My Mom's German potato salad is my favorite!! She lived in NY after graduating from college. She lived with her aunt who had a house next door to a German restaurant. My Mom knew the family and would often help out at the restaurant when they were busy. The old German woman who owned it with her husband was the cook. Mom learned how to make cabbage rolls(my very favorite food) and German potato salad from her. In the recipe we use you fry bacon for the grease and the bacon for the salad. Remove the bacon and set aside Then you add sliced onions(not chopped) to the grease and cook until tender. Next you add flour to the onions and cook for about 2 minutes. Next you add vinegar, sugar, water and a touch of mustard to the onions and cook until it thickens. Salt and pepper to taste . Finally you add the contents of the skillet to cooked sliced potatoes. Add the crumbled bacon and fold all together. Serve warm but it is delicious cold too!! Now I think I will make some!!

@judygillespie3242

Ай бұрын

This is how we make ours also. A family favorite.

@jhenniceamorrow5936

Ай бұрын

Thank you! This is the recipe I grew up with.

@patrickcallaghaniv8383

27 күн бұрын

I grew up in Buffalo and Rochester. My grandmother made potato salad with bacon and vinegar. I'm going to ask my mom to watch this to see if it's like my grandmother's.

@patrickcallaghaniv8383

27 күн бұрын

ooops! this is my husband's account.

Ohhhhh i have to try this. Over a decade ago i went to this tiny little german shop in san Francisco and i dont even remember the name but i had the oil and vinegar based german potato salad for the very first and only time and it totally blew my mind. No mayo. It was sooo good i never forgot about it!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

I wonder if you had it at Walzwerk. So glad this video brought back good memories ~ Anja

@sourgummiez

Ай бұрын

I looked at photos and i dont think that was where i went, it was more like a tiny little deli maybe 10x10 and no restaurant. I had no idea potato salad like that existed and ive been wanting more ever since but moved up north. It was even sliced like yours which i had never seen before. Im so excited to try this!

@mayiakashmurr3000

Ай бұрын

@@sourgummieznow you got me excited.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

@@mayiakashmurr3000 😜

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

@@sourgummiez I am not sure which place it could have been but there are/were a lot of Eastern European delis that might have served that, too. Have fun making it 👍

My German grandmother came to New York in 1907 when she was 16, from Zwickau an Sachsen. My mom didn’t speak English until she started school. Our family potato salad is vinegar based and cold or warm. I’ve made it that way or even with mayonnaise. Sometimes I add a variety of fresh herbs. I miss my mom and grandmother and also their cooking. My grandmother worked as a baker in New York. Some of her recipes were Czech influenced because Zwickau is close to the border. I love watching your videos ❤️

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That sounds great! Thank you so much for sharing and for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja

Hi from Germany! I love both sorts of potato salad, but my favorite remains to be Essig und Öl. My grandma came from Bavaria and later moved to Mainz, where I was born. She always made vinegar and oil potato salad. Sometimes she‘d use broth and sometimes she‘d use some pickle brine. It was always a treat. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive!

Brought back memories of my Nana making German potato salad. Delicious!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

So happy to hear that and thank you for commenting ~ Anja

Being American, I grew up with the mayonnaise potato salad. Having lived in Germany two tour with my Army husband, I was taught how to do the warm German potato salad and love it. Summer I’ll make the cold mayo potato salad but love the warm in winter.

My late grandmother was born in Stuttgart and always made this kind of potato salad minus the bacon. She never used a recipe but I watched her make it many years ago and I have attempted to recreate it. She used chicken broth also. Thank you for your videos reminds me of my grandmother Elisabeth (Liesel). ❤️

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! Of course, the bacon is completely optional! I am so glad this video brought back good memories 💛 ~ Anja

So I remember seeing your creamy German potato salad video and it really had me stumped. My great grandparents immigrated from Germany and my grandmother always made the vinegar based potato salad. Your vinegar potato salad really isn’t a lot of vinegar like I was taught. We didn’t go by a recipe but do remember my grandmother say the she made it lighter but her mother used a lot of lard. I now I’m in charge of making the potato salad in our family. It’s a wonderful memory of my grandmother. I guess my grandparents came from southern Germany. I am so very thankful for your channel because you have taught me so much about the German culture.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

