Recipe: Cooked Salad Dressings and Old Fashioned Chicken Salad Ideas

Hello and welcome - I'm so glad you found us! Regarding the 50's chicken salad that you're looking for, the difference might by in the mayonnaise or it could be that a cooked dressing was used. In case you haven't tried that route already, here are a couple of recipes previously shared for you to check out:

Boiled Dressing
From: becky 2-12-1998
" I still used boiled dressing for chicken salad and potato salad. This is my favorite."
Board: Vintage Recipes at Recipelink.com
Msg ID: 0179
Msg URL: /recipes/boiled-dressing-0179

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Cooked Salad Dressing (1930's)
From: Depression Era Recipes by Patricia R. Wagner
Board: Vintage Recipes at Recipelink.com
Msg ID: 018628
Msg URL: /recipes/cooked-salad-dressing-1930s-018628

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And here's a chicken salad recipe posted by Judy IndIN - she adds sugar and vinegar (to taste) to the mayonnaise:

Chicken Salad
Board: Cooking Club at Recipelink.com
From: Judy IndiN 7-14-2008
Msg ID: 0083758
Msg URL: /recipes/chicken-salad-for-denise-w-va-0083758

Sometimes the simpler the recipe the better it is. Years ago I worked part time at a Mrs. Powell's Cinnamon Rolls shop and the customers raved about our tuna salad sandwiches. It always made us chuckle because the tuna salad had literally 2 ingredients - canned tuna and Hellman's Mayonnaise - not one other thing! The rolls are what made the sandwiches so good - they were made from the same dough used to make the cinnamon rolls - soft, sweet and eggy and so good!

I'll explore some of my old recipe booklets to look for any other clues and I hope other visitors will join this quest.

We look forward to your visits!
Betsy