_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?

Celery?
Celery Seed?
Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
Stuffed Olives?
Hardboiled eggs?
Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
Sour Cream?
Mustard?
Onion or Scallions or not at all?
Fresh parsley?
Fresh dill?
Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?

What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

--
Wayne in Phoenix

Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

"Wayne" > wrote in message
...
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

After a long time of making potato salad many different ways, it's now
become pretty standardized for me. I use russet potatoes boiled in their
skins. I peel and dice them them when they have cooled to a lukewarm stage.
I used to wait until they were completely cooled or refrigerated but I found
that the potatoes absorb more flavor from the other ingredients if you mix
everything while they are still a bit warm.

I add salt, pepper, finely chopped onion, celery, bell pepper, parsley,
celery seed, dried dill weed and a little Heinz relish. The dressing is half
mayonnaise and half sour cream, a bit more than just enough to coat it when
mixed. The optional ingredient is mustard, either dijon or regular, but if I
add any it is a very small amount. My *never* ingredients are eggs and
Miracle Whip.

"Sam D." > wrote in
:

>
> "Wayne" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>> Celery?
>> Celery Seed?
>> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>> Stuffed Olives?
>> Hardboiled eggs?
>> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>> Sour Cream?
>> Mustard?
>> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>> Fresh parsley?
>> Fresh dill?
>> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>>
>> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> After a long time of making potato salad many different ways, it's now
> become pretty standardized for me. I use russet potatoes boiled in
> their skins. I peel and dice them them when they have cooled to a
> lukewarm stage. I used to wait until they were completely cooled or
> refrigerated but I found that the potatoes absorb more flavor from the
> other ingredients if you mix everything while they are still a bit
> warm.
>
> I add salt, pepper, finely chopped onion, celery, bell pepper,
> parsley, celery seed, dried dill weed and a little Heinz relish. The
> dressing is half mayonnaise and half sour cream, a bit more than just
> enough to coat it when mixed. The optional ingredient is mustard,
> either dijon or regular, but if I add any it is a very small amount.
> My *never* ingredients are eggs and Miracle Whip.

Overall, mine often ends up much the same as yours. I also never use
eggs or Miracle Whip. I use red potatoes, peeled and diced, then cooked.
When drained and still hot I toss with a few tablespoons of chicken broth
and cider vinegar and allow to cool a bit and absorb the liquid before
adding the other ingredients. I sometimes use relish, but more often use
diced midget gherkins. I usually skip the green pepper as it doesn't
like me. :-) I use onion or scallions and add sour cream to the mayo if
I have it. Otherwise, everything else is pretty much the same. I like
hardboiled eggs, but never understood the fascination for puting them in
potato salad.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

>Duh'Wayne wayneb writes:
>
>">Sam Doofus." wrote:
>>>"Duh'Wayne" wrote:
>>>
>>>potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>>I use russet potatoes boiled in their skins. I peel and dice them
>
>I use red potatoes, peeled and diced, then cooked.

What's with the wussy food-tv style diced potatoes, good home made potato salad
s'posta be thinly sliced... and iffn ya dice or otherwise cut em up before
boiling ya gots, well potato shit... I don't believe either of yoose have in
yer miserable litttle lives have ever actually made potato salad, or cooked
anything else for that matter, 'cept in yer food-tv viewing dreams.... maybe
yoose done microwave popcorn, once.


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On 13 Jun 2004 11:26:55 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:

>>Duh'Wayne wayneb writes:
>>
>>">Sam Doofus." wrote:
>>>>"Duh'Wayne" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>>
>>>I use russet potatoes boiled in their skins. I peel and dice them
>>
>>I use red potatoes, peeled and diced, then cooked.
>
>What's with the wussy food-tv style diced potatoes, good home made potato salad
>s'posta be thinly sliced... and iffn ya dice or otherwise cut em up before
>boiling ya gots, well potato shit... I don't believe either of yoose have in
>yer miserable litttle lives have ever actually made potato salad, or cooked
>anything else for that matter, 'cept in yer food-tv viewing dreams.... maybe
>yoose done microwave popcorn, once.


Sheldon...back under the bridge!

>
>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>

Me Too. But they usually include, besides potatoes, --onion, celery, Best Foods
Mayonaise ( or Hellman's depending on which part of the country you live in )
Bacon, hard boiled eggs, celery salt, and maybe some sour cream if I am feeling
decadent.
Rosie

Wayne > wrote:

>
>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>

My SIL's recipe.

Potatoes
Eggs
Onion
Celery
Mayonnaise
Salt
Pepper
Herbes de Provence.

She has a friend who goes to France each year and brings back herbes
de Provence. She shares.

--
Susan N.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.

