On Mon 21 Jul 2008 07:56:59p, Gregory Morrow told us...

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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> On Mon 21 Jul 2008 06:27:15p, Goomba told us...
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>> > Fred/Libby Barclay wrote:
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>> >> 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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> I loathe the texture of chopped hard - boiled eggs in salads. When I
> make potato salad I make my own dressing (mayo, sour cream, yogurt,
> vinegar, spices, brown mustard...) and simply throw the hard - boiled
> eggs into the food processor with the rest of the dressing ingredients.
> That way you get the desired egg - ey taste without those disguzting
> chunx...

I don't even like the egg - ey taste. I omit them entirely. The rest
sounds good!

> This past weekend I made my standard tater salad for a cookout for like
> the 10 millionth time already this season, and I'm kinda tired of it (I
> make 8 - 10 pounds at a time). Next time I am making it French - style,
> with roasted potatoes, a moutard vinaigrette, NO eggs...
>



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Wayne Boatwright
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