Originally Posted by
StuckInYYZ
So I'll ask.... did Queen Elizabeth even try this? The list of ingredients is so weird and offputting. Where do eggplant, banana, mango, curry and mayo (mei you to the mayo.... yeah, I know, lame) go together in the same sentence, never mind recipe?
Forgetting that more modern messed around with interpretation, yes, the Queen would have definitely eaten Coronation Chicken.
The original’s apricot purée makes sense as it would have been a substitute for mango chutney (still hugely popular in the U.K. but likely difficult to source in 1953). It also follows a trend from Victorian times to make dishes with curry powder (take Kedgeree, which was a favourite of the Queen, as an example). My grandfather served food to the Queen at certain State Banquets.
My husband had a Coronation Chicken sandwich just yesterday, he bought it as its a kind of food I never make at home.