The Cook > wrote in
:

> Wayne > wrote:
>
>>
>>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>
> My SIL's recipe.
>
> Potatoes
> Eggs
> Onion
> Celery
> Mayonnaise
> Salt
> Pepper
> Herbes de Provence.
>
> She has a friend who goes to France each year and brings back herbes
> de Provence. She shares.
>

What! no radishes?

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.

thanks all, i will make some today and use a few new idea's that i
learned in this thread!

rosie

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
> <snip>
>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

Here's my favorite recipe:

Potato Salad

3 medium boiling potatoes (about 1 pound)
2 eggs
1 medium stalk celery, chopped
1/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 tsp white vinegar
1 1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

1. Peel the potatoes. Cut any large potatoes in half. Add one inch of
water to a large saucepan. Cover the saucepan and heat the water to
boiling over high heat. Add the potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling
again. Once the water is boiling, reduce heat just enough so that the
water bubbles gently. Cook covered until the potatoes are tender when
pierced with a fork (about 20 to 25 minutes). Drain the potatoes and
allow to cool slightly. Cut potatoes into cubes.

2. While the potatoes are cooking, place eggs in medium saucepan.
Cover the eggs with cold water, and heat to boiling over high heat.
Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover the saucepan, and let stand
covered for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes drain the water, then run
cool water over the eggs for a few seconds. Peel and chop the eggs as
soon as they are cool enough to handle.

3. Mix the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a large
bowl. Gently stir in the potatoes, celery, and onion. Then gently stir
in the chopped eggs.

4. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend the flavors.

This is a pretty basic recipe, but it's a favorite with my family.

Terrel
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"Wayne" asks:
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?

Yes.


> Celery Seed?

Nope. I reserve that for cole slaw.


> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?

Sweets.


> Stuffed Olives?

Black olives.


> Hardboiled eggs?

You bet!


> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?

MIracle Whip is verboten in my house. Mayo only.


> Sour Cream?

No.


> Mustard?

Yes indeed!


> Onion or Scallions or not at all?

Onions -- sweet, and the greens from scallions (chives are too mild and
provide no texture).


> Fresh parsley?

No.


> Fresh dill?

Only if I haven't use pickles.


> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?

Lots, and lots and lots!

Make it a day ahead -- heaven!

Wayne wrote:

> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>

My favorite is a change of pace from mustardy recipes: skip the egg,
mustard & pickle and add a generous pinch of tarragon, keep the celery,
using lo fat mayo these days. Plop a nice red wine pickled beet in the
center.
Edrena, beetin' the heat

Terrel > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>> <snip>
>>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> Here's my favorite recipe:
>
> Potato Salad
>
> 3 medium boiling potatoes (about 1 pound)
> 2 eggs
> 1 medium stalk celery, chopped
> 1/4 cup chopped onion
> 3/4 cup mayonnaise
> 1/2 tsp white vinegar
> 1 1/2 tsp mustard
> 1/2 tsp salt
> 1/8 tsp pepper
>
> 1. Peel the potatoes. Cut any large potatoes in half. Add one inch of
> water to a large saucepan. Cover the saucepan and heat the water to
> boiling over high heat. Add the potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling
> again. Once the water is boiling, reduce heat just enough so that the
> water bubbles gently. Cook covered until the potatoes are tender when
> pierced with a fork (about 20 to 25 minutes). Drain the potatoes and
> allow to cool slightly. Cut potatoes into cubes.
>
> 2. While the potatoes are cooking, place eggs in medium saucepan.
> Cover the eggs with cold water, and heat to boiling over high heat.
> Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover the saucepan, and let stand
> covered for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes drain the water, then run
> cool water over the eggs for a few seconds. Peel and chop the eggs as
> soon as they are cool enough to handle.
>
> 3. Mix the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a large
> bowl. Gently stir in the potatoes, celery, and onion. Then gently stir
> in the chopped eggs.
>
> 4. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend the flavors.
>
> This is a pretty basic recipe, but it's a favorite with my family.
>
> Terrel

Penzey's sweet curry powder is a nice change in potato salad.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.

