What would you serve for lunch for people you don’t know well?

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Anonymous wrote:To me chicken salad can be eaten alone, along with greens, or in a sandwich. I am not sure why the hate. There are a million ways to make it that are not just chicken drenched in mayo.

Agreed. The 242 people who made Ina Garten’s curry chicken salad and gave it 5 starts can’t all be wrong

Seriously though, in response to a comment upthread, it’s very common to put raisins or grapes in chicken salad, and there are plenty of recipes for chicken and grape dishes online (yes, even on sites like the NYT and Epicurious). I personally like chicken salad with a combo of Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and a little bit of Mayo for the dressing. Add some chopped celery, walnuts, and dried fruit and I’m good to go.

Dried fruit??? This chicken salad discussion just keeps getting worse. Walnuts?? I'm literally shuddering

I might have discovered my least favorite food.

Yes, walnuts! Or pecans. Dried fruit like golden raisins or cranberries. So fascinated that chicken salad is so polarizing! Do you eat tuna salad? (Not suggesting that for a lunch, btw!)

Ok you are just trolling me now, right? There are so many memes about people putting raisins in potato salad that this is just another version, right??? 🤮
No I don't eat tuna salad. Walk away from the mayo, people!!

It's eggs and oil. Pretty basic ingredients most people in in any number of things. You sound like a 5 year old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Quiche and lasagna are too rich and heavy IMO.

Are these people American? If so, I would so chicken salad croissants, but only if you can find good ones at a real bakery, (i do a mostly yogurt with just a small spoon of mayo, and curried style). Not Costco garbage. Then cut the sandwiches into thirds and arrange on a platter. That way people can pick just a small piece if maybe it isn't their fav. Have some fruit and green salad available. Maybe a homemade muffin too

You're nuts if you think chicken salad coissants are lighter than quiche. BTW, chicken salad is a vile abomination, one of the most disgusting things Americans have concocted. Why would you chop up chicken, add fruit to it, and then bind it with mayo? <shudder>

Oh WASPs can make anything out of Mayo. Chicken salad is the least controversial item.

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Anonymous wrote:If I don’t know people well, I will usually make chicken and beef fajitas. The good thing about fajitas is that you can provide all of the ingredients in a buffet and let people assemble their own. The vegetarians can leave off the meat, the lactose intolerant can leave off the cheese and sour cream, etc. People who don’t eat gluten can use corn tortillas or just make a salad.

This sounds very good! I would be sure to have a bean of some sort for the vegetarians/vegans.

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Anonymous wrote:To me chicken salad can be eaten alone, along with greens, or in a sandwich. I am not sure why the hate. There are a million ways to make it that are not just chicken drenched in mayo.

Agreed. The 242 people who made Ina Garten’s curry chicken salad and gave it 5 starts can’t all be wrong

Seriously though, in response to a comment upthread, it’s very common to put raisins or grapes in chicken salad, and there are plenty of recipes for chicken and grape dishes online (yes, even on sites like the NYT and Epicurious). I personally like chicken salad with a combo of Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and a little bit of Mayo for the dressing. Add some chopped celery, walnuts, and dried fruit and I’m good to go.

Dried fruit??? This chicken salad discussion just keeps getting worse. Walnuts?? I'm literally shuddering

I might have discovered my least favorite food.

Yes, walnuts! Or pecans. Dried fruit like golden raisins or cranberries. So fascinated that chicken salad is so polarizing! Do you eat tuna salad? (Not suggesting that for a lunch, btw!)

Ok you are just trolling me now, right? There are so many memes about people putting raisins in potato salad that this is just another version, right??? 🤮
No I don't eat tuna salad. Walk away from the mayo, people!!

It's eggs and oil. Pretty basic ingredients most people in in any number of things. You sound like a 5 year old.

Mmm no it's usually children who like bland, beige food like mayo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quiche and lasagna are too rich and heavy IMO.

Are these people American? If so, I would so chicken salad croissants, but only if you can find good ones at a real bakery, (i do a mostly yogurt with just a small spoon of mayo, and curried style). Not Costco garbage. Then cut the sandwiches into thirds and arrange on a platter. That way people can pick just a small piece if maybe it isn't their fav. Have some fruit and green salad available. Maybe a homemade muffin too

You're nuts if you think chicken salad coissants are lighter than quiche. BTW, chicken salad is a vile abomination, one of the most disgusting things Americans have concocted. Why would you chop up chicken, add fruit to it, and then bind it with mayo? <shudder>

Oh WASPs can make anything out of Mayo. Chicken salad is the least controversial item.

So can Russians. I've been to 60+ countries and it remains the only country to date that I had trouble with the food. (It was the 90s, but still....so so bad)

[Anonymous]

What’s the demographic/ situation or are you randomly pulling people off the street?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no clue if they have dietary restrictions and am looking for something easy.

Thanks!

Family, work meeting, church? More info please.

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Anonymous wrote:If I don’t know people well, I will usually make chicken and beef fajitas. The good thing about fajitas is that you can provide all of the ingredients in a buffet and let people assemble their own. The vegetarians can leave off the meat, the lactose intolerant can leave off the cheese and sour cream, etc. People who don’t eat gluten can use corn tortillas or just make a salad.

