Comments on: Treasure Found: Granny Jordan’s Chicken Casserole / Salad

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:46:51 +0000

@ Janet Creswell, I would use tuna instead of the chicken and use cream if celery instead of cream of chicken soup.

By: Ann S

Ann S — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:30:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing the recipe and memories. Wish I had my mother’s recipes, she passed 46 years ago.

By: Janet B.

Janet B. — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:05:54 +0000

I can’t wait to try this chicken salad. You ladies are right; the recipes from our mothers, aunts and grandmothers are to be treasured. My mother and her two sisters used to send me recipes on a regular basis…….thank goodness, because I didn’t know how to cook when I got married. I used to tell people that my husband boiled hot dogs better than I did! I knew that if I followed their recipes exactly as they’re written that they would come out perfect. I started typing up all my recipes, but it’s taking forever because I have to put the directions in there. Most of my recipes give the ingredients only! (Oops!)

By: Jerrilee

Jerrilee — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:05:55 +0000

approximately how much cut up chicken do you need? 2 cups, 4 cups? My husband and I don’t care for dark meat, so would probably be making this with chicken breasts.

By: Janet Creswell

Janet Creswell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:04:05 +0000

Wonder what you would change to make this a Tuna instead or Chicken? Any ideas out there?

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:19 +0000

Oh my goodness, Granny’s handwriting looks exactly like my own precious MaMaw’s. I treasure the handwritten recipes of hers that I have as well. Thank you for sharing your recipes, memories and wisdom!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:40:56 +0000

If this keeps up my “recipe box” will hold all your recipes!! Now cross your fingers that my mothers recipes show up for me some day as hers have gone missing and no one has any of them. Even the ones I copied for my own book are gone, as well as my book. This post actually made me cry as I am still adjusting to my mom being gone, just a few months now. She had alzheimers and could not even remember her recipes, the ones she did from her head on a day to day basis. It just makes me so happy to see people posting recipes from their parents and grandparents, don’t forget to write them all down and put a copy in your safe deposit box. as nothing is harder to replace than the memories these wonderful foods bring us.

By: Jenny C

Jenny C — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:49:24 +0000

Adding a few things to my grocery list to make this later this week My tummy is already growling!!

By: sheila

sheila — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:31:04 +0000

Following my mom’s sudden death last December, age 88, I kept having a cravin for her delicious chicken salad. She always made a BIG bowl for the holidays so our 30+ family members could snack away before supper. But I could not find that recipe anywhere. By summer, I was tired of searching. Then, one day opened my pantry and reached for a cookbook. Some things were ill-arranged and several cookbooks fell. Big mess. But when I finished, there was one sheet of folded paper that had ‘floated’ over under the table. Picking it up, irritatedly, I opened it and yes, it was just like you find. It was one of her hand-written copies of the infamous chicken salad. I made it the very next day as soon as I got all of the ingredients! Today Heaven smiles as our grandmothers and mothers see us continuing to prepare their signature dishes! I await your next post!

By: Glinda

Glinda — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:22:26 +0000

Christy, I’m new to your website and have been enjoying it ! I too am and a home economics graduate ( University of Montevallo, BS and MAT.) I taught almost 30 years, but nothing still excites me as much as good southern food. I collect family recipes and love visiting my mother and grandmothers through their recipes. I’ve typed over 300 recipes I call Food from the Family Tree. My daughters, sister, and other family members all ask for a CD of them and then they just install them on their hard drive and pull them up as needed. I don’t have beautiful pictures with them like you, but I’m so happy to have had good cooks in my family who “held on” to their recipes. Thank you for all you are doing to educate young women with your love for food, especially southern food. Glinda from Greenville, AL