I am so happy to hear you're enjoying my videos! As you have seen (also from the newspaper article) there are so many different potato salad recipes and preferences and they're all great 😋 ~ Anja

I grew up in central PA where a lot of germans settled. My family name is Deibler and we came from the Rhineland area. We always had a hot potato salad with the slightly sweet oil and vinegar dressing. Another family favorite is warm dandelion salad, where we use the bacon grease for the oil in the salad. It very simple you take the dandelion, fry the bacon and pour the warm bacon grease mixed with vinegar and some sugar to wilt the greens, then add the bacon bits. Always a sign spring was here. Thanks for sharing your family info.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That sounds great! Thank you so much for sharing, especially the dandelion salad 😊 ~ Anja

My grandmother made this when I was a child. It was my favorite potato salad and I can remember her slicing the potatoes, not cubing them. Delicious!!

I served in the American Army at Boblingen, Germany (just outside of Stuttgart) from 1975-1979. I ate both kinds of potato salad and my favorite is the oil and vinegar potato salad. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. Danke.

Our family roots are from 🇩🇪 Germany and growing up my Grandparents and parents always made the warm version of potato salad, we actually went to Germany this last fall and traveled all around Germany and every where we ate NO ONE had the warm version!! Everyone had the cold version, but personally I LOVE the warm version best!

Saxonie in the former East Germany is where my family is from. The influence there was to use small red potatoes, peeled after cooking. I personally see no need for that and leave the peels on. Our version has the onion sautéed lightly in the bacon grease, which is also used in the dressing, other than oil. My mother, who learned the recipe from my father’s mother, always served it warm with lots of crumbled bacon in it and on top. Bratwurst and German potato salad were the main part of our American summer family meals.

@johnduffy6546

Ай бұрын

Amen to the red potatoes with the skin on and the bacon grease! Bacon grease is food for the soul

@all-gone

Ай бұрын

Sandra that sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing. I bet your mom made your family many wonderful dishes. 😊

Hi love both kinds! My Nan used to make potato salad( mayo based) and she made my Grandfather’s “ German” potato salad- vinegar based, served warm. My Grandfather was from SW Germany! Both are awesome!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Right? I like both recipes, too 😊 ~ Anja

Molto brava. Grazie per questa deliziosa ricetta❤ In Italia la tradizionale insalata fredda di patate è condita con olio, sale, prezzemolo tritato e uno spicchio d'alio. In una seconda versione le patate lessate e tagliate si condiscono soltanto con olio e aceto e sale.😊

Stuttgart! Such beautiful memories of 1987 performances onstage at a 'Kindergaarten' auditorium as pianist for a traveling 'chor'. Receptions, keys to the city, Lovely people, all. AND THE OMG FOOD! So, yes, absolutely, I will be making your delicious recipe - which is how I recall this favorite of mine. Thank you so much!

There are potato salad recipes all over the world, but yours reminded me of my childhood....

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Aww ... that makes me so happy to hear 💛 ~ Anja

Your Polish pottery bowl is stunning. 😊

My grandmother was from the black forest region of Germany. I’ve been looking for recipes from that area but was never able to find any. Thank you for sharing this, I will definitely be making this.

Awesome! I was born in Stuttgart and now live in Oregon. 😃 my mother used to make the vinaigrette potato salad very similar to yours. One additional thing she added was peeled, thinly sliced cucumbers. After slicing she would salt it and let it sit in a colander. After an hour or so she would squeeze out the excess liquid drawn out from salting the cucumber slices. I also like to put in finely chopped onions… put it in beef broth and let that simmer together a few minutes. Then put it aside to cool off. The flavor is just fantastic that way as well. 😋

My mom made this occasionally, but I haven’t had in about 30 years. I will be making this as I always loved it!

It’s a pet peeve of mine also. Love any potato salad you put in front of me. Made hot German potato salad last week, bacon, vinegar, oil, mustard. Yum

One of my favorite warm salads. I learned to make this using the bacon grease. Everything else is the same, but I must admit the bacon grease adds a rich flavor.

@johnduffy6546

Ай бұрын

Bacon grease makes cake batter taste better too...just sayin

@lauriesteinhauser8768

Ай бұрын

My mom as well.

@snoopybluejeans

Ай бұрын

I also use bacon grease and I finely dice a small pickle and toss that in as well.

