 Admittedly, I'm not the best photographer in the universe, but in my defense, potato salad ain't pretty. It is, however, delicious and my husband Douglas makes the best rendition of it I've ever had. A few subtle touches - fresh thyme, a kiss of smoked paprika and crunchy celery leaves - elevate this picnic staple from side to stand-out. Douglas' Summer Potato Salad Ingredients
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Your husband is a homo for putting a " kiss" of anything in his potato salad
Horseradish, anyone? Ya?
One word: buttermilk. In posted recipe, you have about a cup total liquid (1/2c mayo and 1/2c dijon). Reduce one or both and replace with buttermilk so you still end up with a cup of liquid. Trust me. Works especially well with Yukon gold.
I made this. I ate it. And it made me appreciate how good my mom's potato salad is.
Smoked paprika is my JAM!! YUM! Oh man...bacon too? Phenomenal.
My mother's potato sald was the best, and she added French dressing to it. Try it, you'll like it!
Where's Da Ketchup?
You can have that ketchup cuz I got dat gooold!
I use mustard in both potato salad and chicken salad! Aren't you proud of me!! :P
You've been using that same jar for two years right?:))))
LOL, probably!
I forgot to include that I also use a couple of teaspoons of pickle juice to my ingredients for my potato salad.
Ever tried mustard in tuna salad? Sounds weird, but it's pretty good if you add sweet relish to balance the flavor. Gives you a low-fat option, too.
Yep! See my list of ingredients above. I use it in all of my cold salads. :)
Capeche. What I meant to say was mustard in place of mayo (I'm not a miracle whip person). Gives it a nice bite.
Potato salad is yummy.
Yukon potatos, celery, green onion, radishes, egg, a little mustard, miracle whip, salt and pepper! :)
Mine is best . . . make it any way you want but include the eggs and at least one cup of grated chedar! To DIE for, A cup of chopped bacon hurts nothing either. Goes good with any beer or red wine.
glad you shared – i am amused by all these yo-yo's clamering that they make the best po-po salad... whatever...
The nice thing about potato salad is that you can customize it to your own liking or go with whatever you happen to have on hand. My favorite is pretty standard fare, I guess. Potatoes, eggs, mayo, a little mustard, onion, celery, bell pepper, salt, paprika.
Living in the southeast, the mayo *has* to be Duke's, of course. It's just so much better than other brands and makes a huge difference in foods with a heavy mayo presence like deviled eggs, coleslaw, potato salad, salad dressings, etc.
Sometimes I'll throw together a hot potato salad using a drizzling of olive oil and squirt of lemon juice over quartered and baked new potatoes that have been seasoned with herbes de provence.
It's funny to me to see people boasting (or arguing, even) that their potato salad is the best. It's such an individual taste. What may be your best loved version may not be considered all that great by others with their own favorite recipe. So chill out and remember it's just potato salad...and it's all good!
too many wurds go make salad – use bacon and chedar
You should add a bit of wee in there too. Preferably from a camel.
I think all your recipes are great I must add my two-cents in and that is add 7up like 1/3 a cup what a zing especially with vinegerate recipes. A little fresh thyme is me all the way! You wouldn't believe it but I met an ole Greek lady and that was her secret to good ass potato salad rest in peace and thank you.
My mother used to add chopped dill pickles, dill pickle juice and coooked egg yolks and cut up egg whites. Then lots of salt and pepper. I am making this tomorrow for friends visiting from India and we are going to try some adjustments. I have to skip the eggs, because of their dietary restrictions.
Chris I was stupid enough to make it!
It is the worst potato salad ever!
This recipe sucks!
I tbs of smoke paprika? The salad is red like ketchup don't put more than 1 tsp.
Too salty even for 4 lbs of potato (I just did a pinch of kosher salt).
1/2 cup of fresh thyme? It's too much, thyme is very aromatic.
I am a chef, this is a ridiculous recipe with tablesppoons of spices and A HALF CUP OF FRESH THYME...who ever wrote this is a dim wit.
if yours is in the "awesome" category I wonder if there is some kind of potato salad competition I can take mine to.
