Today Colin’s sister and brother-in-law had a pig roast. We had a great time. I made potato salad and thought you guys might like the recipe. Sure beats the ‘Miracle Whip’ kind.
This is the pig bbq that Colin and Glenn built quite a few years ago. As you can see it’s made from an old oil tank. The pigs turn out best when they use charcoal, but Colin has been know to try to use wood too.
Colin and I helped Glenn carve up the piggy. Boy was it hot!!
Lots of fixin’s to go with the pork. This is Colin’s dad in the hat and Glenn’s mom and dad in the background.
One of the guests had a really amazing car. Colin can’t remember the year, but it is completely original/never restored. Boy, it sure ran nice, sounded much better than the truck 🙂
And finally, here’s the end of the party. The kitties quite enjoyed the ‘doggie bags’ we brought home for them.
To be honest, I won’t eat potato salad. But that’s because I like my potatoes hot 🙂 My sister on the other hand, will only eat my potato salad.
Start by making the Salad Dressing/Mayo alternative:
3/4 c oil 1 egg
1 1/2 prepared mustard 2 t salt
2/3 c sugar, divided 1/2 c and 2 1/2 T flour
1/3 c vinegar 1 c water
Mix the oil, egg, mustard, salt and 1/3 c sugar and set aside.
Combine the rest of the ingredients (including the remaining 1/3 c sugar) in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir until smooth and thick. Add in first mixture and stir till smooth.
Potato Salad
12 medium potatoes, boiled, peeled and diced
1 sm onion, chopped fine – I often use green onions (scallions)
1 c celery, finely diced
1 t celery seed
4 hard-boiled eggs, diced
Toss gently in a bowl.
Dressing:
2 eggs, beaten 3/4 c sugar
1 t cornstarch 1/4-1/2 c vinegar
1/2 c milk 1 t prepared mustard
3 T butter 1 c salad dressing (above recipe)
Combine eggs, sugar, and cornstarch, add vinegar, milk and mustard. Cook and stir until thickened. Remove from heat and add butter and salad dressing. Stir until smooth. Pour over potato mixture and stir gently.
This makes a good size bowl, perfect for parties. I’m sharing this recipe over at Miz. Helen’s Full Plate Thursday. Check out the other yummy dishes.
Who’s looking closely at my pictures? Do you notice something on our market table that ‘shouldn’t’ be ready yet?
At Home With Us 
Is that a pumpkin?
A pumpkin! Goodness! Tell your pumpkin patch to go back to sleep for a bit 🙂
Your potato salad sounds so good — thank you for sharing the recipe. I am in the mood to cook out.
The pork looks delicious. Yum!
I spy….a pumpkin!!
Looks like a fun pig roast!
Yep, that’s our first ripe pumpkin. Luckily it seems to be the only one that’s in a hurry 🙂
We had such fun, though Ella wishes she had a girl cousin closer to her age. Sometimes Jared wants to be nice and other times he’s a ‘boy’. Brittany is 13 and will play with Ella -so long as there’s no one better -your typical 13 year old 🙂 But Ella found Jared’s sand box and a friendly neighbour boy, so she had fun too.
I’m confused by the recipe. Why are there two dressings? Do you marinate in one and toss with the other? I’m a bit bleary-eyed today, so I may be missing something in the directions.
Yeah, I’m not really sure what to call the salad dressing so it’s not confusing. It’s like mayonnaise and is an ingredient in the Potato Salad dressing. The leftover ‘salad dressing’ is also delicious used in place of mayo in a tuna sandwich -my favourite thing to do with the extra. It also keeps a fair while in the fridge. Let me know if I’m still not clear 🙂
And tomatoes too!
I started picking some of the huge green ones that are starting to show a little color so the others can come along. This heat can be deceiving – we could get a frost in August.
We’ve had red tomatoes for about 3 weeks now! Too bad you’re too far to come to the Renfrew Market. We’re not worried about heat, more concerned with hail possibilities.
Wow, that pumpkin looks great! Thanks so much for linking up at Monday’s Menu Plan. I’m a big fan of homemade “mayo”, and I will definitely be trying this recipe!
This sounds sooo good! I also enjoyed your pictures! Looks like you had a wonderful time! 🙂
lol….. what are you doing to get pumpkins ready so soon??
I plan to pick up more eggs on Monday. It is so wonderful to be eating eggs again!
They just got off to a good start before things went dry. The rest aren’t that ready. Glad our eggs work for you.
I am sure drooling over that potato salad and my Honey Bunny is drooling over that car. Looks like you’al had a great party! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you again real soon. Hope you are having a great week!
Miz Helen