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Many Americans are mutts made up of many heritages. There is no one culinary heritage to try to tear down. We all have our own preferences and most people prefer a little bit of this and a little bit of that, not 100% of anything.[/quote]

[quote]What cuisine did you grow up with?[/quote]

Sorry, quoted the entirely wrong post.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gross.  How Americans love foods like potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw etc. (I.e foods drenched in mayo) is beyond comprehension. [/quote]

[b]It's pretty uncultured to think that these require mayonnaise. Broaden your culinary scope.[/quote][/b]

My mother always served german potato salad to cut the heaviness and fat of the turkey and gravy.  It has a vinegar base.  No mayo.[/quote]

A lot of German potato salad has bacon and/or bacon fat. Not exactly a low fat side dish.[/quote]

Also, not mayonnaise.[/quote]

Bacon grease vs mayonnaise? It's a toss up as to which is worse. [/quote]

:lol:  Expand those culinary horizons. I can't think of any German potato salad that has a comparable amount of bacon grease as typical to the amount of mayonnaise in American potato salad, but please feel free to post if you have it.

In fact, a lot of German potato salad recipes just add crumbled bacon as a garnish. But if there is some kind of prejudice or bigotry that underlies this peeve, facts aren't going to matter anyway. So, what's the culinary heritage you come from? Would you like to talk about fried, sugary sweets, or how white rice is one of the worst foods for spiking blood glucose levels, or what?[/quote]

Honestly I'm just going to pass on all the potato salad. No thank you. Don't care if its loaded with mayo or bacon or hard boiled eggs. Hard pass on all of it.[/quote]

Way to dodge the question, but sure. :)

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For anyone interested in German potato salad (not PP, obviously!), there are some classic styles:

Bavarian kartoffelsalat (bacon vinaigrette, about 3/4 of a piece of bacon per serving): https://thegoodheartedwoman.com/oktoberfest-hot-german-potato-salad-recipe/

Specifically Swabian kartoffelsalat (no bacon, but has German mustard): https://www.daringgourmet.com/restaurant-style-schwabischer-kartoffelsalat-swabian-potato-salad/
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My objection is purely to potato salad whatever culture it hails from. I don't want a salad of potatoes. Calling it "light" b/c it has bacon grease and not oil and egg based mayonnaise is a distinction without a difference.[/quote]

What cuisine did you grow up with? Or are you accurate enough to just say there are foods from any cuisine, including yours, that other people find really gross? because that's a given, you know.[/quote]

Are you dense? Of course all cultures have some questionable foods. We're allowed to have preferences. [b] I take issue with your idea that greasy heavy potato salad somehow cuts the richness of a typically fatty Thanksgiving spread.[/b] It's more of the same. Regardless of whatever culture is calming it. [/quote]

Nobody claimed that. You are arguing with some misinterpretation in your head. However, somebody did claim this, whether you or another PP, and that was what that subthread was about:

[quote=Anonymous]Gross.  How Americans love foods like potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw etc. (I.e foods drenched in mayo) is beyond comprehension. [/quote]

That's a pretty gross sentiment.  [/quote]

I'm responding specifically to this: "My mother always served german potato salad to cut the heaviness and fat of the turkey and gravy. It has a vinegar base. No mayo."

Potatoes are cheap, filling food. They are by definition heavy. This is just not logical. It's like saying mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese cut the heaviness of the dinner. That it may be "German" makes no difference here.[/quote]

Ah. Different conversation, then. I think I muddled the waters with quoting the wrong post at first -- my apologies.

I don't look to potatoes to lighten a meal, either. [/quote]

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