Flapper's Folly

I just have to share this. Monday I cooked ribs. Potato salad seemed the logical accompaniment. Easy enough, right? Well, in this family what potato salad consists of is the subject of debate. The Puter Ho hates eggs, doesn't like the mustard type and is generally hard to please. Potato salad-wise, that is. Many times I have tried to duplicate some German potato salad fantasy of his. It never works out.

A potato salad we have both liked is a baked potato salad purchased at Albertson's deli. The dressing is sour cream based and it contains cheese. It's creamy and tasty. I began searching for a recipe. Dumb me, I was amazed to find that the potatoes in baked potato salad are actually baked. I probably came up with 20 versions of BPS. (To heck with typing that again)

I settled on the recipe of Chef Kent Rathbun of Abacus Restaurant in Dallas. It is absolutely scrumptious! I cheated by baking the potatoes in the microwave and I added sliced ripe olives. It makes a lot and the next day we heated it and it was even better! I rarely rave, but this deserves a rave. Try it, you'll love it.

Note: Ever since Dan Quayle mispelled potato, for some reason I get confused on the plural form. I looked it up and for the record, the plural is potatoes. Damned Republicans!