Google “Polynesian Tuna” and this is the first result (from wikipedia):
In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is the god of eels who was sentenced to be executed (by the Upolo) after trying to sexually assault Sina (who had grown him in a jar). He asked that his severed head be buried in the sand and from it, the first coconut palm grew.
Me, after reading that:
Coconut palms?
Search results also include recipes for Tuna Poke (Hawaiian raw fish salad) and Tahitian Poisson cru (Tahitian ceviche).
The fine folks at Marjon Promotions, Inc. define Polynesian Tuna as this:
This is most definitely not a Pacific fish salad nor an eel god from a jar.
Anyway, I decided to take on 126 because I had chow mein noodles on hand (we ordered Chinese the night before). I also had mangos, guavas, strawberries, oranges, lettuce, tomato, green pepper, frozen peas, and canned tuna.
In fact, the only ingredients I had to buy specifically for this dinner were canned pineapple and a banana (I did not bother with the pie).
I also decided that the time was right for this dinner because we had Chinese leftovers, which we could delve into if this was inedible.
I will say that one thing going for 126 is that it took all of 45 minutes to come together.
The tuna was much better than I thought it would be. But that does not mean it was good. Mr. Sauce didn’t even taste it because he is so averse to canned tuna.
We ate the fruit salad and the leftovers. No headless jar eels were consumed.
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So an eel god named Tuna had his head buried and it produced a coconut? That's a lot of foods for something grown in a jar. I'm confused about the timeline. I looks to me like all you'll be eating is salad, muffins, and peas. When do we cook the tuna confection?
I pictured tuna and pineapple as soon as I read your post title. What I didn't picture was having it hot, a la sweet & sour. One of our local restaurants used to have a "Hawaiian Tuna" which was tuna salad with crushed pineapple, slivered almonds, green onions, water chestnuts, celery, and shaved coconut served in a pineapple shell. It was odd, but actually not bad, although I think it would have been better with chicken than with tuna.
You nailed the plating too. I like the one "rogue noodle" that's trying to escape over the front of the plate. ; )
Those canned "chow mein" noodles! Do they still exist? Or am I just not seeing them here on the west coast?
They have them in grocery stores out here, but never ever from a chinese restaurant.
They do! I actually have a can in the pantry because another DIS card featurest them.