I made a tuna casserole, and it turns out that I’ve been right all along. The American idea of classic comfort food is often revolting. Like eating sadness. pic.twitter.com/z0PTgLNOyT
— emily nunn (@EmilyRNunn) June 1, 2019
Most of us know about tuna noodle casserole, but does it stand up today? First, Emily Nunn laid out the argument that the dish is a disappointment in her article The Comfort Food Myth. The classic dish began as a desperation meal for those who couldn’t afford better, became a convenience recipe using canned soup in the 1950s, and is now only eaten as a nostalgic comfort food. As such, the only recipe many people can enjoy is the exact one from their childhood.
Samantha Irby responded with another article, Tuna Noodle Casserole: It Only *Sounds* Disgusting. Her position is that there is nothing wrong with comfort food, and she even tells us how to make tuna casserole if you don’t already know.
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First you need to call your mama, ask her to leave the old Corningware baking dish she stole from your grandma on her front steps, then swing by there on your way home from the grocery store and pick it up because tuna casserole just doesn’t taste right unless it’s from a weird, faded glass dish that only old people care about.
Ahem, you can borrow my CorningWare only if you promise to bring it back within a week. Grandma replaced my thievery decades ago. But I’m kidding myself. One kid won’t eat tuna and the other won’t eat noodles, and neither will touch mushroom soup. Anyway, Nunn’s article from July is still getting vehement responses from people on both sides of the tuna casserole debate. -via Metafilter
POLL: What’s your opinion?
- I like tuna casserole on its own merits.
- I like tuna casserole as a comfort dish.
- I can’t stand the stuff.
- Meh- I can take it or leave it.
- I have never eaten a tuna casserole.
Source: neatorama