Potato Salad Help

[julie*mango]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tanya_backside</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BanDanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body">



And here I was wondering what to bring to my friends Bar-B-Q tomorrow


Thanks Skells!!



I hate celery, onion, or pickle in my potato salad


I use Mayo, Mustard, hard boiled egg, olives and sprinkle with paprika </div></div>

I HATE Olives unless they are in my gin ceasar or a dirty martini </div></div>
i only like olives on my pizza ...otherwise

[R00TS]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly_n_Belly</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R00TS</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly_n_Belly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

mi think everybaddy did dress it warm </div></div>

so mi did tink to...mi gawn go start peel pitayta </div></div>

seeya tomarrow 15lbs!
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all done!!! tato salad is now being refrigerated

takes forever aye
now put some aside for yours

I'm gonna have to make some real soon
you all got me craving it now

[mountaingal]

Re: Potato Salad Help

that's the thing about potato salad. you're perfectly fine without it for months, then somebody mentions it and you have to have some.

i try to keep my recipe simple - potatoes, chopped hardboiled eggs, green peas, mixed together with a dressing of hellman's mayonnaise (lots, i don't skimp), some salt, a dash of cumin, prepared dijon mayonnaise and paprika.

if i have it handy, i also throw in some chopped fresh cilantro, which is a great complement for hard boiled eggs.

[Bandana]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">that's the thing about potato salad. you're perfectly fine without it for months, then somebody mentions it and you have to have some.

i try to keep my recipe simple - potatoes, chopped hardboiled eggs, green peas, mixed together with a dressing of hellman's mayonnaise (lots, i don't skimp), some salt, a dash of cumin, prepared dijon mayonnaise and paprika.

if i have it handy, i also throw in some chopped fresh cilantro, which is a great complement for hard boiled eggs.

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MGee that sounds heavenly actually



<span style="font-style: italic">gone go boil some potatoes...</span>

[QK13]

Re: Potato Salad Help

This is always a hit. I usually get the potato salad assignment for family parties. I refuse to do it unless I have a whole day off from work prior to the party.

I use thin skinned potatoes such as Red Bliss or California White or Yukon Gold cooked in generously salted water. You won't need to salt the potato salad.

Mayo
Vinegar
Sugar
Hard boiled eggs (Chopped)
Black pepper
Crispy bacon (crumbled) &amp; 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease.

Always put the salad together when the potatoes are still hot. At least warm. Never cold. Hot potatoes are still cooking and will absorb all the flavors.

I have no idea of measurements unless you want my standard
15 pounds of potatoes, you can adjust as needed...

3 lbs bacon
2 jars mayo.
2 dozen hard boiled eggs
about 1/3 to 1/2 mayo jar full of vinegar and a tablespoon or more of bacon grease and maybe 2 - 3 tablespoons of regular granulated sugar.

After you put the mayo in the potatoes, shake the vinegar, sugar &amp; bacon grease in the empty mayo jars.

Pour over the chopped potatoes, bacon &amp; eggs &amp; mix well.

Add chopped onion if you like.
I HATE raw onion in anything.

[mangoskin]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sistacaf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I threw in some mayo (<span style="font-style: italic">real</span> mayo - <span style="font-weight: bold">not that nasty low-fat ish)</span> </div></div>
yeah the low fat tastes bad, but what I do is mix it with the regular..cause mayo is tres fattening

[mangoskin]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chitown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">one thing is for sure: no matter what recipe I use, it WILL NOT INCLUDE hard boiled eggs! </div></div>

I'm with you, but if you're fixing it for ppl who like the eggs, just decrease the amount, and crush them up with a fork - you wont notice them as much

[sistacaf]

Re: Potato Salad Help

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I refuse to do it unless I have a whole day off from work prior to the party.</div></div>

yep, that right there is <span style="font-style: italic">prezackly</span> how my quickquick recipe came about...... i didn't have no kinda &quot;whoal day&quot; u see - i think i had bout an hour to get it made and served and it turned out better than any other i'd ever made when i took the proper time to dweet. whoda thunk it?!

and yes mangoskin i hear u. i actually do that too with other stuff, just not 'tater salad. It is sacrosanct!

and yuh wud never ketch me with peas or onions or any ah that stuff in deh needa. and ohgosh es<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">pecially</span></span> not cilantro. icky boo boo. i know nuff ppl love that stuff but mi cyaan tan ie.

altho i've been known in the past to include some hardboil eggs and a dash o'mustard...... i mostly make the super simple and fasss version now since it was such a surprise hit!