Tuna Casserole

When it comes to the Caker Hall of Fame, Tuna Casserole is right up there with meatloaf, mock apple pie and the neon-green coleslaw from Kentucky Fried Chicken. But there are dozens of Tuna Casserole recipes and I’ve been suffering from performance anxiety. I couldn’t decide which recipe would be [insert echo effect] The Mother of All Tuna Casseroles…roles…roles…roles…

So when a family friend approached me recently, promising me that she had in her possession the “best tuna casserole recipe ever,” I told her to send it along and I’ve give it a whirl.

I’m thrilled to report that her version is not only the Mother of All Tuna Casseroles; it’s the father, the kids, the in-laws and your web-fingered third cousin. In short, it's got everything: canned vegetables, crushed potato chips, French Fried onions and a sodium content so high, you’ll be sticking your head under the bathtub faucet two hours later.

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1 can Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup

½ cup milk

2 cans of tuna

1 cup green peas

1 ¼ cup crushed potato chips

1 can sliced mushrooms

½ can French Fried Onions

Empty soup into a small casserole. Add milk and mix thoroughly.  Add tuna, 1 cup potato chips, peas and mushrooms. Stir well. Sprinkle top with remaining ¼ cup of potato chips. Bake at 350º for 30-35 minutes. Five minutes before end, sprinkle with onions.