Categories: Salads

2 Sep 2009, Comments (0)

The Best Potato Salad Ever. Seriously.

Author: PDXPup

I was asking Jon about this site so far because I’ve only put up “test” posts and have yet to share the address with anyone outside of me and him. I asked him what he wanted to see here and, without a moment’s hesitation he said “Gramma Jo’s potato salad.” As far as I know, there is no actual written recipe for Gramma Jo’s potato salad. You just kind of had to be there to watch her make it, and then settle down on a nice cloud of heaven to enjoy it. Further, I’m not sure if anyone other than my mother has it perfected better than Gramma. So, about 5 years ago, I asked my mom (via instant messenger) how to make this recipe. I saved the conversation into a word file and it’s been transferred to about 3 or 4 different computers/hard drives in order to preserve it since then. I now give you the closest thing to the written recipe:

KFTC: hey, how do i make gramma jo’s potato salad?

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28 Aug 2009, Comments (0)

Papa Harrison’s Cole Slaw

Author: PDXPup

I was lucky enough to have three grandfathers: Pom, Papa and, later, Grandpa Albert. My Papa was someone I knew very little of, but what I did know is that I was in awe of him always. I was a little intimidated by him, but I remember him always tucking away a little money in my pocket when I was to return to my mom’s house for her to buy me a new dress or something else he knew I needed, but he had no clue about how to go about buying…he knew to best leave it to a professional. Haha. Even though he rarely did it, the man also had a few culinary tricks up his sleeves, including this doozy.

Papa Harrison’s Cole Slaw

1 head cabbage, finely chopped
1 half medium onion, finely grated
mayonnaise
lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, mixing mayo and lemon juice to taste. For variation, add diced tomatoes or cooked shrimp. If necessary, it can be made ahead and chilled before serving.

- Angela

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