Thank you for sharing this. To answer your question, I really love the cold potato salad. But that’s only a little bit more than a warm potato salad. I always find it interesting when people get upset about what is considered traditional. They don’t take into account regions, seasonal foods, and even within a country, the way food preferences change over the years. Some of these examples I think of is American barbecue, very regional. Korean kimchi, seasonal and regional. One KZreadr that I watch a lot who does a lot of cooking history was talking about spaghetti sauce, and how years ago they didn’t use tomatoes because they thought they were poisonous. And then years before that, they didn’t even exist in Italy because they came from the Americas. Preferences and cuisines change over time..

The big old german potatosalad debate :D haha. There really are a ton of variations around. In the southwestern area we always have the vinegar based one. For the broth we often use the broth from cooking ham (Rollschinkle oder Schäufele) and add it to the potato salad when the broth is still hot. My grandmother had always finely sliced, sauteed cucumbers in her potato salad. So i wouldn´t be surprised if there are at least hundred different family recipes for this dish.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Right 🤪? You gotta love those heritage recipes! Greetings back to the Ländle 😊 ~ Anja

My mother is from Germany and she makes the vinegar and oil type with mayonnaise. She is from Obernau which is in Hessen or Bavaria I believe. Her Potato Salad is all the rave at her Church's Potlucks and friends of the family offer to pay her for a bowl of her Potato Salad. It is especially good warm and just made.

This looks delicious! 😋Thank you.❤

Looks great and healthy! I will be making this. ❤️

Great to have this German potato salad recipe..it's nice to have a chanage once in a while and enjoy a warm potato salad on a cold evening..❤

I too was born in Stuttgart! I've been hankering for some of the German meals that my mother used to prepare: Rehrückenbraten with Spatzle and Soße, Rinderroulade, Blaukraut, etc. The way I remember it, bacon (the real stuff), onion, and vinegar featured prominently in all those dishes. I'm gathering recipes online because I can't find any that my mother recorded in writing. Thanks for posting your video! My mother-to-be, a young DP (displaced person) had fled her home in Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland) to escape the advancing Soviets, and she was working at the snack bar of the American PX in Stuttgart after the war when she caught the eye of an American combat veteran. He had seen significant action (earned four battle stars) from his landing at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day until the end of WW2 in Europe found him in Salzburg Austria. After some postwar time back in The States, he reenlisted and served with The United States Constabulary (occupation forces), which is what brought him to Stuttgart. His fraternization with an enemy national cost him his security clearance, but it resulted in yours truly as the product of a marriage that lasted fifty-three years until a life-long cigarette habit claimed him in 2001. My mother lived another seventeen years in mourning. I will always miss them both!

@OurGabledHome

9 күн бұрын

That’s quite the story! Thank you so much for sharing 😊👍

Thanks for sharing your time on you-tube i really enjoyed this recipe have never had it but will try my Step grand mother was German she made the one with mayonnaise all the time and I really loved watching her make her own mayo, for the potato salad. I has great memory of time spent with her. Have a great week thanks from Australia. 🙏💖🕊👍

That looks really good! Thanks 😊

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

So glad to hear it 😊 ~ Anja

I cannot thank you enough for this recipe as well as the lengths that you went to in order to gather more information about it's origin!! My Irish Grandmother used to make this recipe. As I recall she got the recipe from either the Sunday newspaper or one of her magazines that she used to read. I remember how she was so excited to have a new & unusual potato salad. It became a family favorite! Two years ago I tried researching "German Potato Salad" and needless to say all I found was potato salad made with mayo!. I'm going to try this out soon! Thanks again, your efforts are much appreciated!! Best to all!

I love how potatoes come from South America and yet we Europeans couldn’t survive without them! I never found a way of cooking potatoes I didn’t like!

@rho1360

Ай бұрын

Me either 😂

I am from Augsburg and my mom used to make this all the time. It’s the only one I know and love ❤️

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That sounds great and thanks for sharing 💛 ~ Anja

That looks delicious!! Thank you for sharing!!

@OurGabledHome

6 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy

Thank you for sharing this potato salad which I plan to add to my summer menus and share with my daughter.

@OurGabledHome

6 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

Wow - That looks amazing, going to have to try this

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊 ~ Anja

I'm Asian. My late husband was part German. (My mother-in-law was from Bavaria and she always made the cucumber salad, which was excellent.) One time, I watched Rachel Ray on tv make this German potato salad. So, I made it for my husband. Oooh... so good. He loved it! I think this is what I'll bring to my next Thanksgiving dinner with friends. Can't wait. Thank you for sharing.

