On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 12:41:38 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
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> Tonight I cooked up a batch of potato salad for a party tomorrow. My
> daughter requested that I make it. Who would guess that I'd be doing that?
> Not me. I don't get along with potatoes. It's a pretty good Japan potato
> salad and it's not something that's readily available. Mostly people can
> only get it at Japanese restaurants. I can see the future, every time
> there's a party, I'm gonna have to make. I don't much care for cooking up
> large batches of food nor do I enjoy making the same foods over and over
> again. Alas, it seems to be my fate.
>
> The good news about all of this is that in the future, when I dead and gone,
> the kids will think about the taste of this salad that their dad used to
> make. I believe that it will make them happy remembering.
>
> ==
>
> I'm sure they will) Share your recipe, please?

It a fairly straightforward dish. Potatoes, carrots, cucumber, ham, and mayo. You have to salt the cucumber and I will tenderize the carrots by heating them up in the microwave. Make sure you squeeze the cucumber and carrots to get rid of excess water before mixing it in.

The important part is to use Japanese mayo in this salad. This type of mayo is heavy in umami. Umami is what makes this different from regular potato salad. If you don't have any Japanese mayo just add a good amount of MSG. I'll also add some rice vinegar and a little wasabi to the salad to make it interesting. Good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFsurou78w