GOURMET POTATO SALAD YOU CAN MAKE AT HOME

HAVE YOU BOUGHT POTATO SALAD THAT HAD POTATOES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY COOKED? OR THE MAYONNAISE TASTED SOMEWHAT STRANGE? OR THE POTATO SALAD JUST DID NOT TASTE NICE? WELL, HERE'S MY VERY OWN POTATO SALAD RECIPE. And everyone loves it!

Allergy Alert; If you are allergic to any of the ingredients, don't use this recipe.

Ingredients
Baby potatoes
Salt to taste
Low fat mayonnaise
Diced red onion
Diced white part of spring onions

Method;
Wash baby potatoes well.
Use as many as you will need, counting out extra potatoes for every person who will need a portion.
Don't peel the potatoes, unless there is a particular reason to.  
Boil water in a kettle.
Place the potatoes in a pot on the stove; put salt to taste in the water.
Boil the potatoes until they are soft inside.
[You can test the boiled softness of the potato by pricking them with a fork - be careful of the boiling water and the steam!]
When they are perfectly cooked, remove them from the heat and drain off the water.
Now turn the potatoes out into a container.
Cut the potatoes into smaller pieces with a fork or knife once they're in the container.
Immediately add the low fat mayonnaise to taste.
Add diced red onion to taste and also - here is the trick - diced spring onions [using only the white part of the spring onion, with the roots and base removed first].
Mix gently together, and leave to cool in the fridge. It is delicious. Suggestion; Eat with white ciabatta rolls and butter, and great music in the background.


 

WASHING DRINKING GLASSES

DRINKING GLASSES SHOULD BE WASHED IN WARM SOAPY WATER AND RINSED IN WARM CLEAR WATER. 
  Not hot water, which both risks cracking your glasses and produces steam which makes the glasses more difficult to wipe. 

Use a teatowel that has good moisture blotting properties to dry your glasses. 
  Some cheaper towels don't do the job properly; their fibres don't seem to blot up the water drops easily. 
  If you see good teatowels in a sale; buy some for the kitchen, and some for your spare drawer. When your current teatowels wear out, it is great to have a new supply ready at hand.

SCRAMBLED EGGS - GOOD TIP

REMEMBER THAT SCRAMBLED EGGS

CONTINUE TO COOK EVEN AFTER

BEING REMOVED FROM THE HEAT.

If you're anything like me, that will explain

why gently scrambled eggs sometimes peel away

 from the bottom of the pan 
like a strip of leatherette.

The trick is to take the pan away from the flame

just before the eggs are quite ready. 
Then continue to stir the eggs until

the texture is right. Enjoy!

FRUIT JELLIES WITH CUSTARD

MAKING JELLY? WHY NOT ADD SOME SLIVERS OF PEELED, CORED APPLE?

Other options are to add fruit cocktail

[some diced portions of pear, peach,

pineapple and cherries].

Or what about bananas?

They make a delicious change to ordinary jelly.

Pour some cool custard on the top of the

fruit jelly after the jelly has set.

Leave in the fridge until the custard sets.

Serve with panache!

STORING YOUR DRIED FRUIT

REMEMBER THAT DRIED FRUIT

HAS QUITE A HIGH ACID CONTENT.

Never store dried fruit in tins, which could easily corrode. Raisins, currants, apple rings, sultanas

and the like should be stored in glass, pottery

or plastic storage containers.