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.

  • @MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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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

    • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      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@sh.itjust.works
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        211 months ago

        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.

    • @Blemgo@lemmy.world
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      Both are authentic, with the vinegar variant being the Bavarian/Swabian variant. Not sure where the mayo variant came from however.

    • Flying SquidOP
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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@lemmy.world
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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@sh.itjust.works
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        311 months ago

        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.

        • @ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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          311 months ago

          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.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          Fresh German potato salad doesn’t use mayo either. And it’s fresh.

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