Are tuna and vinegar sandwiches a thing??

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As a child this is how we almost always had tuna, just mixed with lots of malt vinegar and then in a sandwich with cucumber. It was my absolute favourite
I've never heard of anyone else having this it seems for be tuna and Mayo/salad cream that are the norm!
just out of interest did anyone else ever have this? Or are my parents strange!

Gloopy lol not floppy

It’s how we had we had them growing up, Mayo wasn’t really a thing in our house. Salad cream was our version of Mayo but never in tuna sandwiches.
I do them with vinegar, salt and Mayo now though.

Yes. With diced white onion on white bread, butter and lots of salt. Have this occasionally when we’re out of Mayo / Salad Cream.

There are tuna salad recipes (chopped-up/flaked tinned tuna mixed in with chopped onion, pepper, celery, etc.) made with red wine or balsamic vinegar and a little olive oil instead of mayo, usually called "Mediterranean tuna salad" or something like that. Also Niçoise salad (made with a filet of tuna) traditionally has a vinaigrette dressing.

Yes. We had this. I like it with sliced tomatoes on top too

Horseradish sauce mixed in to tuna is delicious if you fancy something different

We did - my Mom used to make them and it's still a thing my sister and I request them from her as the ultimate comfort food

Must be cheap white bread a la the 80's
Tuna/vinegar/raw onion (no fancy spring onions - proper Spanish onion)

I'm on a diet but really want one now

Tuna wasn't invented when I was a kid. Or at least my parents never bought it.

We had sardines and mackerel and yes, with vinegar and some ground white pepper, I seem to remember. Tinned red salmon was far too expensive for anything other than sandwiches on Easter Sunday and Boxing Day. With the vinegar treatment also.

It was a revelation to me when ExH's parents made me a salmon sandwich with salad cream in it!

My mum and dad used to always add vinegar to tuna but the thought of it now turns my stomach!

We mashed sardines with vinegar and salmon with mayo; don't recall doing anything specific with tinned tuna but then it most often was mixed into a risotto (well, stirfried veg + chopped omelette + tin of tuna + cooked rice, very easy meal especially when my mother had students after school all evening!)

This is v useful to know! I can never get my tuna mayo tu taste like in the shops.

I did try tuna and salad cream and that was nice but not as good as shop bought.

How much vinegar? @Babiesarenotrobots

My Mum used to put vinegar into the almost empty salad cream bottle and give it a good shake to make it go further (1970's), so anything with salad cream in/on normally contained vinegar 😖

This has unlocked a childhood memory for me OP, sandwiches with tuna or tinned salmon with vinegar and black pepper and a good layer of butter.

Does anyone know how to make old fashioned (80s) tuna sandwiches? Pretty sure is with mayo or salad cream. I had some at a residents meeting a few years ago and it took me right back!

Yup, this is exactly how we used to have them, late 70s/early 80s. Delicious.

Yes it's my favourite.

Ooh I might try that. I like tuna mixed with tomato purée.

We had tuna and cucumber sandwiches and the tuna was always mixed with vinegar, so yes they are a thing!

Think the vinegar was to offset the brine. Nowadays there are more choices eg springwater

Yep, and I still do! It's one of my favourites. Lots of malt vinegar, black pepper, and if I have any, slices of cucumber.

Much tastier (and less fattening) than tuna mayo. __

I love a tuna sandwich with a sprinkle of vinegar. Fewer calories than mayo and just as nice.

I always put vinegar in my tuna sandwiches always with mayo though. Its lovely.

Tuna and mayo or salmon and vinegar growing up.

I make tuna salads with balsamic vinegar now. I really loved tinned salmon and vinegar sandwiches, I might make them tomorrow.

Tomato puree? Raw tomato puree? That sounds absolutely disgusting...isn't it bitter?

Ha! My dad did that with the last bit of the tomato ketchup.