>Terrel claims:
>
>Here's my favorite recipe:
>
>Potato Salad
>
>3 medium boiling potatoes (about 1 pound)
>2 eggs
>1 medium stalk celery, chopped
>1/4 cup chopped onion
>3/4 cup mayonnaise
>1/2 tsp white vinegar
>1 1/2 tsp mustard
>1/2 tsp salt
>1/8 tsp pepper
>
>1. Peel the potatoes. Cut any large potatoes in half. Add one inch of
>water to a large saucepan. Cover the saucepan and heat the water to
>boiling over high heat. Add the potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling
>again. Once the water is boiling, reduce heat just enough so that the
>water bubbles gently. Cook covered until the potatoes are tender when
>pierced with a fork (about 20 to 25 minutes). Drain the potatoes and
>allow to cool slightly. Cut potatoes into cubes.
>
>2. While the potatoes are cooking, place eggs in medium saucepan.
>Cover the eggs with cold water, and heat to boiling over high heat.
>Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover the saucepan, and let stand
>covered for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes drain the water, then run
>cool water over the eggs for a few seconds. Peel and chop the eggs as
>soon as they are cool enough to handle.
>
>3. Mix the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a large
>bowl. Gently stir in the potatoes, celery, and onion. Then gently stir
>in the chopped eggs.
>
>4. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend the flavors.
>
>This is a pretty basic recipe, but it's a favorite with my family.

Hmm, yoose go through all that for a measly pound of potatoes... it's obvious
you glommed that recipe off the net, you never made it or any other potato
salad.


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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:

>
>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
>Celery?
>Celery Seed?
>Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>Stuffed Olives?
>Hardboiled eggs?
>Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>Sour Cream?
>Mustard?
>Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>Fresh parsley?
>Fresh dill?
>Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?

>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

Alan Harding on "Cookin' In Brooklyn" made a potato salad with all of
the above and a few other things. He has a "throw in the kitchen
sink" approach to cooking that ends up looking interesting in some
cases (eg. the potato salad) and agita-precipitating in others (eg.
his chili).

I use my mother's recipe:
potatoes
eggs
celery
stuffed green olives
dill pickle
Hellman's mayo
onion
salt, pepper



Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

>From: Wayne

>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?

Nothing fancy.

Red Skin Potatoes
Hard Boiled Eggs
Chopped Celery & Shallots
Lots of chopped parsley
Mayo, Sour Cream, Dijon Mustard plus a dash of dill pickle juice
Salt and Pepper

I make up the dressing, adding it to the slightly cooled potatoes and mix well
so the starch from the potato stiffens the dressing. Add the remaining
ingredients, mix and chill.

Had dinner with the MIL last week. She had some crudites left over from a
dinner party the night before. She ran the carrots, celery, broccoli and
radishes through the food processor to chop finely and added it to red skin
potatoes with a typical mayo-mustard dressing plus some chopped leftover olives
and fresh herbs. It was pretty good if not traditional.

Ellen

hahabogus > wrote in
:

> Terrel > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>>>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>> <snip>
>>>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>>
>> Here's my favorite recipe:
>>
>> Potato Salad
>>
>> 3 medium boiling potatoes (about 1 pound)
>> 2 eggs
>> 1 medium stalk celery, chopped
>> 1/4 cup chopped onion
>> 3/4 cup mayonnaise
>> 1/2 tsp white vinegar
>> 1 1/2 tsp mustard
>> 1/2 tsp salt
>> 1/8 tsp pepper
>>
>> 1. Peel the potatoes. Cut any large potatoes in half. Add one inch of
>> water to a large saucepan. Cover the saucepan and heat the water to
>> boiling over high heat. Add the potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling
>> again. Once the water is boiling, reduce heat just enough so that the
>> water bubbles gently. Cook covered until the potatoes are tender when
>> pierced with a fork (about 20 to 25 minutes). Drain the potatoes and
>> allow to cool slightly. Cut potatoes into cubes.
>>
>> 2. While the potatoes are cooking, place eggs in medium saucepan.
>> Cover the eggs with cold water, and heat to boiling over high heat.
>> Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover the saucepan, and let stand
>> covered for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes drain the water, then run
>> cool water over the eggs for a few seconds. Peel and chop the eggs as
>> soon as they are cool enough to handle.
>>
>> 3. Mix the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a large
>> bowl. Gently stir in the potatoes, celery, and onion. Then gently stir
>> in the chopped eggs.
>>
>> 4. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend the flavors.
>>
>> This is a pretty basic recipe, but it's a favorite with my family.
>>
>> Terrel
>
> Penzey's sweet curry powder is a nice change in potato salad.
>

That's one of my favorite curry powders. It makes a nice change in many
dishes.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

> The other thing she did was peel and cut up potatoes
>so that it needn't be done after.
>
>Liz

Yup, and then toss the potato goodness down the drain... potato salad with no
potato flavor, real smart.


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My stepmom has a really good PS recipe that used both Miracle Whip and Eggs;
that recipe is the only way I can eat Miracle Whip.

