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spooky skeleton tiddlywinkler on Nostr: I went and had the chicken salad that is supposed to be the best in Alabama. Is it ...

I went and had the chicken salad that is supposed to be the best in Alabama. Is it the best? I don't know, but it was very good and definitely a contender. There's a couple of other restaurants which claim to have some of the best chicken salad in the state that I'll have to try before I can hang a laurel wreath on anyone.

I picked at it to reverse engineer it, and this is what I found:

*It had a mix of shredded white and dark meat chicken, so lots of flavor without being too fatty. There were no knuckles or cartilage accidentally left in to spoil the texture.
*Mayo.
*Finely chopped boiled egg. In fact it was so finely chopped and incorporated into the mayo that it was difficult to see, but I could taste it. There were no obvious chunks of egg white or yolk.
*Chopped roasted almonds. Maybe three almonds' worth.
*Sliced grapes. Maybe two grapes' worth in the entire serving.
*No pepper and it didn't taste salty, but it had just enough salt in it.
*The ingredients were well balanced.

There was nothing unusual about it. It was just chicken salad expertly made.