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  1. Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
    -Douglas Adams

  2. "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    I feel for you. I had a 40-minute wait in line today at a store, and I just
    kept praying my thanks that I had the 8-year-old with me, and not the
    2-year-old. In your position, I probably would have passed on the trip to
    the store and just used fewer potatoes. (Or I would've committed the
    ultimate heresy and added a tiny bit of mayo or sour cream to make up for
    the missing MW). You're a better woman than I am.

    Chris

  3. Chris said:

    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    I feel for you. I had a 40-minute wait in line today at a store, and I just
    kept praying my thanks that I had the 8-year-old with me, and not the
    2-year-old. In your position, I probably would have passed on the trip to
    the store and just used fewer potatoes. (Or I would've committed the
    ultimate heresy and added a tiny bit of mayo or sour cream to make up for
    the missing MW). You're a better woman than I am.

    Chris

    I would have, had I not used up the mayo last week when I made some
    salmon patties 🙂

    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
    -Douglas Adams

  4. sarah bennett said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    I find taking a four year old anyplace is a great adventure!! Look at it
    in a positive light.. learning activities abound!!
    Do you serve potato salad for christmas? Is that a family custom? Very
    unusual. I like Hellmanns though! LOL


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    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    Tee hee hee. I know what you mean. I just hate to peel potatoes.

    Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
    or after you cook them?

    Elaine, too

  6. Elaine Parrish said:
    Quoted message said:

    "sarah bennett" wrote in message

    Quoted message said:

    I'm not peeling another damn potato till Easter 🙂

    I just hate to peel potatoes.

    Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
    or after you cook them?

    Depends... with new potatoes, red skinned, and other thin skinned
    potatoes I leave the skin on.

  7. Chris said:


    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    I feel for you. I had a 40-minute wait in line today at a store, and I just
    kept praying my thanks that I had the 8-year-old with me, and not the
    2-year-old. In your position, I probably would have passed on the trip to
    the store and just used fewer potatoes. (Or I would've committed the
    ultimate heresy and added a tiny bit of mayo or sour cream to make up for
    the missing MW). You're a better woman than I am.

    Chris

    hehe. I'm with you, Chris. I would have been cheating big time if I had
    only needed a little. In addition to mayo or sour cream.. ... thinned the
    MW with milk. ... added Ranch or Coleslaw (comes mayo based in a
    bottle) dressing. ...made a little mayo with eggs and oil. I absolutely
    hate having to run to the store at the last minute during the holidays. It
    not only stresses me out, it just seems to totally ruin my schedule.

    Elaine, too

  8. Goomba38 said:
    sarah bennett said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little
    bit more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get
    more. What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went
    off and I had already went up to the store to get more. With a three
    year old in tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task,
    especially without a cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling
    another damn potato till Easter 🙂

    I find taking a four year old anyplace is a great adventure!! Look at it
    in a positive light.. learning activities abound!!
    Do you serve potato salad for christmas? Is that a family custom? Very
    unusual. I like Hellmanns though! LOL

    My Grandmother in-law used to make it at Christmas and Easter. I make it
    now. My family customs for Christmas are my father [censored] about
    everything being closed and maybe seeing a movie 🙂

    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
    -Douglas Adams

  9. Elaine Parrish said:


    Quoted message said:

    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Every damn year, I do the same thing. I forget that I need a little bit
    more than one container of miracle whip and have to go out to get more.
    What annoyed me even more this year was that my potatoes went off and I
    had already went up to the store to get more. With a three year old in
    tow, the corner grocery store is a daunting task, especially without a
    cart( the place was packed). I'm not peeling another damn potato till
    Easter 🙂

    Tee hee hee. I know what you mean. I just hate to peel potatoes.

    Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
    or after you cook them?

    Elaine, too

    after.

    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
    -Douglas Adams

  10. "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    My family customs for Christmas are my father [censored] about everything
    being closed and maybe seeing a movie 🙂

    But I thought that's what Jewish people did on Christmas, get
    Chinese food (pork is okay on christmas, it's a kosher exception
    day) and go to the movies, no?

    nancy

  11. On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:08:23 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Do you serve potato salad for christmas? Is that a family custom? Very
    unusual. I like Hellmanns though! LOL

    I'm not serving it for Christmas. It would go wierd under the turkey
    gravy. ;-) But I'm making a big batch sometime next week. A belated
    Christmas gift to Crash. He says my potato salad is just like his
    mom's. One difference. I don't mix mine with my hands. We are in
    custody of his mom's big yellow Pyrex potato salad bowl. *smile*

    Always with mayo!

