How To Make Authentic New York Deli Mac and Potato Salad

Today we're making New York deli macaroni and potato salad. These iconic salads can be found in thousands of delis across Long Island and the rest of the NY metro area. We hope you enjoy the video!
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INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS
For the brine
¼ cup (60g) white vinegar
¼ cup (60g) water
¼ cup (50g) sugar
¼ cup (56g) vegetable oil
½ cup (30g) onion grated
1 ¼ teaspoons (9g) fine sea salt
1 teaspoon (2.5g) white pepper
Remaining ingredients
3 ½ pounds (1600g) New (red) potatoes
¾ cup (172g) mayonnaise - plus more to achieve a smooth consistency
½ small carrot shredded, - for garnish
3 tablespoons flat leaf Italian parsley - for garnish
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INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS
For the brine
⅓ (80g) cup white vinegar
3 tablespoons (45g) water
⅓ cup (75g) sugar
3 tablespoons (41g) vegetable oil
½ cup (30g) onion grated or pureed
1 ¼ (9g) teaspoons fine sea salt
½ teaspoon (1.5g) white pepper
Remaining ingredients
1 pound (545g)elbow macaroni
¾ cup mayonnaise (172g) - plus more to achieve a smooth consistency
½ small green or red bell pepper - finely diced
1 rib celery - finely diced
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[@SipandFeast]

If you're looking to create the exact taste, flavor, and texture of New York deli macaroni and potato salad this video is for you. The print recipes and ingredient list are right in the description. As always, thanks for liking and sharing our videos.

[@dee_dee_place]

Yippee! Thanks.

[@bettechic5052]

Thanks so much!!

[@viva5526]

where did you get the containers?

[@gerardfenn3988]

Hey Jim, Gerry from FL here. 12 years in FL and boy do I miss the NY Deli salads. Quickly to tell you what the best salad I've tasted here comes from WalMart. Can you believe that?? The main Supermarket, Publix has their own branded salads but they are Plain, Blah. I'm so hoping that these take my tastebuds back to the Deli's of NYC. What timing. Just in time for the 4th of July. Looks like I'm shopping and making these salads tomorrow. Thanks So Much. I really needed these. Gerry

[@warroom17]

This was interesting for me. Growing up in Guam and Hawaii (with Japanese mom) and only having been exposed to those types of Mac salad and potato salad, I now realize why people always wanted my recipes. I never knew any different.

[@rccharger21]

It’s interesting how the potato salad is literally just potatoes. I live in the Midwest and the potato salad here is often made with egg, mustard, mayo, and celery.

[@jennifer1329]

Same in the South.

[@theunchartedtrucker1113]

@@jennifer1329 in my area in the midwest it definitely isnt like that. Very few have celery. Usually it is just a small bit of salt, sugar, and pepper. Then the potatoes, fair amount of egg, mayo, mustard, and onion. Most of them here have a little bit of onion.

[@The_Timinator]

My Mom's is Miracle Whip, Mustard, Russet Potatoes, a few Eggs, Green Onions and Radishes, it's one of Her Greatest Creations, because it's so different, there's NO creamy sauce, the Potatoes are yellow and fluffy and melt in your mouth.

[@jbjacobs9514]

Ha I am from NYC and for some reason, I do not remember it the way it is here! I always had either the mayo version or the mustard/mayo version, but both always had celery, eggs, pepper for sure. The macaroni salad sometimes had carrots in addition to peppers, celery. The potatoes that Jim did here remind me of the delicious "coins" that my mom would make and saute in a pan.

[@journeylvr]

Potato Salad-potatoes, grated onion, Hellmans,hard boiled egg. Mac Salad- elbows, Hellmans, chopped green olives.

[@ColleenHershon]

I left Long Island almost 10 years ago. I made this macaroni salad, and it blew my mind! The sugar, the vinegar, the grated onion... I'll never make it any other way now! Thank you!!

[@icecold5707]

Oh my god, please make a deli series… cold cuts… sandwiches… sides… I WANT

[@SLICK-GLN]

I believe he did sandwiches .

