I finished a somewhat differently styled hat a couple of nights ago. It didn’t originally start out to be a hat - it started out to be a scarf. However, when it was about 15” long, it was clear there wasn’t going to be enough yarn to make a scarf long enough for anyone but Barbie! So I modified my thinking and this is what happened…
Aunt Ev served a chicken salad for dinner made like a traditional Waldorf Salad, but with chicken added. She kept it simple, but it was absolutely delicious and, of course, I wanted to try it myself :)
And, of course, I changed things somewhat in so doing.
The standard recipe for a Waldorf Salad contains celery and (at least in the preponderance of the recipes I checked) red, seedless grapes. I don’t care for raw celery, so I left that out. I hadn’t known about the grapes or I might have included them as I do love red grapes :) Ultimately, this is what I came up with:
Open Faced Tuna Waldorf Salad Sandwiches
Serves 2
2 bulkie rolls (croissants, bagels - whatever you prefer)
1 can (6 oz) solid white albacore tuna, drained and flaked (or an equivalent amount of cooked, chopped chicken breast)
1/2 an apple (I used a Braeburn - exquisite!) - peeled or not as you choose
1/2 c walnut meats, roughly chopped
4 slices of your preferred cheese
Mayonnaise to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Start by making your salad. Flake your tuna into a bowl.
Slice your rolls open and toast gently. Butter the cut surface very lightly and top with a piece of cheese. Place all four be-cheesed (is that a word?) roll halves on a microwave-safe plate and stick in the nuker for about 40 seconds - just long enough to melt the cheese.
Have a great weekend :)
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the ‘hat idea’ is seriously clever and i think it could lead to all kinds of interesting chapeaux- i seem to always find scarf patterns that look interesting, but i really don’t want to knit 72” of the pattern regardless of how much fun it was in the beginning- converting the pattern to a hat is just genius- i doff my hat to you (sorry, bad pun!)
the salad looks yummy- i’ve done something similar with tuna and some of the members of my family who usually say ‘ew, tuna fish’ have eaten it with pleasure-
stay happy-
So THAT’S why you had the one row pattern in your brain last night. :-D The hat looks great and very much like you meant to on purpose, as is your wont.
Yum-a new recipe! I’ve been missing your recipes.
Happy New Year to all y’all.
Barb - I too had the thought that any pattern could be adapted for the body and so there could be a near infinite variety of “hats”. It was fun to work out :)
Aarlene - Well thanks - I’m glad the hat doesn’t look like an accident :) But I’d remember that stitch pattern anyway - my mind is like that!
The salad isn’t so much a recipe and a suggested combination of things and I could see doing it a lot differently than I did - adding some red onion and using provolone chees, for example.
Love your hat—and Barb’s comment that any scarf can be turned into a hat! I’m wearing my first One-Row Scarf (Fearless Fibers variegated yarn) now (my house is freezing), and I made a green alpaca one for Christmas for a nephew who is always cold. He seemed delighted. Truly a great pattern. And your salad leaves me drooling. Thanks for the inspirations.
Luise - Nice to hear from you :) Yep, this stitch is a real winner and I can only hope Stephanie doens’t start charging for the use of it - LOL! It doens’t look like I’m going to slow down any time soon!
Glad you likes the recipe - I love tempting tastebuds :)
hi Robb
Sorry I couldn’t stick around for Chatters yesterday.
You’re not the only one obsessing about Harlot’s ORScarf. I knitted a matching hat with the leftovers of mine a few months ago ... but not as creative [and cute] as yours ... just a standard beanie using her pattern instead of 2 x 2 rib.
Susan - It was good to see you for however long you could stick around :) The hat was fun - once I could see in my head how to put it together and now, of course, I’m dying to try out variations! Not like I don’t have a sweater to finish - heheh…
Yum, that sandwich looks wonderful! I’ll have to try that one, minus the cheese (have to stick with no fat). Your hat came out great! I’ve made 3 of those scarves so far this winter. Easy, I don’t have to think too hard.
Sorry I missed Chatters last night. The Baby Girl goes back to college tomorrow and we were watching Mash reruns together. Couldn’t leave her.
Sheri in GA
Sheri - No problem - first things first, after all :) Besides, M*A*S*H re-runs are fun!
Your hat is inspired! You are so creative and such a prolific knitter. It’s like you have a finished project almost every day. You must not have a day job, he he. :-)
You’ve inspired me to start making sideways hats.
You know, I usually cringe when I hear about yet another blogger who has written a book, but I really think you should! Your tips and techniques section is totally awesome. And you could have a chapter on dyeing with easter egg colors and kool-aid.
Marcy - A book?!?!? Oh heavens no! For one thing, writing a book is a lot like work and, frankly, there are other things I’d rather be doing :)
I am, however, very happy that you enjoy the blog and find its various pieces useful. That’s what they’re there for :)
What a gorgeous hat! Ingenious!
Thanks Opal - Not so much inspiration as desperation :) I didn’t want to waste the yarn and I didn’t want to frog what I’d already done!