    Carol

  12. On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:02:01 -0600, Elaine Parrish <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
    or after you cook them?

    Before on this end. We use russets, and that would make a hideous
    mess of the cooking water.

    Mom always cooked her red potatoes along wtih the hard boiled eggs.
    Then she'd slide the skins off of the potatoes. Wish I had the
    confidence to boil eggs and potatoes together and have the eggs turn
    out right.

    Russets soak up more flavor than the reds. And they don't require
    much chewing because of their tendency to get a little fluffy.

    Holiday Hugs,
    Carol

  13. On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:02:01 -0600, Elaine Parrish <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Do y'all peel the potatoes for potato salad before you cook them
    or after you cook them?

    After, usually, but if I use a very thin-skinned red potato, for
    instance, I leave the peel on sometimes.

    serene

  14. The Ranger said:

    On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:45:01 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:
    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    Always with mayo!

    Good potato salad is always with Miracle Whip, you peasant!
    <G>
    The Ranger

    I always suspected that you were a little disturbed!

    Merry Christmas!
    Carol, who grew up on MW and much prefers mayo

  15. The Ranger said:

    On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:45:01 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:
    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    Always with mayo!

    Good potato salad is always with Miracle Whip, you peasant!
    <G>
    The Ranger

    Actually good potato salad is always with hot bacon fat.

  16. Sheldon said:

    Actually good potato salad is always with hot bacon fat.

    Oh, that hot German potato salad? I've never tried it.

    Happy Holidays,
    Carol

  17. On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:45:01 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:
    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    Always with mayo!

    Good potato salad is always with Miracle Whip, you peasant!
    <G>
    The Ranger

  18. On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:19:18 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:

    Quoted message said:
    The Ranger said:

    On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:45:01 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:
    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    Always with mayo!


    Good potato salad is always with Miracle Whip, you peasant!
    <G>


    I always suspected that you were a little disturbed!

    "Suspected?!" Dang, madam! What'll I gotta do to erase any doubt?

    Quoted message said:

    Merry Christmas!

    And a bah-humbug to you too. <G>

    Quoted message said:

    Carol, who grew up on MW and much prefers mayo

    And y'all're callin' ME disturbed?

    The Ranger
    --
    "May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet where sandwiches
    of JIF peanut butter and Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread are the only
    item being served and where Musak is piped in at Blue Oyster Cult
    levels with the mantra of "I love Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle
    Bell Rock" tune being played..."

  19. The Ranger said:

    On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:19:18 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:

    Quoted message said:
    The Ranger said:

    On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:45:01 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
    <[email hidden]> replied:
    [snip]
    >Always with mayo!
    >
    Good potato salad is always with Miracle Whip, you peasant!
    <G>


    I always suspected that you were a little disturbed!

    "Suspected?!" Dang, madam! What'll I gotta do to erase any doubt?

    Dance naked on a table top at your favorite Chinese restaurant. With
    pictures.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Merry Christmas!

    And a bah-humbug to you too. <G>

    Nothing but coal and switches for you this year, young man!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Carol, who grew up on MW and much prefers mayo

    And y'all're callin' ME disturbed?

    I most certainly am. Miracle Whip is nasty in my NSHO.

    Quoted message said:

    "May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet where sandwiches
    of JIF peanut butter and Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread are the only
    item being served and where Musak is piped in at Blue Oyster Cult
    levels with the mantra of "I love Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle
    Bell Rock" tune being played..."

    You *want* me to commit suicide, don't you? ;-)

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!
    Carol

  20. "The Ranger" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    On 24 Dec 2005 09:19:24 -0800, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]>
    replied:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Actually good potato salad is always with hot bacon fat.

    That's a different style of potato salad and not always
    appreciated by the majority because it uses bacon fat.

    Yeah, you know most people just hate bacon fat!

    Me, I do not like hot potato salad, especially that heavy-on-the-vinegar
    stuff.

    nancy

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