> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > That's an item that my local Cub Foods sells in their deli; it's a very
> > popular seller.

> > I made my version this afternoon for supper tonight if I decide to fix
> > supper.  :-)  If I don't, we'll have it with roast chicken tomorrow.

> > What I did:

> > Scrubbed and oiled 'some' baby new potatoes, red skins;
> > Diced up about 1/3 cup of onion;
> > Cut about 5 slices of extremely meaty and lean bacon from the pigmeat
> > guy, and fried them up in a non-stick skillet until they were kind of
> > crispy;
> > Dissolved about 1/4 tsp chicken base in about 1-1/2 tbsp water;
> > Mixed a glob (maybe 1/3-cup?) of mayo with about 1/2 cup of Daisy sour
> > cream (have you ever looked at the ingredient list in other 'sour
> > creams'?  Jeez.)

> > I put the onions in a bowl and diced about 6 leetle spuds into the bowl.

> > I added the mayo to the reconstituted chicken base (there's a flavor to
> > this salad that made me think there was some chicken something involved)
> > and mixed it up (pretty thin, gulp).

> > Then I stirred in the sour cream and that thickened it a bit.  I added
> > the bacon pieces to the dressing along with some black pepper and some
> > chives.

> > I mixed some of the spuds into the dressing and then returned it all to
> > the bowl with the remaining spuds, mixed it up and stuck it in the
> > fridge for an hour or so.

> > Dayam!  This is eminently edible.  Scoff at the chicken base, but I do
> > think that was the 'special' flavor that makes the deli stuff so good.

> > Dinner is starting to look like grilled hot dogs accompanied by the
> > potato salad, some crispy kettle chips (Lay's reduced fat version) and
> > mebbe some dill pickles.

> > Looks like the rest of the cooked potatoes will become parsley-buttered
> > new potatoes with tomorrow's chicken.  If green beans don't require a
> > bank loan at the farmers market, I'll get some of those, too.

> > Dobru' chut'!
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > rec.food.cooking
> > Preserved Fruit Administrator
> > "Always in a jam.  Never in a stew."  - Evergene

> I've always boiled potatoes in water for 'salads'.  Your story/recipe
> gave me the idea to perhaps try cooking chopped potatoes in chicken
> brother instead of water.  That'll definitely do something different I
> surely bet!  Thanks for the inspiration ;)

> Sky