Chicken salad: discuss

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Anonymous wrote:Yall are bizarre. Who cares this much about chicken salad?

You would care if you were forced to eat it at lunch with no other options because you were a guest. I would be so offended if this was served.

Such a child.

a weirdo child. Can you imagine what this person is like irl?

I'm very glad I don't know many of the people from this thread in real life.

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Anonymous wrote:Man or woman? I don't know many men who eat chicken salad.

So stupid. Men eat chicken salad.

Did I say no men do? It's 2 sentences, how did you get so confused?

NP. Your comment definitely implied that most men don’t eat chicken salad, so you can drop the shocked pikachu reaction.

The ones I know don't. Can you read at all? When there's a sandwich spread almost zero men I've known grab the chicken salad. Some may go for tuna salad. Now tell us about allll the men in your life who just love chicken salad? How old are they first of all?

DP. My husband, age 55, almost always orders the chicken salad if it’s on a menu. Loves it. (I don’t.)

Coworker, late 30s, loves the restaurant Chicken Salad Chick so much, he felt the need to tell us all about it during a staff meeting.

When I was in college, I worked at a cafe where the chicken salad was by far the most popular thing on the menu, and lots of men ordered it.

Cool. I'm glad some men love it. The ones I know less than 50 tend to care a lot about health and diet and would never eat a fat laden salad on a croissant for a meal. OP needs to know her audience which is why I asked on page one for more info.

Oh, now you’re making it all about the fat content? Sure, totally a man thing.

Lol. There are tons of reasons to not eat chicken salad. These are just two. But if you think it's the bestest meal in the whole world nobody is going to stop you from serving it. Just accept it can be polarizing.

Polarizing to whom? I am not aware of any chicken salad controversy in the general public.

It's hysterical how out of touch people on here are.

And yet there’s still not a single non-chicken salad recommendation given in this entire thread, except for avocado toast, which I’m pretty sure was a joke.

And yet OP didn't ask for a menu or other recommendations. OP asked to discuss this as an option. My guess is OP knew exactly how this would go over on here, like other mayonnaise based salads and dip suggestions go. Because apparently it is news to some that not everyone likes mayo.

About 1 in 5 don't like it. So, statistically, it's the safer choice.

https://www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-disgust/

To be clear, a mayo-based salad would be acceptable to most people.

So, to be clear, you posted an article that says "Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees" in the title and you're like, that's definitely what I plan to serve!

Science found 20% don't like it. So, while the title is stupid, the results are clear. People like mayo.

This article is from 2017. And for some, having an entire salad based on mayonnaise might go beyond the amount of mayonnaise they are willing to tolerate.

Any decent chicken salad is not BASED on mayo. It's based on chicken and the mayo acts as a binder.

It’s still shredded chicken mixed with random ingredients. Served on white bread or some fatty croissant. Such a low class I can’t believe people would serve this to a guest. The only thing worse would be tuna salad.

I'm not OP, but I don't shred the chicken for my salads, and I don't use random ingredients. I use ingredients that are chosen to make the chicken salad delicious.

I usually like some kind of seedy multigrain bread, and also serve a green salad so people can have a sandwich and a salad, or a scoop of chicken salad on the salad, or just the salad if it turns out they don't like chicken salad. I might also do another side, with something in season.

Low class? Honey, we know you live in a trailer.

PP I agree. Multigrain bread would be wonderful.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - someone in another thread asked for an update here. I don't have much of an update other than I'm opting out of the chicken salad for this particular gather. We do have family who likes this particular chicken salad which is a little sweet, with chutney.

I'm also a vegetarian. I 100% don't mind preparing chicken salad as it would really be dh cooking the chicken and me making the dressing. I don't mind him asking me to cook for a colleague. I enjoy cooking and in general we have a fair division of labor.

I know there's no pleasing everyone, and because I'm vegetarian I always have non meat sides including hearty salads and bean dishes (falafel was one example I gave which seems pretty basic to me). In the other thread it was made known that beans are offensive. That's fine, no one else has to eat them as there's plenty of other food and as the host, I get to choose my protein.

Most of you understood the assignment of this thread and I thank you for the 11 pages worth of entertainment!