That photo looks like dog urp.
I deeply dislike may-based potato salad, ever since I got a serious case of food poisoning from the potato salad at a well-known deli-restaurant in the Bay Area (not naming names...). You do not want to see that stuff a second time. when I make potato salad it's the German way - oil and vinegar sauce, some dill....yum. And it is not a perfect petri dish for harmful bacteria, as those mayo-based ones are.
being from germany, let me assure you that mayo based potato salad is very common. in the north where I'm from overwhelmingly so.
Are you sure you didn't get sick from humping the mailbox?
Goat, no one wants to read about your hobbies.
I know a german family does it with sour cream! I improved it with chedar and bacon – the Canadian way.
WHERE IS THE BACON?
bacon and eggs. plus a few other things. the posted recipe is a very basic and somewhat boring potato salad...
Leave the celery and onions out. Why must all potato salads have celery and onions? That's just gross.
Ahhh, the potato salad best recipe conundrum. Who knew throwing down the "best" challenge would elicit such passion! I want to try them all.
Mine didn't come out that good. Thanks for the recipe tho.
Hey, no garlic?? My wife is always asked to put in MORE. The test, open the lid to the closed container after it has been sitting for a couple of hours, if you cannot smell the garlic, your need more"
Irv
Try 6-7 potatoes, 1 medium onion. 1/8 cup sweet relish, 2 tbsps spicy brown mustard, 3 tblsps white vinegar, 2 tblsps of sugar, 2 tsps of oregano and basil. Salt and pepper to taste and the final ingredient....4 strips of crispy bacon coursely chopped......YUM YUM!
opps I forgot, 4 hard boiled eggs diced :)
oops again also forgot 1/2 cup of mayo
Thanks everyone for sharing on this they of reflection. I liked all the recipes! Wish I could meet the chefs too. I am not able to have any type of fat, sugar or salt anymore. In the days when I was allowed to eat anything I wanted I added a bacon and garlic dip with blue cheese crumbles when the potatoes were still warm and refrigerated for several hours before serving. I always came up short.
Enjoy this Memorial Day and your potatoe salad. I can't eat any of it.
Sorry you can't enjoy the potato salad geraldina. Try a couple of tomatoes, some finely chopped onion, chopped cucumber. Let it sit in the fridge a couple hours. Enjoy. You can even add a bit of vinegar if you like. It's good.
Seriously? One half cup of fresh thyme? A fistful of salt? A tablespoon of paprika? A tablespoon of freshly ground pepper? .........all for 3 pounds of potatoes? I am a professional chef and can taste this without making it. This is ridiculous!
Chris, I was stupid enough to make it!
I didn't put a lot of salt, but I did put 1TBS of paprika.
The worst potato salad ever!
It is shameful for the editors to even allow something so stupid. One half cup fresh thyme? I have never used more than 2 teaspoons of fresh thyme in any one dish. The person that wrote this is a moron.
Um, whose fist? I'm guessing that Douglas' hand is a lot bigger than mine. (Still, it sounds yummy.)
My aunt used to make a version that had crushed potato chips on top. Sooooo yummy!
The best potato salad I ever ate used a simple trick that would work for most recipes. A vinaigrette was added to the potatoes while still warm. Other ingredients and the creamy base were added after the potatoes cooled down, and then the whole salad was chilled until serving time and served cold. The tang of the vinaigrette infused the potatoes with much more flavor than a standard recipe. I'll never go back to the Dump and Chill method.
Right on!
A FISTFULL of Kosher salt!!?? Sheesh, hope your bloodpressure is good, otherwise, just eat the salt, 'cause that's ALL you'll taste.
Are those secret ingredients ? Yes – they could have been in there!
It really does look like someone was carrying this dish and tripped .. then scooped it back up and put it on a plate. And how about cutting up those potatoes so you don't have to use a fork and knife? And the writer is talking about her HUSBAND's potato salad. We need to take all this with a .. yeah, I said it .. with a grain of salt.