[@SLICK-GLN]

I want Tuna Salad

[@kittykrafter]

Chicken salad and broccoli salad/slaw, please!

[@johnmanzo9329]

Katz Deil Pastrami

[@jennifergriffiths3941]

YES - YES - YES !!! 🙏🏼Please - 🙏🏼Please - 🙏🏼PLEASE … do a complete … The Comprehensive New York Deli Series !!!😋 … 🥯 … 🥙 … 🥪 … 🌭 … 🥗 … 🥐 … 🧀 … 🫒 … 🍰 … 🍝 … 🧁 … 🍗 … 🍅 … 🫑 … 🧅 … 🥬 … 🥨 … 🍔 … 🥙 … 🌯 … 🍪 … 🥖 … 🥒 … Do it ‼️ Please do it ‼️😉

[@richardsilverman9003]

Born and raised on the South Shore of Long Island. I have been living in Miami way too long. This is the potato salad I remember and loved. It just doesn't exist here. Thank you.

[@ManuelDeLaguiermo]

Never been to New York (and probably never will) but just tried your macaroni salad recipe for Easter and it is by far the best I’ve ever had in my life. This will be a staple for the rest of my life.

[@maxineblocker3537]

We add celery, green peppers and onions sometimes a little sweet relish to southern potato salad.

[@jeanvignes]

I never had green peppers in potato salad growing up in the 1950's (costal Mississippi and South Louisiana) but I'm sure more people add them now. I swear that eating raw bell peppers was considered risky/rude behavior (not genteel for ladies) because it would make so many people burp. Ha-ha!

[@D.Whitman-hd5cs]

Same except for the peppers. And if you want your potato salad to taste like the first bite if summer, add a bit of finely chopped cucumber. - Not kidding. Freshest flavor ever.

[@maxineblocker3537]

South Carolina adds green peppers

[@hkonyt797]

People seem to be missing the point a bit -- that you developed these recipes to taste like what you'd find at a NY (probably specifically Long Island) Deli. Its a regional, and for some of us, a very nostalgic thing. I've been out of NY for a while and boy do I miss good deli food (of all kinds). This brings back memories of family gatherings/events with the two giant 6-foot heros (one "american" and one "italian" ) and several trays of deli salads.

[@jlanderson21257]

I love how you were munching on the potato pieces while working the mandolin. I had many children and home cooked everything, but by the time dinner came, I wasn't hungry because I had "tried" every thing while making it.

[@kopsie6379]

I moved out of Long Island in 2000. How I miss Deli's!!! I never knew about the brine. THANK YOU, GREAT VIDEO! Miss the NY accent too!! 🥰

[@hablin1]

In Germany we would put boiled eggs and finely chopped pickled Cornichons and use the pickling juice with the mayo with the potatoes that have not fully cooled so that it absorbs all the liquid ❤ I have never tried it your way but will do at the weekend 👍

[@carolevans1710]

That’s how my parents made it, me too, of course they were German.

[@julespasquier337]

Have you made it? How was it?

[@hablin1]

@@julespasquier337 I’ve made it at the weekend but for me it was a bit thin on the mayonnaise maybe I left too much fluid in 🤷‍♀️

[@csabo1725]

This is New York style. If we wanted German style we would get it from Gerdies in Teaneck.

[@hablin1]

@@csabo1725 da muss ich wohl bei Gerdies vorbei 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tanyawood275]

Love you two together! Tara makes a good side kick and taste tester!!

[@kimbyram5611]

My dad had two delis. One in Bayridge and the other in park slope. My grandmother, mother and I did all the cooking. We boiled the brim until the sugar and salt melted. My grandmother called it "yagosh"! Which means mixture. We Let it cool while we made everything else. We do everything you did except we put celery in the potato salad and some shaded carrots in the macaroni salad. God, how I miss growing up in the deli and the city. 😊❤

[@Caranora]

I was born and raised on Long Island, moved to Memphis, TN when I was 16. I miss the hell out of good NY food! So watching your videos always brings me back to awesome memories! I can't wait to make this and bring it to my next cook out and show them what real NY style deli salads taste like. Thank you for an amazing video and clear instructions! You make it very easy to follow, keep up the great work!

[@samanthab1923]

Sounds like me of late. Grew up in NJ with parents from the Bronx & Yonkers. Lots of good deli growing up. Moved to PA 25 years ago & the only Pastrami sandwich I’ve had was on a trip back home to see my brother we stopped in Marlboro at a deli.

[@TheOnlyZiTRO]

I grew up in Memphis & we have some great bbq, coleslaw, & pot salad recipes as well, i bet if you incorporated NY with a pinch of the south it would be fire!

[@DarleneMW]

I have ALWAYS LOVED deli macaroni salad and could never figure out how it was made. Thank you!

[@viva5526]

me tooooo. Could never figure it out.

[@QueenOfKings0402]

Same

[@marigee3741]

I worked in NYC delis as a teenager - the potato and macaroni salads came in large buckets already made. 🤷🏻‍♀️Your recipes are very appreciated!

[@wackjob7]

Man O Man thanks sooooooooooo much! Keep your LI NY channel alive pls for us that left the area.

[@patsyc229]

Yummy, I'm from New York, living in Georgia now. How I miss good New York food,especially the deli subs and salads 😢. Definitely gonna make the potato salad. Love your family and your Chanel ❤. Keep'em coming.

[@yyuro9877]

I’ve watched every mac salad video there is in KZbin, and this is my first time ever hearing about “the brine”. Absolute legend!

[@LDHBees]

I live in Alabama and we make potato salad with hard boiled eggs, sweet pickle relish, onion, celery, Duke’s Mayo (my fav) salt, pepper and paprika. I do a more dry salad so that it’s not drenched in mayo. ..just enough so that it sticks together! Yours looks yummy - I’ll try it for sure! 👍

[@D.Whitman-hd5cs]

Same. But if you want to elevate the flavor, add some very finely chopped cucumber. Tastes like summer.

[@susieque933]

And it gets better the next day, that is if any is left! (And it doesn’t get clumpy like he says it does)

[@wendyw4487]

Not only are you a great cook, you're also a great teacher. (husband and dad as well)

[@SipandFeast]

Thanks so much!

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Hold on. I agree with your comments Wendy, but unless you're married to SaF, you cannot really comment on how good a husband he is. He is certainly an excellent cook (chef), and Dad. By extrapolation a good husband. But his wife could just be playing along :) New Jersey humor.

[@wendyw4487]

@@roderickcampbell2105 you must be a math teacher.

[@annek1226]

@@roderickcampbell2105. I am not laughing. I miss your humor.

[@roderickcampbell2105]

@@annek1226 Thank you Anne. Like many others, I try to be funny, but sometimes miss the mark. My best to you.

[@prmans]

Keep the Long Island recipes comin'!!

[@danholo]

Thank you so much for this. I made this yesterday, it was a flood of nostalgia. I used to go to Long Island a lot when I was kid. My mother is from there but she moved to Europe and I was born and grew up here, but went often to the States in the summer when I was a kid. This is exactly the same flavor I remember. Can't wait to go back again!

[@csabo1725]

Beautiful thank you! Living abroad I miss many NY specialties and these are two of them. Rockland and Westchester make it the same way I'm sure. From one Noo Yawker to another GRAZIE MILLE!

[@rollingbnb2146]

I worked in a Long Island deli as a teenager. This potato salad recipe is incredible and brought back memories of that delicious food. The flavor is amazing!

[@susanvirgilio4615]

So I made this today. Oh my goodness, Jim nailed it. Closed my eyes and I was back at Volpe's Deli on Jerusalem Avenue in Hicksville. The man knows his stuff!

