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One of my most top viewed and rated recipes on my blog is my mother's German Potato Salad. I can see why, because it's delicious-- and there's bacon in it! German potato salad is made with oil and vinegar. No mayonnaise, whatsoever. To add mayo to a classic German potato salad would be sacrilegious.
American potato salad, on the other hand, uses mayonnaise. I know some people who think mayonnaise is "gross". To each his own. I like it, but obviously, I don't eat it in massive quantities. Now that we're heading into warmer weather and BBQ Season, I was bitten with my yearly hankering for a homemade classic American potato salad.
I think that a classic American potato salad should include eggs, mayonnaise and mustard. The rest…
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