Salad: Looking for tasty potato salad recipe.
Subject: Looking for tasty potato salad recipe.
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: amandamarx at aol.com (AmandaMarx)
Date: 29 Jul 2000 22:38:43 GMT
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Anyone out there have a delicious potato salad recipe. I have been on a search for a yummy potato salad recipe but the neighbor hood stores' salads don't do anything for me. I also prefer sliced potato salad and the locals here like to cube it. Not my first choice. Thx.
From: Abby Powers (jimnabby at mail.monmouth.com)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:46:20 -0400
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Hi Amanda,
I also don't like stores' potato salads--too sweet and mayonnaise-y for my palate. Here's what I do:
Boil potatoes in salted water until just done.
(waxier varieties work better than starchier; I also like "red white and blue": red-skinned potatoes, yellow-skin waxy potatoes, and purple potatoes.)
Slice as you like, place in a large bowl, salt liberally, and then soak the potatoes in white vinegar. I use a large (~1 liter) bottle of vinegar. Soak for a few hours or up to a day.
Drain vinegar, and toss the potatoes with a huge handful of fresh parsley and perhaps a little bit of mayonnaise.
Experiment with herbs and seasonings, and perhaps bacon. But vinegar-based is a nice change from sweet-mayonnaise.
Abby
From: Robert W. Keereweer (chef at chebucto.ns.ca)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:55:38 -0300
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Cook the potatoes with the skins on, cool them and then peel them.
Rob.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~chef [dead link, later redirect blocks in archive.org]
From: GW (gward1 at pop.mpls.uswest.net)
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 02:41:49 -0700
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AmandaMarx wrote:
> Anyone out there have a delicious potato salad recipe. I have been on a search
> for a yummy potato salad recipe but the neighbor hood stores' salads don't do
> anything for me. I also prefer sliced potato salad and the locals here like to
> cube it. Not my first choice. Thx.
There are four steps in making any potato salad:
1. cook the potatoes
2. dress and flavor the potatoes
3. add other vegetables and sometimes meat to the salad
4. refrigerate and let the flavors meld
Slice or dice the potatoes any way you like then boil them until tender but still somewhat firm.. Alternatively, boil them and then slice or dice them. While they're still hot dribble them liberally with red wine vinegar, toss them, and let them sit for 10 minutes.
Once the potatoes are set, add the dressing. You can add mayonaise or salad dressing as you wish..Experiment with comercial salad dressings like blue cheese and creamy cucumber. Mustard is a must though. You must add mustard at this point. This is also the time to add herbs.
Add other vegetables to your potato salad. sliced green onions, chunked cucumbers, sliced radishes, etc.
Radishes and cucumbers realy promote a potato salad in my experience. Try them.
From: amandamarx at aol.com (AmandaMarx)
Date: 30 Jul 2000 13:25:50 GMT
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Thanks for all the great tips. :)
From: w84mrcl at aol.com (W84mrcl)
Date: 11 Aug 2000 23:30:17 GMT
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I am famous for my potato salad. Actually, I can't lay claim to the recipe, as it came from my best friend's Mom...but I stole it years ago and now the fame is mine. :-) Ok, the first thing you do is fry up some bacon. Peel some Idaho potatoes about half way peeled, wash thoroughly. Dice them into small pieces. Throw them in some boiling salted water, along with about 5 eggs. Take the eggs out after about 7 minutes and put in cold water. Boil potatoes until tender, then strain. While they are still warm, add mayo to taste, Lawry's season salt, green onions to taste, some celery and slice the eggs, and add bacon. Stir and taste and then taste some more. :-) It will be kinda like warm mashed potatoes, but leave some of the lumps. Then, here is the secret ingedient. Add bacon grease. About 1/3 cup for a 6 potato salad. (use the very bottom of the drippings, with all the crispies) Add pepper, and more Lawry's, if need be. Top with paprika and listen to 'em rave!!!! Julee
From: Mary Fisher (Mary at 38smv.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 14:42:31 +0100
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> I am famous for my potato salad.
Mine is famous too, but much simpler.
Cut potatoes (unpeeled) into half inch cubes and boil in salted water until cooked but not mushy.
Place in layers in a dish and add to each layer fresh ground pepper, finely (or coarsely if you prefer, I do) chopped fresh garlic and olive oil or butter.
That's it. You can substitute very finely chopped onion for the garlic if you prefer and I like to add lots of roughly chopped fresh parsley if it's growing well.
It's wonderful either hot or cold and perhaps even better next day but you have to make a huge amount for there to be any left.
From: mgeost (mgeostNOmgSPAM at rocketmail.com.invalid)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 14:34:28 -0700
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Should you like to try something different, my Austrian grandmother used to cube her potatoes, brown them in the oven in the drippings from bacon.
The dressing was freshly made mayonaise with which ever herbs one desired and a topping of crunchy bacon. Quite tasty with a very satifying crunch from the browned potatoes - a handful of thinly sliced green onions is a tasty addition.