[@llwm5100]

Can't wait to try this! Brine? Who knew? We moved from LI (East Setauket) in January 2000 to SC. Love it here but boy oh boy do we miss the food!! Delis, the diners pizza/bagels, the grocery stores, Italian food, ethnic food, the list goes on and on. Nobody (in the US) knows food like NY/LI!!!

[@Agerian7]

The best recipes for these salads.

[@Susan-cooks]

A mandolin glove is on my list of things to order before next summer. I'm a Long Islander and former deli cook & these recipes are exactly what I'm used to. For those of us that know what these salads cost at a deli these days, they are definitely worth trying at home :)

[@arianemariano3807]

Egg slicer works great to slice potatoes! 👍🏼☺️

[@KipBurbank1]

Good idea. No chopped off finger tips 😀

[@ColleenHershon]

My food processor has 2mm & 4mm slicing blades. Makes perfect slices in seconds.

[@giselleplantbasedvegan9174]

Love the new kitchen 🌟 Born and raised on Long Island, North Bellmore, exit 26, right across from the Parkway. Love Long Island, and love Pasta and Patata salad 👍

[@Joseph-og9jh]

For us on the West Coast Hellmen"s is named Best Food for Mayo .

[@RedSinter]

It is...THE Only... Mayonnaise!

[@jhoughjr1]

Dukes is pretty good too.

[@Ojisan642]

Best Foods is just the name of the company. Hellmans is a brand owned by Best Foods.

[@MikeK2100]

I would love to see a video on New York Deli-style cucumber salad.

[@coastalfarmhouse1820]

Yes please!

[@phickle]

Deli is my favorite food group! I could live in one for the rest of my life! Keep going, please!

[@BigboiiTone]

What about mozz stick???

[@giselleplantbasedvegan9174]

Especially Italian delis! Though I’ve tried and love German and Jewish delis too.

[@tedlicciardello7673]

Save a spot for me!

[@austinhoran6288]

I was a poor Irish kid from Da Bronx 😂 You macaroni and potato salad is Top Shelf! It brings me back to my childhood. I’ve made these several times and my family loves it👍 Thanks

[@tomwilber3670]

Made the macaroni salad starting yesterday and finishing up today. It was fantastic! This is now my go to macaroni salad recipe. Made a minor change by adding a little dill seed and celery seed; a trick I learned from my mother. Thank you for what you do.

[@8ullfrog]

I never in my life thought about how similar macaroni salad and potato salad are. This video made me happy.

[@gerry4b]

Man this makes me so nostalgic for the work weeks and months I was lucky enough to be assigned to Long Island... and the city. And eating there. New York is such a mega-presence in the American imagination that the simple superiority on offer - everywhere - every day, on every block, gets lost in the hoopla. All the TV shows and media noise is about the big restaurants downtown... but just in Roslyn from Chicken Kabob to Bryant & Cooper you can eat the best food on earth, from every corner of the earth. The simplest bodega will have killer pizza or tacos... The rest of the country hasn't a clue. From the Athens of America I salute you - Rome!

[@homeblessedhome]

Wooohoooo!!!! Yes to Long Island 🙌🙌 Thank you for sharing this!! I didn’t know you had to put a brine in!! I’m making this on the 4th. Thank you again.

[@LordShockwave9]

Yup, making these, and I love the macaroni salad in particular. Thanks Jim and family!

[@DillyDahlia]

I recently found your channel and subscribed and have been binge-watching! Your videos are so well done, and your technique and rapport is so down to earth. The food always looks fantastic. I’m in WA and have only been to NY once several years ago, so I’m always intrigued by the traditional NY recipes like this.

[@serialclone]

Now I know what to bring to next week's 4th of July BBQ. Thanks for another awesome recipe.

[@joeparaddle]

I Loved Your Brine. I Used It In My German Potato Salad Recipe With 2 1/2lbs Of Regular Sized Red Potatoes. I Drained The Excess Brine And Added Fried Bacon. Awesome Good 😎

[@sharontolbert1112]

I’m a Southerner but I have to say, y’all’s potato and Macaroni salads are the bomb! Love anything in a brine!

[@brodyschiess]

AWESOME! Please do your NYC coleslaw if you can.

[@joejankoski8471]

So glad I found this channel. Awesome recipes, with easy to understand instructions to make delicious food, and you have a wonderful dynamic with your family. Keep of the great work!

[@Optimist788]

I really enjoy the recipes you share and your teaching style. Will be making these for our bbq this weekend. Thank you❤

[@chrisann144]

I think I now have the recipe I have been looking for thank you!!! I loved the tips as always

[@karenholley8356]

As a mother, I could not HELP but be concerned when you broke out that mandoline slicer . . . happy to see that you had the "holder" thing to stabilize the potatoes! Great video. Love that potato salad and macaroni salad! Thank you both!♥

[@hankw999]

The most dangerous tool in the kitchen.

[@richardfabrizio8998]

Just what I needed. Can’t wait to whip these up. Thanks, Jimmy

[@radio2rancid]

Cant wait to make this 😊 thank you for sharing!

[@karenhummel49]

Long Islander here these recipes look spot on. Ive never heard of a brine for potato and macaroni salad definitely have to try these. My grandmother made the most delicious potatoe salad and ive come close but not quite there. She used Hellmans mayo finely chopped onion celery and a little salt and lots of fresh ground black pepper. Going to try a waxy potatoe and see if that makes the difference. Thanks ♥️

[@gailcrockett9883]

Sorry, NY Deli potato salad is okay, however being a new Englander with deep southern roots, Potatoed Cubed,Hellmann's/Dukes, Boiled Chopped Egg, Celery, Mustard and optional pickled relish is my go to and standard for potato salad. No brining needed. Nice to have different versions

[@staceyneedscoffee]

These both look so good and reminds me of growing up and making cole slaw, potato and macaroni salad with my mom! Such great memories.

[@JohnMartin-ys1kn]

Perfect timing for this recipe. Thanks S&P.

[@craigenputtock]

Yes, you nailed it. This IS it. Thanks for sharing!

[@jcfretts]

Long Island delis are incredible. Hope to see even more deli style recipes

[@gailcrockett9883]

Ny deli salads totally different from traditional salads from South and New England where celery, boiled eggs, chopped, mayonnaise Hellman's or Dukes with maybe sweet relish and white onion dice d fine or bell pepper may be used. Never have had served clumpy or wet. No brining involved. Nice to have options. Thank you.

[@wsbursey]

Will definitely try both of these! Thanks!

[@vickilindberg6336]

My husband will be so happy. Thank you.

[@katniss4670]

Hellmann’s mayo is the key .

[@eMCatman]

Fellow Long Islander here... You had me at "I worked at four delis." By any chance did you work at or have you had these salads at the Colonial Deli in Northport (no longer in business.) I've been trying to duplicate those recipes for 30 years and cannot seem to get it right. Now, thanks to you and Tara, I'm going to give your NY Deli recipes a shot at attaining my goal. Great job, great channel, keep up the great work.

[@SipandFeast]

Thanks so much. I never worked at the deli you mentioned. I appreciate the comment and thanks for watching!

[@eMCatman]

@@SipandFeast BINGO! Finally, after searching all these years... I made your potato salad recipe and it is absolutely the best I've ever had, no exaggeration, thanks to you, and I have had many, many across Long Island in my day. Truly wow, like you said "spot on" and I could not agree more. Folks, if you want the "real thing" then try this recipe. You will NOT be disappointed.

[@mcguiganmike]

Thanks!! Love these true deli recipes.

[@hairlover68]

I made the potato salad recipe exactly as described for my July 4th Cookout. I have to say, this is the best Potato Salad I have ever tasted and will now be my "go-to" recipe for future cookouts. Thank you so much for sharing this timely recipe, making this the "hit" of my party. If anyone else makes this, do no skimp on the brine time. I let it go a full 48 hours and the flavors were perfect!

[@pamelapetrosino4437]

I really loved this video. I grew up on the other NY Island of Staten Island. These definitely look spot on! I could taste the sweetness. I’ve since moved to New Jersey, and those salads can be found here too. Great job!

