Nancy2 wrote:
>
>My mom would order it ahead from the butcher...it wasn't actually
>chicken, though...the name was given in order for it to be thought
>more elegant or expensive at that time. My mom made it with cubes of
>veal and pork, mixed.

Hard to believe but there was a time when veal cost a lot less than
chicken... was not all that long ago when the only chicken available
was from live chicken markets, or those one raised themselves.