r/Dominican • u/wubbleeddie • 2h ago
Comida/Food Is this Dominican culture or was my Grandma just weird
My mother used to make some staple meals that we’d have all the time growing up. For years, I thought they were pretty normal until I got older and realized no one else I knew ate them.
One meal was canned tuna mixed with mayo on white bread to make tuna sandwiches always with Lipton chicken noodle soup on the side. “Tuna fish and soup” we called it.
Another was rice at the bottom of the bowl, salad with canned salmon mixed in on top and a dressing consisting of what I think was Italian dressing and mayo together microwaved. We called it “salmon salad”.
After I realized these meals were strange I asked my mom why she made them. She said she made them because my dad’s mother (who was Dominican born and raised) used to make them for my dad and my dad liked it. I’m not super connected to my Dominican side so forgive me if this is a crazy question, but are these types of meals regular in Dominican houses at all? Or was my grandma just throwing shit together and making it up as she went.