Comments on: Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Leeks a la Marketman

By: carina

carina — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:44:13 +0000

MM, you used vinegar for this, what is it for? :)

By: Marissa

Marissa — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:21:20 +0000

Yum. This reminds me of a dish my dad’s made for us all my life–adapted from his German grandmother’s Depression-era dish, which used yellow mustard and hot dogs.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:12:07 +0000

Oooh… Yumminess! … MM, your post gave me hope that I don’t need to give up potatoes! I would like to serve this with good ole’ Tabasco on hand or my favorite Origashi Japanese pepper flakes just to sprinkle on top and give each spoonful I take in with a zing and a snap. This salad is summery-yummy-perfect, MM! Thanks mucho!

Sidebar — I honestly can’t imagine this with raisins. Well I can’t imagine raisins on anything except for raisinets….

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:59:28 +0000

zena, I boiled with skins on… and I eat the skins, I don’t peel them for this salad…

By: zena

zena — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:27:23 +0000

I’ve a question with boiling potatoes. Skin on or skin off? My mom told me that skin off leads to more watery potatoes as it no longer has the barrier. So that’s what i’ve done all these years. Your thoughts, experienced boilers?

By: Sapatos_Queen

Sapatos_Queen — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:19:38 +0000

Hi Marketman! I made something similar a few days ago but I used bacon and added chopped coriander yum!

By: Thelma

Thelma — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:07:04 +0000

I also put CAPERS with mine, sooooo yummy!

By: betty q.

betty q. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:57:27 +0000

Hi New Yorker…I don’t think they’re heirloom varieties. I could be wrong..sorry! But if you’d like to try growing them …they’re the most easiest thing to grow…don’t need much space. I’ve grown them in buckets at home. Soil, compost and composted manure (steer manure preferably) is all you need in the bucket…NO LIME! Don’t use mushroom manure though as this kind of manure has a bit of lime in it I think. If you spot a variety called ALL RED…it is sooo cool! It’s a red skinned potato with RED FLESH! Try planting Banana Fingerling…it’s a very high yielding potato. Save one and wait for it to sprout. Then plant away!

By: New Yorker

New Yorker — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:13:53 +0000

Betty Q, thanks for the suggestions regarding the type(s) of potato to use. I can’t wait for spring/summer to roll around and I can check out what the local greenmarkets have to offer – maybe I’ll spot some of the varieties (are they heirloom?) you mentioned. But for now I think I’ll try this with the banana fingerlings.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:10:28 +0000

carina, yes, I have had panna cotta, but I haven’t made one yet. Katrina, hmmm, capers, that sounds interesting… especially if served with some smoked fish or something… Michelle, yes, chopped gherkins would be nice. Madeline, yes canadian bacon would be leaner… New yorker, other commenters above have given good suggestions, Yukon Golds or other fancy ones, but in Manila, I use whatever I can get, and they tend to be a little mushy compared to some Western ones.