FORGOTTEN RECIPE FRIDAY

Here is a recipe from 1875 called Mock Chicken Salad.  Obviously it does not contain chicken.  My question was, why not make Real Chicken Salad?  Well "mock" in cooking terms means to use a reliable substitute and upon further investigation, I discovered the reason a substitute was used for the chicken.  Mock chicken salads were made from cubes of roast pork, which were less expensive than chicken.  After all, chickens were a source of eggs for families.  In 1875, you just did not kill your chickens. 

MOCK CHICKEN SALAD

4 cups coarsely chopped roast pork

1 cup chopped celery

3/4 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/2 cup pimento-stuffed green olives

1/2 cup mayo or boiled dressing

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper

Combine pork, celery, bell pepper, olives, mayo, salt and pepper in a large bowl.  Cover and refrigerate for several hours.  Store leftover salad in a covered container in the refrigerator.

OK, do you think that they had refrigerators in 1875?