Made Late Night Ham Salad For Husband’s Lunch

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TheBettyCrocker

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I just kind of through together what I had in the refrigerator to make some ham salad for his lunch box tomorrow, of course I’m having a sample tonight. Just did the basics, finely diced ham, onion, celery, mayo, stadium mustard, season to taste. And yes I’m being bad and having a midnight snack!

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I will always love my set of Longaberger plates and glasses!
 
Looks good, bet it is tasty. Put it on some sourdough or rye is my preferred bread for it.

Also, for me anyway, your crackers are upside down. Plain side gets the toppings.
 
Looks tasty! Funny how the simplest things can taste so good!

Ryan
 
I'd be too busy loading them up to worry about which side of the cracker I was topping! They look great and I wouldn't leave any crumbs!

Keith
 
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Ah, great memories. My mom used to make Ham Salad (and Tuna, Roast Beef, Chicken) all the time with leftovers. Been 30+ years, she is in town right now, need to get her recipes from her.

Thanks for the the post!

- Jason
 
Looks good . My Dad made a mean ham salad . I'll have to look for the recipe .


I will always love my set of Longaberger plates and glasses!
No plates , but I have the coffee cups , mixing bowls , a couple of drink pitchers , and a casserole dish that's made more than it's share os lasagna .
Oh , and enough baskets for 10 people .

I'd be too busy loading them up to worry about which side of the cracker I was topping!
I always do 50 / 50 . That way I'm half right . I never heard any stuff like that , but it figures .
 
Nice job. I eat ham salad on a regular basis. I'm sure it is because of a childhood memory also.
 
I make a little bit if I have holiday ham left over. I tend to run mine though the grinder, I have a VERY coarse plate.

I want to make some smoked beef and or pork salad sometime in the near future. I got that idea when I was making some SC BBQ Hash a few months ago. Was grinding smoked chuck and smoked pork belly and couldn't quit nibbling it as it came out of the grinder.
 
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Ham salad is always nice to have in the rotation!


I have never seen or read the likes of this, so I had to search it. Sure enough there are people thinking this way. And I though I had peculiarities.

My first thought was, the way it makes sense is cracker tops usually have the salt, etc. that has been added, so this side down on your tongue could make sense. That's exactly what this young lady is saying (article below). But talk about "deep thoughts" while eating...she says she actually examines Doritos and places the more seasoned side (assuming there is one, I haven't spent a lot of time examining Doritos!) downward on her tongue. Wow...thats really getting in to your Doritos! (gosh, I haven't had Doritos in years, I cant keep them in the house, way too addictive; talk about late night munchies:emoji_anguished:).

Thing is, taste buds arent only on your tongue.

But she lost me when she said Triscuits have no discernible "side". I disagree, they always have a slight bend to them like most crackers and there is a salty side by my recollection, and that's on the "top" or the convex side.

Otherwise I can see putting toppings like ham-tuna-turkey type salads on the cupped side because it would hold those ingredients a little bit better. I would still have to change my brain to do it...crackers need to be presented "good side up" in my brain:emoji_wink:

I've never had such "deep thoughts" about crackers, but that's why web sites like this can be fun and informative. Interesting to see and learn what other people do.

Yeah I always aim to have the "salted" side hit the tongue first. Just "seems" to hit the flavor profile more. I didn't realize some applied a whole science to it, just a preference to me. Always thought it was because I have always been a salt-a-holic for most things, until I got old.
 
Yeah I always aim to have the "salted" side hit the tongue first. Just "seems" to hit the flavor profile more. I didn't realize some applied a whole science to it, just a preference to me. Always thought it was because I have always been a salt-a-holic for most things, until I got old.
I thought it was an interesting topic and hadn't thought of it myself and always did the reverse. I dont think others found it interesting at all and likely took my reply in a way it wasn't intended
 
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looks great! I like the meat salads. I found some smoked turkey breast in the freezer a bit a go and did a similar salad. Nothing wrong with a late night snack!
 
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