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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.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in my early 30s and love chicken salad. I’d be happy to be served chicken salad sandwiches at someone’s house if I were invited to lunch.

That said, please do not put curry powder or fruit or nuts in it! Celery and herbs and finely diced pickles is the way to go.

The only thing worse than mayo is celery!

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people saying no and gross, what do you serve guests for lunch? There is no single food that pleases everyone. There’s a good chance that those who are in the chicken salad camp wouldn’t like what you like. And that’s fine. As a host, you do your best to please your guests but you’re not operating a restaurant.

I would do a bowl with chicken or salmon, farro or another grain/rice/starch, avocado, veggies, etc. Yes people have different tastes, but going with a dish that is commonly served in modern restaurants vs your grandma’s chicken salad is a safer bet.

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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.

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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

Anonymous wrote:I eat pretty much everything, but I dislike mayo based foods. I would grit my teeth and politely eat the chicken salad. It’s a somewhat old fashioned dish that I’m sure your in-laws love, but it’s not as universally loved these days. Did your husband request a jello salad as well?

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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?

Share your recipe. Let's discuss how much is in there.

For 4-6 servings, I use 1/4 cup.

So more than a smear like a deli sandwich would have. That's quite a lot.

So…you just have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about here, eh

When the 2nd ingredient after chicken is mayonnaise are you trying to fool people into what they are eating? Serve chicken salad, nobody is telling you not to. But people have opinions on it. Which is what OP is getting at. You must be so confused.

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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?

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.