That is so ignorant. Anyone who finds beans, of any kind - except maybe lima beans for you weak kneed ninnies - of bean offensive is ignorant. Ignorant about cooking, ignorant about nutrition, food, the planet.

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My adult daughter and I were talking about the silliness of social media and the Internet tonight, and I told her there was a 15-page thread on chicken salad on DCUM, and we both burst out laughing.

For 10 minutes!

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Anonymous wrote:I make a hot chicken salad (really it's a misnamed casserole) but people love it. People were taking fourth helpings at a potluck I took it to in May. Sure, it's retro but it's delicious. I would probably not serve it as the ONLY item for someone I didn't know though - it could be one element, as others have said. I also make and enjoy many cold chicken salads too.

When I worked at the Fed or one of the big blue companies, people would go nuts over the hot chicken salad when it was served once a week in the cafeteria. It sounded horrible to me and one of my coworkers dared me to try it. It was the first time I had heard of it and tried it and it was delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:Man or woman? I don't know many men who eat chicken salad.

So stupid. Men eat chicken salad.

Did I say no men do? It's 2 sentences, how did you get so confused?

NP. Your comment definitely implied that most men don’t eat chicken salad, so you can drop the shocked pikachu reaction.

The ones I know don't. Can you read at all? When there's a sandwich spread almost zero men I've known grab the chicken salad. Some may go for tuna salad. Now tell us about allll the men in your life who just love chicken salad? How old are they first of all?

DP. My husband, age 55, almost always orders the chicken salad if it’s on a menu. Loves it. (I don’t.)

Coworker, late 30s, loves the restaurant Chicken Salad Chick so much, he felt the need to tell us all about it during a staff meeting.

When I was in college, I worked at a cafe where the chicken salad was by far the most popular thing on the menu, and lots of men ordered it.

Cool. I'm glad some men love it. The ones I know less than 50 tend to care a lot about health and diet and would never eat a fat laden salad on a croissant for a meal. OP needs to know her audience which is why I asked on page one for more info.

Oh, now you’re making it all about the fat content? Sure, totally a man thing.

Lol. There are tons of reasons to not eat chicken salad. These are just two. But if you think it's the bestest meal in the whole world nobody is going to stop you from serving it. Just accept it can be polarizing.

Polarizing to whom? I am not aware of any chicken salad controversy in the general public.

It's hysterical how out of touch people on here are.

And yet there’s still not a single non-chicken salad recommendation given in this entire thread, except for avocado toast, which I’m pretty sure was a joke.

And yet OP didn't ask for a menu or other recommendations. OP asked to discuss this as an option. My guess is OP knew exactly how this would go over on here, like other mayonnaise based salads and dip suggestions go. Because apparently it is news to some that not everyone likes mayo.

About 1 in 5 don't like it. So, statistically, it's the safer choice.

https://www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-disgust/

To be clear, a mayo-based salad would be acceptable to most people.

So, to be clear, you posted an article that says "Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees" in the title and you're like, that's definitely what I plan to serve!

Science found 20% don't like it. So, while the title is stupid, the results are clear. People like mayo.

This article is from 2017. And for some, having an entire salad based on mayonnaise might go beyond the amount of mayonnaise they are willing to tolerate.

The entire salad is not BASED on mayo. Mayo is a binder to hold the ingredients together. The first get together I had at my house where I invited the neighbors, I made the curry powder, grape, cashew chicken salad and it was the bomb. It was devoured before the pizzas, and club sandwiches, subs and charcuterie and everyone talked about it. If the grapes are perfectly ripe, it makes it incredible.

Also will the weirdo with the obsession with disease being spread by chicken salad leave the room? Chicken, in and of itself, is a meat that needs to be handled with care but putting it in a salad doesn't make it more dangerous. Also mayo no longer has anything in it that makes it a danger.

Let it go. The recipe above calls for 1 CUP of mayonnaise for 2.5 cups of chicken. That's a lot. It's a mayo based salad. Not everyone likes mayonnaise salads with fruit, nuts, and other things in it, so a lot of people would not serve this to a guest they don't eat with often.

