Tater Salad/How yours??

[mavriktu]

O.K. Daps and I had some friends over the other night,BBQ chicken,Rotel beans ,and "Tater Salad",easy meal ,right??? WRONG.There were 4 of us,the 2 "company" dont like seasonings----PERIOD. No onion,no bell pepper,no nothing,just eggs,mayo,and potatoes,(1st batch),Daps hates bell pepper,loves onion,(second batch),ME,??I love mine with bell pepper,onion(plenty) green onion,celery,bacon bits,sprinkle of garlic,little salt,and plenty of black pepper.

Of course all of the above include the basics of potatoes,boiled eggs, and mayo (with a very slight touch of mustard),mostly what I am curious about is the seasonings you use.Am I the weird one---or them????

[Jenna]

I never use any seasonings for my salads. Being an amoeba grown in a test tube in an experiment gone horribly wrong, I'm rather sensitive to strong tastes!

[mavriktu]

I never use any seasonings for my salads. Being an amoeba grown in a test tube in an experiment gone horribly wrong, I'm rather sensitive to strong tastes!

Thinking about adding "Mutton" to my next batch,

[Hannibal]

[jmur5074]

When it comes to seasoning, I love it. I like having lots of flavor mixed together.

When it comes to condiments, I hate it. I rarely eat anything with mayo, ketchup, BBQ sauce, salad dressing, etc on it. I'll dip stuff in BBQ sauce, but I don't like stuff smothered in it. And I put a very light amount of dressing on salads. I will have certain foods like burgers, hot dogs, brats, etc with mustard.

I only eat mayo in tuna and potato salad. And when it comes to potato salad, it needs to be heavy on the mustard to drown out the disgustingness of the mayo.

I also never eat ketchup, but I can eat tomatos like apples...wierd right?

[Ducky]

Potatoes, hard boiled egg, miracle whip, mustard, and some pickle relish. That's about all I put in mine. However, I eat what's served, and if it's at someone else's home I NEVER complain about the cooking.

[gozling]

This tater salad is very unusual but friggin awsome:

1 bag Oreida hash browns
1 onion minced or chopped
1 pkg cream cheese
2 sticks of butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
Cornflakes

Defrost hashbrowns, soften cream cheese, soften 1 stick of butter.
Mix ingrediants in dish.
Bake 1 Hour at 350
Add cornflakes as topping with 1 stick melted butter the last 15 minutes of baking

you will have though you died and went to heaven


my favorite classic potatoe salad:
Boil 6 small potatoes, cube
Add 1 cup chopped celery, green pepper
Saute onion, 4 slices of bacon, chopped

Add:
1-1/2 tsp. flour
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar

Mix together. Before serving, chop 2 hard boiled eggs and add with salt and pepper

[mavriktu]

Goz.That is just WAYYYYYYYYYYYY to much workjust for tater salad(Gone less than 2 months,and already losing her SOUTHERN roots,hope her "hair" ones dont go as quick)

Ducky,thanks for reminding me,I also add dill relish.

[gozling]

Goz.That is just WAYYYYYYYYYYYY to much workjust for tater salad(Gone less than 2 months,and already losing her SOUTHERN roots,hope her "hair" ones dont go as quick)

Ducky,thanks for reminding me,I also add dill relish.

LOL... thats how it is now when I have TONS of time to cook

[Roses]

Potato Salad

Plenty of Salad Dressing - Miracle Whip preferably light
Salt and Black Pepper - Easy on the salt and pepper
Boiled Eggs
Potatoes - Idaho
Chopped Onion - sweet or white onion
Chopped Celery
Shredded carrots

Sometimes a bit of mustard - Yellow Mustard or Stadium Mustard
Sometimes a tablespoon or 2 of pickle juice
Sometimes a few sprinkles of parsley
Sometimes a few sprinkles of paprika
Sometimes chopped green onions

I don't think I've ever had it with bits of bacon or garlic.
I'll have to try it with bell peppers. Now that sounds like a great addition to mine. Mmmmm!

[Big Al]

My recipie goes like this:

Go to supermarket
Go to deli
pick out tub of pre-made tater salad
Pay
go home
eat

Yummy,,,

Actually my wife makes it and I don't have a clue what all she puts in it, but it is damn good!!

[Buttercup]

Diced Yukon Gold potatoes
Chopped egg
Chopped onions
Sweet pickle relish
Mayonnaise
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
Sugar

And I make it the day before I want to eat it.

[MacLean]

I'm pretty much open minded - I love potato salad in pretty much every configuration I have had it.

My only preference is for peeled potatos - I had it once with unpeeled and it was still good, but the texture was wrong.

[cidp24a]

I use "Watkins" potato salad seasoning, mayo, sour cream and sweet pickle relish...
I always get rave reviews.

[Pudge]

I prefer mine tossed.

[213th]

potatos
eggs
onion
mayo

potatos, onion and eggs marinate (preferably overnight) in italian salad dressing made with ******** ******* for extra flavoring. Mayo added next day (usually a few hours before serving for proper setting) along with paprika, black pepper and red pepper. Sometimes add bacon to mine as well

[Buttercup]

I prefer mine tossed.

[Cidp24]

My recipe, never misses:

"Cidp24a, some of your tater salad would sure go good with this supper!"

Her potato salad is unfrickenbelieveable scrumptidelicious!

One thing though, I don't like mustard in potato salad for some reason.

[Willowdared]

Warm German Potato Salad....yum.

30 minutes

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 2 pounds
Onions - 1 large white onions
Bacon - 1 pound
Vinegar - 6 tablespoons or to taste
Oil - 1/3 cup
Boullion - 1 cube beef or vegetable boullion
Green Onions - I bundle
Parsley - 2 tablespoons
Brown Mustard - (according to your taste) - 3 tablespoons
Preparation:

Boil peeled or skins-on (according to your preference) potatoes in water and boullion for 15-20 minutes. (This may take longer if you are at high altitude). Don't let them get to soft - a fork should go in but the potatoes should not fall apart.
Fry bacon and crumble bacon into small pieces.
Dice the white onion and fry it in the bacon grease.
Chop the potatoes into cubes.
Mix the bacon, white onion, oil, mustard, and vinegar together in a bowl that will be large enough to hold your potatoes.
Chop the green onions.
Toss the cooled potatoes in your sauce along with the green onions.
Sprinkle with parsley, salt and pepper to taste.

[TXCharlie]

Potatoes
Crispy white Onion (lots of it)
Mustard (lots of it)
a small amount of Mayo
Some boiled egg
Sweet pickle relish
Louisiana Hot Sauce (enough to tint it red). Tobasco sauce is too hot for this - Need the vinegarry type that's half the price)
Sliced green olives with pimento stuffing
Extra dry ground mustard to taste

Anyone admitting to liking that mass-produced Deli stuff, with their frozen & rethawed taters, Miracle Whip, and soggy onions looses their tater salad license