On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:02:01 -0600, Elaine Parrish >
wrote:

> Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
> or after you cook them?

Before on this end. We use russets, and that would make a hideous
mess of the cooking water.

Mom always cooked her red potatoes along wtih the hard boiled eggs.
Then she'd slide the skins off of the potatoes. Wish I had the
confidence to boil eggs and potatoes together and have the eggs turn
out right.

Russets soak up more flavor than the reds. And they don't require
much chewing because of their tendency to get a little fluffy.

Holiday Hugs,
Carol