I prefer a sour cream-bacon PS, and I make my own relish of sliced jalapenos
from the jar that I run thru the food chopper, which I add to the PS. And I
use Yukon Gold potatoes, and dice them before boiling them. To that I add
salt, pepper, celery salt, and diced onion.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

"Wayne" > wrote in message
...
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?

yep

> Celery Seed?

absotutely. biting into those tiny seeds just adds another textural element

> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?

dills

> Stuffed Olives?

hell yes, no need for much more salt with some good olives

> Hardboiled eggs?

of course, on top and lightly sprinkled with paprika

> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?

mayo - no need for sugar

> Sour Cream?

sure, I mean what the heck

> Mustard?

yes

> Onion or Scallions or not at all?

sweet onions


> Fresh parsley?

yes, very good flavor enhancer

> Fresh dill?

yes, adds an herby complexity

> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?

yes, tons

> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

Ad lib all the way here. Never pay much attention to ingredients. Best to
have a wide range of bowl sizes available, you never know how much you'll
end up with.

Paul

rosie read and post wrote:

> thanks all, i will make some today and use a few new idea's that i
> learned in this thread!

One more idea: I make a dressing out of the hard - cooked eggs and whatever
else I use (mayo, vinegar, olive oil, stone - ground mustard, etc.). Simply
combine yer hard - boiled eggs and yer dressing ingredients in a blender or
processor and mix. I don't like the texture of pieces of hard - boiled egg
so this takes care of that problem. Folks rave about it, so I must be doing
something right....

Oh, and don't forget to PEEL your celery - nothing is more gross than
stringy celery....

--
Best
Greg

Sheldon wrote:

> Hmm, yoose go through all that for a measly pound of potatoes... it's
obvious
> you glommed that recipe off the net, you never made it or any other potato
> salad.

At minimum I never use less than five pounds of spuds...and sometimes much
more....

Heck that recipe with one pound of potatoes and a rib of celery wouldn't
adequately serve two anorexics for lunch....

--
Best
Greg

>"Gregory Morrow" says:
>
>Sheldon wrote:
>
>> Hmm, yoose go through all that for a measly pound of potatoes... it's
>obvious
>> you glommed that recipe off the net, you never made it or any other potato
>> salad.
>
>At minimum I never use less than five pounds of spuds...and sometimes much
>more....
>
>Heck that recipe with one pound of potatoes and a rib of celery wouldn't
>adequately serve two anorexics for lunch....

"Zactly. And the poster claimed that was his family's favorite... who cooks a
pound of anything for a family. For potato salad I figure a *minimum* of one
pound of spuds per person (usually 2lbs/per)... I make pretty good potato
salad... no one yet has eaten less than a pound's worth (I mean like a pound of
potato salad at the deli is only a scant pint container and that began with two
pounds of potatoes). And I wouldn't consider dirtying utensils let alone
spend my time for less than 5lbs. Anyone ever weighed 5lbs of spuds after
cooking and paring, lucky there's 3 1/2lbs.

Hint: use potato boiling water for the next batch of stock.

Btw, I often boil potatoes to accompany meat loaf (usually mashed); de-eye,
than pare... then I grind the parings with the meat... get all the minerals and
fibre that way... no one has ever discerned that there's spud tailings in my
meat loaf, all they taste is *good*. First sign of a real cook, nothing edible
in the trash. Waste not.


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"Paul M. Cook©®" > wrote in
:

>
> "Wayne" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>> Celery?
>
> yep
>
>> Celery Seed?
>
> absotutely. biting into those tiny seeds just adds another textural
> element
>
>> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>
> dills
>
>> Stuffed Olives?
>
> hell yes, no need for much more salt with some good olives
>
>> Hardboiled eggs?
>
> of course, on top and lightly sprinkled with paprika
>
>> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>
> mayo - no need for sugar
>
>> Sour Cream?
>
> sure, I mean what the heck
>
>> Mustard?
>
> yes
>
>> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>
> sweet onions
>
>
>> Fresh parsley?
>
> yes, very good flavor enhancer
>
>> Fresh dill?
>
> yes, adds an herby complexity
>
>> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
> yes, tons
>
>> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> Ad lib all the way here. Never pay much attention to ingredients.
> Best to have a wide range of bowl sizes available, you never know how
> much you'll end up with.
>
> Paul

Sounds like me, Paul. I'll use either sweet or dill pickles, and eggs on
the top if I use them (don't like 'em mixed in). I usually start out
making what I think will be a small amount. It usually fills a big bowl!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

"Wayne" > wrote in message
...
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.


Potatoes(red), celery, mayo, dried celery leaves, red pepper, red onion,
hard boiled eggs, mustard, pepper.

Wayne wrote:
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>

Depends on my mood, the menu, and what I have at home.


