Potato Salad Research

[Larry Caldwell]

Potato Salad Research!

Who knew? I decided it was potato salad weather, so peeled some potatoes. I don't like how soggy they get when I boil them up, so decided to put them in a large casserole dish and microwave them. Susan suggested I put some vinegar in the bottom of the dish to steam them and bring out the flavor. The result was unsalted potatoes that tasted GREAT!

Here's the recipe:

Peel a bunch of potatoes and slice them into bite sized bits.
Put them in a big covered casserole
Dump a couple big glops of cider vinegar on them, plus a little water for steaming.
Microwave on high for 6 minutes, on 8 for 20 minutes, on 7 for 30 minutes. That has nothing to do with the potatoes, but if you run a microwave on high for over half an hour you risk burning out the magnetron, which is an expensive part. Potatoes take a while to cook anyway, so what the heck...

After the spuds are cooked, do your thing with eggs, mayo, pickles, mustard, onions, whatever makes you drool.

Yeah, I know russets are the ones that get mushy, but they were on sale 5 lbs. for 88 cents. The yellow and red ones were way more expensive, so I went with the dollar bill in my pocket.

 

[Jstpssng]

Sounds good. I often pop a potato in for a quick snack, I'll have to try your method for a bit of extra flavor.

 

[Rebeldad1]

russets are high in starches. but tasty

 

[Oaktree]

I only use russets for baking, in potato salad it's either reds or some generic white potato. Good way to use up the ones that have started to get a little rubbery come spring.

Poll: hard-boiled egg in potato salad or not? For me it's NO WAY! Don't particularly like eggs, and have always hated them hard boiled.

 

[Jstpssng]

I only use russets for baking, in potato salad it's either reds or some generic white potato. Good way to use up the ones that have started to get a little rubbery come spring.

Poll: hard-boiled egg in potato salad or not? For me it's NO WAY! Don't particularly like eggs, and have always hated them hard boiled.

Those rubbery potatoes left over in spring get put back into the ground for my summer crop. I always buy new seed for the main crop, so that I'm rotating it out every year. Red Norlands and either Green Mountains or Katahdins are what I raise.
No eggs in my potato salad, and no mayonnaise. Potatoes, onions, oil and vinegar with salt, pepper, and parsley flakes is that way that I've always had it.

 

[5030]

Eggs give me gas............

 

[/pine]

"They call me Tater Salad"

 

[MossRoad]

Free Tater Salad!

 

[MossRoad]

Peel and slice 5 pounds of potatoes and a couple large onions.
Boil the potatoes and onions until soft.
Drain and leave in the pan.
Fry 1 pound of bacon.
Remove the bacon and set aside.
Double the amount of bacon grease with vinegar.
Double that amount with brown sugar.
Add that to the potatoes and onions.
Crumble the bacon up and add that to the mixture.

Serve hot.

 

[Williy]

I use turkey bacon read too many horror stories about the little
worms from pork and its such a bad meat you can't even grade it.
I wrap up the big russet potatoes in aluminum foil and put them on
the grill, when they cool off peal them and slice them up with celery,
mustard, mayo, hard boiled eggs, chopped onions, garlic powder,
chopped black olives, chopped up cheddar cheese, mix well and you
have a meal all ready.

When I was a kid I would get a chunk of big bolonay grind it up in
the meat grinder then grind up some home made pickles and mayo
mix well and spread on home made bread makes a great sandwich.

willy

 

[MoKelly]

You worry about bacon but eat bologna?

Ha!

MoKelly

 

[frogracer]

No egg

 

[Jstpssng]

You worry about bacon but eat bologna?

Ha!

MoKelly

Good answer!!! The "little worms in pork" he refers to is called "Trichinosis". If you cook the meat properly it isn't a problem.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Good recipes. Farm cooking at its best. Hearty, quick, easy.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Good answer!!! The "little worms in pork" he refers to is called "Trichinosis". If you cook the meat properly it isn't a problem.

That's why it's illegal to feed hogs uncooked garbage. Most pigs aren't raised on garbage any more, so the trichina fly is not found around hog operations.

 

[bigtiller]

Peel and slice 5 pounds of potatoes and a couple large onions.
Boil the potatoes and onions until soft.
Drain and leave in the pan.
Fry 1 pound of bacon.
Remove the bacon and set aside.
Double the amount of bacon grease with vinegar.
Double that amount with brown sugar.
Add that to the potatoes and onions.
Crumble the bacon up and add that to the mixture.

Serve hot.

Sounds like a German potato salad recipe that a girlfriend of mine made. I haven't had that for many years....she married someone else.

 

[oosik]

I've always boiled my spuds. Next time - the microwave and some vinegar. My potato salad recipes are never the same. What's in the frige and tasty, might end up in the salad.

Ha, ha - 5030 - at my age, most everything gives me gas.

 

[Ford850]

My wife bakes potatoes in the micro, then peals and dices for salad. No watery or rubbery potatoes that way.

 

[kenmbz]

Cider Vinegar is great for Potato Salad.
No eggs for me!

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Cider Vinegar is great for Potato Salad.
No eggs for me!

It's something I learned from a professional. I had a really great serving of potato salad once, better than I had ever tasted. I asked him how he did that, and he said he used a little cider vinegar on the potatoes after they were cooked. It turns potato salad into a salad. Drain the spuds thoroughly and don't overdo. There's nothing worse than runny potato salad.