Yesteryear Collection Verbatim from a mid-century Pismo Beach community cookbook. Language, measurements, and spellings preserved as printed.

Tuna Strata

Contributed by Wilma.

Contributor: Wilma Source: Pismo Beach community cookbook Page: 29 Recipe ID: R092
Yield
Makes a large amount
Oven
325–350
Bake
1 hour
Chill
overnight

Ingredients

  • 8 slices white bread, cubed
  • 3 c. tuna
  • 1/2 c. chopped onion
  • 1/2 c. green pepper
  • 1/2 c. mayonnaise
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 c. milk
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • (Chopped red pimento and almonds may be added)
  • 1 can mushroom soup
  • 1/2 c. tillamock cheese (sharp cheddar), grated

Method

  1. Mix thoroughly and let stand in refrigerator overnight in large flat baking dish.
  2. Combine: 1 can mushroom soup, 1/2 c. tillamock cheese (sharp cheddar), grated.
  3. Spread over top of tuna mixture and bake 1 hour (325 – 350).
  4. Serve with frozen green peas, slightly creamed.

Notes from the transcription

  • Makes a large amount can be divided and freeze one dish for later.

Original page from the cookbook

About this recipe

This recipe is transcribed verbatim from a spiral-bound community cookbook produced in Pismo Beach, California. The book was a fundraising publication of the type common to civic groups, church auxiliaries, and fishing communities on the California coast in the mid-twentieth century — recipes contributed by named cooks, illustrated with hand-drawn section dividers, and printed locally.

Spellings, measurements, and ingredient lists are preserved as they appeared in print, including typographic quirks and any inconsistencies. Where an ingredient is used in the method but was missing from the printed ingredient block, it has been added to the list here so the recipe is self-contained; every such addition is taken word-for-word from the printed method.

The full yesteryear collection preserves 123 recipes from this book. The modern collection is open to new contributions from today's Pismo clammers.