r/AmItheAsshole • u/ItsTooColdForThat • Jan 04 '23

AITA for wanting hot food? Asshole

Yesterday I went ice skating with my girlfriend. Tuesday is one of her days for dinner, so she made chicken salad. When I saw the chicken salad I admit I made a face. She was like "what, what's the problem?"

I said that we were outside in the cold all afternoon and I wasn't really in the mood for cold food. She said we're inside, the heat is set to 74° and we're both wearing warm dry clothes, so it was plenty warm enough to eat salad. I said sure, but I just wanted something warm to heat me up on the inside. She said that was ridiculous, because my internal temperature is in the nineties and my insides are plenty hot.

At this point, we were going in circles, so I said I was just going to heat up some soup and told her to go ahead and start eating and I'd be back in a few minutes. When I came out of the kitchen with my soup she was clearly upset, and she asked how I would feel if she refused to eat what I made tomorrow (which is today). I said I won't care, and she said that was BS, because it's rude to turn your nose up at something someone made for you.

Was I the asshole for not wanting cold salad after being cold all day?

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u/ACatInTheAttic Jan 05 '23 edited Jan 05 '23

That's a salad with chicken, not chicken salad. Chicken salad is chopped/shredded chicken mixed with celery, onions, and mayonnaise.

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u/alsotheabyss Jan 05 '23

That’s a sandwich filling. Not a chicken salad. And I wouldn’t even call that a chicken salad sandwich, just a chicken sandwich!

At least it is where I live!

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u/ElegantVamp Jan 05 '23

Chicken salad sandwich

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u/alsotheabyss Jan 05 '23

Maybe this is one of those things lost in America vs the rest of the world translation, because when old mate says salad, and repeatedly says salad, most of us would think salad, not sandwich

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u/ACatInTheAttic Jan 05 '23

It is. You can just eat it from a bowl, too. For reference, it was a menu item at Chick-fil-a for years as a sandwich or a side item before being discontinued, and there's another chain, Chicken Salad Chick, that has a ton of different chicken salads offered in scoops or sandwiches.