Attention Potato Salad Police: Rogue Potato Salad Spotted
Attention all units…a rogue potato salad has been spotted at the canaryhouse. Please use extreme caution when approaching…this salad has NO recipe. It has NOT been tested 100 times. If you see this salad, grab a fork and sit down quickly. Quietly. And apprehend that sucker before anyone tries to get in the way.
As I’m sure you’re all aware, Melissa at Alosha’s Kitchen had a run in with the folks at Cook’s Country/America’s Test Kitchen/Cook’s Illustrated, where she had adapted a recipe of theirs, noted her changes and credited the source…but that was apparently unacceptable behavior, because their recipes are PERFECT and are not to be changed by anyone, fer cryin’ out loud. In my opinion, they can stuff their so called perfect recipe. Recipes are *meant* to be changed, adapted, and perfected in our own ways. Perfection in the kitchen isn’t measured in precise measurements and techniques, it comes from being creative, being happy and having fun. If the folks over at CC/ATK/CI don’t see that, well, there’s something wrong in *their* kitchen.
So, with that, I offer you my humble potato salad. I’ll give you the ingredients I used, but I’m not posting a recipe, just the ingredient list. Personal adaptation and creative expression are encouraged. I was out of celery, so there’s none in there, but hey…I worked with what I had, and it tasted freaking awesome. SO there. I’d also like to enter this subversive salad into this month’s Potato Ho Down Event, hosted by Evil Chef Mom.
Yes indeed…not only do I have rogue non-recipes, I’m a ho too. 
Deal with it. lol
Ingredients:
potatoes, cooked, peeled and diced
boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
red onion
garlic
celery (if you’ve got it)
mayonaise
sour cream (or quark cheese or Greek yogurt)
mustard
sugar
red wine vinegar
salt and cracked black pepper
parsley
Preparation:
Mix up the dressing ingredients and pour over chopped potatoes and eggs.
Feel free to add more stuff like peas, peppers, green onion etc.
Combine.
Taste it to make sure you like the seasonings and the tang factor.
Let sit in the fridge for an hour or so.
It’s even better the next day.
awwhhh this reminds me to unleash my inner potato ho soon ^_^
Haha, that blog event banner is too funny!
Hurrah for recipe-less rogue potato salad! You cannot argue with deliciousness, so suck on that, Kimball!
I read that blog post too. It’s outrageous. I wonder if I’ll have my two-sentence say about it on my next post
I read that post and was outraged by the so-called PR expert. She knows s**t about her job! Anyway, I haven’t heard about those guys before (as I live in Europe) and I was sure not to remember their name because of the incident otherwise they woud’ve won.
. Looks creamy…simply heaven!
Love your potato salad and the fact that their’s no strict recipe attached to it
Potato salad just screams summer…from one Potato Ho to another:D
man, i haven’t had a good potato salad yet this summer. i’m going to print this out and drop hints at my mom’s
I love potato salad! Yours looks delicious! Devious and untested, but delicious!
That whole episode was a disgrace for the foodie community. I personally don’t think CC/ATK/CI’s are that good anyway, and if you can’t change a recipe to adapt it to your family’s likes, then what good the recipe is? We are not robots, you know. Hehe. Great potato salad. I think we all should boycott them :-p
Aboslutely LOVE potato salad!!! I guess I need to make some now. Yours looks so good!
Oh you are such an awesome Ho too! Thanks so much for playing along with us this month! I am so glad you had the balls to enter this non-recipe! Yahoo for canary!
I love that you are a Ho like us!! This really looks great. I agree with you as the idiots should not care if people tweek them that is what cooking is all about – They are still getting credit. Glad they have so much time on their hands to be so productive
I love potatoes salad. Whit quark cheese must be delicious
LOL – I love your preamble… yummy looking taters too!
Hmm, I don’t know if I can be trusted to make my own potato salad. After all, I don’t have time to test it 100 times. I love boiled eggs in potato salad but always forget to add them when making it. Yours looks very cream; yum!
Que rico, fuera magnifico acer una “ensalada russa” con un alioli de ajo. Ya que estamos en el tema de “patatas” o “papas” dependiendo como se acustumbre a decir.
Sabes ya me acistes sentir mal porque abeces se me pasa la mano y me oigo medio aggressivo y como que estubiera regañando quando ablo de comida eso me paso con mi “Picadillo” critique tanto a una pobre Americana, pero luego me senti mal y dije, “Coño que malo fui, si ella le encanta dejala vivir”
Porque muchas veces quando viene a comida cubana soy un poco intolerable de lo “creativo” abeses si digo, “Pero que coño es eso?” quando son muy creativos y se les pasa la mano, pero bueno mejor guardo mis pensamientos negativos y doy critiqa constructiva en ves.
