PORK CHOP W/ TUNA-SANDO SAUCE
MAKE THIS RECIPE RESPONSIBLY, OR NOT AT ALL [ezcol_1third] I haven't eaten tuna for almost 10 years. Except one time in Hawaii when/where it was responsible. Unless you've been living under a rock, or conveniently turning a blind eye, you should know exactly what I'm talking about. It is estimated that by 2050, a large number of species of wild fish, tuna especially, will be gone. That statement was made more than a decade ago. It still stands. Are we better than locusts? The question is, are we worse? So why am I, a hypocrite on all accounts, posting a recipe that involves tuna? Because I see it now no longer as a question. But instead, an opportunity. I first came across the inspiration of a "tuna-sando sauce" from an espisode of Mind of A Chef on Gabrielle Hamilton, where she made the Italian dish maiale tonnato, thinly sliced pork served with a mayonnaise-based sauce flavored with canned tuna. I was instantly intrigued. It was one of those instances where, without actually tasting something, I felt certain about its sublimity, the velvety texture of a sauce that is the sum of all that is awesome about a tuna sandwich but minus the bread and the gritty mouth-feel,