YOU FORGOT THE HARD BOILED EGGS AND SWEET RELISCH
The best potato salad I ever had was about 45 years ago in the Bronx, NYC in a deli called "Dick's" Dick was located on Tremont Avenue near the Grand Concourse. His German potato salad was legendary and no one – no one – had the recipe – it is rumored he sold the recipe when he sold the shop. If anyone out there has the recipe to share or can remember eating that potato salad- I would love to read your response – The potatoes were sliced very thin, might have had some dill and I think were sauced w a sweet vinegar – I have tried to recreate it my entire life -
The secrets to making a wonderful German potato salad are to use apple cider vinegar and after you brown the bacon, use the remaining grease to saute the onions, and I hate to say it, but leave about 1/2 of it in for the sauce. A little bit of sugar and whatever spices you think that he used, but I can't say that I've heard of dill used in German potato salad.
Best of luck re-creating your recipe!
Happy Memorial Day, all. My own potato salad is too bland, and I really appreciate all these ideas. Thanks for you help, all of you.
Mine has potatoes, boiled eggs, a medium spoonful of mayo and miracle whip, a lil squirt of yellow and brown mustard, a dash of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, dill and sweet relish, mixed and topped with a pinch of salad supreme.
Garlic in a potato salad?
Has to be a recipe from Olive Garden.
If it is i better be getting royalty checks cause that's my recipe, yo
I loved potato salad - but can no longer eat potatoes - but I loved reading the comments and suggestions - for times I can make potato salad for others - bon appetit!!
I think there are as many versions of potato salad as there are cooks...and I'm pretty certain I haven't met one yet that I didn't like. This one sounds tasty. The one I make most often for my family is actually vegan...not because we're vegan (we're not) but because we're all crazy for a particular vegan mayonnaise:
4 lbs. red potatoes
2 medium carrots, finely minced
1 medium onion, finely minced
8 large dill pickles, coarsely chopped
1 cup Vegenaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard (or more, to taste)
1 tablespoon minced fresh dill (or more, to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste
I think I may try celery seed the next time I make it...that sounds really good!
Just to clarify...I've never met a POTATO SALAD I didn't like. There are one or two cooks, on the other hand...
No boiled eggs? No dill pickles? This recipe is only half done. The best restaurant potato salad I've had is at Goode Company here in Houston. Creamy, tangy, yum. The worst is at Mac's Barbecue in Brady, Texas - they add lots of pimento and serve it with an ice cream scoop. It looks like a pink baseball. Bland and dry, too.
I agree! I'm in Houston and Goode's is AWESOME!
J Crenshaw, you're an idiot! This is an article about POTATO SALAD!!!! Opinions & personal tastes are just like buttholes, everybody has one.
Okay I'm really getting hungry here!! I would love to sample everyone's recipe, you know to evaluate them myself. I prefer other people's cooking to my own!!
Pretty standard recipe. Add some dill pickle juice with a little bit of the mustard to the hot potatoes pieces, then gently mix, before you put them in the fridge. They will absorb way more flavor that way.
My friend told me that her mother lived 10 years longer than expected, just by looking forward to eating my potato salad every year. The recipe is huge because people eat so much of it.
Thelma Memorial Potato Salad
5 lbs thin skinned white potatoes, just barely cooked, cooled and cubed
2 to 3 bunches green onion, chopped fine
one bag frozen small peas, blanched
1 lb carrots diced and barely cooked
1 large jar good dill pickles (cold case type), chopped fine
1 (+) cups real mayo
1 (+) cups sour cream
several T dried dill weed (depending how strong).
several T of good salt (but not too coarse)
It is impossible to put in too much pickle and it should smell strongly of dill and onion . It's great. S
A fist full of salt? How much is that? Did you mean hold the salt shaker in your fist and do one fist pump over the other ingredients? Or did you actually mean reach into a barrel of salt and takeout however much you can gather in your fingers by making a fist? For most people that would be 1/4 cup or more of salt. At first I thought that much salt must be going in the water to boil the potatoes, but it is added to the recipe.
btw people: Salt doesn't clog your arteries, though it can raise your blood pressure. The main problem I would have with adding an absurd amount of salt it is it would taste too salty. This family must go through a lot of beverages at their party if they really put that much salt in one salad.
My grandma's tater salad had lots of hard boiled eggs (more whites than yolks), white onion, crumbled pan-fried pepper bacon, slivered celery w/ chopped leaves, and finely diced sweet pickles with juice. So, so good!
tailgate potato salad is absolute best...no mayo, no eggs, no pickles....easy to google and find the recipe!
The Milburn Deli in Milburn New Jersey is without question home of the world's best potato salad !!! Among the countless followers are Prince Harry .... Bill OReilly .... former NYC Mayor Koch and native New Jersey heavywights Bruce Springsteen and Bob McHugh.
AH yes because being famous (ie: contributing nothing useful to the world) makes ones a great authority on potato salad!
Thanks for the tip on the deli. (Ignore J Crenshaw's rude comment.)
Egg in potato salad? Disgusting? THis is POTATO salad not egg salad..
Secondly, you all used processed mayo. Therefore it tastes like... bleck... Make an aioli, add some real flavor to it, then come back and talk to me about potato salad.
Mustard is only for the southerners btw.
I watched Giada @ Home and her recipe was grand! Purple potatoes (they are so fun looking!) and add in cooked quinoa! some chopped scallions, and a sauce of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh herbs, man it was good. It's on her website
This recipe is my favorite and it is slightly different from the others I've read. It uses a cooked sauce.
Cook potatoes, eggs as usual.
Sauce:
In med sauce pan combine and cook til thick:
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 tsp celery seed
1/4 tsp dry mustard
After it thickens remove from heat and blend in:
1/4 cup salad dressing/mayo and 1/4 cup onion.
Double the sauce if you are cooking lots of potatoes. The more sauce the better it is :) !
The best potato salad I have ever had is at the Whole Hog in Little Rock. It has a baked potato flavor. Someone please get me their recipe. Their ribs are awesome! I gained 7 lbs. the month I was there.
I make mine with half mayo, half sour cream, onion, chives fresh from the garden, celery, salt and pepper. I garnish it with paprika and freshly picked parsley. No mustard or pickles or eggs in mine. Those are in the deviled eggs on the side! haha
Aaaa....your original salt dont have where to add the salt?? I would imagine it would be while cooking the potatoes??? Sorry if I'm overlooking the obvious!
I add a LITTLE salt after mixing everything. With tator salad, too much of anything can ruin it! Salt can always be added when served. Let them add their own salt.
Ohh well thanks everyone, I think from all of your recipes I've come up with something that might totally rock. It's best to put it together while still warm and refrigerate overnight so the flavors can melt together.
Ok follow me and give it a shot and tell me what you think afterwards:
Yukon gold potatoes
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tbls dijon mustard
salt and pepper
diced egg
diced onion
refrigerate overnight.
before serving:
diced crunchy bacon
finely crumbled blue cheese
shredded mozarella
Ok hungry now.....I know what I'm having with bbq this weekend ;-)
oops and I forgot the fresh dill at time of serving too.
Sounds good too! Like the bacon, sour cream and blue cheese touch. You HAVE to use mayo, salad dressing ruins everything for me!!
I agree, commercial salad dressings are just gross. A simple olive oil, basalmic vinegar, and a little fresh oregano made right before you eat is much better for a salad. You need mayo for potatoe salad!
Kraft makes an excellent line of oil and balsamic vinegar salad dressings now!! I use them for marinating too!
Actually I boycott most of Kraft's products. Their utter lack of their customer's health when it comes to their use of transfats makes me avoid them like the black plague. Watching my mother with heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure with a cabinet full of med's for everything under the sun, makes me very careful with what I put in my body.