Pero si las recetas muchas veces son de gusto en gusto, pero ay caracteristicas que uno exije en siertos platillo, pero argo como ensalada de papa es muy flexible esa jente mala que se lo criticaron se pueden ir al carajo.
Jeje que horrible escribo español es una verguenza pero bueno me gusta practicarlo y no es tan malo por no ser aprendido en escuala jaja, yo solo leyendo y tambien porque me crie con el lenguaje.
Bueno un saludo y gracias por tus recetas.
La semana que viene voy acer tus “Churros de Pescao” se me antojan y ya tengo todo lo que necesito.
No tengo azafran pero como colorante voy a utilizar “Bijol” (achiote en polvo mezclado con tantito comino) muy comun en la cocina cubana.
Rita, hee! Yes, do…it’s such a release. LOL
Mark, lol isn’t the banner cute?
Thank you, Lore! I was never much of a fan of those guys, but now even less so. lol
Valli, doesn’t it though?
Furious, hee! I can just see you…”Uh, mom? I found this just laying around…is it any use to you?” LOL
Elle, heee! Thanks sweetie! Devious…heh!
Ben, I wholeheartedly agree…a recipe is just a jump off point, ya know?
Thanks, Judy! I had been craving it ever since the whole episode went down. lol
Cathy and Cathy, yeeeeehaaaawww! Thanks for having me and my snarky ways.
Sylvia, ensaladilla es una de las cosas que más me gusta del verano. Un poquito de Quark le da cierto toque…
Thanks, Sarah!
Rayrena, HAHAHA Can you imagine? Testing 100 times. Like that’s going to happen.
there are certain dishes that are just perfect for summer and all the barbecues and picnics and parties that it brings, and potato salad is one. i like the looks of yours–it’s purty. i’m gonna require a lot of mustard and very little mayonnaise in mine.
Hola Nathan!
Te hice sentir mal como? :O Si es así te pido perdón…en serio, me han gustado tus comentarios, y si tienes algún que otra crítica, lárgala…soy fuerte. jajaja La cocina es muy personal, en mi opinion…hay tantas maneras de preparar un plato como hay personas que las cocinen. Ah, y en esta ensaladilla si puse un poquitín de alioli. jeje Mezclé un poco de mayonesa normal con alioli para que no estuviera demasiado fuerte con el ajo…la ensaladilla rusa me gusta con más ajo, pero esta versión es de mi infancia en los EEUU.
Bueno chico…te dejo, porque hoy es sábado y toca limpiezaaaa a fondo. 
Hasta pronto, amigo!
Grace, thanks sweetie! Isn’t potato salad perfect summer food? I lurve it. And yes! Lots a mustard.
We love potato salad and this is a must try…looks great.
Nikki!!! love your potato salad now!! (uf the blogs are hard to see saometimes we want to eat all:dangerous!) yours is special you know, look so creamy and tasty dear.
How ever sooo good! Nice weekend!! (Im allday at PC Im so lazy) xxxGloria
Nathan love your spanish! well if you read my english maybe you think what she said?? But I try to do best!!!
What a great idea to add the greek yogurt!! And I still can’t believe the whole fiasco over the recipe… the people at CC/ATK/CI sound crazy!
i used to love potato salads and then something happened. not exactly sure what! but this looks just as you describe it: simple w/out 100 renditions!
Not only am I making your strawberry salad (again!) tomorrow, now I’m gonna have to make this too. Yum!
I would like to comment, but that Christopher Kimball is one scary dude.
Thanks Susan!
Muchísimas gracias Gloria! Sí es verdad que los blogs pueden ser peligrosos…jajaja Me entra un hambreeeeee!
Glad you like it, Tony!
Bren, it happens…we can’t all like everything.
Thanks so much Hannah! Gosh I miss you! XOXO
Michele, indeed. I’m shakin in my boots.
lol
OMG! I’ve been a subscriber to CI and their website for years. I’ve also modified any number of their recipes, mostly to substitute for dairy (I keep kosher and can’t mix meat with dairy). I guess the lesson here is obfuscation is the best policy – in other words, just don’t say where you got your inspiration in the first place. Sucks!
BTW – I’m going to try your potato salad. Sounds yum! I hope you don’t mind that I substitute non-dairy soy yogurt for the sour cream! I just won’t blog about it…
That is one delicious looking potato salad.
Cheers,
Elra