My husband and I recently fell in love with this hot German potato salad after trying it at a restaurant in Huntsville. I’ve made a variation of it at home and our kids love it too! Thank you for sharing! Also, I love both this kind and cold mayonnaise based potato salads equally.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That sounds great! Love that the kids loved it, too! Thank you so much for watching and commenting ~ Anja

I can’t wait to try this! Both sides of my family have German heritages and I’ve recently started trying more German recipes, and even started studying the German language! I hope to visit there someday soon!

Hi Anja, This looks awesome! Thank you for sharing with us. - John

@OurGabledHome

27 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That looks so delicious 😋 I need to make it now!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

It's so good!

I’m so excited to try this recipe!! Thank you.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊 ~ Anja

my son today asked me to make a "warm potato salad", but I always made mayonnaise based potato salad. I grew up in Sachsen. Thanks for the video, I'll give it a try

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! Hope you'll like this version 😊 ~ Anja

I have been looking for this Potato Salad, had it in Germany years ago!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My great grandmother was born and raised in Edelfingen. She made the hot German potato salad. Ingredients included celery, green bell pepper, onion, oregano, Italian seasoning, bacon, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. I finally figured out how much of these ingredients in how to make it.

I have done this and we loved it! We are both of German descent and we have played with German recipes in the past. I hate mayo based potato salad, but not the usual American version! Southern German is my jam!

I’m a big fan of any version of potato salad. I grew up on my mom’s recipe which is made to serve cold with boiled egg, green peppers, mayo & mustard . Loved it and still go to this to remember my mother. Will try this warm salad with a very good sausage on the side. Amazing! Thanks for vlog!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

What's not to love about mayo-based potato salad ... Thanks for the sweet comment and happy cooking 🧑‍🍳 ~Anja

I've been making German potato salad for 30+ years. I made your recipe the other day. I didn't have white wine vinegar, so I subbed white balsamic and rice vinegar. I was a little concerned about the raw onion but once mixed together, there was no onion crunch. I love this recipe. I see it being made many times in the near future. I even had it with breakfast. 😊

I love warm Schwäbischer Kartoffelsalat! The mayo potato salad is ick when compared to this. I do like them both but only if there is not too much mayo but hands down, this traditional Kartoffelsalat is my first choice. I live in Ulm on the Bavarian border right on the Donau. My mother-in-law always had me heat the broth, vinegar mix before pouring it over the potatoes. I’m from the US ( not German) and grew up with a mayo version but once I moved to southern Germany and had this, I felt like I landed in heaven.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for chiming in 💛 ~ Anja

I grew up eating this classic potato salad. The best.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! Thank you so much ~ Anja

Well I'm Scottish so I love potatoes 😂 and I absolutely love the sound of warm potato salad, thank you for sharing. I'm going to make it this evening. My husband lived in Germany and still loves German style food so he'll no doubt be happy too 😊

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

@rho1360

Ай бұрын

@@OurGabledHome we did, absolutely delicious. I save onion skins, carrot tops and peel, herb stalks etc and make my own bone broth. Thank you 😊

Many variations, many regional preferences. All delicious. It’s a shame to not try them all. Same with herringsalat - some with beets, some not - all delicious. I do love the warm potato salad. ❤

My mom made a similar style potato salad but she often left the skins on. Either way is delicious and now I must add this to my meals planning for the week!

Thank you for sharing your family tradition recipe. I love a warm potato salad. There is a family German deli in Upland, Calif that has this style salad I order extra to bring home.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

You're welcome! Warm potato salad is definitely underrated. It sounds like you've found a real gem at that deli in Upland. Maybe their recipe is similar to this one?

I love German food. It truly speaks to my genetics. Just like areas in the USA it surprises me how many people don't understand depending where they live in most counties as well as here recipes vary even from community to community. I so enjoy learning cooking methods and recipes from you. Thank you so much for sharing and educating me. Btw my grdsons call me Oma Kate ❤

My German mom always made this and added some of the bacon grease. Definitely one of my favorite foods. Thanks for sharing.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

Thank you!

