Does anyone know what..

[sunnysideup488]

Tuna Wiggle is?

Whenever I ask what she wants for dinner A says, Tuna Wiggle.

Google says it's milk, flour, butter, and tuna on crackers. For real? Or is there something else?

[BioNerd]

Maybe she means Tuna NOODLE as in the casserole?

[sunnysideup488]

Jul 31, 2014 18:22:29 GMT -5 BioNerd said:

Maybe she means Tuna NOODLE as in the casserole?

Ooh. Maybe.

Whenever I ask clarifying questions she says 'noooooo, wiggle'

I might have to just make stuff and see if it's right. Lol

[Pom]

Tuna Wiggle is more fun to say, whatever it is

[spunkarella]

Can you try pictures? These noodles look kinda wiggly. 

[mlvmd]

I had a cookbook when I was a kid called Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual. It had a recipe for tuna wiggle. Which I think was a lot like tuna noodle casserole with potato chips. I loved that book because it had the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies and brownies. I recently found it on Amazon and bought it for DS.

[sunnysideup488]

spunkarella

I showed her that picture and she scrunched her face.

I showed her this



She said 'yeah!! Tuna Wiggle!!!!'

So. It's butter and flour and milk, thickened to make a white gravy and then you dump in a can of tuna and some pees. Dump it on crackers or toast.

Sounds... Healthy.

[countthestars]

Ha! Who taught her that?!

[spunkarella]

 But at least the pictures worked! You are about to make a little girl very happy!

[sunnysideup488]

Jul 31, 2014 19:00:48 GMT -5 countthestars said:

Ha! Who taught her that?!

I think she probably ate it with her grandmother or her bio mom.

I'm trying to decide whether I should actually make it or not. I'm kind of grossed out by it, but she is so excited that I figured it out. Lol

[spunkarella]

Aww, you have to make it!! But I think I would make it a very special (rare) treat lol.

[WinterWine]

This thread is great and makes me smile. The things kids love... :-)

[sunnysideup488]

Jul 31, 2014 19:05:48 GMT -5 spunkarella said:

Aww, you have to make it!! But I think I would make it a very special (rare) treat lol.

She already had dinner. But she said she still wants some. Maybe I will make a small amount and she can have it as a snack.

Scrumptious.

[lime]

Jul 31, 2014 19:01:12 GMT -5 spunkarella said:

 But at least the pictures worked! You are about to make a little girl very happy!

Pretty much my exact reaction. LOL

The first time I had refried beans as a child, at a school lunch, I came home and told my mom I had eaten "brown mashed potatoes". 

[delawarejen]

Anything that gets a kid to eat peas can't be all that bad, right?

Growing up I ate a white sauce with tuna on toast (like creamed chipped beef, but with tuna). I swear I have yet to meet anyone who ever ate that, but it's a childhood comfort food for me.

[sunnysideup488]

Jul 31, 2014 19:16:38 GMT -5 delawarejen said:

Anything that gets a kid to eat peas can't be all that bad, right?

Growing up I ate a white sauce with tuna on toast (like creamed chipped beef, but with tuna). I swear I have yet to meet anyone who ever ate that, but it's a childhood comfort food for me.

Haha. I just took out the peas and she said. 'No peas mama.'

Pea eating fail.

[my3bears]

Jul 31, 2014 18:54:27 GMT -5 mlvmd said:

I had a cookbook when I was a kid called Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual. It had a recipe for tuna wiggle. Which I think was a lot like tuna noodle casserole with potato chips. I loved that book because it had the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies and brownies. I recently found it on Amazon and bought it for DS.

I thought the same thing! I still have the book, I get RAVES about my chocolate chip cookies 

[mlvmd]

Jul 31, 2014 20:04:36 GMT -5 my3bears said:

Jul 31, 2014 18:54:27 GMT -5 mlvmd said:

I had a cookbook when I was a kid called Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual. It had a recipe for tuna wiggle. Which I think was a lot like tuna noodle casserole with potato chips. I loved that book because it had the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies and brownies. I recently found it on Amazon and bought it for DS.

I thought the same thing! I still have the book, I get RAVES about my chocolate chip cookies 

Me too! Best recipe I've ever tried. DS already has it memorized.

[sunnysideup488]

She ate two helpings, and told me I was the best mom.

I tested it. It's gross.


She is now sleeping. Probably dreaming of tuna Wiggle.

[vamoose]

It looks like a baby barfed on those crackers.

[h]

Jul 31, 2014 19:16:38 GMT -5 delawarejen said:

Anything that gets a kid to eat peas can't be all that bad, right?

Growing up I ate a white sauce with tuna on toast (like creamed chipped beef, but with tuna). I swear I have yet to meet anyone who ever ate that, but it's a childhood comfort food for me.

We ate it when I was a kid! We called it "cream tuna" and always ate it on toast cut into little squares. It was one of my mom's favorite comfort foods from her childhood.

To be honest, I never liked it much, and the thought of eating it now...ew.