NP. The recipe that calls for it to be baked? That’s not chicken salad.

But I agree that “let it go” is great advice. Try it.

Sorry, but the recipe is titled "chicken salad". Deal with it.

I can’t tell if you’re trolling or if you are genuinely this stupid. If the latter, you have my sympathies.

I guess you can't read. It says "hot chicken salad" and you're stomping your feet about it. Hilarious.

I'm the person who posted the hot chicken salad. I am not OP. This is not the salad that OP was purporting to serve.

In my response on the thread I said that I make something that is misnamed "Hot Chicken Salad" but really it's a casserole. Then someone asked for the recipe, so I shared it, with the caveats that I knew a few people would lose their minds. And of course at least one person did - hence this exchange. And for the record - it's 1 cup of mayo to 2.5 cups of chicken AND 1 cup of celery AND 1 cup of almonds. SO, it's 1 cup mayo to 4.5 cups of "healthy stuff."

Rotisserie chicken is not "healthy stuff" what in the world?

"Rotisserie chicken is a healthy choice for people who want a lean source of protein but don't have either the time, interest or skill to cook. It's a low-fat cooking method, and the chicken can be used in a variety of ways," says Lisa Andrews, M.Ed., RD, LD.

Source: https://www.eatingwell.com/is-rotisserie-chicken-healthy-7163421

Big Chicken has entered the chat.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - someone in another thread asked for an update here. I don't have much of an update other than I'm opting out of the chicken salad for this particular gather. We do have family who likes this particular chicken salad which is a little sweet, with chutney.

I'm also a vegetarian. I 100% don't mind preparing chicken salad as it would really be dh cooking the chicken and me making the dressing. I don't mind him asking me to cook for a colleague. I enjoy cooking and in general we have a fair division of labor.

I know there's no pleasing everyone, and because I'm vegetarian I always have non meat sides including hearty salads and bean dishes (falafel was one example I gave which seems pretty basic to me). In the other thread it was made known that beans are offensive. That's fine, no one else has to eat them as there's plenty of other food and as the host, I get to choose my protein.

Most of you understood the assignment of this thread and I thank you for the 11 pages worth of entertainment!

That is so ignorant. Anyone who finds beans, of any kind - except maybe lima beans for you weak kneed ninnies - of bean offensive is ignorant. Ignorant about cooking, ignorant about nutrition, food, the planet.

I have to mention it because this thread isn't crazy enough. Hitler ate beans. Ergo, beans turn you into a genocidal dictator.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be leery of it for food borne illness reasons.
Make sure house and kitchen are immaculate, keep washing your hands as you work, etc.

Why? I’m assuming this will be freshly made and put in the frig. There is no food borne illness risk- not more than anything else.

This isn’t a park potluck where food
Is sitting out all day

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Anonymous wrote:My adult daughter and I were talking about the silliness of social media and the Internet tonight, and I told her there was a 15-page thread on chicken salad on DCUM, and we both burst out laughing.

For 10 minutes!

Sent this thread to a friend who doesn't use DCUM. She was flat out amazed that chicken salad could prompt so many responses

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Anonymous wrote:OP just make a damn quiche with a side salad and call it a day!

Ugh! Eggs mixed with random ingredients! So gross! I'm totally offended that you would serve that

Not really, I love quiche and I love chicken salad. But quiche is no more likely to be uniformly loved than chicken salad.

This is why normal people take their colleague out to lunch. Not bring them home for the wife's homemade chicken salad.

+1 having someone over to your house for lunch is a very intimate experience. So odd just go out.

It’s intimate to eat chicken salad at someone’s house for lunch??

This thread is cuckoo bananas

THIS. The most benign threads can draw the most vehement crazies.

The crazies are the extremely passionate chicken salad devotees. Most people would just go out to lunch with a colleague. Even OP isn't making chicken salad for this guest because she knows its ridiculous.

Nothing beats the nut job who said she’d protest the opening of the chicken salad restaurant.

My favorite is the one who said eating lunch is an intimate experience, too intimate for chicken salad

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I haven’t heard this mentioned, so I’ll add, chicken salad is often listed on diner menus under “diet” or “healthy” and served on iceberg with sliced tomato. This is why it’s considered granny food and low-brow. Over the years it’s seen a sprucing up with micro greens or other fancier lettuce and a nice seeded artisan bread. But, these enhancements are lipstick on a pig.