Funny about regional potato salads. I have always thought of vinegar based potato salad here in the US as a southern thing, and the mayo based ones as more northern. I lived in Heidelberg for a year and had a friend from Koln, and it amazed me that the physical distance wasn't very much, but the other differences were significant. Northern and Southern Italy have huge regional differences as well. It seems people's expectations are just based on their own experiences. Anyway, thank you for both recipes (being a northerner, I'll use the mayo based one, LOL)

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Yes, there are a lot of regional, very different recipes and cuisines in Germany 😊 ~ Anja

I enjoy both types of potato salad. My grandparents are German & my family served warm German potato salad often. I don’t have the recipe, but I think my mother warmed the dressing too. Warm potato salad is delish

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! So glad this video brought back good memories and thank you for sharing ~ Anja

I love them both. I’m have German heritage, yet born and living in America. So I’m used to American potato salad ie cold mayonnaise kind. A German family came on holiday to her daughter (my nieces mother). In their visit they made German recipes for us I had the warm potato salad for the first time. Loved it!!! In fall and winter yet (colder months) I prefer the warm and served with sausage. In spring/summer I prefer cold things do ie Mayo. But the vinegar in the warm would be great cold for summer adding peas thought ;) but yes same differences as iced coffee/ hot coffee, ice tea/ hot teas. Cold potato salad/ hot potato salad. Both authentic

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! I think there is a way to incorporate both versions depending on situation, season etc. Thank you so much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja

I grew up with the warm vinegar potato salad!! That's what my mother made from her instruction from my grandfather Fredrick Klenk from his grandmother!! I make both ways because my grandmother who was German and Irish with also a background of Quaker made potato salad with mayonnaise !! I was interested in the seasonings you use!! Thanks for sharing!! Carolyn Klenk

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nothing better than heritage recipes 🥔🍠! Thank you so much for sharing ~ Anja

My German Uma used to make this potato salad and I loved watching her, she used water, vinegar, oil, etc but she didn’t have a recipe so your version looks delicious…thanks

I grew up in Southern Germany so this is similar to what I grew up eating. My mom used a small 8 ounce glass blender jar that came with her blender. She gave me one of those jars and it's one of my most used blender attachments. Her recipe came from our German landlady when we lived in Northern Bavaria. The oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and a very small onion are blended together to make the marinade. She always used Russet potatoes. I'll have to give yellow potatoes a try.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That sounds delicious and thank you so much for sharing 💛 ~ Anja

Love both kinds of potato salad!!!! Really depends on what else I'm serving as to which type I make.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! I agree with you, potato salad is always great ~ Anja

I completely understand what you are saying, while in Germany I ate potato salad in different ways. All I can say is they were all good. Enjoyed your video.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

You are right! They are all good! Thanks so much for the sweet comment 😊 ~ Anja

Love them both. My grandma was by birth Danish, then after the 1865 war, where she lived became part of northern Germany. We had mayo (salad dressing--Miracle Whip--) based all the time I lived at home. As an adult, I had warm salad with oil and vinegar and I loved it. Just as so many dishes in the USA are regionally varied, no surprise when other countries have the same results. Even my sister-in-law who was thoroughly Italian explained the differences between northern and southern cooking in her grandparents' country. I do have a German cookbook from several decades ago that is a hoot to read and try to follow because it was translated by someone who assumed anglophones in this country would know what they meant when the recipe called for "...12 buns..." I definitely lean toward German cooking versus the other genes in my DNA; therefore love your site/channel.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That's great! Thank you so much for sharing 💛 ~ Anja

My Omaha made the Mayo version mostly. Back in the day, we took lots of picnics and then she would bring the oil and vinegar based salad so there was no chance of spoilage. I love them both - oh yes and I was born in Idar-Oberstein.