I asked Kraft Canada if it clearly writes that it has 0 trans fats on the label, then why do they have transfats listed in their list of ingredients. The response I got surprised me. Due to labelling laws, if an item per serving has less than than 1 gram of trans fat, then they are legally allowed to round down to zero. So technically, they are not breaking any laws, but it's still a deceit to their customer, so I don't want them in my house.
That sounds good. I think I will copy your recipe and try it this weekend. Thanks.
I make my the same way my grandmother and mother made it, Southern style and pretty basic! The gold potatoes do make it better, but any kind will do. I peel and boil my spuds whole, set them out to dry off, chill overnight in covered pot. I make 16 lbs. at a time. (lotta folks always want some) 10 lbs. tators, 12 boiled eggs, yellow onion and diced dill pickle, salt, pepper, mayo, and mustard. I'm kinda carefull with the mayo at first, too much will ruin it. I wait until the next day and add more to make it creamy if need be. It takes me 3 days to make it, but it's worth the time. I enjoy reading how other folks make it!! It all sounds good!
12 large Red Potatoes, cube to 1/2" cubes, boiled in salted water till tender..
3 tablespoons chopped garlic(fresh or jarred)
6 hard boiled eggs..smashed
one tablespoon your favorite Dry Rub
6 tablespoons chopped fresh Cilantro
2 cups diced celery and leaves
enough Mayo to wet it but not make it mush.
(for God's sake leave out the onions...thats what grocers do to add weight, same thing they do for slaw)
After boiling potatoes drain in colander...while they are still steaming throw in the garlic and cilantro and mix...then put in a large boil and mix in the rest of the stuff.
After mixing put it in a nice serving bowl and sprinkle so Paprika over the top, along with some more fresh Cilantro. Put in the refrig for two hours.
...because we all know that onions are cheaper than cabbage and potatoes...
Don't hate the onions...
Laughable.
Making this today. I added a bit of spring garlic because it came in the CSA this week. Also a bit of anchovy paste, because it packs so much flavor. Happy with the no eggs ;-)
I have to agree with the bacon..don't pooh-pooh until you've tried it. The smoked flavor really adds something to it. And I also like to add slices of green olive. Mine's more vegetable than potato salad..but it always gets raves.
How long before I can pooh-pooh? I really have to go bad!!
A FISTful of salt??? Cardiac insanity. No wonder so many Americans have high blood pressure!
everyone loves mine...
basically its 1/2 cup mayo 1/4 cup sour cream..about 1tbsp vinegar, 1 or 2 tbsp spicey mustard (your taste) lil salt, pepper, dont be afraid to taste your dressing and alter things to your personal taste like salt or the mustard..if you like heat..use some cayenne..etc... toss with the potatoes, crumble blue cheese on top, crumbled bacon, and chopped green onions
you know for everyone sparring...recipies are all basics in my opion..meant to be tweaked...if you just love eggs in your salad..by all means..chop some eggs up and add it, how bout some finely diced jalapenos..? just adjust your base dressing to coat..maybe double the recipie for it if you love add-ins
dont fight over what is better :)
Hmm I've never thought of blue cheese.....see I like this idea of different recipes variances. I'm not a fan of blue cheese but I'll give it a shot. Then again maybe some shredded mozzarella at the end just before serving, with a touch of crushed bacon, but no added salt because the bacon has enough salt.
exactly...take a base recipie u like, and tweak it! ...feta is popular now days...maybe sub feta for the blu..maybe dont use cheese at all...
all recipies just need a good imagination..for biscuits i like chopping chives and tossing it in the batter before rolling (or dropping)
just tweak the heck out of stuff and make it your own :)
No offense but this potato salad photo looks disgusting. Sorry but It doesn't even look like potato salad. Although it's probably delicious (since you said so) I'll stick with my old fashion American version with plenty of boiled eggs, a little mustard, some pickle relish, enough 1/2 mayo and 1/2 salad dressing to moisten and finish with salt and pepper to taste. Nothing grand, no secret just plain good – the way I think potato salad should taste and look.
