ポテトサラダ

Dear Reader,

Tonight was quite a feast of side dishes. I couldn't decide what to eat for supper so I decided to make all sorts of side dishes until one of them peaked my appetite.

I popped the Indiana Jones trilogy into the DVD player and began cooking. 

Not in the order I prepared things, I randomly chose ポテトサラダ (potato salad) to write about first.

Lets get stirring.

Ingredients: 

• 277g Potato, peeled and cubbed
• 65g Carrot, peeled and chunked
• 1/2 tsp Vinegar
• 78g Cucumber, thinly sliced
• 40g Ham, cooked and cubbed
• 50g Onion, thinly sliced
• 2 Boiled Egg*, diced
• 2 TBSP Mayonnaise
• Salt
• Ground Black Pepper

Step 1: Boil the potato and carrot in water with some salt

Step 2: Lightly salt the cucumber.  It's going to help take away some of the liquid in the vegetable.

Step 3: Soak the onion.  This helps take the "bite" out of raw onion.

Step 4: Poke through a potato.  If it is soft, it is done.  Drain.

 Step 5: Mash the potato and carrot in a bowl. No fancy equipment needed, just the back of the fork will do.  The potato will seem powdery, that's fine.

Step 6: Squeeze the cucumber, removing as much liquid as possible then add to the bowl.
Step 7: Remove the onion from the water, shake off excess water then add to the bowl.

Step 8:  Add the ham, egg, vinegar, and mayo into the bowl then give everything a good stir.  

Step 9: Sample a little of the mixture, then salt and pepper to taste.  Very important to give it a taste test before adding more salt.
Step 10: Refrigerate or serve at room temperature.  Enjoy!

 *vegetarian option: leave out the ham

(still no idea how to sign-off)
Tappy

P.S.  Oh look, Indy's tank just went over the cliff!

Sneak peak