CHICKEN SALAD

The average cook book contains a good deal of nonsense
about this salad. Nothing can be more simple than to mix a little nicely
cut cold boiled chicken and celery together, with a tablespoonful or two
of mayonnaise. Put this mixture into a salad-bowl, arrange it neatly,
and over all add a mayonnaise. Garnish with celery tops, hard-boiled
eggs, strips of beets, etc. Use a little more celery than chicken. Or,
tear a few leaves of lettuce, put them in a salad-bowl, and add half a
cold, boiled, tender chicken that has been cut into neat pieces; pour
over it a mayonnaise; garnish neatly, and serve.

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Although red wine is always fun to drink, and red wine from France’s Burgundy region all the more so, there is a lot more that ca be done with it and still consumed and enjoyed. Of course, you would be well advised to keep two bottles around if you are going to be using red wine in the kitchen, because it is vitally important to have some to enjoy from the glass once you have enjoyed your meal. Red wine is popular in sauces for the texture and the body that it adds to a meal. As a preference it should be used with caution, as the flavor can overpower a chicken dish in too large a quantity, but there is no limit beyond your own personal tastes in reality. Something that a lot of people enjoy in a meal is a good red wine vinegar.

Red wine vinegar is a real addition to any meal that contains good red meat. It has a rounding property that makes the dish taste very different and very moreish. One thing that it has very much in its advantage is that it is criminally easy to make yourself. All that you need is one part red wine and three parts white vinegar. It is important that the vinegar be white, as this has a lighter flavor and constitution and will mix well with the red wine rather than clashing with it. You yourself will know which is the best wine to use – whichever red wines you have drunk that feel like they would go well in a meal, those should be your preference.

The ideal wine for many in this respect is a good burgundy. Hugely popular within France and beyond, burgundy is a full-bodied red wine that really makes for a hearty meal or a hearty drink. If at the end of the night you have had a glass or two of a nice burgundy, do not race to finish the bottle – particularly if you have to work in the morning. Instead keep what is there and use it in the above Burgundy Red Wine Vinegar recipe. You will not be wasting anything – least of all your powers of recovery, and you will have the ideal base for a good meal in days to come. A popular use of red wine vinegar is in the Lyonnais dish of Chicken in Red Wine Vinegar.

There is very little that you will need to buy in order to make this meal.

Ingredients:

• Your pre made red wine vinegar,
• a tomato,
• some shallots,
• garlic
• and honey is all you will need,
• along with some chicken stock taken either from a previous roast or made from a stock cube.

Leaving aside the garlic and the shallots, you mix it all in a medium saucepan for eight minutes, after which it should have reduced nicely. You then cook your chicken in a large skillet with salt, pepper and butter until it is browned, remove from the pan and add the garlic and shallots. Cook these on a low heat for five minutes, then add the wine and boil until it reduces to about half its volume, then mix the chicken back in and cook for about 20 minutes. Then serve with whatever accompaniment you prefer and enjoy.

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