Gundell Salad

Long ago my Grandmother would make a macaroni tuna salad for most family cook outs. She always decorated the top with veggies to make a face. My Grandmother, Helen Gundell became fondly known by my children as "Gundell". She was a teeny tiny little old lady that was kinda a spitfire. She could be found every Friday nite in a local pub called the Ugly Mug, having a fish fry and doing the polka with her purse on her elbow. She always bought my children each their own pack of "gundell" cookies. She may not have been the traditional women you think of when you hear the word Grandmother but she was mine and I loved her.

My mom has taken over the duty of making the "gundell salad". Lots of my children love it. It was all Susan requested for the birthday dinner. ( the chocolate cake was implied) Thanks mom for keeping the tradition alive...another generation of silly salad faces....it is a good thing!