Need old "Pet-Milk" potato salad rec.

[KEBrwn]

As a child, my Mother used to make a "German" style potato salad
with a recipe from a Pet milk can. Pet milk has no record, and due to a
number of strokes, my Mother can not communicate the recipe. Anyone with
somthing similar? or exact?. It used bacon grease and canned milk. Any
help would be nostalgic and appreciated.

Ken.

[Nancy Dooley]

It sounds like regular German potato salad which, around here (lots of
German descendants), is served hot. Here is one recipe:

6 large potatoes (one per person)
2 T. bacon grease
2 T. butter
1/2 C. chopped onion
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 C. sugar
1/4 C. cider vinegar
1/2 C. evaporated milk or light cream

Boil potatoes in their skins until just tender. Cool. Peel and cut
into slices 1/4 inch thick. In large heavy skillet, melt grease and
butter. Add potatoes; DO NOT BROWN, but immediately add onion, salt,
pepper, sugar, vinegar and cream. Cook over medium heat. Stir
occasionally, taking care not to break up the potato slices. Taste
and adjust seasonings as necessary. If you want it juicier, add more
milk. Serves 6.
Nancy.

"You're only young once, but you can be immature
forever."

[Don McGranahan]

Nancy Dooley wrote:

>It sounds like regular German potato salad which, around here (lots of
>German descendants), is served hot. Here is one recipe:

Thanks for posting this, Nancy. I looked in about 10 cookbooks and
couldn't find a recipe with evap. milk, cream, or even regular milk in
it. My mother's family was German, and this sounds like the way they
used to make it.

Don

[Elaine Parrish]

On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Nancy Dooley wrote:

> [snip]
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[Nancy wrote:]

>
> It sounds like regular German potato salad which, around here (lots of
> German descendants), is served hot.

Thanks for this recipe, Nancy. It looks great. AFAIK, there is not a
German on my dad's side of the family, but my grandmother made a variation
of this recipe that could have come from the grandmother that developed
this one! Great cooks think alike; ....or, being creative was essential.

Leftover creamed (aka mashed) potatoes didn't reheat well back in the PM
(pre microwave) days, so Gram would fry several strips of bacon, remove
bacon from pan, saute onions until golden, add cold creamed potatoes
(already seasoned with milk and lots of butter), heat slowly adding milk
to thin slightly, a little vinegar and sugar, the crumbled bacon,
and some chopped hard boiled eggs (once she added these, she didn't stir
enough to crush or dissolve eggs). . Sometimes, Gram added a tablespoon
(or so) of prepared mustard, and\or a couple tablespoons of chopped
sweet pickles.

I still make this. We called it "hot potato salad".

[sm...@ridgecrest.ca.us]

I have been meaning to ask my mother for the recipe because I think her
mother used to make this dressing. It was a cooked dressing, if I
remember correctly, and pretty good. I'll try to find something out this
weekend.

Mary

Don McGranahan wrote:

> Nancy Dooley wrote:
>
> >It sounds like regular German potato salad which, around here (lots
> of

[Debora Palmer]

Here's a recipe from a 1935 "Summer Time" recipe booklet
from Pet:

Bacon Potato Salad

3 slices bacon
6 Tbsp. vinegar
1-1/2 tsp. grated onion
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 cups Pet milk
6 medium potatoes, cooked and sliced
1-1/2 cups chopped celery (or diced cucumber, drained)

1. Dice bacon and fry until crisp.
2. Add vinegar, onion, salt, pepper, and sugar.
3. Stir in Pet milk and mix well.
4. When well mixed, pour dressing over potatoes and celery.
5. Serve in a bowl lined with lettuce.

[FMathies]

I found this recipe in my files for Potato Salad using Pet Milk. Have not
tried it. Good Luck!

Florence

POTATO SALAD

6 med. potatoes
3 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. grated onion
1/3 c. heavy cream (Pet milk)
4 to 5 carrots, grated
2 tbsp. salad oil
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs, hard boiled
2/3 c. mayonnaise6 med. potatoes
3 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. grated onion
1/3 c. heavy cream (Pet milk)
4 to 5 carrots, grated
2 tbsp. salad oil
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs, hard boiled
2/3 c. mayonnaise

6 med. potatoes
3 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. grated onion
1/3 c. heavy cream (Pet milk)
4 to 5 carrots, grated
2 tbsp. salad oil
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs, hard boiled
2/3 c. mayonnaise

Boil potatoes with jackets. Let cool. Peel and cube. Mix carrots and
potatoes. Mix together vinegar, salad oil, mustard, salt and sugar. Mix
with potatoes and carrots. Let set for 2 hours. Slice eggs and add
onion, then add to salad. Mix mayonnaise and cream then add to salad. .