> Celery?
usually, or lovage if it's in season
> Celery Seed?
usually
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
not usually
> Stuffed Olives?
nope
> Hardboiled eggs?
nope
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
Hellman's or a vinaigrette
> Sour Cream?
sometimes
> Mustard?
yes
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
yes, or chives
> Fresh parsley?]
yes
> Fresh dill?
sometimes
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
lots because the potatoes abostb it like sponges
>
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> --

Me, too. I add small shrimp if I'm feeling festive.
My MIL used to make a wonderful German Potato Salad
but I've never tried to duplicate it.

gloria p

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
nk.net:

>
> rosie read and post wrote:
>
>> thanks all, i will make some today and use a few new idea's that i
>> learned in this thread!
>
> One more idea: I make a dressing out of the hard - cooked eggs and
> whatever else I use (mayo, vinegar, olive oil, stone - ground mustard,
> etc.). Simply combine yer hard - boiled eggs and yer dressing
> ingredients in a blender or processor and mix. I don't like the
> texture of pieces of hard - boiled egg so this takes care of that
> problem. Folks rave about it, so I must be doing something right....

I'm going to give this a try, Greg, since I don't like pieces of
hardboiled eggs in my salad. Thanks for the tip!

> Oh, and don't forget to PEEL your celery - nothing is more gross than
> stringy celery....

I agree, but I only use the center ribs of celery and they never seem
stringy.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

On 13 Jun 2004 16:13:42 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:
>Hmm, yoose go through all that for a measly pound of potatoes... it's obvious
>you glommed that recipe off the net, you never made it or any other potato salad.

That's a slightly revised recipe from a Betty Crocker cookbook I
bought in 1998. I make it with one pound of potatoes if it's going to
be four of us eating. Whenever I make that potato salad I also make
cole slaw (recipe from the same book, also a family favorite), so
between the cole slaw and the potato salad, there's plenty for four of
us.

If I'm making potato salad and cole slaw for more than four of us, I
double or triple the recipes, depending on the number of people.

> And the poster claimed that was his family's favorite...

That should be "her family's favorite".

Terrel
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remove the last three letters of the alphabet and .invalid

"Wayne" > wrote in message
...
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>


All of the above, but not all of them all the time...I make it up as I go
along, and it depends on what I have on hand, but there are some things that
are "musts" and some that would be only on a whim. Also...and I can't
believe no one else does this, but sometimes a bit of horseradish for a
little extra "zing."

If I'm out of celery, I might add thin-sliced raw carrots for color and
crunch. Sometimes green peppers, fresh from the garden. Or red ones, if
they're nice and crisp.

I also make a vegetable salad where about half of the potatoes are replaced
with veggies -- carrots, peas, beans, corn, peppers, whatever I have on
hand. Carrots are parboiled so they're still firm, but not so crunchy. Peas
are usually frozen, uncooked. Beans and corn are cooked. Pepper, raw. But
however you like it, or whatever is on hand works fine. When I make the
veggtie salad I cut the potatoes smaller to match the size of the veggies
better.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:

>
>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
>Celery?
>Celery Seed?
>Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>Stuffed Olives?
>Hardboiled eggs?
>Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>Sour Cream?
>Mustard?
>Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>Fresh parsley?
>Fresh dill?
>Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)


This is the recipe I use and it turns out great. It is a good basic
recipe that allows for your own touches to it.


@@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format

Bud's Wisconsin Potato Salad

salads/dressing

16 medium-small potatoes
3/4 cup mayonaise; at least
you will probably want more
1 1/2 tsp yellow mustard; not dry
(the kind from the squeeze bottle
12 eggs, hard boiled
1 cup apple cider vinegar, divided; minimum amount
1-1/2 tbs pickle relish
3/4 tbs dry parsley flakes or twice that if; fresh is available
1 big pinch celery salt
1/2 medium white onion, diced fairly small
you can use twice or three times; if you prefer
4 celery stalks, split down middle of wider; end, then chopped
about 1/4 inch or slightly smaller; pieces (to your own
taste/texture. again you can use; more or less if you desir

This is not a light potato salad, but if you go to the trouble to make
it a day ahead, you'll be rewarded with a really excellent potato
salad.

Gather ingredients. Boil potatoes whole. If your potato size varies
much, put in the larger ones first. A medium sized potato will take
ABOUT 25 minutes total. A smaller one maybe 18 minutes. One of the
keys here is to boil the potatoes till cooked but still a little firm.
If they are cooked till soft, then the subsequent stirring will render
the salad mushy. You don't want them crunchy, but just cooked and
still firm. That's the first secret!

