What makes a good potato salad?

[Anonymous]

No eggs.

Bacon, dill, paprika & dry mustard

[Anonymous]

Ugh, potato salad is very subjective and polarizing. The above recipes with bread and butter pickles, sugar, Miracle Whip are only good if you like a sweet potato salad. The horseradish recipes are only good if you like horseradish. What do you like, OP?

Definitely needed: potatoes (Yukon gold are my favorite, make sure to adequately salt the cooking water), tons of celery and mayonnaise. If you like red or green pepper, go for it. If you like eggs, go for it. Personally I love eggs in potato salad, but one PP doesn’t. Some people include pickle juice, or sriracha.

Make it how you like it.

Make sure to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, potato salad is very subjective and polarizing. The above recipes with bread and butter pickles, sugar, Miracle Whip are only good if you like a sweet potato salad. The horseradish recipes are only good if you like horseradish. What do you like, OP?

Definitely needed: potatoes (Yukon gold are my favorite, make sure to adequately salt the cooking water), tons of celery and mayonnaise. If you like red or green pepper, go for it. If you like eggs, go for it. Personally I love eggs in potato salad, but one PP doesn’t. Some people include pickle juice, or sriracha.

Make it how you like it.

Make sure to

Oops hit send too soon. Meant to say make sure you taste it and that you yourself like how it tastes.

[Anonymous]

This is personal preference, but to me it is about herbs and tanginess.

YES: dill, chives, parsley, onion, celery (very small dice), mayo, white vinegar, mustard (bacon if you're feeling it)

NO: sugar, peppers, eggs, Miracle Whip, relish

For the potatoes, skin-on to maintain some texture and size matters. The chunks need to be substantial, not little tiny cubes.

[Anonymous]

Raisins

[Anonymous]

No egg, no Mayo.

I like a potato salad with a vinegar/lemon/oil dressing, green onions, mixed fresh chopped herbs, salad and pepper. Perhaps some cumin. Oh, and skins on. Keep it simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raisins

Okay, this response warrants a reference to one of the best SNL skits of “Black Jeopardy.” The late Chadwick Boseman is hilarious as is Kenan Thompson. The potato salad answer starts just after the 5:00 minute mark. 😂😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is personal preference, but to me it is about herbs and tanginess.

YES: dill, chives, parsley, onion, celery (very small dice), mayo, white vinegar, mustard (bacon if you're feeling it)

NO: sugar, peppers, eggs, Miracle Whip, relish

For the potatoes, skin-on to maintain some texture and size matters. The chunks need to be substantial, not little tiny cubes.

I’m the one who posted the horseradish one but if you’re not feeling the horseradish, all of the above is VERY good advice.

[Anonymous]

I really like the potato salad at Red Hot and Blue. I agree with other the key is to make sure the potatoes aren’t mushy. I like to add sour cream to the mayo but I think that’s a personal thing. I add celery and onion too.

[Anonymous]

Dave Hagerdon’s WaPo recipe for German potato salad. I don’t make anything else now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you specifically asking regarding the cold, mayo-based potato salad, or does the ask include recipes for the warm bacon-vinaigrette-based German potato salad type?

Yep, warm German potato salad. Bacon + vinegar = divine.

[Anonymous]

OP.

I really only like the potato salad at Carolina Brothers. The egg in question is hardboiled and chopped. I am aiming to make the cold, mayonnaise dressed version, not the warm bacon German potato salad and while I love horseradish, my mother despises it, so regretfully I won’t be making the Smitten Kitchen one.

Definitely not the miracle whip kind. It wasn’t till adulthood that I realized how much I disliked miracle whip (and I like a sweet taste generally).

[Anonymous]

When the potatoes are still warm, add dressing so it soaks in wll. We like red wine vinegar, lemon, mayo, mustard, and lots of green onion and herbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing. It’s disgusting.

You don't like that mush of over soft potatoes grinding into your teeth or that slick of oily mayonnaise on your tongue or that sharp bite of green onions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 lbs Red or yellow potatoes, eggs, celery, green pepper, onions. Separately mix 1 tbs sugar, 2 tbs vibegar and 3 heaping tbs of mayo or miracle whip, stir into the salad. Kosher dill pickles as a garnish. You're welcome.

Add mustard til the sauce is yellow, for the best potato salad.