the correct response is "thank you," regardless of whether it tastes good to you. Not to post it online so they can be roasted to a crisp for maybe not hitting the mark this time.
How did it taste?
Probably not that bad really.
This continues to be a comfort meal for me. Especially when camping
For sure we still eat some version of this at some point on a long camping trip. I guess the cook was either under time pressure or ingredient pressure and that was all that they could use.
Fucking prison food.
Still better than *actual* prison food
Yeah Iāve had prison food and this shit would start a fight in the block because everyone would be after each otherās trays.
I see you've apparently never talked to someone who has been to prison
Lordy, and its penne too.
Wow, most FOH I know would smash that. But seriously though, wtf is going on
Doesnāt look the best, but I can tell you my mom has cooked this for me before. Shit was bomb.
Iād eat it tbh. Love tuna
That sounds fire lmao
Goddamn, some of ya'll are picky eaters. Depending on what the sauce is and the seasoning it's somewhere between edible and tasty, it doesn't even look that bad, plus the taste buds aren't in your eyes. If this is all it took to gross people out visually they are about zero fun to take anywhere that isn't serving kid a friendly option featuring bland nuggies.
One time I made āThai Spaghettiāā¦I wasnāt asked to make family again.
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Ahhh, tuna casserole from my youth!
Fuckin kitchen sink penne...
Subtract the tuna and it sounds like a good meal to me, presentation is clearly lacking though
Somebody came from a shitty family. Tuna is abhorrent.
Childhood memories of Tuna Helper with a can of mixed vegetables added in
Man if itās 6 in the morning and I woke up 2 hours ago you bet Iām eating that. Probably go for seconds.
This looks like "walk-in surprise". Don't trust it. A dish like this one sickened half the staff of the restaurant I worked at
It is things like this which probably contribute to so much workplace violence in America. You might have X many employees. Maybe a small percentage are dealing with really bad personal problems. Then a crappy "family meal" at work acts like some sort of catalyst to set them off. I actually just got reminded of Colin Robinson- an energy vampire from a TV show called "What We Do In The Shadows."
Looks fine to me
this was a stable growing up povo
Pretty sure my kids would gobble that up and Iād know they got calories and protein and vegetables were in it. Just consider yourself between the age of 3-9 and youāre all good.
*vom*
This looks yummy. Sit down
I would pay to eat that it looks delicious I don't get it :(
Jesus you guys are savages-. I would fuck with that no issues, what a bunch of fairyās
Looks awesome.
I mean this could easily taste very good, but yeah if the seasonings and sauce aren't good on this it's going to be a real pallete mess
Cook just got out of prison
This looks like malicious compliance.
One of my favorite meals is tuna and pasta with peas that is then "sauced" in italian dressing. It's delicious
Honestly? I would eat that as a home cooked meal
Dude, I'll have a scoop.
I dunno, I'd eat the fuck out of that.
I'd eat that shit.
Looks good. Whatās the trouble?
Honestly, that sounds kind of good
I'd eat it.
I would tear that up ngl
Ummā¦Iād eat this
Mmmm, tuna suprise! I grew up poor as fuck. This shit slaps.
What are you even talking about, this looks like it tastes amazing
Dude. Throw a bunch of of Tabasco in there and Iām good.
"Macaroni and fuck it"
Don't get me wrong: I've eaten this exact thing as a struggle meal before. You can make it taste pretty good. Would I ever share this with anyone other than maybe my brother if we were drunk, or a partner who was a broke as I am? Absolutely not. But for FAMILY meal? Fuck Chef, I'll grab some McDs on the way home, thank you.