Do you have a simple German potato salad recipe you would share with me?

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Alwin E

Yes, of course. You should use hard-cooking potatos*, boil them, and let them cool over night. Then just make potato salad with oil and vinegar, some salt and black pepper. Everything else is unncessary; You can add cucumberrs, sliced boiled eggs, or whatever you like; but just don't mess up the salad by using French dressing or McD's stuff on it. Oil and Vinegar, that's it.

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*: Can someone tell me the exception about tomatoes and potatoes, where there's no e? I'd be thankful.

Priscilla L

a simple potatoe salad in Germany contains cooked potatoes, onions, pickles and some of that pickle juice and mayonaise, some salt & pepper. That's the easiest recipe I know for a quick and delicious potatoe salad recipe.

FameFan

I'd agree with Priscilla... that's the most common variety (some people also add either hard boiled eggs or bacon to it). It's also the kind of salad you can purchase in HUGE buckets at wholesale!!!

Landshut

check out the web site below for an authentic german potato salad recipe.

It is easy to make and tastes fantastic.

Mimarspre

I am afraid the simple German potato salad is not so simple as it is believed. Depending on the region you will find many different ways to prepare it.

In many places of south Germany for example it will be prepared with vinegar and vegetable oil, in north Germany it will be prepared with Mayonnaise.

My Mother in law comes from the ex German region in Poland called then Schlesien (ex-Silesia) and she prepares it with mayonnaise, eggs, carrots and Gherkins.

If I am not wrong you speak some German, so you can find some good recipes of "Kartoffelsalat" (potato salad) in the following links. The german indications are very easy to follow, I think you will not have too much trouble with it:

http://www.marions-kochbuch.de/kartoffelsalate.htm

http://www.chefkoch.de/rs/s0/kartoffelsalat/Rezepte.html

Binie

We always use cooked potatoes, onion, pickles and mayonaise, salt and pepper. Occasionaly we put some pieces of small chopped ham in there and / or a hard boiled egg on top as decoration.
But the basics are potatoes, onion, pickles, pickle juice, mayonaise, salt and pepper!!!!

pinata

Hey breezer,
you are in Bavaria. Go to buy a hot dog and potatoe-salad at the next "Imbiss" look what is in and then you cook it.
Greetings from Hamburg (, Germany)
Heinz

Proud Army Mom

*******GERMAN POTATO SALAD
1 1/2 to 2 lbs. bacon
3 1/2 lbs. potatoes, boiled & peeled
1 1/2 c. chopped onions
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. water
1/4 c. cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. light cream
In a large skillet cook bacon until crisp. Drain, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings, crumble bacon. In a large bowl toss bacon with potatoes and onions. In the drippings combine flour and sugar. Combine water, vinegar and salt and pepper. Stir in skillet, cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in cream. Pour over potato mixture, toss gently to coat. Serve warm.

This is my Daughter Latashaâ€™s recipe. She is living in Germany and got this from her German Mother-in-law.

*********TEXAS COUNTRY POTATO SALAD

4 c. cubed cooked potatoes
1 c. chopped celery
3 chopped hard cooked eggs
Â½ cup. Chopped red onion
Â¼ cup. dill pickle relish
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
2 tbsp. chopped pimento

Dressing:
1 qt. Miracle Whip
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
3-4 tsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. salt
1 c. sour cream (1/2 pt.)

Combine potatoes with the 6 other ingredients mix lightly. Combine dressing ingredients stir well. Pour over the potatoes and Chill 1 hour.

Dennis

Ingredients:

4 potatoes
4 slices bacon
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup chopped green onions
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes; cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. Reserve bacon fat.
Add the flour, sugar, water and vinegar to skillet and cook in reserved bacon fat over medium heat until dressing is thick.
Add bacon, potatoes and green onions to skillet and stir until coated. Cook until heated and season with salt and pepper. Serve warm.

BayerischesGirl

I do, but don't share

aka

sorry i knew it but i forgot

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