Chicken Indienne

 Only an Anglophone culture could take a curry, entomb it in gelatin, call it a “salad,” and then Frenchify the name to make it sound fancy. Both the Indian people and the French probably have a word for this sort of nonsense, and chances are it’s “Merde.”

Salad Cookbook, The Family Circle, Inc., 1972

Also from this book: What We Talk About When We Talk About Gelatin, Chicken Mousse In Aspic (A Cult Classic), Salmon In A Sauna