Favourite "secret ingredient" to put in POTATO SALAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darth_Kitten]

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Celery Seed.

Yum.

[Love Bug]

2. My Mom always put in shredded carrots

and sweet pickle relish. Yum! :9

[Ramsey]

3. Celery salt

Similar suggestion to that above, not too salty with a nice flavor. Also, try a combo of white wine vinegar and mustard of your choice (like a Dijon) instead of mayonaise. And bacon. makes more of a German style salad.

And use Yukon Gold potatoes!

[SOteric]

4. Bread and Butter

pickles, small dice celery for a satisfying 'crunch', only red bliss potatoes, red wine vinegar.

[classics]

5. Red Potatos

Boiled and diced skin on. Very soft and sweet.

[alphafemale]

6. Mild pepper rings and finely diced purple onions --- and ---

substitute plain yogurt or sour cream for some of the mayo.

Add a hint of ranch dressing if you are feeling especially frisky.

But, most of the trick is in cooking the taters just right.

Not mushy - Not undercooked.

[LisaM]

7. Pickles in potato salad - one of my pet peeves!

I make it with red potatoes, skin on --- sweet onions (lots), Italian salad dressing (a marinate for the potoates), yellow mustard, Hellman's (or Best Foods) light mayonnaise, celery, hard boiled eggs, and yellow mustard. I used to put in just a hint of dill pickle juice but I haven't done that in ages.

I can't stand pickles in potato salad (or tuna salad, or chicken salad, or egg salad.) They do not belong!

[Cheswick2.0]

24. I agree

pickles only belong by themselves, don't even think of putting them on my burger. But I will gladly sit and eat half a jar of pickles with my fingers!

[BonjourUSA]

8. Shallot

[chimpymustgo]

9. Olives and bacon.

With all the other aforementioned ingredients. Um um good.

[hedda_foil]

10. Dill

Even better, celery seed and dill and just about all of the ingredients above ... maybe all at the same time!

[BonjourUSA]

15. I prefer a simple salad sauce

Olive oil, vinegar, mustard, shallot, pepper, salt,
possibly : tarragon and parsley

[Crowdance]

11. Capers--the little ones

with bits of sweet onion. Heavenly!

[GOPisEvil]

12. A little crushed red pepper flake!

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Oh, marjoram or dill make nice additions.

[Darth_Kitten]

13. I see there are a lot of people who love potato salad besides me!!!!!

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MMMMMMMM...........

[Greyskye]

14. Dave's Insanity Sauce

Of course, I use that as my secret ingredient in a lot of things.

:evilgrin:

[Darth_Kitten]

18. I have my after death sauce ready...

for any necessary food emergencies. hehehe. :evilgrin:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. Old Bay seasoning! It's got it all!

[Norm357]

27. I can't agree more

I use old bay in everything.
Norm

[Superfly]

37. Old Bay

you ever listen to a song over and over and over again and you finally get sick of it? That happened to me on Old Bay and now I try to mix my own spices.

Caution...don't be like me! Avoid Old Bay burnout!!!

[madfloridian]

17. A touch of vinegar and mustard in the mayo........

A sprinkle of Lowry's seasoned salt as well as a touch of Jane's seasoned salt.

[BonjourUSA]

19. Mayonaise in potatoes salad ??

[GOPisEvil]

20. American style potato salad contains mayonnaise...n/t

[BonjourUSA]

21. We have a proverb

"we don't discuss about savors or colors". ;-)
It's a approximate translation

[mitchum]

28. not in this American's house....

Feh! Mayonnaise is an abomination.

[Cointelpro_Papers]

35. I cannot stand Mayonaise,

the most disgusting condement you can put in anything. Have you seen undercover brother?

[WCGreen]

22. A Little Horseradish......n/t

n/t

[SmileyBoy]

23. Paprika is the friggin KEY to a great potato salad...

But what you do, unlike supermarket delis where they just dump it on top, you need to first get your mayo/sauce combination, then mix paprika in it and stir well, then when it's all put together, you put a little more in, then stir it up again. It's the paprika that makes it addictive.

Also, some diced hard-boiled eggs.:9

[preciousdove]

25. No Vineagar we are English and Norwegian

:P

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Pesto

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[Kazak]

29. potatoes

No, sorry...here's real one: dillweed

[stanwyck]

30. A friend gave me this secret

hard-cooked eggs. Using only the yellows, mash the cooked yolks through a sieve and add to your sauce. Very rich. Very tasty.

[InkAddict]

31. Just a drizzle of Bacon drippings

over the warm taters after boiling and cutting makes the dressing richer - artery clog city!

[deek]

32. mustard n/t

.

[Superfly]

33. Walla Walla Sweets

barring those, Vidalias.

[Cointelpro_Papers]

34. Curry powder

[JVS]

36. Bacon

But I only make German potato salad. Mayonaise is an abomination. :puke: