Talk:Chicken salad

On the topic of the History of Chicken Salad; I did a bit of searching for Town Meats in Wakefield, Rhode Island. It yielded a few results, most promising of which was http://www.diningquest.com/?page=client&id=414 - no results hinted at their having had invented Chicken Salad. I took it upon myself to call the business in question. The owner/operator verified that Town Meats had originally started as a meat market during the 1830's, and that they had converted to a deli which still stands on the very same spot. The gentleman did nothing to otherwise confirm or deny their having invented Chicken Salad, but otherwise I would say the statement lends itself certain credibility. - 3:46 AM 8/7/2006 User:wtfunkymonkey

The claim about inventing chicken salad is quite outrageous, as it is a simple preparation of chicken with mayonnaise or mustard and has most likely existed since the first sandwiches are made. I have removed the advertisement from the article and it should stay removed until a credible reference can be cited. ZG 19:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I have given the article a slightly more global defenition. As it stood it only showed a US defentition and had no relevance in Europe and Asia as Chicken Salad there means only a salad that contains chicken and not something defined by dressing, or relating to sandwiches. I also re-removed the claim about the inventor of Chicken Salad as I do not believe that such a generic term can claim to have an inventor and no proof or citation is supplied. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.113.57.163 (talk) 15:03, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

The bit about the man who invented the chicken salad seems to be a complete myth. See the conversation here for details: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/124969-using-the-internet-as-a-food-history-source/page__pid__1728590__st__0&#entry1728590 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.11.243 (talk) 15:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The nonsense about Town Meats is yes, just the type of unsubstantiated waffle that gives popular food history a bad name. This isn't the venue to advertise your business. Blether (talk) 20:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Saying that chicken salad is "essentially tuna salad with chicken substituted for tuna" makes it seem like tuna salad predates chicken, which is almost certainly not true. Warm Worm (talk) 23:54, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Apparently, 'Town Meats' has closed, as of April 2011 - see here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/town-meats-on-main-wakefield 78.33.32.66 (talk) 16:31, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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It certainly is a chicken salad, but it doesn't look typical.Drsruli (talk) 10:34, 4 June 2022 (UTC)