295960 Sat Jan 31 17:24:00 -0800 2004 8 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1628587 My good buddy Wade asked me if I knew any "inspiring" new potato salad recipes. I don't know any potato salad recipes. I was wondering whether you hounds could recommend some. Wade prefers creamy potato salads to vinaigrettes. He's also an ovolacto vegetarian. Sat Jan 31 17:24:00 -0800 2004 0 Lindsay B. 1 1628602 Tell Wade that a sure way to get a piquant potato salad is to cook the potatoes whole, in their skins and when they are fork tender, drain and then slip off the skins. Break up and dress with cider vinegar while still hot, and salt. After that let them cool and then add chopped pickles,olives, celery,onions, ard cooked egg etc. Last add Hellman's mayo to taste. The important thing is to get the vinegar and salt on to the hot potatoes and not wait until they cool. Sat Jan 31 19:38:48 -0800 2004 1628587 0 Candy 2 1628623 ....a fistful of capers. Even pickle-phobes like my SO love the gently sour taste of capers in a potato salad. Use the little ones, and you won't even have to chop them up. GOOD eats! Sun Feb 01 02:35:15 -0800 2004 1628602 0 peg 2 1628637 I second that post, and along that same vein, I love Cooks Illustrated potato salad. It's now my all-time favorite! Sun Feb 01 14:11:43 -0800 2004 1628602 0 Becca Porter 1 1628629 Be sure to use all-purpose or boiling potatoes rather than the russet/Idaho mealy baking potatoes. If you use tiny haute cuisine spuds you don't even have to peel them. Sun Feb 01 11:20:57 -0800 2004 1628587 0 Sharuf 2 1628638 My chowpup makes delicious potato salad as follows - little potatoes in the skins and then peel them while hot; chopped eggs, pickles, celery, salt and pepper, little Best Foods. Don't mix until every thing is in the bowl then add whipping cream and gently mix all this together (very clean hands please). Glorious Sun Feb 01 14:34:43 -0800 2004 1628629 0 Zoe 1 1628634 I have a recipe that uses blue cheese and sour cream instead of mayo. But you have to like blue cheese. Let me know if you are interested and I will dig it out. Sun Feb 01 13:34:56 -0800 2004 1628587 0 nearlywild 1 1628639 Even if Wade likes the creamy potato salads, don't forget to add about a quarter cup of cider vinegar to the still warm potatoes after you've peeled them. It really gives a nice flavor. Sun Feb 01 14:38:41 -0800 2004 1628587 0 janet 1 1628842 lots of great tips here already, for excellent traditional potato salads. but when you said "inspiring", i thought maybe you were looking for something a bit different from the mayo-egg-sweetpickle version. i adore that sort, but have another recipe that's completely different and delicious as well. here ya go: Ladd potato salad 2 lbs new potatoes, boiled until tender & cooled 3/4 c Helmann's mayo (can use reduced fat) 3/4 c sour cream OR plain yogurt 1/4 c diced red onion 1/4 c finely chopped Italian parsley 1/4 c finely chopped fresh dill salt & pepper to taste If the taters are small, you can leave them whole -- otherwise, chop however you deem best -- i like them in rather large chunks. I also don't bother peeling -- prettier & more nutritious that way. Mix all ingredients and chill for best flavor. This dish pairs well with steak, as well as burgers or other picnic fare. Tue Feb 03 17:38:25 -0800 2004 1628587 0 china