I took a German cooking class, and I did not like his potato salad recipe. The dressing was cooked in the rendered bacon fat (6-8 slices bacon) until thickened: 1 T. flour, 2 T. sugar, 1/3 c. water, and 1/4 c. apple cider vinegar. Then you toss in the diced cooked potatoes & bacon with 1/2 c. chopped green onion adding S&P to taste. It was so heavy & kind of pasty with the flour. I had some similar to yours at a cookout and it was delicious. I'm definitely going to try this!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it sounds like a very heavy dressing ... Hope you'll give mine a try 😊 ~ Anja

I love oil and vinegar potatoe salad! Thank you!✝️🙏❤️

@OurGabledHome

6 күн бұрын

You are so welcome

Thank you

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome ~ Anja

Looks delicious, Anja! Thank you! I’ve only had this type of potato salad at an Oktoberfest!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 💛 ~ Anja

We were in the Frankfurt/Offenbach area back a few months ago and when I purchased potato salad at Penny it was an oil and vinegar based one which I never had before. It was very good however I prefer the mayonnaise based one. My husband is from the Hessen area and when we make potato salad at home it is mayonnaise based. He also confirmed that it is mostly mayonnaise based in Germany. Potato salad is awesome with some bratwurst and red cabbage. ❤🥔❤️🇩🇪

@OurGabledHome

6 күн бұрын

Yes and thanks for sharing!

Seattle Wa USA.I prefer the vinegar and oil. My grandmother's mom was from Germany, and they made it with vinegar and oil. Delicious

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I recently tried dill in my potato salad and love it. I have only made it with mayo , but that looks good.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Yes, I love dill! It makes everything taste German 😜 ~ Anja

I replace lids with those from Goodwill. As a bonus, I can choose glass ones that I can see through! Thank you for your lovely site!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Sounds great and thanks for the tip 👍 ~ Anja

I love both potatoe salads. We were station in Ansback in the mid 70’s. In 1980 we went to Berlin for 4 years, and then in 1988 we went to Stuttgart. Just like some foods in the US that are regional so is Potatoe Salad in Germany

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Wow, you have really spent some time in Germany! And yes, lots of regional differences in recipes 😊 ~ Anja

I’m a mayo cold potato salad girl! I honestly don’t think I have ever had a “hot/vinegar” potato salad! My Grandma always put hard boiled egg, raw onion, celery, mustard, relish, a splash of vinegar in her salad. I don’t think you can go wrong with ANY style of potato salad though!

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Yes! Potato salad is always delish 😋 ~ Anja

Grew up in Nürnberg - so the warm potato salad was often found in restaurants- coming from Austrian home I myself prefer the mayonnaise type and have my own healthy version adding plain yogurt- yumm

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Nice! I might agree! Sometimes I add yogurt, too, or sour cream 😊 ~ Anja

I like finely chopped onion in my potato salad but I add some salt and mix it into the onion. I find that it helps to release some juice (which gets absorbed into the potato) while “marinading” the onion at the same time.

My Great Aunt, my Tante Marie, made a “white potato salad” where (almost) every ingredient was white…except the chopped parsley or chive for garnish, and used both oil and mayonnaise in it. She had a German name for it, which I don’t remember, so we just called it Tante Marie’s White Potato Salad. Our family from Germany 🇩🇪 lived in a town outside Stuttgart. 😀🌞👍

@OurGabledHome

7 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

My Polish mum made a similar warm potato salad, but no bacon and the onions were always fried, slowly until quite brown and very flavourful. Raw onions only for mayonnaise based cold salad.

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Interesting! Thank you so much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja

I enjoy both mayonnaise based and oil vinegar based potato salad. As long as an oil and vinegar or lemon juice dressing is poured over the hot potatoes first, my potato salad can go either way.

Perfect😋,i don't use bacon,i am vegetarian... Mine is a bit different. I don't use the herbs,i don't have them In the garden...but it's ok. Your potato salad looks very yummy.

I just made the vinegar and oil warm potato salad last week. My recipe is very different from yours although it came from my sister's husband grandmother who was German born and married a German born man. I didn't know mayonnaise potato salad was a German thing. Normally I make the mayonnaise type. Enjoyed the video.😊

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

Sounds great!

Dear Anja, I agree! In the North and West of Germany mayonnaise is far more popular. In the South and South East the vinegar version is more traditional. Americans travel to Oktoberfest 😏 and believe that this is typical Germany, but Bavarian culture and traditions are different from those in the North. Grüße aus Deutschland!

Interesting! I’m in Pennsylvania and there are numerous regional versions of potato salad, some cold, some hot, some with mayo, some with mustard, some with vinegar. Where I grew up in northeastern PA, “German” potato salad implied a warm version with “warm/hot bacon dressing.”

