Food Review: Chicken Salad

Food I've Never Tried Before: Chicken Salad
Source: Dumser's Dairyland in Ocean City, MD

The whole "salad" genre is something I've avoided for a long time. Potato, tuna, shrimp, pasta and chicken salad... all itema non grata around the Smith residence. Thankfully, there's never been a time when I actually had to eat any of that. Lately, however, I've desired to expand my palate. That's led to bizarro extremes, really, like the time I ate tomatoes on my hamburger.

Today, my co-worker Tanya brought back lunch from nearby eatery Dumser's Dairyland. I've had Dumser's cheesesteaks (adequate), fish and chips (middling) and their chocolate malts (delectable). She offered me half her sub. I accepted sight unseen, under the condition (assumed) that it wasn't a veggie sub.

It was chicken salad. I wavered, thought about ways out of the awkward situation... but really, free food is such a wonderful gift, it's hard to turn down. I accepted.

This was like chicken and mayo-flavored paste. The only way I could force some taste into the stuff was 1) by simultaneously eating a french fry and/or 2) dipping it in ketchup. Blegh. What's the point? And the celery, the crunchy celery snapping between my teeth, it had such an odd texture.

I rate it 5/10. Extra points because it was free.