This standard tuna salad, writes Emily Nunn in The Department of Salad newsletter, is her mother's version and "probably pretty southern, but not that different from what you get at diners and lunch ...

3 ounces chipped beef, cut in bite-size pieces (Shirley uses kitchen scissors) 1 cup mayonnaise 3 to 5 hard-boiled eggs, chopped 5-6 sweet gherkin pickles, sliced small Note: You can vary the amounts ...

If the thought of pickles makes you pucker, it's possible there's an entire category of preserved cucumbers you've been missing out on. Of the astonishing 20 billion pickles eaten in the U.S. each ...