Americans are famous for their love for fastsfudu, recognized harmful food almost all the people, except for the Americans themselves. Well, and yet we, not knowing the measures in the worship of all foreign, still trying to try out different McDonald's things. However, we are not talking about fast food, but quite the contrary, about one of the healthiest dishes of traditional cuisine of the New World - a potato salad. This recipe is actually traditional and unusually popular with Americans. American potato salad is mentioned in many Hollywood blockbusters, but especially often in classical American literature. And modern fans of fast food note that this salad creates a nostalgic mood, making us remember the times of childhood and adolescence. Salad is really wonderful (in any case, compared to all sorts of big-poppies, fatty chips and snacks). Only fresh vegetables and boiled potatoes - where much healthier and more useful. However, this salad, like our (Soviet-Russian) Olivier, is known in a variety of options. Moreover, the author of each recipe claims that he received this recipe as a legacy from a real American aunt (grandmother, girlfriend, sister, etc.). Well, let's not challenge anyone's authorship, but just choose the recipes to your liking. Moreover, the basis of each version of the salad (like the principle of preparation) is the same. 
Classic potato salad in American style
According to some sources, it is thisThe recipe was patented by the Americans in the seventies of the last century. The need for patenting arose after the invention of a method for freezing this dish for inclusion in the ration of American military personnel. Ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Eggs
- Onion
- Celery celery
- Sweet Bulgarian pepper
- Marinated hot pepper
- Pickled cucumber
- Mayonnaise
- Natural Apple Cider Vinegar
- Sweet mustard (Dijon type)
- Salt
- Black pepper
Preparation: Piece six medium-sized potatoes, wash, boil in a uniform, cool and clean. We'll boil five or six eggs. Let's wash one or two stalks of celery, peel and wash one pod of sweet pepper. Take three or four pickled cucumbers and one spicy pepper from the jar. All the ingredients are cut into cubes (only cubes!) And chop one head of onions. Put it all in a salad bowl, add a tablespoon of mustard, two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and a glass of mayonnaise. We will salivate and pepper to taste. 
Traditional potato salad in American style
The most common recipe for salad. It is his preference for most American housewives, so this option is also called home. It is clear that the fewer ingredients, the easier it is to prepare a salad. Try this simplified version, which preserves the specific taste inherent in the classic American potato salad. Ingredients:
- Potatoes (3-4 pcs)
- Celery celery (1-2 pcs.)
- Fresh cucumber (1 piece)
- Eggs (4-5 pieces)
- Onion (1 pc.)
- Mustard (1 tbsp.)
- Mayonnaise (1 glass)
- Salt (to taste)
Preparation: Boil potatoes (in a uniform), cool and clean. Boil hard boiled eggs. Celery and cucumber and dry it. We clean the onions. All ingredients are cut into cubes, seasoned with salt, mustard and mayonnaise. Note: In the American version, this salad is almost liquid due to the large amount of mayonnaise. Therefore, if you are not used to such mayonnaise salads, just lay it less. 
How and with what else are potato salad prepared in American style
First, the difficulty for practicalUse of this recipe is celery cherry. Yes, in most large cities this miracle-vegetable can be bought. But not always. But what about those who have never seen this very petioled celery? It can be replaced with cut stems (the thicker the stems, the better) leaf celery or celery seeds, which are sold as seasonings. If you find it difficult to find a pickled pepper, then you can completely abandon it. Instead of the usual onions in this salad you can put red onions or green onions. And sweet American mustard will be replaced also by our vigorous, only it needs to be put quite a bit. There are known recipes in which it is recommended to put bacon, garlic, natural yogurt, canned tuna and other additives into this potato salad. But this is all fantasies cooks or chefs. This American salad is prepared from very simple products (simple - for Americans), and its main ingredients are potatoes, eggs, celery, mustard and mayonnaise. So if you make a salad of only these products, you will still get a real salad. By the way, Americans prefer to take red potato varieties for their potato salad. They brew it in a uniform or already peeled. Cut all products for salad only in cubes - no slices, rings and straw. And all the recommendations for baking potatoes in foil have nothing to do with this recipe. Well, the American housewives were not doing this. Where it was easier to just boil the potatoes. Although ... You can bake. Do not want to try? In short, run to the nearest supermarket for petioled celery, cook potatoes and prepare a famous salad, invented by the first settlers of the New World and come to taste their descendants. Cook with pleasure! We advise you to read:
