Comments on: Potato eater’s salad

By: Rustic sweet potato gnocchi – The Inadvertent Gardener

Rustic sweet potato gnocchi – The Inadvertent Gardener — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:11:21 +0000

[...] I am a girl who takes being called a “potato eater” as a compliment, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I love gnocchi. I mean, really. [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:14:39 +0000

Dawkings Family, the combination of mint and bacon sounds really delicious — I would not have thought of that. Yum!

By: Dawkings Family

Dawkings Family — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:06:55 +0000

We love potatoes too. It is amazing how far the Irish have travelled, we’re in Australia. My great grandmother was born in Dublin and her passed down potato salad recipe is as follows. Although i don’t really go by measurement, just by how many people i have to feed. This feeds my family of five.

6-8 medium potatoes peeled and quartered cooked but firm
a good handful of mint chopped finely
3-4 rashers of bacon cooked to a crisp and crumbled, rind and all
Egg mayonaise, enough to coat, use to your discretion
Eshallots sliced if you want

Cool the potatoes, add bacon,mint and eschallots and give a light stir then add egg mayonaise. This is my all time fave potato recipe, i must admit though, i can not stand egg in potato salad,it just doen’t seem right!!

By: Just this side of awesome « The Inadvertent Gardener

Just this side of awesome « The Inadvertent Gardener — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:43:16 +0000

[...] a potato eater like me, this is my very own manna in the [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:40:38 +0000

Mike, I hope you enjoy it! It’s really tasty, and you’re right — potato salads rule.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:38:44 +0000

I just stumbled accross this recipe. It really looks like a healthy and tasty dish. Potato salads are fantastic!

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:46:00 +0000

Sher, those potatoes are so much fun to use in recipes. The color is fantastic!

Annie, thanks for stopping by, and let me know how it goes when you try out the recipe — I’d love to hear about it!

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:30:01 +0000

Genie, although I seldom make potato salad anymore, your technique sounds so intelligent and delicious that we have to try it. The German potato salad from my youth was dressed by frying up a pound of snipped bacon, pouring off 2/3 of the bacon grease, adding sugar and vinegar to what was left in the frying pan, then pouring the mixture over the potatoes. Very healthy, no doubt!

Thanks from the also part-Irish, spud lovin’ Annie

By: sher

sher — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:44:42 +0000

I am a potato lover, and I always look for ways to use blue potatoes. This would be a feast for the eyes, as well as the tummy. Thanks!

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:26:39 +0000

Kalyn, thanks for sharing Sandee’s secret — that does sound like a winning combination.

Hanna, I’ve never tried the trick before, but you’re right — it’s golden.

Gattina, German potato salad’s my favorite, too. I wonder how purple potatoes would fare in that dish…hmm…

Christa, thanks for the kind words, and for your German potato salad tips — I might have to put them to use!