Old Dog, New Tricks

I was today years old when I learned how to make chicken salad in a blink of an eye. I have been making chicken salad for over half a century. That’s a really long time. And I always make it by chopping up chicken. It’s not hard, but it can be slow.

I have loved shredded chicken salad like we get at the Midtown Market in Danville. I just never tried to make shredded chicken salad because it was a huge extra step to shed the chicken.

Then I heard about shredding chicken using my kitchen aid mixer. WHAT?!?! I actually read about it on the Kitchen Aid website. You cook the chicken and put the hot chicken in the bowl with the paddle attachment. Turn the machine on low and sure enough in less than 30 seconds I had shredded 2 large whole breasts.

It would have taken me ten minutes to chop by hand and an additional ten minutes to shred. 30 seconds! How did I get to 64 without knowing this trick? You can teach this old dog a new trick.