580245 Mon Dec 15 10:13:09 -0800 2008 4 31 Home Cooking 0 4248070 I have always made potato salad with red potatoes. Has anyone tried fingerling or purple potatoes? If so, which do you think works best? I'm planning on using a mayo based dressing. Mon Dec 15 10:13:09 -0800 2008 13118 Gail 1 4248179 I made an Eastern European-style potato salad yesterday (oil, vinegar, onions, parsley, capers (my addition) salt and pepper) with baby new potatoes that were white, red and purple. I broke each potato into 2 or 3 pieces with a fork. It worked out beautifully. I think your mayo-based recipe would be fine for purple potatoes. As for fingerlings, my one and only experience with them resulted in dry and mealy potatoes, which I don't care for, personally. Maybe it was an older batch of fingerlings. I definitely did not overcook them. You may like that texture for potato salad. If so, you'll likely find that you need more mayo to avoid a dry salad. Mon Dec 15 10:54:59 -0800 2008 4248070 239809 1sweetpea 2 4248205 Thanks 1sweetpea, I'm anxious to try something different from my basic red potato salad. Mon Dec 15 11:03:11 -0800 2008 4248179 13118 Gail 3 4248239 I can't promise you that the purple potatoes mixed with mayo will be visually appealing, but my experience with the trio of colours had a nice effect with the simple oil and vinegar dressing. A nice colour contrast to the purple would be a fresh green herb. That's why I chose flat leaf parsley for my salad. Depending on your recipe ingredients, you might consider, dill, tarragon, parsley or even just scallions/chives. One word of advice with the purple potatoes: I find the baby new or smaller regular ones retain their purple hue better if you cook them whole, then cut or break them into bite-sized pieces afterward. Mon Dec 15 11:15:11 -0800 2008 4248205 239809 1sweetpea 4 4248260 Thanks for the heads-up on the baby purples. I would love to do the oil/vinegar dressing or even German, but DH would be nonplussed. I do use dill in my salad. Mon Dec 15 11:21:05 -0800 2008 4248239 13118 Gail