Tuna & Potato Chips for Dinner

I think that this recipe will spark some memories for my mom and my siblings...

One of my new blog followers, Diane*, directed me to a really cool "recipe detective" blog** (thank you, Diane!) This is a site where people can look for lost recipes. While browsing there this morning, I found a woman who was seeking a tuna casserole recipe made with potato chips.

It is interesting to me how one simple dish can spark a number of memories.

Tuna -Potato chip Casserole is a dish that my mother used to make for us. She got the recipe from her Aunt Sally. Aunt Sally lived just south of Yakima in the town of Wapato and I have great memories of visiting her home in the summertime when we were growing up.

Sadly, Aunt Sally passed away a few years ago - she was such a warm person, with a great sense of humor. To me, this dish speaks of her....it is simple and comfortable and the addition of potato chips adds a bit of fun to it too.

Aunt Sally's Tuna Casserole

2 cans tuna

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

1 cup chopped celery.

1 box (3pkg) potato chips (crushed)*

1 to 1 1/2 cans of water

Mix ingredients together and put in baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees.****

Notes on this blog:

*Visit Diane's blog: http://knittinginthemethow.blogspot.com/

**Visit Recipe detective blog: http://old-recipe-detective.blogspot.com/

*** I don't know if you can still get the 3 bag-boxes of chips- we will have to experiment with quantities!

****My recipe card doesn't say how long to cook it, but I recall the top should be lightly browned and bubbly. This is not a healthy recipe-but that might be why it tastes so good. I recommend pairing it with a green salad. My mom used to add a little shredded cheddar on top as well.

Shaken and Stirred this morning.

Shaken: I woke this morning with a jolt. At first I thought my husband had slammed the front door as he left for work, but quickly realized that he had departed for work over a half hour ago!

Stirred: Got up, got some coffee (lovingly prepared by my personal barista before his departure) and made my way out into the world wide web to confirm my suspicion:

A 4.6 quake centered in Poulsbo, about 50 miles from my home in Monroe. The picture above is a shot from the NOAA website showing the location and intensity of the quake.

The NOAA has a fabulous earthquake site where you can view maps of recent activities. you can report your earthquake experience there- if you felt something- and you can learn all about quakes- what one sounds like, where the biggest quakes have occurred, etc...:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/events/at/00332190/us/index.html

You will be surprised to learn that you probably had several small quakes in your state (especially if you are on the West U. S. coast) as recent as a few days ago- they were just so shallow you didn't feel them.

You can also check out the local weather, river levels, tsunami alerts, ocean tides and a plethera of other geological conditions. This is one of my favorite websites.

Yes, Sir - That's MY baby

Just wanted to post a current picture of my son, Jake, sporting the latest in college attire.

Jake will be graduating from Monroe high school and Everett Community College in June. He was just accepted by Western Washington University and he plans to begin classes as a Junior there in fall.

At this point he is not sure what his major will be, but it is rumored that his interests are math and communications.

I will say no more-so as not to embarrass him further- except that I am seriously proud of him and I think the sweatshirt looks great!