"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon 22 May 2006 02:47:59p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Victor
> Sack?
>
> > kilikini > wrote:
> >
> >> I do too, Wayne, and I have never had a better recipe than this one.
> >> If you do an online search for German Potato Salad, all you get are
> >> recipes with mayo and mustard. Huh? That's not supposed to be in
> >> there!
> >
> > Nonsense. I see I have to repost some of what I posted before... It is
> > ridiculous to call any dish (pan)-German, as implied by your all-caps in
> > "German Potato Salad" - there is no such thing, except in a very general
> > way. There was no such thing as Germany until 1871, the Holy Roman
> > Empire notwithstanding... not even a customs union until something like
> > 1835. There was nothing more than a loose conglomeration of often
> > hostile mini-states with their own cultures and traditions. The recipe
> > you posted appears to be a version of some of Bavarian potato salads,
> > particularly those from the Franken region. Many other Bavarian salads,
> > particularly the Munich version, don't contain any bacon or other pork
> > products, but instead are prepared with a dressing made with broth, oil
> > and vinegar, and often also contain chives or pickles. Such versions
> > are also popular in the neighbouring Swabian and Baden regions. Moving
> > to the north, you will find mayo being used more often in potato salads.
> > Rhineland versions are made with homemade mayo. The versions to the
> > north and east of the Rhine may or may not contain mayo and are often
> > more complicated and made with a lot of additional or alternative
> > ingredients, particularly mustard, sour cream, sausages, other meats,
> > herring, etc., often combining them. The salads everywhere are served
> > warm or cold, with 'cold' generally meaning room temperature. Those
> > with mayo are more often served cold - I've never seen a warm Rhineland
> > version.
> >
> > Victor
> >
>
> Nonsense, indeed, Victor. Neither Kilikini nor I live in Germany, nor do
> you live in the US. In the US there is definitely a style of potato salad
> known as "German Potato Salad", with variations, of course. You'll find
> recipes with that title in many American cookbooks. It may not be
> authentic, it may not be German, but it is what is known here, like it or
> not.
>
> It's probably not much different than "french fries" which are not French.
> Still, we eat and enjoy them.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
>

Thanks, Wayne. Shoots, my recipe is from, actually, my great grandmother
who CAME from Germany. I'm calling it authentic. From what I understand,
it depends upon what part of the country you're from, North or South that
determines credibility. This is a South German recipe. Kind of like Hoch
und Sudt Deutsch.

kili