On Tue 23 May 2006 09:42:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it kilikini?

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> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> 28.19...
>> On Mon 22 May 2006 02:47:59p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Victor
>> Sack?
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>> > 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.

Your family's recipe is authentic in my book, too, kili. Heck, I bet that
many people living in one part of Germany had no idea how something was
made in another part.

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Wayne Boatwright
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