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I bought an envelope of Old Bay Tuna Classic Seasoning last Sunday while doing my weekly shopping. It cost only a dollar and some change. I have been wanting to try something new, but I pretty much decided that this Old Bay package contained no nutrional value whatsoever. I started to think about maybe there is no harm in something that is basically salt and filler, then I changed my tune. I think I might be able to replicate this into something similar but with a better food value, since the ingredients are fairly simple.

I have never made any kind of tuna, crab or salmon cakes before, so this will be interesting. First, I need to figure out what to do about the main ingredient. The bread crumbs in this envelope consists of bleached white flour, dextrose and yeast. Since prepared whole wheat bread crumbs are non-existent here and I have never had much luck with making them myself, I am thinking I might could use some Matzo Meal, which is made of passover wheat flour and water. At least Matzo Meal is processed under strict kosher guidelines and seems cleanish even if it may or may not have much nutrition.

The ingredient that I am puzzled out replicating are the "egg solids". That sounds pretty disgusting! Does this mean I need to boil an egg and pummel it to death in a chopper? Would a raw egg help things stick together better? I am just going to have to research some recipes to find out that answer.

The spices I can handle. They will not present a problem, and I have a little more liberty with seasonings which is super news opposed to using a mix. Tabasco will definetly make an appearance here, as will some lemon juice and cilantro. Maybe some seseme seeds too.

Hubby needs to come home soon, so he can be my guinea pig again and I can get to cracking! Oops, I mean cooking.