Potato Salad is like many other salads, burgers, etc – everyone has a favorite version. My favorite (and the recipe I use at the restaurant to great success) is from my grandmother - potatoes boiled to al dente (boiled whole, flash-cooled in cold water, then peeled and coarsely cubed), mayonnaise, prepared mustard, chopped onion, celery and hard-boiled egg, celery seed and salt/pepper to taste. The celery seed is the kicker ingredient that makes the taste extraordinary. Oh, and it's best made the day before and refrigerated overnight before serving so all the flavors blend.
Excuse me, but if you want to "flash chill" you do it in ice water not cold water.
Your Chef's hat has fallen over your eyes–No one said flash frozen so please go back to your Dog Food Commercials and feed your dog more carrots.
No bacon? Pretty weak.
You said you might not be the photograper, but it's not your photo that looks gross it's the potato salad itself. Everyone thinks theirs is the best, including me. That is all I make from Memorial day to Labor day is potato salad for the group that shows up at the family cottage each week-end. It has been in my family for 5 generations and will remain for many years to come. Sorry we all have different taste.
I also add some freshly cooked, then crushed bacon and chopped dill pickles.
GOOD! I absolutely HATE Potato salad that is MUSH!
Potato salad with or without egg is fine! This recipe looks so good, I have already printed it out. Might sub fresh dill for the thyme, though. We'll see...
If you live in New York, I highly recommend the potato salad from Korzo Haus.
Eggs in my potato salad is the equivalent of ants at my picnic.
Potatoes should be dressed while they are still warm in order to absorb the dressing better, making them more flavorful.
No, no egg. I cannot stand egg in my potato salad. Needs at least pickles, onions and home made mayo made with olive oil, the rest is up to you. And if you baconize it, that will be wrong, wrong!
You sound like the type that would enjoy tofu and beansprouts more anyway. This, since you clearly have no clue about potato salad.
I agree!
Hey, leave Gloria alone! Everyone has a right to their own personal taste! No need to hurl insults.
Amen!!!! Not everybody likes eggs, AND it's perfectly okay for people to have variations on the basic recipe. It's just ridiculous to hurt people's feelings - this is worse than a Texas chili cookoff for arguing what's "right"!! Yeesh!
Sounds absolutely delish! I love the herbs in it, and the dijon.
But...there's no bacon involved. How can it be the best ever without crumbled bacon? Or at least a little bacon grease in the mayo mixture?
bacon greased mayo, glorious!!!
You are absolutely correct! On all counts.
How can that be? My hubby said MINE was the best!!!!
Since "fists" come in many different sizes, exactly how much salt does a "fist full" represent? ... and no hard boiled eggs? FAIL!
Is the corn cooked. I don't see where it is added to the salad. Thank you.
No, and neither are the beans. ;)
corn? beans? I don't see either in the list of ingredients. Where do you see that??
silly the salt once in a while,wont hurt you like that.......ask Dr. J.M.Poke
Except for the thyme leaves this is my grandmother's recipe. No egg here. Yummo.
Sorry, Douglas, it can't be the perfect potato salad without hard-boiled eggs. Never gonna happen. No way thyme and paprika can take the place of boiled eggs.
Agreed. Hard-boiled eggs are to potato salad as basil is to a Pizza Margherita, or as celery is to Waldorf Salad.
Must have the the hard bolied/sliced/diced/chopped 6 eggs. Mom added 1 cup of fresh peas & chopped fresh mint! Very nice, so I just keep this of course. Love all Dijon mustards. Lots of new info from everone that I will
try. Thanks to all
With that much salt I bet our arteries are stone solid.
One fist full of Kosher salt??!! Are you trying to kill us or just kill our kidney's? What size are his hands? I've got small hands at 5'1", but if you've got a 6'6" football player, it would be almost double mine. Anyone with a high blood pressure issue should not add salt to anything. If you do, it should be very little.
Calm yourself! and live alittle!
So much drama. And my goodness, you could add less, just like EVERYONE ELSE.
Methinks it's your temperament that earned you that hypertension, honey.