Peel the potatoes when they are still warm. The warmer the better.
Peeling them AFTER they are cooked seems to make a difference in
taste. They MUST not cool entirely or the vinegar will not be absorbed
properly. I peel them almost straight out of the pot when still darn
hot. That's the second secret! Cut them into irregular chunks, little
wedges about an inch or slightly less on a side with the greatest
thickness about a half inch. Just cut a little off one end, then cut
another small chunk off, then keep cutting pieces off in random sizes
of varying shapes, mostly you end up with very irregular pyramidal
shapes....You want pieces big enough to not turn into mush but small
enough for ...your liking! The 'edges_will eventually break off and
mush up onto the salad while the larger parts of the bodies will
remain whole.

You are cutting, peeling and dropping them into a large bowl. There
really should be two people doing this or one should work as quickly
as possible.

After you have cut up a potato or two, sprinkle them fairly generously
vinegar and stir around a bit in the bowl..just a bit so you get the
vinegar that fell to the bottom of the bowl on the potatoes. As you
finish a potato or two, sprinkle each (they should be warm to hot when
you sprinkle, if possible...THAT's the BIG secret to this recipe)
fairly generously. I put my finger over the end of the bottle of cider
vinegar and drizzly drip it onto the potatoes making sure each is
sprinkled well. If you run out of the half cup, just use more. Each
potato gets a fairly generous sprinkling of vinegar. THAT point is
more important than the measurement of the 1/2 cup of vinegar
above. Note: I don't measure out a half cup and then pour it on them.
That would be awkward. I did measure this once so I could have a
recipe for a friend and I learned I sprinkled ABOUT a half a cup. Salt
them at this point; I don't know how much....Just salt them like you
like.

The vinegar needs a comment. The importance of a generous sprinkling
of vinegar while the potatoes are warm/hot can't be over emphasized.
They will soak up the vinegar. I am always amazed at how much vinegar
it takes and how when they are done, the vinegar is tasted, but the
dish is not 'vinegary_ like a hot german potato salad which I
hate....trust in a good sprinkling of vinegar at this point and if in
doubt, sprinkle a little more!

Stir in the other ingredients, leaving the eggs to last. Chop up the
eggs,slicing, cutting in whatever size/shape you wish but we are not
talking about whole or half eggs here. Cut them up. The yolks will
fall apart when sliced up and that's ok. Stir all the eggs into the
rest of the mix. The yolks will incorporate into the salad and you
don't have to worry about them; don't stir forever or worry about
being gentle or anything. Just mix it up.

Add the other 1/2 cup of vinegar. If you are a real chicken, you
may wish to add only a 1/4 cup but it will probably take it all (and
maybe even a bit more eventually). Take a taste. Add some more salt if
needed.It will be good but not perfect at this point. Taste it again.
Note the vinegar flavor peeking through.It may even be fairly vinegery
(that's a word, right?) at this point, in fact it should be almost too
strong with vinegar. The vinegar flavor will diminish over the next
night and you'll have to add more later, so don't worry about adding
too much. Add as much as you think tastes good. Cover and put in a
fridge over night. THAT's the last big secret. Taste again after
sitting in the fridge overnight.

Notice that the vinegar flavor is much softer. Add some more vinegar
and let that absorb for an hour or two. You may well have used much
more than the 1 cup total by this point. Salt to taste if needed. You
can serve this without the overnight setting but it will truly be a
noticeably better salad the next day.

You will want to adjust the amount of mayo to suit your taste. I
like a pretty mayoee salad. Probably even a bit more than this calls
for.Some don't. You may want more or less celery. My wife doesn't like
any (egads!)

None of these amounts need be exact, but they are close enough for a
good starting point. The key is to use more vinegar than you could
have imagined, sprinkling well while the potatoes are hot and firm but
not crunchy. The rest is all 'to taste'.

I've never served this to a group that didn't ohh and ahh over it. It
is a bit of an effort but if you take the time you will have some of
the best potato salad ever.

Contributor: Bud on rfc


** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.63 **

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I always get lots of compliments on
this potato salad

Koko
A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)

"D.Currie" > wrote in
:

>
> "Wayne" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>> Celery?
>> Celery Seed?
>> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>> Stuffed Olives?
>> Hardboiled eggs?
>> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>> Sour Cream?
>> Mustard?
>> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>> Fresh parsley?
>> Fresh dill?
>> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>>
>> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>>
>
>
> All of the above, but not all of them all the time...I make it up as I
> go along, and it depends on what I have on hand, but there are some
> things that are "musts" and some that would be only on a whim.
> Also...and I can't believe no one else does this, but sometimes a bit
> of horseradish for a little extra "zing."
>
> If I'm out of celery, I might add thin-sliced raw carrots for color
> and crunch. Sometimes green peppers, fresh from the garden. Or red
> ones, if they're nice and crisp.
>
> I also make a vegetable salad where about half of the potatoes are
> replaced with veggies -- carrots, peas, beans, corn, peppers, whatever
> I have on hand. Carrots are parboiled so they're still firm, but not
> so crunchy. Peas are usually frozen, uncooked. Beans and corn are
> cooked. Pepper, raw. But however you like it, or whatever is on hand
> works fine. When I make the veggtie salad I cut the potatoes smaller
> to match the size of the veggies better.