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I’m a food snob and love chicken salad. But not just any chicken salad and definitely not anything from a grocery store deli. Don’t make your Grandma’s chicken salad that is heavy on the mayo and grapes.

Mine is: seasoned and roasted chicken breasted, diced.
The mix ins vary..I usually do a dried fruit, fresh herbs, celery, nuts. My fav variation is adding chopped dried figs, celery, parsley or tarragon, and toasted sliced almonds. Dressing is 1 part mayo, 3 parts Greek yogurt, then thin with half and half or whole milk. Salt and pepper and curry powder. There isn’t much mayo at all in it and I only put a light coating of dressing on it. Just so it is coated, but not soaked.

If wanting more tradional, I’d use dried cherries, parsley and walnuts. Dressing same ratios, but no curry. Add a bit of brown sugar and Dijon instead.

Serve with good croissants (no costco or grocery store) and a green salad. Plus a side of simple roasted potatoes and sliced fruit.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard this mentioned, so I’ll add, chicken salad is often listed on diner menus under “diet” or “healthy” and served on iceberg with sliced tomato. This is why it’s considered granny food and low-brow. Over the years it’s seen a sprucing up with micro greens or other fancier lettuce and a nice seeded artisan bread. But, these enhancements are lipstick on a pig.

What? No. I honestly don’t ever see chicken salad on any restaurant menu outside of delis and diners though. It isn’t diet food anyhow and was never considered that. I think you are thinking of the “cottage cheese plate”

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Anonymous wrote:OP just make a damn quiche with a side salad and call it a day!

Ugh! Eggs mixed with random ingredients! So gross! I'm totally offended that you would serve that

Not really, I love quiche and I love chicken salad. But quiche is no more likely to be uniformly loved than chicken salad.

This is why normal people take their colleague out to lunch. Not bring them home for the wife's homemade chicken salad.

+1 having someone over to your house for lunch is a very intimate experience. So odd just go out.

It’s intimate to eat chicken salad at someone’s house for lunch??

This thread is cuckoo bananas

THIS. The most benign threads can draw the most vehement crazies.

The crazies are the extremely passionate chicken salad devotees. Most people would just go out to lunch with a colleague. Even OP isn't making chicken salad for this guest because she knows its ridiculous.

Nothing beats the nut job who said she’d protest the opening of the chicken salad restaurant.

My favorite is the one who said eating lunch is an intimate experience, too intimate for chicken salad

I believe that was said in regards to having a colleague over for lunch. Do you frequently drop by your colleague's home for lunch? Or dinner? Or any meal? This doesn't even seem to be a friend, just a colleague.

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Anonymous wrote:OP just make a damn quiche with a side salad and call it a day!

Ugh! Eggs mixed with random ingredients! So gross! I'm totally offended that you would serve that

Not really, I love quiche and I love chicken salad. But quiche is no more likely to be uniformly loved than chicken salad.

This is why normal people take their colleague out to lunch. Not bring them home for the wife's homemade chicken salad.

+1 having someone over to your house for lunch is a very intimate experience. So odd just go out.

It’s intimate to eat chicken salad at someone’s house for lunch??

This thread is cuckoo bananas

THIS. The most benign threads can draw the most vehement crazies.

The crazies are the extremely passionate chicken salad devotees. Most people would just go out to lunch with a colleague. Even OP isn't making chicken salad for this guest because she knows its ridiculous.

Nothing beats the nut job who said she’d protest the opening of the chicken salad restaurant.

My favorite is the one who said eating lunch is an intimate experience, too intimate for chicken salad

I believe that was said in regards to having a colleague over for lunch. Do you frequently drop by your colleague's home for lunch? Or dinner? Or any meal? This doesn't even seem to be a friend, just a colleague.

DP. It's still weird to call eating at someone else's home an intimate experience. I primarily WFH these days, but would have no problem inviting a colleague/acquaintance/neighbor over for lunch (or dinner) if there was some reason to do it.