When I was a kid growing up in the post war years in a city with a heavy German influence (not in NZ) we often had a canned German potato salad for picnics and whatnot. Similar to Uli's I think, but with bacon. I loved that stuff, still have fond nostalgic memories, but reckon it's best not to try it again, sometimes you can't go home again!

buckeye63 - 2017-12-15 19:05:00

My SIL is a chef, and he started using reduced cream and maggi soup mix as a base for the potato salad. Mix gerkhins, egg, celery or what have you for yummy experience.

Edited by mckain at 10:50 pm, Sun 17 Dec

mckain - 2017-12-17 22:49:00

buckeye63 wrote:

When I was a kid growing up in the post war years in a city with a heavy German influence (not in NZ) we often had a canned German potato salad for picnics and whatnot. Similar to Uli's I think, but with bacon. I loved that stuff, still have fond nostalgic memories, but reckon it's best not to try it again, sometimes you can't go home again!

The salad was "canned"???
That must have been in the US - yes?

"I loved that stuff, still have fond nostalgic memories, but reckon it's best not to try it again, sometimes you can't go home again!"
That sounds really sad - try it again! You are much older and wiser now.

uli - 2017-12-18 18:25:00

uli wrote:

The salad was "canned"???
That must have been in the US - yes?

"I loved that stuff, still have fond nostalgic memories, but reckon it's best not to try it again, sometimes you can't go home again!"
That sounds really sad - try it again! You are much older and wiser now.

Lol, I was in the States recently, I brought home wild rice, artisan cheese, etc. Never thought to look for canned German potato salad! Turns out there is an importer in nz, cheap enough so that if I biff it, it doesn't matter. Christmas here we come! (for the record, kids grew up on German born great-great-grandmother's recipe)

buckeye63 - 2017-12-18 19:28:00

uli wrote:

The salad was "canned"???
That must have been in the US - yes?

"I loved that stuff, still have fond nostalgic memories, but reckon it's best not to try it again, sometimes you can't go home again!"
That sounds really sad - try it again! You are much older and wiser now.

Heinz canned potato salad was also available in the UK - I have fond memories of it, really not much different to the bland/gluggy stuff you can buy from the supermarket deli

sarahb5 - 2017-12-18 19:54:00

Not sure how many years this thread has been going, but too good to lose.

nfh1 - 2018-12-17 20:31:00

uli wrote:

You can vary the original by adding thinly sliced cucumber, some Northern German people use gherkins instead (most likely they didn't have cucumber up there for very long in the season). Some more eastern people use fried bacon in the salad ... and some others add chopped boiled eggs.

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Thankyou, thank you, I've searched high and low for this recipe made with spek rather than bacon. Haven't had it for a few years now so It'll be on the week-end menu. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

mitzi502 - 2018-12-21 17:06:00

Yes but where can you buy Speck in NZ?
I make mine myself if I have a kune that is fat enough LOL

uli - 2018-12-22 13:50:00

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autumnwinds - 2019-12-16 13:10:00

uli wrote:

Yes but where can you buy Speck in NZ?
I make mine myself if I have a kune that is fat enough LOL

https://www.safka.co.nz/index.php/categories/product/627-bla
ckforest-smoked-speck/category_pathway-92.html

simon.l - 2019-12-16 13:51:00