s/o chicken salad

[Anonymous]

This is a funny thread. Chicken salad is simultaneously… blue blood and middle America … bland and too flavored with fruit etc … country club and Applebee’s.

It is hard for me to understand how people are judgmental about chicken salad. Would tuna and egg salad bring on the same level of critique? I like it no more or less than many other lunch foods, and mostly cannot believe there is now a 3 page thread debating it 😂.

[Anonymous]

Curried chicken salad was really popular in the early 1980s. By curried, I'm not talking about authentic curry - it's the curry powder you get in the spice section at the grocery store. I got it as a rare treat, but never managed to successfully replicate at home. It always tasted way too punchy when I made it at home. It contained the usual suspects - chopped celery, green onions, plus raisins, maybe apples. Really yummy.

I enjoy a nice traditional chicken sandwich but it's hard to get a good commercially prepared version. You have to make it at home to have it turn out really good, and you can include the ingredients you enjoy - grapes, raisins, apple, etc.

[Anonymous]

We buy it from Costco, or I make it with Rotisserie chicken and Duke's, celery, onion, lots of S&P, celery seed.

I love chicken salad on a croissant--one of my top-5 sandwiches, for sure. We had them at my baby shower *and* our wedding brunch.

FWIW, people on this board love to hate on things that I find people IRL LOVE. At our wedding brunch, we had a buffet that included lots of little finger sandwiches. I was hesitant about the idea of egg salad, but our little egg salad on rye sandwiches were the first thing to go, followed by chicken salad on croissants.

[Anonymous]

Man, u guys are making me hungry for chicken salad!

[Anonymous]

I’m a lifelong vegetarian and have never had chicken salad. However several years ago I discovered Waldorf salad with Mayo, apples, grapes, celery, walnuts and mini mashmellows! I think! It was at a salad bar. I loved it! I would never have tried it Baer on those ingredients but one day I was up for it and the taste and texture was delicious!

[Anonymous]

I love the Wampler chicken salad from the deli at Giant. It’s pretty straightforward, but I do think they add pickle relish, just a little bit. It’s amazing, and I don’t care who thinks what about it.

I like simple chicken salad: absolutely no fruit or nuts, please and thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lifelong vegetarian and have never had chicken salad. However several years ago I discovered Waldorf salad with Mayo, apples, grapes, celery, walnuts and mini mashmellows! I think! It was at a salad bar. I loved it! I would never have tried it Baer on those ingredients but one day I was up for it and the taste and texture was delicious!

You’re a lifelong vegetarian who eats gelatin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a funny thread. Chicken salad is simultaneously… blue blood and middle America … bland and too flavored with fruit etc … country club and Applebee’s.

It is hard for me to understand how people are judgmental about chicken salad. Would tuna and egg salad bring on the same level of critique? I like it no more or less than many other lunch foods, and mostly cannot believe there is now a 3 page thread debating it 😂.

Yes. So disgusting. And Deviled Eggs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rotisserie chicken, shredded and chopped (my mom used pressure cooker chicken)
Diced green onion, celery, parsley
Quartered grapes (either/both colors)
Mayo, sour cream
Salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, curry powder, paprika

Serve with fresh sourdough

I like it with fruit salad and deviled eggs and kettle chips in warmer months. Tomato soup when colder. Always pickles (cucumber, dill, carrot, jalapeño, etc…).

All of this plus tarragon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love chicken salad, but only my way. I take leftover chicken, usually thighs or rotisserie chicken, and shred it. I add lots of finely chopped celery. I mix together a little mayo and dijon mustard and mix that in really well. Then I add salt and pepper. That's it. I like it in a wrap, on rye bread, or on top of a salad.

I’m more flexible on chicken salad but with tuna salad, I only eat it my way. With chicken salad I can do curry, nuts, fruit - I like it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a funny thread. Chicken salad is simultaneously… blue blood and middle America … bland and too flavored with fruit etc … country club and Applebee’s.

It is hard for me to understand how people are judgmental about chicken salad. Would tuna and egg salad bring on the same level of critique? I like it no more or less than many other lunch foods, and mostly cannot believe there is now a 3 page thread debating it 😂.

Yes. So disgusting. And Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are one of my favorite foods on earth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a funny thread. Chicken salad is simultaneously… blue blood and middle America … bland and too flavored with fruit etc … country club and Applebee’s.

It is hard for me to understand how people are judgmental about chicken salad. Would tuna and egg salad bring on the same level of critique? I like it no more or less than many other lunch foods, and mostly cannot believe there is now a 3 page thread debating it 😂.

Yes. So disgusting. And Deviled Eggs

No, kale is disgusting. Deviled eggs are awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lifelong vegetarian and have never had chicken salad. However several years ago I discovered Waldorf salad with Mayo, apples, grapes, celery, walnuts and mini mashmellows! I think! It was at a salad bar. I loved it! I would never have tried it Baer on those ingredients but one day I was up for it and the taste and texture was delicious!

You’re a lifelong vegetarian who eats gelatin?

In other words, not a vegetarian!

[Anonymous]

I love coronation chicken, which is the British chicken salad with a bit of curry powder in it. It was created for the coronation of QEII. It's very common in Britain. I've also had chicken salad sandwiches of various types across much of Europe.

My local deli makes a plain chicken salad with cubed chicken and with a slice of red onion and a grinding of fresh cracked peppers and a bit of salt. There's no fruit nor chopped nuts. it's delicious. I'm in Maryland suburbs, the deli is Jewish owned, for what it's worth. The old school WASP supermarket near me sells four or five different types of chicken salads. Their chicken is more shredded rather than cubed so sometimes I get one of the salads for a change of pace.

I do know chicken was a very expensive meat through the 1930s and only became cheap after WWII, so chicken salads were considered a luxurious delight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rotisserie chicken, shredded and chopped (my mom used pressure cooker chicken)
Diced green onion, celery, parsley
Quartered grapes (either/both colors)
Mayo, sour cream
Salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, curry powder, paprika

Serve with fresh sourdough

I like it with fruit salad and deviled eggs and kettle chips in warmer months. Tomato soup when colder. Always pickles (cucumber, dill, carrot, jalapeño, etc…).

All of this plus tarragon

Aw, man, the tarragon chicken salad at American Cafe in the 80s.

Divine.