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Family Round-up Potato Salad

A potato salad with Italian dressing, mayonnaise, sour cream, and assorted chopped vegetables, topped with bacon and walnuts.

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Why it works: Cucumber and radish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Family Round-up Potato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel and cook potatoes; chop and put them in a mixing bowl (about 6 cups).

  2. While potatoes are still warm, pour over Italian dressing.

  3. Add chopped and sliced vegetables.

Dress and chill

  1. Combine mayonnaise and sour cream; pour over potatoes and vegetables.

  2. Chill to blend flavors.

Serve

  1. Top with crumbled bacon and walnuts just before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

506Calories
34 gProtein
13 gFat
65 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Form the bulk of the salad and absorb the dressing while still warm.
Italian dressing
Adds acidity and seasoning, soaking into the warm potatoes.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and creaminess that coats the potatoes and vegetables.
Sour cream
Adds tang and a richer, smoother body to the dressing.
Bacon
Adds savory, salty flavor and crisp texture on top.
Celery
Adds crisp texture and fresh, grassy crunch.

The step that matters

Dressing the potatoes while warm. Warm potatoes are porous and absorb the Italian dressing deeply, seasoning them throughout. Cold potatoes would take up less dressing and taste flatter.

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, celery, cucumber, parsley, pepper, onion, cream):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, celery, cucumber, parsley, pepper, onion, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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