tuna salad with bitter greens on a salty cracker........



quicko hors d'oeuvre for afternoon teatime with a sudden and unexpected guest........a Ritz cracker and tuna salad with dill, chopped parsley, celery seeds, cilantro, marjoram, sliced scallion, a touch of mayo and spicy stone-ground mustard, atop a dandelion leaf from the rainy front yard.......i could snarf down a dozen of these were it not for the company of my politely reticent guest, who was 'just stuffed' after a couple of these....and a 3" mini pumpkin tart with 3 oz of expresso........

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