Gumbo: Potato Salad or Rice?

I tried it and don't like it, The ps breaks up in the gumbo and totally changes the consistency of the gumbo.

Rice and sweet tator on the side.....100%!
Didn't hear about the tator salad thing until I meet my wife 12 years ago.

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Both.

Rice on the bottom, potato salad on top.

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Right here.

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Potato Salad AND Rice

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FIFY

PS on the side. Put a little PS on your spoon and then eat your gumbo with rice in it like normal. I thought everyone did this.

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I thought everyone did this.

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It's interesting to when these threads come up: Someone will say, "My family grew up south of Bourée swamp, and I spoke French until I was 12, and everyone I knew put potato salad in gumbo." Another will claim, "My whole family has lived on St. Maurice Bayou for three generations, and we never heard of anyone putting potato salad in gumbo."

Maybe people need to get out more.

I grew up in north LA, and my family always did rice on bottom, scoop of potato salad on top/side, but my parents had picked it up when they lived in Abbeville and Ville Platte.

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and i realize how some potato salad i like better than others

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PS on the side is great but with the either rice or PS question I assumed it was in the gumbo.

I really enjoy a dark gumbo like Prejean's or Mr. B's and don't want anything interfering with that flavor and texture. Rice is a perfect partner.

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Both.

Rice on the bottom, potato salad on side.

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Tell him, Honky!

Stone ground grits