# Potato Salad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349 "2000-10-10T01:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/1 "2000-10-10T01:58:19Z")
That’s all - just potato salad. \ (The person to whom this is addressed will understand - I’ll leave the rest of y’all to scratch your head in bewilderment) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/2 "2000-10-10T03:22:34Z")
You forget that there are men in this world. They scratch something else in bewilderment. ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/3 "2000-10-10T03:42:34Z")
I’ll match your potato salad, and raise you a bowl of noodle soup. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/4 "2000-10-10T03:56:33Z")
I’ll see your noodle soup, and raise you one cole slaw and three chicken fingers. Excuse me while I take care of some bewilderment… Ahhh. Better. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/5 "2000-10-10T12:59:16Z")
Zenster - I thought you scratched that just because it was there. Soupy - Noodle soup at a picnic? Oh, I guess with your name and all. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/6 "2000-10-10T15:59:11Z")
Damn, I really have a craving for some pot stickers. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/7 "2000-10-10T17:02:11Z")
Is that with or without mustard? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/8 "2000-10-10T17:13:34Z")
The first thing I thought of when I saw the title is the Danny Kaye movie [Wonder Man](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Makeup/4221/wonder.html). Where the man charatcer suddenly remembers from time to time throughout the film that he’s supposed to pick up some potato salad for his girlfriend and unexpectedly yells “Potato Salad!” to a couple of the other characters in the movie. Is that what you’re referncing or is it some kind of private joke? ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/9 "2000-10-10T17:59:34Z")
Devilled Eggs. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/10 "2000-10-10T18:17:55Z")
slaw. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/11 "2000-10-11T03:40:55Z")
Demo - I love pot stickers! Wonder how they would work on a picnic? UncleBeer - personally I prefer a mayo base with dill and chunky potatoes. Crunchy Frog - just a private joke with another reg and I’m feeling a little goofy. 😃 And I think we need some cold fried chicken for this picnic! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/12 "2000-10-11T03:52:08Z")
French bread and champagne! (I’m all in favour of picnics!) ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/13 "2000-10-11T04:00:42Z")
Strawberries and cream and lashings of ginger beer. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/14 "2000-10-11T04:16:40Z")
_Sniff_ How long has this stuff been sitting out? Warm potato salad is asking for _Staph aureus_ food poisioning. [sub]Never invite microbiologists to your picnics[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/15 "2000-10-11T04:38:07Z")
As I have said before, potato salad must be mustardy and the fewer ingrediants the better. No celery and no mysterious red things! I’ll bring the sun tea! (Yum!) ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/16 "2000-10-11T04:43:01Z")
Smeghead, there’s a fridge just behind that tree. All the perishable food stays in there, and only comes out while somebody is actually posting. We ain’t got no cultures here! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/17 "2000-10-11T04:56:24Z")
All right, a pick-a-nick. I have a watermelon that I can contribute. Who’s got something to spike it with? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/18 "2000-10-11T05:01:59Z")
_rummages through liquor cabinet_ I got vodka, or Bacardi Limon. Which do ya want, Kat? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/19 "2000-10-11T05:39:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dire Wolf \* > **I’ll see your noodle soup, and raise you one cole slaw and three chicken fingers…** Isn’t anybody the least bit concerned that chickens now have _fingers_?? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/20 "2000-10-12T00:39:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > _rummages through liquor cabinet_ > > I got vodka, or Bacardi Limon. Which do ya want, Kat? The vodka’ll be fine. Thanks bunches, Falc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349.md?page=2)