"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Thu 02 Jan 2014 12:19:04a, Julie Bove told us...
>
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> . 190.71...
>>> On Tue 31 Dec 2013 05:13:52a, Julie Bove told us...
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>>>> And by tweak, I don't mean changing them to use what you happen
>>>> to have or leaving out or swapping things that your family would
>>>> prefer. I mean making the recipe, tasting it, then having to
>>>> add things to it to make it edible!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Edible? No. If the recipe is that bad, I wouldn't use it.
>>> There are plenty of others. Having said that, I often tweak a
>>> recipe to enhance the flavor, texture, etc.
>>
>> I don't know. I tasted the final end result. I was okay. Not
>> something I'd go out of my way for but if served in a restaurant,
>> I would eat it. Husband and daughter both hated it but... For
>> some reason the potato salads that I do like are the ones that
>> they don't. The problem is that to make the kind that they like,
>> I can't taste for seasonings because I can't have eggs. And
>> neither of them is a reliable taste tester. They could taste and
>> say yes or no but could not tell me what (if anything) to add.
>>
>> I have also made things that I thought I would like, such as Texas
>> caviar because I like all that goes into it, but then I dislike
>> the end results.
>>
>>
>
> FWIW, I don't use a recipe for potato salad. I go by sight and
> taste. It often is a little different from one batch to another, but
> I've only made one potato salad I was unhappy with. I also do not
> use eggs in my potato salad. I don't like hard boiled eggs _in_
> anything, but I do like them with just salt and pepper, or as
> devilled eggs.

It may well be that the problem I have with the salads is the Nasoya I am
using. Maybe it in and of itself isn't tasty. But you see, I can't use
real mayo or sour cream in the salad or I won't be able to taste it.

Then one I made that I really liked was very simple. Slices of Yukon Gold
potatoes and slices of onion (can't remember what kind), salt, pepper and a
vinaigrette type dressing. Nobody at all liked it but me. Also made
similar that was potatoes, green beans and cherry tomatoes. Again, nobody
but me liked it.

Many of the recipes I looked up a little while ago have pickles in them.
Some specify dill. Some don't say what kind. But I am pretty sure they
don't put pickles in the Reser's so I don't think that would help me.