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To make a tuna melt, that is. This article is from the Honolulu Advertiser
quote:I've never had much luck achieving that happy equilibrium whereby my bread is well-toasted, my cheese is melted AND my tuna salad hasn't oozed into the skillet.
And then:
quote:Recently, inspiration struck. Or to be more precise, inspiration struck Rachael Ray for an oven-baked rather than fried sandwich;
I've never even heard of making a tuna melt in a skillet. Just out of curiosity, I went to Allrecipes.com and FoodTV.com. Both sites had 6 recipes for tuna melts, and all 12 were prepared in the oven... which is how I've always done it.
I wonder why this person thinks s/he has made some kind of momentous discovery...
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Maybe she was thinking of it like a grilled cheese sandwich with tuna. I've never made a tuna melt before, but honestly? That'd be the first thing I'd try if I were going to.
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Well then that would be a panini and not a melt...
I've always used the broiler or (when I'm really lazy) the microwave for melts.
I really like tuna melts. Now I'm wishing I had one for lunch (even though I just had breakfast <sigh>).
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I've never even considered oven-cooking a tuna melt. Seems like a healthier alternative though. I've always fried mine, and serve them closed. This is also how I've always gotten them when ordered in restaurants. I'm gonna go with Tom that it must be regional.
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quote:Really? So to you, a tuna melt is really just a grilled cheese sandwich with tuna?
Giadia seemed to think that it was really a tuna melt, too. I was like, "two pieces of bread? On a panini maker? That's not a tuna melt!" Then I looked some things up and found that some people do consider a "grilled cheese with tuna" a tuna melt. She put some funky kind of lettuce on it, too, and I've seen recipes calling for tomatoes. Go figure. I never would have thought.
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My sister makes a really good tuna melt, essentially the same way you'd make grilled cheese. It's really delicious. Hers always come out virtually perfect. I'm still working on perfecting my technique, but I'll get there.
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Which is better? Which should I try? What kind of cheese? Do you use tuna straight out of the can, or do you mix it with mayo like for a tuna fish sandwich?
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(Remember, you can always tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish. On the other hand, melted cheese definately tastes better on tuna than on a piano)
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