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We never had tuna casserole when I was growing up, although apparently everybody else. We did eat chicken casserole a lot, always with wide egg noodles. As far as I knew, there were three kinds of pasta: spaghetti, macaroni and egg noodles. My mother often made chicken with cream of mushroom soup. I still make that today, only mine goes in the crock pot. It’s one of my son’s favorite dishes.

But my mother’s chicken salad, in my eyes, will always be a golden oldie. Chicken salad is huge in the South, and used to be served at every ladies function. There’s no real recipe for my mom’s chicken salad. All you really do is poach chicken breasts (never use dark meat in chicken salad), shred it and add mayonnaise, chopped celery and onions and salt and pepper to taste. I’ve updated it a bit. I usually roast my chicken instead of poaching, and I often add curry powder to give it a big of a zing. Give it a try. It’s great! A classic southern dish is fresh tomatoes stuffed with homemade chicken salad.

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