[Anonymous]

Twenty-five years ago I went to a friend's house for dinner; she made this. After that I was hooked. I've been collecting and tweaking with recipes ever since, and you know? As simple and unassuming as this one is, to this day--its still my best one and I have some good stuff! I've been asked for it so many times, I finally ended up leaving extra copies in my box for when I take it somewhere or make it for someone else. Its yet to fail..literally--I ALWAYS get asked for the recipe.

This is the centerpiece of my collection:

Bird's Quiche (Linda George)

1 deep dish pastry shell (purchased, or use your favorite pastry recipe)
10 oz frozen spinach, cooked
1 c shredded Swiss cheese
1 - 7 oz can (or bigger; doesn't matter) Hormel canned chicken
1/4 c chopped onion
2 eggs slightly beaten
3/4 cup Best Foods (Hellman's) Mayonnaise
3/4 c milk
1 tsp basil
1/4 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 375*. Pierce pastry shell well with a fork. Bake 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350*. Prepare filling:

Put the spinach in a large strainer and, using the back of a soup spoon, press out as much of the cooking liquid as you can; the dryer the better. Place in a medium sized mixing bowl along with the chicken and onion and chop together well with a fork, taking care not to break down the chicken pieces too much.

In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, mayonnaise, milk, basil and pepper (no salt). Fold into the spinach mixture until evenly incorporated. Poor in cooled crust. Bake 45 - 50 minutes. Top will be browned. Allow to stand 30 minutes before cutting.

This is good hot or at room temperature. Muffins and fruit go well.