The potato salad belt

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Is there a potato salad belt?

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Well, I'm in N.O. and if I have potato salad on hand when I make gumbo, it is going in the bowl after the rice and gumbo are in it.

South of Abbeville here and the potato salad is always going in the gumbo. One side of the family always has baked sweet potatoes available also.

I’m a mississippi guy, and I like a mustard based simple potato salad. That’s what my mom always made, and still does. But when I’m doing bbq, I tend to lean more towards a “loaded baked potato” potato salad, with bacon, sour cream, mayo, etc. Can someone give me a recipe for a “gumbo potato salad”?

My parents worked for a while in Abbeville and Ville Platte when young, and they brought the potato salad habit with them when they moved to northwest Louisiana.

We grew up eating potato salad in gumbo, but it wasn't until the internet came along that I found others who did the same.

I’m in Denver now, my daughter gave me looks of disgust when she saw the potato salad in my bowl!

So... just the downvotes? No actual recipe for a gumbo type of potato salad?

Mustard and relish type is the usual but I don’t think any kind would be bad. And it’s excellent in gumbo

Peel, cut up and boil potatoes
Boil what seems to be an appropriate number of eggs for the quantity of potatoes

Mix together with enough Mayo to coat but not smother the potatoes and eggs, a little mustard, and S&P to taste. I like to mash a little, but also have some chunks of potato still there as well.