Joan Crawford’s French Banana Salad (1928)

Last week everyone went completely bonkers for both the premiere of Feud: Bette & Joan and for Joan Crawford’s Danti-Chips, so I decided to make a dish for episode 2!

Here is one of Joan’s favorite recipes, originally published in a 1928  article titled “Soup, Salad and Dessert: They Make or Mar the Meal” from an issue of Photoplay Magazine.

Check it:

…once in a while, being only human, Joan forgets all about her careful diet, as witness her recipe for French Banana Salad…

from the Joan Crawford Encyclopedia

I don’t know how bananas, peanuts, mayo and lettuce read as FRENCH, but as I established with her Danti-Chips, I’m not gonna question Ms. Crawford.

Because she will cut a bitch.

So here it is–if you dare–Joan’s French Banana Salad…

Honestly, I don’t know what the fuck this is.

I mean, it’s banana and mayo and peanuts and lettuce, but REAL TALK! You’re gonna tell me that THIS is what Joan Crawford ate when she went against her careful diet? A banana with mayo and peanuts? Not ice cream? Cake? Pie?

Yeah, this is how I felt about this shit:

GET THE FRENCH BANANA SALAD AWAY FROM ME!

It was wrong. All kinds of wrong.

The succession of flavor was as such:

  1. Peanut
  2. Mayo
  3. Banana
  4. & peanut again

That ain’t good. I am completely befuddled.

Even though this was–like I said, I don’t know what the fuck this is–my goal is to make a Bette/Joan-related dish for every episode of this series. So keep your Sundays open. But! There are some big changes coming up at DiS HQ–which I will tell you all about very soon! So if I fail, don’t hate me.

OK, kittens–ready for episode two?

Here’s the trailer!

Enjoy tonight’s show! Tomorrow let’s have a chat over on the Facebook Page!

Cheers!

 

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13 thoughts on “Joan Crawford’s French Banana Salad (1928)

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  1. I just watched episode one and I am in love. However, Miss Joan’s bananas leave me cold. I am fairly sure that she added TONS of liquor to this dish and didn’t tell anyone.

    1. Where would you add the booze? Or do you think she was just really drunk before she thought this was a good idea?

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