Doctoring Up Side Dishes

motoeric · 07-01-2008, 01:55 PM

Hi,

I'm not sure how I got wrangled into this, but I'm going to be doctoring up some pre-purchased food for the 4th of July family thing we're doing. I would have preferred to make them from scratch, but whatcha gonna do?

Any thoughts on stepping up store bought potato salad (I was thinking of adding dried mustard, bacon and hard boiled eggs) or baked beans?

Thanks,

Eric

LMAJ · 07-01-2008, 02:02 PM

Beans cry out for the Kerri treatment......

Blackshirt · 07-01-2008, 02:11 PM

I'll second the vote for Keri's Beans

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...07&postcount=9

AlbuQue · 07-01-2008, 02:36 PM

Oh yeah, Keri's beans for sure! I took the two giant cans of Bush Beans my church had bought for a volunteer appreciation meal and made Keri's beans out of them for 120 people and they couldn't stop talking about them! Everybody thinks I'm a master chef now!

Jax191 · 07-01-2008, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by motoeric

Hi,

I'm not sure how I got wrangled into this, but I'm going to be doctoring up some pre-purchased food for the 4th of July family thing we're doing. I would have preferred to make them from scratch, but whatcha gonna do?

Any thoughts on stepping up store bought potato salad (I was thinking of adding dried mustard, bacon and hard boiled eggs) or baked beans?

Thanks,

Eric

Tough to say without tasting the actual salad. Even some simple stuff like fresh parsley sprinkled on top, or maybe some chives would go a long way. I find that I can add some pepper and garlic to just about anything storebought to jazz it up.

I like to add burnt ends to my beans (like the Jackstack recipe), but any sort of meat will kick it up. Liquid smoke too if you can't get reall smoke to them.

bbqbull · 07-01-2008, 03:11 PM

We use celery seed in our tater salad.
My grandmother always used it in her homemade salad and we still use it today.
Some paprika on top for color is another thought.
Good luck and let us know how things turned out.

Jorge · 07-01-2008, 03:23 PM

mayo or mustard potatoe salad? Besides a little paprika, you can add some sweet and dill pickle. If you want to add a little crunch or texture you can add some celery. And, as bbqbull suggested I like to add some celery seed to the top before serving.

thillin · 07-01-2008, 05:02 PM

I sprinkle rub on my potatoe salad. In a rush, you can spruce up beans with bbq sauce, chopped meat and rub.

BTW, I've become a fan of Paula Dean's potatoe salad. Starts by adding bacon grease to the water to boil the potatoes.

motoeric · 07-01-2008, 07:10 PM

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm gonna give that apple pie filling a shot with the beans. Sounds too crazy to not be good.

It's mayo based potato salad, btw.

Eric

Norcoredneck · 07-02-2008, 02:52 AM

If you do the Keri C beans make extra! They are the Bomb.

blue ox · 07-02-2008, 07:06 AM

Along with the other things mentioned I like putting sliced jalepenos in potato salad, the pickled kind you put on nachos. But not everyone likes everything spicy like me.

Smokin Gator · 07-02-2008, 07:17 AM

I doctored up potato salad for the first time for a catering job over Memorial Day. It was the red potato salad from Sam's. I added diced celery, chopped hard boiled eggs, a little dry yellow mustard, a little vinegar, a little horseradish, and some ground black pepper. It was very good!!

If you have the time/ingredients to make Keri's beans they will be the hit of the party for sure.

Bigmista · 07-02-2008, 08:36 AM

If you get the red potato salad from Costco, you won't have to doctor it. Otherwise, add some yellow mustard, celery seed, cayenne and white pepper (just a little) and some sweet pickle relish.

