Oddly Comforting: Concoction

Posted by Luke Walker · January 15, 2009 · Posted in Oddly Comforting 

What could the four ingredients pictured above possibly combine to create? Only the most ghetto fabulous comfort food ever.

Now, I’m not sure exactly how far back this recipe goes, but I’m going to have to say that it must be connected to Jesus or perhaps some kind of saint, because what emerges when you combine cabbage, tuna, potato chips, mayo, and a secret ingredient (a tiny bit of onion) can only be described as heavenly. Or Concoction ™.

Just joking… kind of. I grew up on this stuff. My grandmother used to make it all the time. It’s delicious. But convincing anyone else to eat it has been problematic. Which leads me to this new column on TunaCupcake.com–Oddly Comforting. You send along your recipes for the weird comfort foods/concoctions you grew up with, and I’ll make them. Your part of the bargain: make mine (and the others we post over time) and tell us what you think. So first up…

Concoction

Ingredissons:

1/4-1/2 cabbage

1 can tuna

Some mayo (or coleslaw dressing)

Some potato chips

A tiny bit of onion

Method:

1. Shred cabbage. Throw in the tiny bit of onion.

2. Add appropriate amount of tuna (you’ll know)

3. Add just the right amount of mayo and/or coleslaw dressing (again, you’ll know)

4. Now, if you really want to get the flavour right, chill it for a bit, so that the flavours can mix and mingle and get to know one another. If you just want to get this over with, crush up some potato chips and mix them in. EAT IT RIGHT AWAY: if the potato chips get soggy, you’ve missed your window.

Ummm, so yeah. That’s Concoction. I love(d) it, though I don’t eat a whole heck of a lot of it anymore.

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Comments

5 Responses to “Oddly Comforting: Concoction”

  1. hellebelle on January 16th, 2009 7:10 pm

    i want one of you guys to make real live tuna cupcakes!

  2. Luke Walker on January 17th, 2009 11:42 am

    I’m doing it today, Hellebelle. Expect great things.

  3. Phil on January 19th, 2009 3:34 pm

    Good job highlighting the ghettosity of Concotion by using products from not one, but two different generic store brands in your photo!

    It’s sort of like tuna coleslaw. Or a picnic lunch, all shoved together in one bowl.

  4. Luke Walker on January 19th, 2009 3:36 pm

    I think a CABBAGE counts as pretty generic as well. so really, it’s just the tuna, and let’s be honest… i usually buy equality. YUMMY YUMMY DOLPHIN (jk–I make no claims as to the presence of dolphin in any label of tuna.)

  5. Anna Kate MacDonald on February 26th, 2009 3:15 pm

    Concoction has been in my life now for about… 9 years. It’s been wonderful. Mind you, I haven’t had it every month of every year since then cause its presence in my life ebbs and flows with Luke’s involvement in my life. But goddamn, that stuff is magically delicious.

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