Can't live without salt. No need to cut it out, even with hypertension. What proof has EVER been provided that salt is sooo bad? I need the education, so ... give it to me!
The fistful of salt must go in the water to cook the potatoes. Otherwise, bye-bye arteries.
I agree, no salt needed, there's already salt in the mayo and mustard! a fistfull of salt? Murderous!
My, you're charming. Somehow I'd put my money on the cholesterol rather than the salt in this dish. But hey, that's what an overall healthy diet, exercise, maintaining a reasonable weight and Crestor are for, aren't they?
Agreed on the salt- wayyy too much, even with the smallest "fists". I tend to go exactly by the recipe the first time I try anything, and then vary later on if I think it's worth the trouble. This recipe, for me, was nearly inedible due to the salt content. Uses "fistful" as a measurement is flawed, and the salt isn't needed.
My hubby makes a potatoe salad that for the past 30 years many women have asked him for his recipe. Everyone just loves his salad. potatoes,chopped onion,boiled eggs,grated apple, finely chopped gerkins, finally chopped ham, cooked diced carrots and peas, salt,pepper, mayonaisse. Honestly people request his potatoe salad.
Wow! It's the apple that's catching my eye there. Sounds amazing. I'll give that a shot.
there's no apple in this!
Its red potatoes, girl! lol
Jas, she's talking about the recipe in the comments above that includes apple ...
Would he mind sharing the recipe? Thanks Karen
Thanks Patty for the recipe, will try it tonight. Do you use fresh or pickled gerkins?
Patty, sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing.
your hubby wouldn't be Dan "potatoe" Quail by any chance would he?
HA!!!
If you're gonna pick on someone for a spelling gaffe that has been talked about ad nauseum for 25 years, at least try to spell his name right: Quayle.
I make a similar recipe! I got the components from my Brazilian friend who told me that for every thing sour or spicy there must be something sweet. I put cubed granny smith's in mine, the apples really give it a zing and a crunch since I dislike the texture of celery, so i use celery seed for the flavor!
Hi Patty, If you could also provide me your hubby's recipe for the potato salad, it would be greatly appreciated. I am saving this page to try different variations, since everyone tends to lean toward what they grew up with. Thanks, Lynn
Glad you got that picture before I chowed down. This really sounds good. Thanks.
I don't mean to rain on her parade but that's pretty standard mustard/mayo based potato salad with a touch of thyme which I don't think adds much. My recipe is better: About 6-7 medium sized cooked and sliced yukon gold potatoes, one diced red pepper, 3-4 cut up hard boiled eggs, 3 stalks celery with leaves,1 medium sweet onion and 3 tbs.dried parsley. And NOW for the sauce. About two thirds cup mayo and one-third cup Durkees Famous sauce. I'll stack this one against anyone's.
Sounds Yummy!! You def have to add in the eggs. That's the best part. Thanks for sharing!
yukon is the best! thanks for sharing your recipe!
Well, if everyone is going to brag, I think mine is fabulous. Use 6-7 Potato ( use what you like). 6-7 boiled eggs. Celery, dill pickle and onion. But my little deal is to Take the yoke from the eggs, mash them up with Mustard. to create a nice thick paste. Add mayo and mix together, kosher salt and paprika. Even add a small amount of fresh red peppers chopped for color and sweet. And mix
Add fresh cracked pepper to taste.
Then I even have a warm potato salad that will kick up any bbq and make you feel right in the south.
Mine's better! 6 boiled potatoes, 1/2 cup minced sweet onion, 1/4 cup minced celery, salt, pepper, one hardboiled egg coarsely chopped, 1/2 cup sliced green pimiento stuffed olives, and HELLMAN's mayonnaise. It's got to be Hellman's nothing else. This is the absolute best.
Sounds rather bland Cheffy!
Sorry buddy.. You have the standard potato recipe, as that is exactly how i used to do mine. It is the smoked paprika that gives this potato salad its extra kick. You did nothing special; the choice of Yukon potatoes in the recipe did nothing but try to glorify it over the articles recipes as it is a more favored potato. The addition of parsley does primarily nothing for the flavor, and your sauce isn't to gourmet yourself there bud.
