Baked Tuna Loaf

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups soft bread crumbs
• 3 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 13 teaspoons salt
• 2/3 cup minced celery
• Pepper
• 1/3 cup pecan meats
• 1 canned pimiento, chopped
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 6 tablespoons butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix first four ingredients and line an 8 x 12 inch baking dish with half this mixture.

2. 2

   Cover with flaked tuna fish.

3. 3

   Top with remaining crumb mixture.

4. 4

   Melt butter in top of double boiler, add flour, blend; then milk, salt, pepper, and pimiento.

5. 5

   Cook over hot water until smooth and thickened.

6. 6

   Remove from heat and add beaten eggs, while stirring.

7. 7

   Pour over casserole mixture and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED TUNA LOAF 2 2/3 cups soft bread crumbs 3 cups milk 1 tablespoon minced onion 13 teaspoons salt 2/3 cup minced celery Pepper 1/3 cup pecan meats 1 canned pimiento, chopped 1 7-oz. can tuna fish 2 eggs, well beaten 6 tablespoons butter

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