Luann's chicken salad

Chicken second courses

My sister in law Luann makes the best chicken salad I have ever had. Seriously. She made the mistake of bringing it to a family fourth of July a few years ago and now she better not show up without it to any family function or there will be trouble. It's not that the ingredients are exotic or numerous - everything in it can be found at the grocery in Corsicana Texas where she's from - it's what she does with them that's magic. It's almost like a pate or chicken spread, but not quite. Lu has a couple of rules - you use pecans or walnuts, but not both. You use grapes or apples, but not both. You need a food processor for this.