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Sides Irish Potato Salad

irish potato salad
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:

10-12 cold boiled potatoes​
4 tbsp. vinegar​
4 bsp. best salad oil​
1 tsp. minced parsley​
pepper​
salt​
pickle​
cold fowl​
grated cracker​
hard-boiled eggs​

Instructions:

Cut ten or twelve cold boiled potatoes into small pieces. Put into a salad bowl with--​
4 tablespoonfuls vinegar.​
4 tablespoonfuls best salad oil.​
1 teaspoonful minced parsley.​
Pepper and salt to taste.​
Stir all well that they may be thoroughly mixed; it should be made several hours before putting on the table.​
Throw in bits of pickle, cold fowl, a garnish of grated cracker, and hard-boiled eggs. - Mrs. C. V. McG., Alabama​
 
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Albert. Thanks for sharing another great classic summertime recipe. I like to make a more traditional German potato salad with a warm dressing made with mayo and celery and onion. I never heard of crackers and fowl added to potato salad. I have a question: I used to hear my grandfather say that he was an expert at making cracker soup. What exactly is cracker soup? David.
 
Albert. Thanks for sharing another great classic summertime recipe. I like to make a more traditional German potato salad with a warm dressing made with mayo and celery and onion. I never heard of crackers and fowl added to potato salad. I have a question: I used to hear my grandfather say that he was an expert at making cracker soup. What exactly is cracker soup? David.
Let me see if I can find a Cracker Soup recipe.
 
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