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Default Steakhouse Potato Salad - with sour cream

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Fri, 14 May 2010 20:05:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:

(recipe snipped)
> >> Mayo has a bite from that small amount of vinegar (or rather, lemon
> >> or lime juice) but sour cream doesn't?
> >>
> >> -sw

> >
> > What'd I say? Pffthhhggbtt!

>
> It says "without the bite of vinegar in mayo".
>
> Maybe you North Dakotan's have wicked mayo or something, but sour
> cream has more bite than mayo on the rest of the planet.
>
> -sw


It's a different taste. Live dangerously and try a bit of the
combination. Lactic acid is a different kind of sour than acetic acid
or citric acid.

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