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Yesterday in Kroger (a supermarket for you non-Americans) I saw a bunch of cans of potato salad. Why would someone buy canned potato salad?

Even if you don’t want to make it, I’ve never been in a supermarket that doesn’t offer a fresher option. I’ve even been in gas stations that offer what they at least claim is fresh potato salad.

Maybe if you really, really wanted potato salad and you were in a food desert but the corner 7-11 has canned potato salad you might buy it, but I’ve never seen this before in my life.

I don’t get it.

Flummoxed ,

That does seem gross and weird.

I will note that this is German potato salad, which does not have mayo and instead has vinegar, so it’s not quite as disgusting as I first thought.

Still, the only use cases I can think of would be camping and end of world prepping.

MrJameGumb ,
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I’ve actually tried this brand before and it’s not bad! It’s a much different type of potato salad than the fresh kind they sell in the deli aisle. I don’t think they’re meant to be direct competition for each other

FlyingSquid OP ,
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You mean it doesn’t taste like German potato salad? Because then it’s not as advertised.

Also, if the potatoes are still firm in that can and not near-blended potato soup mush, they are using some weird-ass chemicals you probably don’t want in your body.

MrJameGumb ,
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Where I live the stuff in the deli aisle is all mayo based potato salad regardless of what type it’s supposed to be. The stuff I had from the can has no mayo and is vinegar based and the potatoes are more firm. I have no idea which one would be considered more “authentic” as far as what “German potato salad” is supposed to be.

As far as chemicals that may be in the canned stuff, I honestly didn’t check and I don’t eat potato salad often enough for it to be a real concern to me personally.

If it seems that reprehensible to you then maybe just don’t buy it? The fact that the store here keeps restocking it means someone must think it’s good enough to keep buying it lol

FlyingSquid OP ,
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The fact that the store here keeps restocking it means someone must think it’s good enough to keep buying it lol

I agree. I just don’t know who that someone is when they can buy it fresh in the deli in the same store. But then some people obviously prefer Treet to Spam.

MrJameGumb ,
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I guess people who don’t like mayo? Or maybe people who grew up eating that style of potato salad? Maybe just doomsday preppers who want to stock up their shelters?

I live in the deep south and the deli aisles here sell like 3 or 4 different styles of fresh potato salad but all of them are like 50% mayo and sometimes I just want something different lol

SolOrion ,

I, for one, am not a fan of “proper” potato salad because I dislike mayo.

I’ve never had this stuff, but it sounds much more interesting to me.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Fresh German potato salad doesn’t use mayo either. And it’s fresh.

SolOrion ,

Then I guess we’re talking about at least… three(?) unrelated types of food that are called potato salad.

ChaosCoati ,

My grandma always makes both kinds for family gatherings (the mayo kind and the vinegar kind, vinegar being what she calls German potato salad). The way she makes it, the “sauce” part that coats the potatoes is bacon fat, vinegar and a little sugar.

I_Fart_Glitter ,

Is the bacon fat and vinegar blended/emulsified? Is it served warm or cold? The flavors sound great, but I can’t picture how that’s not a messy puddle of grease and vinegar.

ChaosCoati ,

It’s emulsified like you’re making a vinaigrette and my grandma always serves it warm

SolOrion ,

Yeah I gotta get some of that. Sounds pretty good.

Jobe ,

Mayo vs vinegar is kind of an actual debate in germany. The civilised side and the vinegar people are mostly blissfully unaware of each other until they develop righteous hatred for the other salad as soon as they learn of it. I heard the vinegar version is eaten warm, which sounds even worse. I would say both are authentic, but vinegar potato salad is authentically horrible.
Storebought potato salad will also at best get people talking behind your back in germany, no matter which kind.

SolOrion ,

The civilised side and the vinegar people

I love how clearly this second sentence displays which of the two sides you are.

MrJameGumb ,
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This is the first I’ve heard of the Great German Potato Salad debate lol I will have to look into this further 🧐

flauschtier ,

It’s a thing. Legend has it there are some humans who like both, but it may be propaganda from the potato-industry ;)

Knuschberkeks ,

I like both. Probably because I grew up with one grandma making the vinegar based type and one grandma making the mayo based type.

flauschtier ,

I like them both too. My grandma made the vinegar verity and a friend of the family got a recipe from her grandma with mayo.

De_Narm ,

I’ve lived in both regions and both versions are strictly inferior to a potatoe salad based on mustard (+ oil and broth). The vinegar version uses a bit of mustard, but I’m speaking of mustard being the main ingredient. Naturally, I’m hated by both sides.

Jobe ,

Naturally, I’m hated by both sides.

As you should be. Though a bit of mustard is also good in the mayo version.

ASDraptor ,

This sounds so much like Spanish potato omelette. There’s the civilised side and the side that add onions to the omelette. And you don’t want to bring the topic to any peaceful conversation.

ComfortableRaspberry ,

Because you use broth, fresh beef broth (or a hearty vegetable one) and vinegar just as a spice. The South is looking very critical at the rest of Germany with their weird abominations they call potato salad ರ⁠_⁠ರ

BearOfaTime ,

Being canned it doesn’t require any “weird chemicals”. Op should learn basic chemistry-canning is a preservation process that requires no “weird chemicals”, unless salt is considered a “weird chemical”.

SolOrion ,

I think he’s saying that if the potatoes are both firm and canned, it’s because of some crazy chemicals. Not just canned goods = chemicals.

Why he thinks you can’t can firm potatoes without chemicals? I have no clue.

BillDaCatt ,

Fun fact: a small amount of vinegar in the cooking water helps to keep potatoes from getting mushy.

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