Talk:Tuna fish sandwich

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[edit] Tuna fish vs tuna salad vs tuna sandwich

There are a few hints online that there might be regional differences, presumably within the US, over what a tuna fish sandwich is called. Some call it a tuna salad sandwich instead, or just a tuna sandwich. I'm not so sure they are all the same kind of sandwich or that there is anything regional about the difference. In a typical New York deli, for example, a customer can request a tuna salad sandwich, which is made from a bin of tuna salad, or a tuna fish sandwich (individual can), which is made from a freshly opened individual serving sized can of tuna. When the latter is prepared, it is not mixed into what might be described as a salad but simply placed on the bread or roll and spread out a bit. It's applied sort of like any other lunch meat and gets lettuce, tomato, mayo, etc. I'm not sure what a hunk of tuna on a roll might be called. Maybe that would be a tuna sandwich? Maybe "tuna fish" implies the meat is canned and chunk style? --Pat (talk) 08:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)