On Mon 21 Jul 2008 06:27:15p, Goomba told us...

> Fred/Libby Barclay wrote:
>
>> I have German friends, and their potato salad is nothing like ours. It
>> has no mayo, has tomatoes and squeezed out salted, drained cukes and
>> bacon. I think it did have mustard in it and sour cream, It was
>> distasteful to me, and I ate it only to be polite. It was always served
>> room temp.
>
> Room temp is the perfect temp to TASTE foods like that. I can't stand
> refrigerated cold salads. Cheese, tomatoes and other foods are best at
> room temp also. Cold covers up flavor.
>
> That German potato salad was probably delicious! My own Italian potato
> salad doesn't use mayo either. Potatoes, olive oil, vinegar, chopped red
> onions, lots of chopped parsley in the potatoes along with salt and
> pepper make for a nice salad.
>

Not unlike a good French style potato salad, either.

I really like all styles or potato salads, with the one exception of adding
hard-boiled eggs to them. No one could talk me into enjoying that, yet I
really like hard-boiled eggs.

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Wayne Boatwright
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