Potato Salad question

I'm not a fan of mustard pototao salad in genera and especially not in Gumbo. Mayo based is the way to go. As for eggs, that would be a personal choice. I don't put eggs in my Gumbo Potato Salad.

substitute potato salad with baked sweet potatoes. goes so much better with gumbo. it doesn't "melt" in the juice

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I actually cook them in the gumbo

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I do this in my meatball stew.

c'best bon!!!!!

I like doing a mayo based with egg but not mustard or pickles. You can't really go wrong though, think it's generally one of those things that's based off what you grew up with

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I don't put eggs in my Gumbo Potato Salad.

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Me either. But I will put a boiled egg in my gumbo. I don't cut it up and mix it. I just cut a bite at a time with some gumbo.

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When I make potato salad, I always put eggs in. I also add both mayo and mustard, but tmuch smaller amount of mustard than mayo.



This.

A confession. I have never purchased commercially prepared potato salad. Getting it right is that important at our house.

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Same here!

My mother makes my favorite potato salad, and we always make it to go with gumbo.

Potato salad is like gumbo, in that everyone has their own traditions and preferences.

Hers uses 2 potatoes, chunked and boiled with an egg. Peel the egg and smash up with dill relish, garlic powder, celery salt (key ingredient), salt, cracked black pepper, about 4 Tbsp mayo and about 1 Tbsp mustard. Add potatoes and mix/mash to your preferred consistency. We tinker with more mustard to taste. Mix in chopped olives. Sprinkle with paprika.

Moms recipe is fifty years old and has eggs ,black olives, salt black pepper, red onion, celery ,parsley, plus a table spoon or two of garlicky extra virgin olive oil and vinager put on when the potatoes are hot then some miracle whip folded in. Fabulous but not sure of it in Gumbo, just never tried it in it.