The DCUM Taco Bar contingent has spoken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Quiche and lasagna are too rich and heavy IMO.

Are these people American? If so, I would so chicken salad croissants, but only if you can find good ones at a real bakery, (i do a mostly yogurt with just a small spoon of mayo, and curried style). Not Costco garbage. Then cut the sandwiches into thirds and arrange on a platter. That way people can pick just a small piece if maybe it isn't their fav. Have some fruit and green salad available. Maybe a homemade muffin too

You're nuts if you think chicken salad coissants are lighter than quiche. BTW, chicken salad is a vile abomination, one of the most disgusting things Americans have concocted. Why would you chop up chicken, add fruit to it, and then bind it with mayo? <shudder>

Actually food historians say a version of chicken salad (chicken with Mayo) was made in France decades before it was served on a sandwich in the US (shrug).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Big pot of minestrone soup or other homemade soup, good-quality bread and butter/oil, salad. Maybe also a fruit salad.

+1 and don't put any pasta in the soup.

Agreed that this is the best option, but I’m not opposed to pasta being in the soup.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I don’t know people well, I will usually make chicken and beef fajitas. The good thing about fajitas is that you can provide all of the ingredients in a buffet and let people assemble their own. The vegetarians can leave off the meat, the lactose intolerant can leave off the cheese and sour cream, etc. People who don’t eat gluten can use corn tortillas or just make a salad.

This sounds very good! I would be sure to have a bean of some sort for the vegetarians/vegans.

Yes — I usually have beans and rice on the side.

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Anonymous wrote:To me chicken salad can be eaten alone, along with greens, or in a sandwich. I am not sure why the hate. There are a million ways to make it that are not just chicken drenched in mayo.

Agreed. The 242 people who made Ina Garten’s curry chicken salad and gave it 5 starts can’t all be wrong

Seriously though, in response to a comment upthread, it’s very common to put raisins or grapes in chicken salad, and there are plenty of recipes for chicken and grape dishes online (yes, even on sites like the NYT and Epicurious). I personally like chicken salad with a combo of Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and a little bit of Mayo for the dressing. Add some chopped celery, walnuts, and dried fruit and I’m good to go.

Dried fruit??? This chicken salad discussion just keeps getting worse. Walnuts?? I'm literally shuddering

I might have discovered my least favorite food.

Yes, walnuts! Or pecans. Dried fruit like golden raisins or cranberries. So fascinated that chicken salad is so polarizing! Do you eat tuna salad? (Not suggesting that for a lunch, btw!)

Ok you are just trolling me now, right? There are so many memes about people putting raisins in potato salad that this is just another version, right??? 🤮
No I don't eat tuna salad. Walk away from the mayo, people!!

It's eggs and oil. Pretty basic ingredients most people in in any number of things. You sound like a 5 year old.

Mmm no it's usually children who like bland, beige food like mayo.

Are they eating straight? Never seen that before. It's typically a condiment. Are you scared of butter too?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I don’t know people well, I will usually make chicken and beef fajitas. The good thing about fajitas is that you can provide all of the ingredients in a buffet and let people assemble their own. The vegetarians can leave off the meat, the lactose intolerant can leave off the cheese and sour cream, etc. People who don’t eat gluten can use corn tortillas or just make a salad.

The DCUM Taco Bar contingent has spoken.

Taco bar is the correct answer.

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Anonymous wrote:To me chicken salad can be eaten alone, along with greens, or in a sandwich. I am not sure why the hate. There are a million ways to make it that are not just chicken drenched in mayo.

Agreed. The 242 people who made Ina Garten’s curry chicken salad and gave it 5 starts can’t all be wrong

Seriously though, in response to a comment upthread, it’s very common to put raisins or grapes in chicken salad, and there are plenty of recipes for chicken and grape dishes online (yes, even on sites like the NYT and Epicurious). I personally like chicken salad with a combo of Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and a little bit of Mayo for the dressing. Add some chopped celery, walnuts, and dried fruit and I’m good to go.

Dried fruit??? This chicken salad discussion just keeps getting worse. Walnuts?? I'm literally shuddering

I might have discovered my least favorite food.

Yes, walnuts! Or pecans. Dried fruit like golden raisins or cranberries. So fascinated that chicken salad is so polarizing! Do you eat tuna salad? (Not suggesting that for a lunch, btw!)

Ok you are just trolling me now, right? There are so many memes about people putting raisins in potato salad that this is just another version, right??? 🤮
No I don't eat tuna salad. Walk away from the mayo, people!!

It's eggs and oil. Pretty basic ingredients most people in in any number of things. You sound like a 5 year old.

Mmm no it's usually children who like bland, beige food like mayo.

Mayo is a condiment, silly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big pot of minestrone soup or other homemade soup, good-quality bread and butter/oil, salad. Maybe also a fruit salad.

+1 and don't put any pasta in the soup.

Agreed that this is the best option, but I’m not opposed to pasta being in the soup.

Soup and bread is not enough food for a meal.