Cowcumber Boats

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    6

    boats
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook: Charming Recipes from Anne and Her Friends in Avonlea

By Kate Macdonald

Published 2017

  • About

Many years ago cucumbers were called “cowcumbers”—probably because this was the English way of pronouncing the old French word coucombre.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups (700 ml) water
  • Pinch plus ½ t

Method

  1. Add the water and a pinch of salt to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add the elbow macaroni gradually and boil until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the macaroni in a colander and transfer it to a medium mixing bowl.
  2. Add the tuna to the macaroni. Add the carrot and celery to the macaroni and tuna.
  3. Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, ½ teaspoon salt, an