Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Billy wrote:
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>> Carla's Macaroni Salad
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>> pasta, salads
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>> 16 oz macaroni cooked
>> 1 pint mayonnaise
>> 1 can eagle condensed milk
>> 1 cup vinegar
>> 4 carrots, grated
>> 1 onion, chopped
>> 1 pepper, chopped
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> I posted a pic of the ingredients on abf. Now to put it all together.
> Oy. The things I do for you people. ;-)

Well, I'd say my onion and pepper were more diced than chopped, but I
followed the recipe exactly other than that (I even weighed out 16.0
ounces of macaroni on my kitchen scale).

I did whisk the dressing ingredients together before pouring them over
the salad ingredients, but I think that's just common sense. I tasted
the dressing before pouring it, and it wasn't as sweet as I thought it'd
be -- more like a commercial coleslaw dressing with too much vinegar in
it. Sweet, but more vinegary than sweet. The completed salad's
supposed to sit overnight, and I think that's good, because it seems WAY
too soupy at the moment, as though there is twice as much dressing as
there should be.

The salad entirely filled my 10.8-cup storage container.

I took a little taste of the salad before putting it in the fridge, and
honestly, it's not much sweeter than grocery-store macaroni salad (the
stuff with all the ubiquitous corn syrup in it, I'm sure). We'll see how
it tastes tomorrow, after the onions have a chance to temper things and
the dressing soaks in some.

Either way, I'm not sure I'll actually LIKE it, but it's edible even
now, and is supposed to sit overnight, so we'll see. I'll post my review
tomorrow and let you know how the family liked it, as well. Well, not
James, because he doesn't like macaroni salad at all and is unlikely to
taste it.

Serene


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