@OurGabledHome

Ай бұрын

That is interesting! Thank you so much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja

Hi Frau Anja I was raised in German ,but my mother always cook her tradition of food. I leave in America now but I miss German food soooo much and I am so happy to found your channel. Since you mentioned you are from Stuttgart do you bye any chance have a black forest cake recipe.? By the way I was raised in Idar-Oberstein😊 ❤

@OurGabledHome

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Oh nice! I, too, miss German food so I make it a lot! I don't have a Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte yet but it's on my list so stay tuned 👍 ~ Anja

Oh mein Papi hat immer den warmen Kartoffel Salad gemacht 🥰 Ich bin von Pullach ( München) Bayern ♥️ Aber Ich mache für meine Familie beide Rezepte!!!

@OurGabledHome

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Ach, wie nett! Jeder hat so sein Lieblingsrezept 😊 ~ Anja

My grandparents made potato salad for Christmas - kinda a different mindset then making it for BBQ's here in Canada. I'm sure eggs were a prized thing during the winter if hens didn't lay as much.Their version had potatoes boiled and peeled after the same manner as yours,but diced with diced hard boiled egg as well. The onion was slivered and wilted by salting and presssing them between two plates. The ingredients were mixed together with mayonnaise, splash of pickle brine,sliced pickles and a dash of sugar (which I usually omit,but I like to put herbs) . I've pondered what their version of mayo was ,and when it came onto popularity in Slovakia. I don't know how much oil they would have had there - people used lard for a lot of things. They imported things like lemons from Italy and Spain I presume. I've heard of the salad being made with cream. Over here were so used to the commercial jars of mayonnaise that I don't know when they started the way people make in North America - maybe they used mustard? Aoili is garlic,but people here tend to associate it with garlic mayo. I suppose they may have brought a version to central Europe. My family also makes Fransuzke Zemjake/French Potatoes. I'm sure you recognize the potato,sour cream, onion, boiled egg,paprika dish. Why they call it French I don't know. Maybe like a gratin? My mom made it for some Americans, explained it as potato casserole. I've seen people translate this dish to hot potato salad. It's interesting wondering how certain ingredients travelled from place to place.

I am going to try this. I’m not a big fan of mayonnaise. This looks like something that will keep in the refrigerator for a quick meal or side dish for the summer.

@OurGabledHome

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So glad you like this recipe and hope you will make it often during the summer ~ Anja

My father was from Genderkingen which I believe is border Schwabian and Bavarian. I grew up with potato salad made with vinegar, oil, cucumbers and dill. Would love to recreate and seeking recipe for it

I’m going to try this today I do love the mayo version though

@OurGabledHome

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I hope you'll love it as much as we do. Here's the mayo-based one: ourgabledhome.com/how-to-make-easy-authentic-german-potato-salad/

@mayiakashmurr3000

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@@OurGabledHome I made it and it was super good. Now I’m going to make the mayo one. Thank you.

This recipe for warm potato salad reminds me of the French warm potato salad I learned to make 30 or more years ago. That PS used bacon and had no dill, if I remember correctly. It's my favorite -- so I'll try this one for sure. The waxy potatoes are the best for PS. Thank you for sharing; and I've got to find that three-pronged tool to aid with the peeling of hot potatoes. Do you ever leave the skins on? I do, almost always. Writing from Arizona (USA).

@snoopybluejeans

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I use a fork, it works well enough.

Your potato salad looks delish. Could you please tell me what type of oil you are using. Thank you.

This is the Potato Salad that I love! I had this style of Kartoffel Salat in Würzburg and Nürnberg with the smaller Bratwurst that looks like American breakfast sausages but taste 10 times better! And then when I returned to Köln, we had a potluck dinner and my dear friend from Hof brought what she termed was a Bayerische Art Potato salad with Öl und Essig! Im going to make your recipe this weekend, with the all important broth and dill. Thanks for this video!

@OurGabledHome

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Nice! Thank you so much for sharing and have fun making it this weekend 👍 ~ Anja

Love your German recipes. There is another youtube channel which is also great for german cooking. Kochen mit Muddi....😊

@OurGabledHome

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Oh, I might have to check that out! Thanks so much for sharing and for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja

My mother was from Munchen and made potato salad with cucumber and onion

This recipe reminds me of a German neighbor's recipe back in the 1960's in CT. I will definitely try it but have a question about substituting the bouillon. Can I use a cup of chicken broth instead? Thanks for the recipe!