Potato salad...the elixir of the Gods. The most revered pot luck addition. My most requested dish. I hear there is potato salad and my heart quickens. I have two kids that ask for my potato salad more than anything else I make. (I also have two kids that won't touch it..go figure...where did they come from anyway)
But...here comes the rant. I don't know how many times I have purchased a potato salad, and with great anticipation I confidently hammer on the salt and a layer of pepper (I know there won't be enough...there never is enough), dig my spoon into that yumminess and take that first bite...and NOOOOO!!!! it just doesn't taste right. Huge disappointment! In fact sometimes it's almost made me gag.
Now I am not a picky eater really. I hate rice pudding and I dislike meat. Other than that I can pretty much down anything. But I had an experience the other day that surprised me.
On our way home from Victoria we pulled through the KFC drive thru. Now I can just hear you all groaning and judging and saying"Ewwww! We NEVER eat KFC...its just greasy inedible crap!!!!" Well you are wrong!!!!
It is delicious. The skin is totally amazing...even if its flaccid and moist (as opposed to crispy....shovel list) The meat underneath is juicy and full of 11 flavours! I mean what more do you want from a piece of chicken. And their coleslaw...an evil pleasure. Full of sugar and crispy pulverized cabbage and carrots and onions. Come on!!! The perfect counter mouthful to the delicious chicken. In fact the coleslaw makes it easier to keep eating the chicken. It's a fine balancing art it is!!!
But....I decided to branch out from my usual practice and I bought a little container of potato salad. I skipped the Mac salad cuz I know it has that unpleasant chemical thing that catches you in the back of your throat. All bought Mac salads have that attribute. I know cuz I have tried them all. So back to the potato salad.
When we got home I dove into the chicken first. I dug through the barrel (yes, we got a barrel for the two of us, the biggest one) and dug out all the rib ones...my fave. Selfishly told Monte he wasn't to touch them. He started to protest but I growled at him that I paid for it so I get to boss the chicken. I ate one. I ate two. I needed a motivating flavour contrast to eat the next one so I dug out the potato salad and popped it open.
It didn't look quite the same as it did before. I hadn't bought KFC potato salad in yonks and its changed. Actually the chicken kinda had too, but still close enough that I could supplement the reality with memory. After layering on salt and pepper, I grabbed a spoon, not a fork because it was looking a little soupy, as opposed to thick and creamy, dunked it into the salad and took that first bite. And I gagged. OMG!!! It was simply awful. Not so little cubes of almost raw potato, no other product like onion or egg or celery or anything, swimming in a sweet...yes SWEET disgusting watered down mayo. It was awful. The only part that was good was the salt and pepper!
I mean how hard is it to taste what you are selling and go "Why jeepers, this just doesn't taste quite right. I think we need to go back to the drawing board and look up a recipe or two and fix this." Straight into the garbage. Actually fired from across the room into the garbage. (I have a pretty big open garbage in my kitchen thank goodness). I was mad!!!
I have had a few other experiences lately with potato salad that I won't go into here and bore you stiff. But take a suggestion here....MAKE YOUR OWN...you can't beat your own!
Stay safe peeps, don't buy KFC potato salad! TTYL
ps: Jonathon Joe showed up around one pm yesterday and proceeded to do the most amazing job on the yard. I am happy!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment