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Post by dezii on Jul 8, 2019 5:00:17 GMT -5
discussing a real American tradition..."Potato Salad" so many kinds...so many ingredients...is it mayo or no mayo..if so, then is it Hellmans or Dukes or even a local favorite... It is summer time after all and while the 4th is over.. [anyone watch trumps speech...I gave him about ten minutes which is ten minutes more then I thought I would...Did watch the Capital show though..was hoping for the Boston Pops but couldn't find it being broadcast here so gave up and went for the capital one..also a bit of the Macey's show too] plenty of summer left. Daughter has a place on Martha's Vineyard so they go to the beach and many towns on the Island have their own celebration and all can be seen from the beach so she says it's a horizon of continuouse color...real neat. ======================== www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/potato-salad-recipes-are-sacred-scripture-most-families-nobody-agrees-ncna1021696
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Post by resolution on Jul 8, 2019 6:42:13 GMT -5
My family has never been fans of potato salad. I can't remember anyone making it at big family events or holiday dinners, although I imagine my mom made a few different versions of it over the years for normal family dinners. I have always thought of it as something you bought in the deli section of the store to bring to work potlucks if you ran out of time and didn't fix your own side dish.
Is it common for families to have secret recipes of potato salad that they treasure and bring out for special occasions?
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 8, 2019 7:03:08 GMT -5
My mom made her "famous potato salad" that was requested year round at all family dinners. I used to be able to make it and mom spent a lot of time teaching a cousin's wife how to make it so the cousin could have famous potato salad. They divorced so I doubt he gets famous potato salad any more. I'm still in contact with the wife and she still makes it. I can not eat store bought potato salad--not once you've had famous potato salad.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 8, 2019 7:05:27 GMT -5
I am a take it or leave it person on mayo-based potato salad.
Years ago a friend who I had not seen in years invited me to his home for dinner. His wife made German potato salad. No mayo. It can be served hot or cold. We had it cold. Quite tasty and I keep on saying I should make it some time.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 8, 2019 8:10:32 GMT -5
I don't eat any potato salad but my wife does and was commenting about it just yesterday. She was saying that all the commercial potato salad she buys has peppers in it and that no one she knows that makes their own puts peppers in it. I am curious about other's experience with this.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 8, 2019 9:12:38 GMT -5
Mom's potato salad did not have peppers.
It was mashed potatoes. While potatoes were still warm, she tossed in eggs that had been sliced, onions, sweet pickle relish and mayo mixed with yellow mustard.
She said the secret was the potatoes had to be mashed and warm when mixed with other ingredients.
I may have forgotten an ingredient. I do remember her making it very early in the morning before we had A/C because the boiling of the potatoes and the eggs would heat up the kitchen. She liked the eggs cold, so often made them the night before.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 8, 2019 9:27:58 GMT -5
Mom's potato salad did not have peppers. It was mashed potatoes. While potatoes were still warm, she tossed in eggs that had been sliced, onions, sweet pickle relish and mayo mixed with yellow mustard. She said the secret was the potatoes had to be mashed and warm when mixed with other ingredients. I may have forgotten an ingredient. I do remember her making it very early in the morning before we had A/C because the boiling of the potatoes and the eggs would heat up the kitchen. She liked the eggs cold, so often made them the night before. Wait - like a bowl of cold mashed potatoes?
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Post by tractor on Jul 8, 2019 10:17:36 GMT -5
Potato salad must contain mustard, eggs and onions. Anything else just tastes bad. I must admit, those are the ingredients my mother in law uses, and she makes the best potato salad in the world 🙂
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Post by busymom on Jul 8, 2019 11:43:09 GMT -5
I never got my own Mom's recipe. She didn't really follow a recipe. She was one of those gifted cooks who would add ingredients until there was "enough". Since DH won't eat anything with mayo, or Miracle Whip (I married a picky eater), I didn't learn to make Mom's recipe. But I DID like it better than any potato salad I've had at a family gathering, or in a restaurant. I do remember she'd cut up hard-boiled eggs to add to boiled potatoes, there was some white onion, and she'd cut up dill pickles into little pieces. She added just enough Miracle Whip, but not so much that it ever tasted soggy, nor was it ever drippy. Makes me hungry just thinking about it.
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Post by Pants on Jul 8, 2019 11:50:21 GMT -5
My family has never been fans of potato salad. I can't remember anyone making it at big family events or holiday dinners, although I imagine my mom made a few different versions of it over the years for normal family dinners. I have always thought of it as something you bought in the deli section of the store to bring to work potlucks if you ran out of time and didn't fix your own side dish. Is it common for families to have secret recipes of potato salad that they treasure and bring out for special occasions? Yes. Literally every potato salad on this thread so far makes me very upset, because it is clearly not what potato salad is supposed to be. (except the german potato salad, which is not what potato salad is supposed to be but is different enough to be considered its own dish.)
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 8, 2019 11:57:06 GMT -5
My mom made her "famous potato salad" that was requested year round at all family dinners. I used to be able to make it and mom spent a lot of time teaching a cousin's wife how to make it so the cousin could have famous potato salad. They divorced so I doubt he gets famous potato salad any more. I'm still in contact with the wife and she still makes it. I can not eat store bought potato salad--not once you've had famous potato salad. Neither can I. I find it really sour. I make my Mom's potato salad. Potatoes, peas, eggs, green onions, celery, mayo and lots of dill.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 8, 2019 13:36:25 GMT -5
Mom's potato salad did not have peppers. It was mashed potatoes. While potatoes were still warm, she tossed in eggs that had been sliced, onions, sweet pickle relish and mayo mixed with yellow mustard. She said the secret was the potatoes had to be mashed and warm when mixed with other ingredients. I may have forgotten an ingredient. I do remember her making it very early in the morning before we had A/C because the boiling of the potatoes and the eggs would heat up the kitchen. She liked the eggs cold, so often made them the night before. Wait - like a bowl of cold mashed potatoes? Much more than that with all the flavors mixed in. Much more and delicious.
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Post by steff on Jul 8, 2019 13:56:56 GMT -5
I'm the go to for potato salad with friends and family. I even have a designated "potato salad bowl" that is ONLY used for that.
1 potato per person + 1 for the pot (large russet potatoes), boil potatoes with skins on. when done, put into a bowl & sprinkle with either apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar. cover & refrigerate overnight. Want the potatoes to be very cold. I also boil a dozen eggs when I boil the potatoes & refrigerate them overnight.
Next day, peel the potatoes & roughly cut. I use a spoon to peel them & then use the same spoon to rough cut them in my hand. Add chopped boiled eggs, chopped yellow onion, rough chopped dill pickles & several heaping spoons of sweet pickle relish, crumbled cooked bacon, & a finely diced jalapeno (because we're from Texas, jalapeno is totally optional). Then I mix 1/2 mayo & 1/2 sour cream with a shit ton of yellow mustard. Mix together using my hands and give the mixture a couple of good squeezes (to create some "mashed" effect, yet still have large potato pieces). Salt & pepper and then taste. If it needs more "dressing" then I only add more sour cream (not a mayo fan). Then I chill it all again for at least 4-6 hours.
Now on day 1 when I'm boiling the potatoes, I take my "potato salad bowl" which is a large, ancient crockery style bowl & I put it in my deep freezer. It stays in the freezer until literally it's time to serve the potato salad. That bowl will keep the salad chilled for HOURS. I don't have to worry over it sitting out & going bad. Transfer salad to frozen bowl & top with paprika.
It's all eyeballing measurements other than the 1 potato per person + 1 for the pot.
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Post by Pants on Jul 8, 2019 14:06:55 GMT -5
These are all incorrect recipes for potato salad. You're upsetting me, please stop. Mustard? Relish? What kind of MONSTERS are you?!?!?!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 8, 2019 14:09:23 GMT -5
These are all incorrect recipes for potato salad. You're upsetting me, please stop. Mustard? Relish? What kind of MONSTERS are you?!?!?! Vinegar? Mustard? Relish? Heathens! That's why it's so sour.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 8, 2019 14:13:30 GMT -5
These are all incorrect recipes for potato salad. You're upsetting me, please stop. Mustard? Relish? What kind of MONSTERS are you?!?!?! My husband's aunt would put cut up green olives in hers. Is that better? Aunt M's was mayo, a bit of mustard, eggs, dill pickles, onions, pimentos. Maybe celery if there was some. That's the right way to do it.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 8, 2019 14:17:52 GMT -5
My mom made her "famous potato salad" that was requested year round at all family dinners. I used to be able to make it and mom spent a lot of time teaching a cousin's wife how to make it so the cousin could have famous potato salad. They divorced so I doubt he gets famous potato salad any more. I'm still in contact with the wife and she still makes it. I can not eat store bought potato salad--not once you've had famous potato salad. Neither can I. I find it really sour. I make my Mom's potato salad. Potatoes, peas, eggs, green onions, celery, mayo and lots of dill. Me either. I can taste all the chemicals they use to keep it "safe" in the deli department.
And Tennesseer the first time I had German Potato salad was back in the 60's in Tennessee. Love that stuff.
And the only thing my EX MIL complimented me on in 18 yrs was my potato salad. Almost made me stop making it but EX like it so would make on occasion for him.
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Post by Pants on Jul 8, 2019 14:20:54 GMT -5
These are all incorrect recipes for potato salad. You're upsetting me, please stop. Mustard? Relish? What kind of MONSTERS are you?!?!?! My husband's aunt would put cut up green olives in hers. Is that better? Aunt M's was mayo, a bit of mustard, eggs, dill pickles, onions, pimentos. Maybe celery if there was some. That's the right way to do it. tenor.com/o73j.gif
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 8, 2019 14:22:00 GMT -5
My husband's aunt would put cut up green olives in hers. Is that better? Aunt M's was mayo, a bit of mustard, eggs, dill pickles, onions, pimentos. Maybe celery if there was some. That's the right way to do it. tenor.com/o73j.gifMy job here is done!
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 8, 2019 14:29:46 GMT -5
I never got my own Mom's recipe. She didn't really follow a recipe. She was one of those gifted cooks who would add ingredients until there was "enough". Since DH won't eat anything with mayo, or Miracle Whip (I married a picky eater), I didn't learn to make Mom's recipe. But I DID like it better than any potato salad I've had at a family gathering, or in a restaurant. I do remember she'd cut up hard-boiled eggs to add to boiled potatoes, there was some white onion, and she'd cut up dill pickles into little pieces. She added just enough Miracle Whip, but no so much that it ever tasted soggy, nor was it ever drippy. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. Curious as your mom used Miracle Whip. Did your mom grow up in the mid-west? My mom grew up in North Dakota, met my father in Okinawa at the end of WWII, got married in North Dakota, and the two of them moved to Massachusetts, my father's home state. I grew up in Massachusetts. We had Miracle Whip and only Miracle Whip in our home. I never had mayonnaise until I was around 14 years old, on a sandwich a friend made for me. So I wonder if Miracle Whip was a mid-west condiment.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 8, 2019 14:42:55 GMT -5
We never had Miracle Whip in our house when I was growing up. I never even tasted it until I was in my 30s. It was developed as a cheaper alternative to mayonnaise, the good stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 8, 2019 15:07:09 GMT -5
I never got my own Mom's recipe. She didn't really follow a recipe. She was one of those gifted cooks who would add ingredients until there was "enough". Since DH won't eat anything with mayo, or Miracle Whip (I married a picky eater), I didn't learn to make Mom's recipe. But I DID like it better than any potato salad I've had at a family gathering, or in a restaurant. I do remember she'd cut up hard-boiled eggs to add to boiled potatoes, there was some white onion, and she'd cut up dill pickles into little pieces. She added just enough Miracle Whip, but no so much that it ever tasted soggy, nor was it ever drippy. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. Curious as your mom used Miracle Whip. Did your mom grow up in the mid-west? My mom grew up in North Dakota, met my father in Okinawa at the end of WWII, got married in North Dakota, and the two of them moved to Massachusetts, my father's home state. I grew up in Massachusetts. We had Miracle Whip and only Miracle Whip in our home. I never had mayonnaise until I was around 14 years old, on a sandwich a friend made for me. So I wonder if Miracle Whip was a mid-west condiment. I was raised with Miracle Whip and still prefer it. My grandparents were dirty poor. This link suggests economics instead of geography might be the better predictor of who uses whish.
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Post by busymom on Jul 8, 2019 15:08:51 GMT -5
Yes, Tennesseer. Mom was born & raised in the Midwest. I don't ever recall seeing a jar of mayo in our house while I was growing up. I'd tasted it at a friend's house, but to this day, if I have a choice, I prefer Miracle Whip.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jul 8, 2019 16:21:03 GMT -5
Miracle Whip is almost the most disgusting thing on the planet.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 8, 2019 16:30:12 GMT -5
Miracle Whip is almost the most disgusting thing on the planet. It is but that is what I grew up eating. It's cheaper than mayo. Mom used to feed her grandson miracle whip and cheese on Wonder Bread at his request. I'm sure he ate those sandwiches at home. The sandwiches were in his eulogy at her funeral because they would have picnics on the kitchen floor, just grandma and grandson. He is a foodie now and wouldn't eat any of those ingredients as a sandwich. The cheese was American cheese slices.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 8, 2019 16:34:05 GMT -5
I'm the go to for potato salad with friends and family. I even have a designated "potato salad bowl" that is ONLY used for that.
Mom had a famous potato salad bowl. That's all it was used for. The potato salad must be served very cold so it had to be refrigerated. Overnight was preferable.
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Post by bean29 on Jul 8, 2019 17:04:59 GMT -5
My Grandma and my Mom always made German Potato Salad. German Potato Salad from the Deli is just gross.
I actually can’t eat Eggs or Mayo, so Traditional American Potato Salad is never on the Menu at my house.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 8, 2019 17:20:51 GMT -5
I used to make a potato salad where you would grill the chunks of potatoes and use Chipotles in the sauce.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 8, 2019 17:40:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies, busymom and billisonboard . Bil's link states Miracle Whip was first introduced in New England. So maybe it was dad's side of the family which intoduced MW to us. I now use mayo almost exclusively. The only time I use MW is when a hunger for a chunky peanut butter, bacon, and Miracle Whip sandwich kicks in. Sweet, salty,and savory all in one sandwich.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jul 8, 2019 17:51:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies, busymom and billisonboard . Bil's link states Miracle Whip was first introduced in New England. So maybe it was dad's side of the family which intoduced MW to us. I now use mayo almost exclusively. The only time I use MW is when a hunger for a chunky peanut butter, bacon, and Miracle Whip sandwich kicks in. Sweet, salty,and savory all in one sandwich.
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