Definitely gotta have the boiled eggs and SWEET salad cubes......NO DILL PICKLES IN POTATO SALAD!!!!!
Hate celery... in anything... love full-sour dill pickles... (the kind you find in middle-eastern shops...)
This is a slight variation of our old family recipe for potato salad.....grandmother, mother, my sisters and me. Near as I can tell, it was pretty standard in the 40's – 50's. Potato salad is like chile...each family has their favorite recipe, which is "the best". Now days, the trend seems to be getting a bit lighter, but still good.
Chef Dugan – your recipe sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing it!
i thought this column was about filling our bellies, not our egos. i can't believe the condescending words people have used to talk this potato salad down only to promote themselves. share your personal favorites, for sure, but there's no reason for hate.
Use Cilantro : its a fresher taste than thyme
Sorry, my potato salad is the best ever... similar ingredients as others have said but I add chopped yellow pepper, chopped dill pickles, and 1 TB of pickle juice... try it... THE BEAST!!!!!
I like potato salad. But without some finely chopped bacon and onion – something is missing!
Egg a must but replace the thyme with curly parsley and cut back on salt. Instead of celery leaves, use celery and celery seed.
Yukon golds, for sure. Cut to your style, boil until fork tender. Let cool a bit. Into a large bowl add to proportion and taste the following:
excllent mayo
cider vinegar
bit of honey
grated garlic
celery seeds
chiffonade of fresh basil
salt
pepper
Stir together then add the potatoes. It's quite good with steamed lobster and steamers, as well as burgers, dogs, and other summer faves. Enjoy. If there's any left, it's even better the next day, of course!
Ours is similar, as well. We also add sliced and partially cooked mushrooms. We use the fresh thyme – it DOES add a nice flavor (well, we like it). I particularly like it with a sweet onion, rather than a regular one. We've also made a variation with a combo of sweet potatoes, redskin potatoes and yellow potatoes and the addition of crumbled bacon (the real stuff). We all have our favorite, and not favorite, ingredients. I agree with the "try them all" approach!
Sounds good I will eat yours
Kat, this salad was one of the best I have ever had! And I'm thankful to have had the good fortune to taste it right after your husband made it yesterday! Really super delicious.
Thanks for such a very Sharon Springs get together. Your cookout was the highlight of our visit.
I use white, yellow or red potatoes, (6-7 large) a little red onion and 2 green onions, dill pickles (or if you're in a hurry dill relish works too), 6 -7 hard boiled eggs, spicy brown mustard, Hellman's (best foods) mayo, finely chopped parsley (fresh only). My mom's is great too. She likes to use yellow mustard and some diced up celery. I don't care for celery in mine but I will eat it. I love the extra little kick the spicy brown mustard adds. The parsley adds a nice fresh taste to it. Don't use a lot. Just a few sprigs.
Potato salad is a family tradition. Each family has their own recipe, and each is usually just as good as the next. I have a long time friend who uses sweet pickles in hers and pours just a little of the juice from the jar into the mayo and mustard mixture. Its great too. I have a cousin who dices up black olives and fresh Roma tomatoes in hers. Its also great tasting. What I love is all the different recipes that everyone is posting. Its fun to take some of those ideas and experiment with them. Thank you to everyone for your favorites!
I am sorry, but my mother in law and I make a much better potatoe salad than that plus it doesn't look like someone ate it before me and couldn't keep it down.
It is notoriously difficult to take photos of food that look good. In college I took photography classes, and for awhile majored in commercial photography. There are all kinds of tricks the pros do to make food look good in photos (like using uncooked hotdogs and burning "grill marks" into them with a soldering iron to make them look more fresh), so you can't fault the photographer here for the food not looking good - unless they're a professional photog.
Your mother in law can probably spell better!!
That's 'mother-in-law' smarty pants.
WOW that alot of salt and it is your top pick have you had your heart check up????