[@chiarac3833]

Those little NJ mom and pop shops have the best stuff!

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Nice one JIM! Love the brine move.

[@stephenstilwell1488]

thank you weeds and sardines

[@maryellenpike9402]

Thank you from a former New Yorker!! Living in North Carolina now and I miss the real traditional salads!!

[@tylerstrow811]

Just made the macaroni salad yesterday and mixed the mayo in today. Absolutely delicious! I was always missing the brine part and wondered why it was always so dry! Thanks for the recipe! 🔥🔥🔥

[@soumage]

You seemed genuinely very happy about your wife giving it above a 10-you certainly care about feeding your family

[@designyourcards]

This is similar to pa dutch salads except those add a bit of mustard too. I'm interested to try it this way!

[@pennywheeler2598]

YUM. AMISH MACARONI SALAD💜 AND POTATO SALAD WITH BACON DRESSING.🥓 LOVE IT 🩷

[@588158]

Bravo! You absolutely nailed the flavor of New York Deli Potato Salad!

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I have been a butcher butcher here in North central Texas for 36 yrs, I just retired from HEB. I LOVE to cook, and I am very picky about using quality products. Quality in, quality out. This is the 1st video I have watched of urs, and I loved it and I subbed.

[@GolDreadLocks]

This is gold! I never have success with my mac salad, and store bought sucks, so I am ecstatic for this mac salad recipe! The brine is new for me, and removing the spud skins, great technique! I always learn at least one new thing/ method from you! I will try the potato salad, I usually cut them in chunks, and add a touch of mustard and 1 or 2 crumbled hardboiled eggs, - West Indian - style, so I am looking forward to this NY style for a new experience! Thank you for expanding my palate!

[@billiejoemerick7564]

Yeah it's hard to mess up potatoes in mayonnaise🤨

[@GolDreadLocks]

@@billiejoemerick7564 Obviously you don't have an educated palate! A great , mouthwatering, potato salad, is waaaay more than potato and mayo!

[@kellysalvadore]

Would love to know the recipe for deli baked beans! They were always a favorite as a child and I've never been able to unlock the secret...

[@RYN988]

I have to thank you because I made the macaroni salad last night and followed your recipe, it is by far the best macaroni salad I have tasted! Tangy and sweet and full of flavor!!

[@SerreNameless]

I always wondered how deli mac salads just tasted so good...thanks for this. Superb vids

[@beanie7547]

You know my love of this channel when I can watch him make two salads I don’t like, deli salads. Even when I lived in Westchester I couldn’t remove my taste buds of good southern backyard salads. Team Dukes.

[@50hellkat2]

Something you may want to try is use the juice from a jar of Bics sweet bread and butter pickles that have mustard seed and celery seed and use that in your mayonnaise or in your brining method for potato salad instead of vinegar. Add fresh dill and of course add some extra sugar and dry mustard to taste and salt and pepper to taste. No oil in mine.....no egg....and no onion...the fresh dill really makes it look pretty ...... I use red potatoes. Trust me. Quick Tip......If your potato salad gets watery or you accidentally made it too soupy add a tablespoon of instant mashed potato flakes. 😉

[@tomcarl8021]

You missed the point of the video entirely.

[@catherinedubin1585]

I lived on Long Island in the 70’s and the deli food was exceptional. Both of you did a fantastic job of teaching! Thank you!

[@debjurgens6447]

In the late 70's there was a german deli on sunrise highway in Patchogue that made an absolutely addictive potato salad. People would be lined up outside whatever the weather to purchase it. I've always tried to duplicate the recipe but couldnt. They didn't use a lot of mayo, but your recipe seems like a pretty good match! Can't wait to try it.

[@silkscreenart5515]

Great minds think alike!

[@ttjohns4821]

Not how we do it in the south but it looks good anyway. I'd eat it.

