Potato Salad
Potato Salad
A recent conversation with someone who spend time in America revealed that our British version of potato salad is, how should I put it, sh!t.
Many of the folks on here are rather more widely travelled than I, so I seek your opinion. What makes the best potato salad?
Here's a couple of recipes:
British Style:
Boiled Potatoes
Mayonnaise
Parsley or chives to garnish
American Style
red potatoes
boiled eggs
mayonnaise
onion, diced
green onions, thinly sliced
green bell pepper, seeded and diced
celery, thinly sliced
(from <a href='http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/american-p ... etail.aspx' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here</a>)
Now I have made something very similar to that second recipe, but I don't call it potato salad - I call it egg salad!
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Many of the folks on here are rather more widely travelled than I, so I seek your opinion. What makes the best potato salad?
Here's a couple of recipes:
British Style:
Boiled Potatoes
Mayonnaise
Parsley or chives to garnish
American Style
red potatoes
boiled eggs
mayonnaise
onion, diced
green onions, thinly sliced
green bell pepper, seeded and diced
celery, thinly sliced
(from <a href='http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/american-p ... etail.aspx' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here</a>)
Now I have made something very similar to that second recipe, but I don't call it potato salad - I call it egg salad!
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I hardly think the Americans can really offer fair criticism of other countries food. <!--emo&
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But in this case, I think they may have a point. <!--emo&:mmm:--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/4013/140/emo/mmm.png' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mmm.png' /><!--endemo-->
I've always wondered where the actual salad was in potato salad - I've always seen it as just potatoes in mayonnaise, and kind of wondered if I was missing the point.
I think I'd prefer the merkin version, but I'd have to try it to be sure.
I've always wondered where the actual salad was in potato salad - I've always seen it as just potatoes in mayonnaise, and kind of wondered if I was missing the point.
I think I'd prefer the merkin version, but I'd have to try it to be sure.
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I'm afraid that potato salad is one of those things that I really struggle to have an opinion on. <!--emo&:shame:--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/4013/140/emo/shame.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='shame.gif' /><!--endemo-->JJW009 wrote:I seek your opinion. What makes the best potato salad?
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I have never made a potato salad that just consists of just potato and mayonnaise, but then I was raised by an American so that may have something to do with it?!
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So what do you put in?Mrs Redeyes wrote:I have never made a potato salad that just consists of just potato and mayonnaise
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Potato Salad
potato, egg, chopped up celery, gherkins, spring onion or chives and I make the sauce out of mayonnaise, a bit of ketchup, a bit of vinegar from the gherkins and a touch of salad cream.
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"Illegitmi non carborundum est!"
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"Why do the people who know the least, know it the loudest?"
"Illegitmi non carborundum est!"
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"Illegitmi non carborundum est!"
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