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TUNA SALAD HERO | Canned Tuna, Olive Oil Mayo, Red Scallions, Dijon Mustard, Lemon Juice, Sweet Relish, Anchovies, Celery Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, with Mixed Greens, on Toasted Multi-Seeded Hero Roll

WHEN I MAKE THE ALMOST daily visit to my local Fairway supermarket, I most times have a solid idea of exactly what I am there to get. I am not, like other shoppers, a "browser", meandering slowly up and down aisles either looking for inspiration or just passing the time.

But even with my singular purchasing purpose and itinerary, I do still happen to come across fascinating items of foods, some of which I never new existed.

Last week I discovered something called VEGENAISE, an egg-less dressing-slash-spread that is to be used as regular mayonnaise would be.

And just the other day, while zipping through the very familiar produce section, I was suddenly educated to the existence of red scallions (also known as red beard onions and red bunching onions).

Red Scallions

I of course bought a bunch and once I was back home, gave one stalk a quick cold water rinse, sliced a section off from the deeply-hued red root, and popped it straight into my mouth. It had a barely discernible more bitter taste than its green counterpart, so I assumed that its obviously seasonal availability is mostly a welcomed convenience of adding some color to some spring and summer dishes.

I chose to add them, chopped, into a tuna salad of canned TUNA (solid, in water, always), olive oil mayo, just a bit of DIJON MUSTARD, lemon juice, sweet pickle RELISH, celery salt, and fresh cracked black pepper.

I added my personal preference of some chopped canned ANCHOVIES as well, and put the tuna salad on a toasted Fairway multi-seeded hero roll with some mixed greens.

Tuna Salad Hero

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Tuna Salad Hero

I like my tuna salads a little complex while remaining wholly familiar. This sandwich was near perfect, chunky with firms big bites of tuna, aromatic from the olive oil in the mayo and celery salt, heady with a hint of the bold mustard that added just a touch more acidic to the sweet-rounding lemon juice.

The anchovies, of course, added little refreshing blast of brininess, while the fresh-cracked pepper added some "spark", and the red scallions had the same floral crunch as their green counterparts.

I usually prefer my tuna salad just a tad "dryer", but my friend who had the offer half of this big sandwich says she loved it this way. She also thinks—being far more mindful about healthier eating habits than I presently am—that she'd like me to make her the same tuna salad, using the Vegenaise instead of the regular mayo.

I told her that I'm not averse to the idea. I just warned her not to hold her breath. :P

Bun Apple Tea!

KACNYC

TUNA SALAD HERO | Canned Tuna, Olive Oil Mayo, Red Scallions, Dijon Mustard, Lemon Juice, Sweet Relish, Anchovies, Celery Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, with Mixed Greens, on Toasted Multi-Seeded Hero Roll