[@karlaovalle2178]

I loove potatoe salad! We have a family recipe that I’m trying to perfect (not the recipe, my cooking 😜), but I really wanna try the NY deli one. Looks fantastic!

[@janek9834]

Thanks so much! I’m from Long Island and now living in Tucson, AZ. The only delis are in supermarkets and they put mustard and eggs in their potato salad!

[@elizabethmague9198]

Both recipes look absolutely DELICIOUS! Just a lot of work! Love all your videos

[@forlandm]

From a European (or just my personal) perspective, the amount of sugar in these salads is a bit horrifying ;-)

[@witchbvrner]

DUKES DUKES DUKES DUKES

[@billwunder7805]

I love your style, recipes and presentation. I made the macaroni salad last night and it was perfectly delicious!

[@johnsavold]

Been waiting for this one for a while. Thanks!

[@rickross199]

One of the only NY Deli items I'm not a big fan of. I don't care for sweet salads no sugar for me in my salads. You did a great job though those look exactly like deli salads 👍

[@chezmoi42]

Cooking is all about making things you enjoy, so if you want to make this kind of salad, you could leave out the sugar, or maybe all but a pinch.

[@rickross199]

@@chezmoi42 I've made potato, macaroni, pasta etc salads hundreds of times. Never ever even a pinch of sugar 😬

[@chezmoi42]

@@rickross199 Nor have I. This recipe is for those who want to reproduce the particular deli experience and I wish them much joy with it.

[@lauramitchell6725]

I’ve been living in central Pennsylvania for the last thirty years and hate all of the Pennsylvania Dutch deli salads. They all have the sugar and vinegar combo which to me tastes like it’s going bad. I also lived in Georgia for five years and LOVE Southern cooking. When a Ruby Tuesday’s opened up near us and the menu said that they were from the south (Tennessee?) I said to my husband,let’s get the salad bar!!!! Delicious deli salads! When I was a young bride in the south, I asked a ninety year old friend in my church how she made her delicious potato salad. She put a large diced onion in the bottom of the bowl and put the hot,drained,cubed potatoes on top.After they cooled,she folded in mayonnaise,sour cream,and salt and pepper!👌(Sometimes she would add diced dill pickles.)

[@rickross199]

@@lauramitchell6725 the south knows how to do salads right ! PA Dutch puts sugar in most of their pickles too 🤮

[@susugam3004]

i think you have to grow up liking this to find it appetizing

[@janiboma]

The potato salad was AMAZING. I like it because it’s not overpowered by mayonnaise as are most of the potato salads. I made the Cole slaw last week and loved it too. Thanks.

[@martacarter6342]

I enjoy all your recipes. Thank you!

[@viva5526]

Long Islander here from Centerport. I'm so excited, I have always wanted to learn how to make LI deli salads. CANNOT wait to make them both. Love your recipes. ❤

[@sharongruener6078]

Thank you. THis is yummy. Blessings.

[@Valentino22231]

I remember the tangy taste of deli potato salad….it had a vinegary yet sweet consistent manufactured taste that I loved as a kid. Once the teen years set in, I was adding eggs, peppers miracle whip and every other thing I could. Although I prefer the adult version better, time to time it’s nice to go back to the tangy tater salad,,,,,,it brings back delicious memories! Cheers!

[@Kit29]

I just made this macaroni salad and it was so delicious! My husband said this recipe will be part of our staple recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I am going to make the potato salad next week! 👍

[@sherristearns4000]

Thank you so much for giving me the missing link. I made this over the weekend and it was exactly what I have been trying to make at home for years. I did add some dill relish with the mayo, and the peppers and celery with the brine. My BBQ game just got turned up a notch 😊👍🏼

[@adventuresona700dollarhard5]

Omg YES! I had NY deli salad once on a family vacation when I was 11. I’ve never found anything like it! My childhood dream is coming true! Thank you, sir!

[@teamginger6359]

Looks so good! ❤❤❤

[@fidesquaerensintellectum]

I made the mac salad and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing.

[@kabbystevens5167]

Thank you fellow New Yorker!