Serene, did you ever get around to making that *unusual* macaroni salad that
you bought the ingredients for? If you posted the results, I obviously
missed it, but am very curious about it.

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Serene, did you ever get around to making that *unusual* macaroni salad that
> you bought the ingredients for? If you posted the results, I obviously
> missed it, but am very curious about it.
>

Hi, Wayne. Yes, I did. I posted pics of the ingredients on abf and
posted about it here, but I never got around to photographing the results.

My family agreed with me on my assessment -- it's not really any sweeter
than the average grocery-store macaroni salad, which is usually a bit
too sweet for me, but it was definitely not inedible. And the dressing,
which seems like it would be way too much for that amount of macaroni,
all soaks in, so the salad isn't all goopy. Also, I do think the
dressing would make a decent fruit-salad dressing on its own, or the
base of poppyseed dressing, but I wouldn't bother because I like my
poppyseed dressing, and the one I make is easier.

James doesn't like macaroni salad at its best, so he just had that one
taste-tester bite, but the teenager and I ate it as a side dish for a
few days before we got tired of it. The recipe makes a TON of salad. I
think the container I kept it in is 10 1/2 cups.

Serene
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On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:22:29p, Serene Vannoy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Serene, did you ever get around to making that *unusual* macaroni salad
>> that you bought the ingredients for? If you posted the results, I
>> obviously missed it, but am very curious about it.
>>
>
> Hi, Wayne. Yes, I did. I posted pics of the ingredients on abf and
> posted about it here, but I never got around to photographing the
> results.

Thanks, Serene. I did see your pics of the ingredients on abf, but guess I
missed your post here about the results. Sorry.

> My family agreed with me on my assessment -- it's not really any sweeter
> than the average grocery-store macaroni salad, which is usually a bit
> too sweet for me, but it was definitely not inedible. And the dressing,
> which seems like it would be way too much for that amount of macaroni,
> all soaks in, so the salad isn't all goopy. Also, I do think the
> dressing would make a decent fruit-salad dressing on its own, or the
> base of poppyseed dressing, but I wouldn't bother because I like my
> poppyseed dressing, and the one I make is easier.

Your results are good to know. I would fully have expected it to be overly
sweet and overly "liquidy". I can see where in might make a good fruit
salad dressing, in that case.

I love poppy seed dressing, but have never made it myself. The recipes
I've seen didn't look all that appealing.

> James doesn't like macaroni salad at its best, so he just had that one
> taste-tester bite, but the teenager and I ate it as a side dish for a
> few days before we got tired of it. The recipe makes a TON of salad. I
> think the container I kept it in is 10 1/2 cups.

That's a *lot* of macaronia salad! Probably wise to cut it down, or take
it to a large gathering.

> Serene

Thanks for your followup!

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:22:29p, Serene Vannoy told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> Serene, did you ever get around to making that *unusual* macaroni salad
>>> that you bought the ingredients for? If you posted the results, I
>>> obviously missed it, but am very curious about it.
>>>
>> Hi, Wayne. Yes, I did. I posted pics of the ingredients on abf and
>> posted about it here, but I never got around to photographing the
>> results.
>
> Thanks, Serene. I did see your pics of the ingredients on abf, but guess I
> missed your post here about the results. Sorry.
>
>> My family agreed with me on my assessment -- it's not really any sweeter
>> than the average grocery-store macaroni salad, which is usually a bit
>> too sweet for me, but it was definitely not inedible. And the dressing,
>> which seems like it would be way too much for that amount of macaroni,
>> all soaks in, so the salad isn't all goopy. Also, I do think the
>> dressing would make a decent fruit-salad dressing on its own, or the
>> base of poppyseed dressing, but I wouldn't bother because I like my
>> poppyseed dressing, and the one I make is easier.
>
> Your results are good to know. I would fully have expected it to be overly
> sweet and overly "liquidy". I can see where in might make a good fruit
> salad dressing, in that case.
>
> I love poppy seed dressing, but have never made it myself. The recipes
> I've seen didn't look all that appealing.

Mine is super-easy. Good mayo, honey, a splash of vinegar, enough milk
or water to thin it a bit, some poppyseeds. I like it a lot.

>
>> James doesn't like macaroni salad at its best, so he just had that one
>> taste-tester bite, but the teenager and I ate it as a side dish for a
>> few days before we got tired of it. The recipe makes a TON of salad. I
>> think the container I kept it in is 10 1/2 cups.
>
> That's a *lot* of macaronia salad! Probably wise to cut it down, or take
> it to a large gathering.

Nah, I probably wouldn't make it again. Just too sweet for me, though as
I said, not a ton sweeter than store-bought. I'm just not into sweet
macaroni salad.

Serene

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the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins

On Wed 27 Aug 2008 06:37:01p, Serene Vannoy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:22:29p, Serene Vannoy told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> Serene, did you ever get around to making that *unusual* macaroni
>>>> salad that you bought the ingredients for? If you posted the
>>>> results, I obviously missed it, but am very curious about it.
>>>>
>>> Hi, Wayne. Yes, I did. I posted pics of the ingredients on abf and
>>> posted about it here, but I never got around to photographing the
>>> results.
>>
>> Thanks, Serene. I did see your pics of the ingredients on abf, but
>> guess I missed your post here about the results. Sorry.
>>
>>> My family agreed with me on my assessment -- it's not really any
>>> sweeter than the average grocery-store macaroni salad, which is
>>> usually a bit too sweet for me, but it was definitely not inedible.
>>> And the dressing, which seems like it would be way too much for that
>>> amount of macaroni, all soaks in, so the salad isn't all goopy. Also,
>>> I do think the dressing would make a decent fruit-salad dressing on
>>> its own, or the base of poppyseed dressing, but I wouldn't bother
>>> because I like my poppyseed dressing, and the one I make is easier.
>>
>> Your results are good to know. I would fully have expected it to be
>> overly sweet and overly "liquidy". I can see where in might make a
>> good fruit salad dressing, in that case.
>>
>> I love poppy seed dressing, but have never made it myself. The
>> recipes I've seen didn't look all that appealing.
>
> Mine is super-easy. Good mayo, honey, a splash of vinegar, enough milk
> or water to thin it a bit, some poppyseeds. I like it a lot.

Yes, it does sound super easy, and I think I'll give it a try. I like it
on a spinach salad that contains fruit.

Thanks!


> Serene
>



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