Sounds like a nice variation!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

Hark! I heard Wayne > say:
>
> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?

No celery or celery seed, sweet pickle only (because I can't stand
dill weed, unfortunately), no olive, yes to the eggs, Best Foods aka
Hellman's mayo, no sour cream (nice idea though), a bit of mustard,
onions (minced), no parsley or dill, add some Worchestershire sauce
and enough dressing to coat plus a bit more, 'cuz the spuds will soak
it up and I don't like dry salad.

> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

When all is said and done, I prefer macaroni salad to potato, and
in my case it's essentially the same recipe -- got it from my mom,
although she didn't use the mustard or Worchestershire sauce.

Jeez Louise, did you start a thread or what..? ;-)


--
J.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)
~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

(byakee) wrote in news:cakedv$20i2_002
@news.zipcon.net:

> Hark! I heard Wayne > say:
>>
>> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>> Celery?
>> Celery Seed?
>> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>> Stuffed Olives?
>> Hardboiled eggs?
>> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>> Sour Cream?
>> Mustard?
>> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>> Fresh parsley?
>> Fresh dill?
>> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
> No celery or celery seed, sweet pickle only (because I can't stand
> dill weed, unfortunately), no olive, yes to the eggs, Best Foods aka
> Hellman's mayo, no sour cream (nice idea though), a bit of mustard,
> onions (minced), no parsley or dill, add some Worchestershire sauce
> and enough dressing to coat plus a bit more, 'cuz the spuds will soak
> it up and I don't like dry salad.

You must not like "crunch" in your PS. I'm sure many don't, but I gotta
have the celery. :-) Interesting touch, the Worcestershire sauce. I'll
have to give that a try. Yes, Best Foods out here in Phoenix. Hellman's
when we lived in Ohio.

>> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> When all is said and done, I prefer macaroni salad to potato, and
> in my case it's essentially the same recipe -- got it from my mom,
> although she didn't use the mustard or Worchestershire sauce.

I never liked macaroni salad until I made it myself. Now I love it! I
think I didn't like it before because most I had tasted was probably made
with Miracle Whip and had a rather sweet taste. Like yours, my mac salad
is basically like my potato salad.

> Jeez Louise, did you start a thread or what..? ;-)

Seemed like a good idea at the time. :-)

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

(for those of us who LOW CARB and still miss potato salad, i use
cauliflower, raw, and broken into bite size pieces.)

--
rosie
http://www.infoshout.com/the_toll.htm
http://www.truthout.org/











"byakee" > wrote in message
...
: Hark! I heard Wayne > say:
: >
: > _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put
in it?
: >
: > Celery?
: > Celery Seed?
: > Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
: > Stuffed Olives?
: > Hardboiled eggs?
: > Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
: > Sour Cream?
: > Mustard?
: > Onion or Scallions or not at all?
: > Fresh parsley?
: > Fresh dill?
: > Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
:
: No celery or celery seed, sweet pickle only (because I can't stand
: dill weed, unfortunately), no olive, yes to the eggs, Best Foods
aka
: Hellman's mayo, no sour cream (nice idea though), a bit of
mustard,
: onions (minced), no parsley or dill, add some Worchestershire
sauce
: and enough dressing to coat plus a bit more, 'cuz the spuds will
soak
: it up and I don't like dry salad.
:
: > What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along.
:-)
:
: When all is said and done, I prefer macaroni salad to potato, and
: in my case it's essentially the same recipe -- got it from my mom,
: although she didn't use the mustard or Worchestershire sauce.
:
: Jeez Louise, did you start a thread or what..? ;-)
:
:
: --
: J.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)
: ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
: ..fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:

>
>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>
>Celery?
>Celery Seed?
>Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>Stuffed Olives?
>Hardboiled eggs?
>Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>Sour Cream?
>Mustard?
>Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>Fresh parsley?
>Fresh dill?
>Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>
>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

My way to prepare potato salad is very simple. I just made some last
week, and my husband proclaimed it as "the best potato salad I ever
had."

