chicken salt

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Noun

chicken salt (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A seasoning comprising table salt blended with herbs, spices, flavourings, and sometimes monosodium glutamate, often containing chicken extracts.
   • 1999, Peter Craven, editor, Best Australian essays:

     Look at that man, eating No Name chicken salt from a noodles packet; not bothering to chase after the packet being blown by the wind towards the forest.

   • 2005, Bill Condon, chapter IC, in No Worries‎^[1], page 62:

     ‘Chicken salt. That′s all it was. He wanted chicken salt and he got ordinary salt and so he whinged at me.’

   • 2010, Reece Hauxby, chapter IC, in Justin Gale Deals with Death‎^[2], page 119:

     “Yes, twenty six small cheeseburgers with diet coke. Oh, and some medium fries. Err... About ten bags. No, I don′t want chicken salt! I never want chicken salt! I hate chicken salt!”

Related terms

• hei hei salt

Translations

seasoning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞精／鸡精 (jījīng)

• Finnish: kanaa sisältävä maustesuola
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