1 pkg sea legs, cut into 2-inch (5cm)-long chunks*
1/4 onion, minced fine
1/4 C. mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all in a bowl, tossing until the sea legs are well-coated with spices and mayonnaise. Serve on a hard roll.
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*I think the official name for this product is surimi, but Grandmom has always called it "sea legs". Another word for it is "imitation crab meat". It is pretty crabby, I have to admit. It's the stuff you find in your no-raw-fish-allowed sushi roll. It's made of white fish, so it's definitely not vegetarian!
This recipe is akin to the hotdog sanwiches, in that it is simple, unpretentious, and very tasty. If I had to pick between canned tuna salad and sea legs salad, I would pick the sea legs any day of the week. Typically this is served at lunch, the most perilous time of the day if you're trying not to eat your weight. (Incidentally, I found a picture of me from when I was fat, and I was pretty cute! I'm glad for my health that I'm slimmer, but I think I let myself get too stressed out about it at the time.) Anyway, if you're still having fat flashbacks like Steve Carrell's character in the movie remake of "Get Smart", lunchtime can be intimidating. Not only is "finish, finish" fully in play, but there's also the added peer- (Grandmom-) pressure to "eat up the leftovers". Because, you know, "must not throw away". Except Grandmom made enough food the last three nights for a group of "4-6" and there's only 3 of you: you (see above need to not get fat again), Grandmom (practices what she preaches), and Grandpop, who has learned the fine art of "no" over 58 years of marriage. Eventually you learn some survival strategies-- eat really, reaaaally slowly, take first helpings that are a third of what you would actually want, and learn to give the Italian Guilt Trip as good as you get it. Yes, it's true: sometimes the only way to get Grandmom to cease and desist is to launch something like "You're trying to make me fat! You want me to be fat?!?! (make "I caught a fish thiiiis biiig" hands)"
1/4 onion, minced fine
1/4 C. mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all in a bowl, tossing until the sea legs are well-coated with spices and mayonnaise. Serve on a hard roll.
_________
*I think the official name for this product is surimi, but Grandmom has always called it "sea legs". Another word for it is "imitation crab meat". It is pretty crabby, I have to admit. It's the stuff you find in your no-raw-fish-allowed sushi roll. It's made of white fish, so it's definitely not vegetarian!
This recipe is akin to the hotdog sanwiches, in that it is simple, unpretentious, and very tasty. If I had to pick between canned tuna salad and sea legs salad, I would pick the sea legs any day of the week. Typically this is served at lunch, the most perilous time of the day if you're trying not to eat your weight. (Incidentally, I found a picture of me from when I was fat, and I was pretty cute! I'm glad for my health that I'm slimmer, but I think I let myself get too stressed out about it at the time.) Anyway, if you're still having fat flashbacks like Steve Carrell's character in the movie remake of "Get Smart", lunchtime can be intimidating. Not only is "finish, finish" fully in play, but there's also the added peer- (Grandmom-) pressure to "eat up the leftovers". Because, you know, "must not throw away". Except Grandmom made enough food the last three nights for a group of "4-6" and there's only 3 of you: you (see above need to not get fat again), Grandmom (practices what she preaches), and Grandpop, who has learned the fine art of "no" over 58 years of marriage. Eventually you learn some survival strategies-- eat really, reaaaally slowly, take first helpings that are a third of what you would actually want, and learn to give the Italian Guilt Trip as good as you get it. Yes, it's true: sometimes the only way to get Grandmom to cease and desist is to launch something like "You're trying to make me fat! You want me to be fat?!?! (make "I caught a fish thiiiis biiig" hands)"
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