I use red potatoes and boil until tender (but not mushy). Then cut 'em
into fourths (or eighths, depending on how big the taters are). I then
mix a few tablespoons of potato water with a couple of tablespoons of
white vinegar and a tablespoon or so of salt and pour that over the
warm potatoes. Then I add chopped hard-boiled eggs, onion, and celery,
and mix in a good amount of mayo to coat. Adjust seasonings to taste.
Chill until ready to serve.

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>
>>
>>_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
>>
>>Celery?
>>Celery Seed?
>>Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
>>Stuffed Olives?
>>Hardboiled eggs?
>>Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
>>Sour Cream?
>>Mustard?
>>Onion or Scallions or not at all?
>>Fresh parsley?
>>Fresh dill?
>>Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
>>
>>What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>

Red potatoes, boiled to tender, not mushy
Cut to small pieces, eighths or less, depending on potato size

4-6 pieces of bacon, fried crispy

Green onions, chopped fine

Cider vinegar

Mayo

Sour Cream

Dijon Mustard

S and P

Cook and cut potatoes, place in a ziploc with vinegar, refrigerate
overnight.

Mix mayo and SC about 50/50 (I like a little more SC for extra tartness, a
little less greasy mouth feel). Mix in a half tsp or so mustard for a cup
of mayo/SC mix (more or less if you like dijon). Add S & P and green
onion. Let sit in fridge overnight with potatoes.

Take a piece of potato, dip into dressing for taste. Leave dressing
undersalted. Adjust flavors as desired.

Add potatoes, mix and refrigerate. About an hour before serving, mix in
crumbled bacon.

Jason

>
> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.

red rose or white rose potatoes
I use the pressure cooker to cook 'em up, leaving the skins on..
hard boiled eggs (shredded in the food processer)
celery (also shredded in the food processor)
white onions (shredded in the food processor)
Celery seed..
kosher salt
fresh pepper
Best Foods Mayo (Hellman's east of the Rockies)

Mix together & sit in the fridge several hours to blend flavors

Harriet & critters

"MareCat" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:47:56 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>
> >
> >_Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
> >
> >Celery?
> >Celery Seed?
> >Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> >Stuffed Olives?
> >Hardboiled eggs?
> >Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> >Sour Cream?
> >Mustard?
> >Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> >Fresh parsley?
> >Fresh dill?
> >Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
> >
> >What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)
>
> My way to prepare potato salad is very simple. I just made some last
> week, and my husband proclaimed it as "the best potato salad I ever
> had."
>
> I use red potatoes and boil until tender (but not mushy). Then cut 'em
> into fourths (or eighths, depending on how big the taters are). I then
> mix a few tablespoons of potato water with a couple of tablespoons of
> white vinegar and a tablespoon or so of salt and pour that over the
> warm potatoes. Then I add chopped hard-boiled eggs, onion, and celery,
> and mix in a good amount of mayo to coat. Adjust seasonings to taste.
> Chill until ready to serve.


Does no one use baby new potatoes - that's a harder waxy variety such as
charlotte or pink fir - and leave them whole with the skins on? I find it
gives a much better flavour - ie you can taste the potato. My preference is
to leave out the mayonaise and just dress with an olive oil based dressing.
Occasionally I will make my own mayonaise, as it's far better than anything
out of a jar and takes about 10 minutes to make. You must beat by hand - if
you're going to eat it you need to burn off the calories in advance!
Always dress a potato salad when warm so that the potatoes take up more of
the flavour. If you're just using an oil based dressing (I tend to add
lemon juice rather than vinegar) the potatoes will actually absorb the oil
if they're warm.

Colin

I enjoyed a great, but non-traditional, potato salad at my son's little
league picnic on Sunday. The guy who made it shared these secrets: he used
2 teaspoons of Coleman's English mustard (note: that gave 6 pounds of potato
salad a very mustardy look and flavor...strong stuff!), and grilled the
potatoes and red onions using one of those mesh grill-wok thingies. You'd
never have guessed that the potatoes (halved redskins) had been grilled.
There was mayo in the dressing, and fresh parsley. Not sure what else was
in the dressing, but that was it. Really good!

"Chris and Bob Neidecker" > wrote in
news
> I enjoyed a great, but non-traditional, potato salad at my son's
> little
> league picnic on Sunday. The guy who made it shared these secrets:
> he used 2 teaspoons of Coleman's English mustard (note: that gave 6
> pounds of potato salad a very mustardy look and flavor...strong
> stuff!), and grilled the potatoes and red onions using one of those
> mesh grill-wok thingies. You'd never have guessed that the potatoes
> (halved redskins) had been grilled. There was mayo in the dressing,
> and fresh parsley. Not sure what else was in the dressing, but that
> was it. Really good!

That does sound really good! Do you know if it was teh Coleman's dry
mustard or the prepared mustard in a jar?

Thanks for posting this!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.