WTF? Tuna Cupcakes?
When we founded this site, a big part of the naming process was finding things we liked that would never, ever be eaten in combination. Or at least that we couldn’t picture eating together. Or at least that we couldn’t picture eating together except for on some kind of hilarity-inducing dare.
Sadly, if finding an impossible combination was our aim, we fail, fail, FAILED, because it turns out that tuna cupcakes are positively delicious. Hellebelle, a friend and occasional TunaCupcake.com commenter, pointed us to a recipe for tuna cupcakes within a few days. And then when I posted my comfort food dare, she brought it up again. So I went for it, guys. I totally went for it.
Oddly Comforting: Concoction
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… Read more
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