Chicken salad: discuss

[Anonymous]

I love mayo-based chicken salad and would be happy with any variation as a lunch.

It does not seem like an odd choice to me and presumably the DH knows his coworker enough to judge what to serve for lunch.

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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.

Everything seems to be polarizing. Can’t win, so serve something you like.

I serve things I think my guests would like.

So what would you serve OP’s husband’s coworker, whose preferences you don’t know?

Once OP provides more information I would respond. Which is why I asked who's coming first of all. What I would serve a 70yr old is not what I would serve a 35yr old.

So now 35 year olds can’t eat chicken salad? Lmao

If that's the only thing you serve for lunch, expect a lot of left overs.

Somebody pleeeease tell me 35 year olds eat for lunch.

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Chicken salad is gross (as is egg salad, potato salad, etc.) and I would neither make nor eat it.

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Anonymous wrote:I like to make either Buffalo chicken salad or curry chicken salad. Good protein for lunch that can be made ahead of time.

Don't listen to the weirdos here who freak out at the mere mention of mayonnaise.

I’m ok with mayonnaise and most chicken salad, but buffalo anything tastes like vomit.

It's a pepper sauce what is so scary? I'm going to guess you have a lot of food aversions and an extremely limited palate. You're probably not going to OPs home anyway.

Not at all, I eat and enjoy almost everything. Just don’t think buffalo sauce tastes good. A lot of people don’t. But you’re right, I’m not going to OP’s house.

For the record, my very favorite chicken salad recipe has tarragon and walnuts. Lots of people wouldn’t like those flavors, probably, but I wouldn’t insult them over it.

The old American Cafe’s tarragon chicken salad 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.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicken salad is gross (as is egg salad, potato salad, etc.) and I would neither make nor eat it.

Would you eat a lobster roll

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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.

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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.

Everything seems to be polarizing. Can’t win, so serve something you like.

I serve things I think my guests would like.

I can’t believe any guests want to cross your threshold and listen to you drone on and on and on and on about stupid stuff.

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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.

Everything seems to be polarizing. Can’t win, so serve something you like.

I serve things I think my guests would like.

I can’t believe any guests want to cross your threshold and listen to you drone on and on and on and on about stupid stuff.

At least they will have something to eat, unlike at yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicken salad is gross (as is egg salad, potato salad, etc.) and I would neither make nor eat it.

Would you eat a lobster roll

Lobster roll with mayo… sacrilege!

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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.

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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.

That's why they put the chicken in there. So, it's not a whole salad based on mayo. It's based on chicken.

The reality is that there are no foods that every single person likes. Chicken salad is a reasonably popular food. It's also nice to have something cool and refreshing on a hot day. OP also mentioned the plan to serve sides, so if this person detests mayo they can fill up on sides.

I think this is a fine idea.

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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.

NP. The salad is not “based on mayonnaise”. It’s dressed with mayo and other things in the proportions that you decide, as the person preparing it. Have you ever even had chicken salad?

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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.

Everything seems to be polarizing. Can’t win, so serve something you like.

I serve things I think my guests would like.

So what would you serve OP’s husband’s coworker, whose preferences you don’t know?

Once OP provides more information I would respond. Which is why I asked who's coming first of all. What I would serve a 70yr old is not what I would serve a 35yr old.

So now 35 year olds can’t eat chicken salad? Lmao

If that's the only thing you serve for lunch, expect a lot of left overs.

Chicken salad is disgusting. Pick a crowd pleaser like liver wurst FFS.

You know that you need to heat liverwurst. It's not ready to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicken salad is gross (as is egg salad, potato salad, etc.) and I would neither make nor eat it.

Would you eat a lobster roll

Lobster roll with mayo… sacrilege!

Tf are you talking about? Cold lobster rolls have mayo.