07-01-2008, 01:55 PM	#1
motoeric Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-07-06 Location: huntington, ny	Doctoring Up Side Dishes Hi, I'm not sure how I got wrangled into this, but I'm going to be doctoring up some pre-purchased food for the 4th of July family thing we're doing. I would have preferred to make them from scratch, but whatcha gonna do? Any thoughts on stepping up store bought potato salad (I was thinking of adding dried mustard, bacon and hard boiled eggs) or baked beans? Thanks, Eric __________________ Smoke Signals Current Issue A BBQ Brethren Publication 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Exodus 12:9

07-01-2008, 02:02 PM	#2
LMAJ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa	Beans cry out for the Kerri treatment...... __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1300 Timberline 5/26/17 1 18.5 WSM Super Fast BLUE and REDThermopen 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault

07-01-2008, 02:11 PM	#3
Blackshirt Got Wood. Join Date: 11-28-07 Location: Grand Rapids, MI	I'll second the vote for Keri's Beans http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...07&postcount=9 __________________ [FONT=Trebuchet MS]~Michael[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][B][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=Blue]Certified MOINK Baller [COLOR=Red]SuperFast RED ThermaPen[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/FONT][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium] [/FONT]

07-01-2008, 02:36 PM	#4
AlbuQue Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-23-08 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Oh yeah, Keri's beans for sure! I took the two giant cans of Bush Beans my church had bought for a volunteer appreciation meal and made Keri's beans out of them for 120 people and they couldn't stop talking about them! Everybody thinks I'm a master chef now! __________________ [FONT=Comic Sans MS][B][I]Mick Schmidty[/I][/B][/FONT] They call me "Smiley" :-P UDS 1 Super-Fast [COLOR=blue][B][U]Blue[/U][/B][/COLOR] Thermopen on order

07-01-2008, 03:11 PM	#6
bbqbull Watching over us. Join Date: 12-27-05 Location: Mid Michigan	We use celery seed in our tater salad. My grandmother always used it in her homemade salad and we still use it today. Some paprika on top for color is another thought. Good luck and let us know how things turned out. __________________ "You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." "I wish my mind could forget what my eyes have seen. :shocked:" "Heavily medicated for your protection. :doh:" Klose Mobile Pit Klose Owners Reccomended Pit Cookshack Smokette Gasser Little Chief Smoker Large BGE Gifted to me my Pit Barrel Smoker :mrgreen::clap:[URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"][/URL]

07-01-2008, 03:23 PM	#7
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx	mayo or mustard potatoe salad? Besides a little paprika, you can add some sweet and dill pickle. If you want to add a little crunch or texture you can add some celery. And, as bbqbull suggested I like to add some celery seed to the top before serving. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa Keeping Valspar in BBQ, one cook at a time. Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!

07-01-2008, 05:02 PM	#8
thillin somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-21-04 Location: Keller, Texas	I sprinkle rub on my potatoe salad. In a rush, you can spruce up beans with bbq sauce, chopped meat and rub. BTW, I've become a fan of Paula Dean's potatoe salad. Starts by adding bacon grease to the water to boil the potatoes. __________________ Med Spicewine-adopted 3/13/10 *CL Score* 2 Large BGEs(pimped out w/Thirdeye Eggcessories)-hatched 6/4/07 & 4/20/11 Med BGE-adopted 2/2/08 *CL Score* -SOLD Mini BGE-adopted 1/31/08 *CL Score* Traeger 075-adopted 12/3/11 CL Score Weber 1 touch *CL Score* Weber Spirit 500 *CL Score* Weber Smokey Joe Silver *CL Score* BLUE & RED Thermapens Klose 20x42-SOLD Paddlin Pigs BBQ Ty

07-01-2008, 07:10 PM	#9
motoeric Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-07-06 Location: huntington, ny	Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm gonna give that apple pie filling a shot with the beans. Sounds too crazy to not be good. It's mayo based potato salad, btw. Eric __________________ Smoke Signals Current Issue A BBQ Brethren Publication 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Exodus 12:9

07-02-2008, 02:52 AM	#10
Norcoredneck somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-11-06 Location: Norco, Ca.	If you do the Keri C beans make extra! They are the Bomb. __________________ *Low and Slow.....* *The Prontologist is in...* *Ok let's see your Butt!*

07-02-2008, 07:06 AM	#11
blue ox Got Wood. Join Date: 03-30-06 Location: Stockton, CA	Along with the other things mentioned I like putting sliced jalepenos in potato salad, the pickled kind you put on nachos. But not everyone likes everything spicy like me.

07-02-2008, 07:17 AM	#12
Smokin Gator Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-01-06 Location: Fernandina Beach FL	I doctored up potato salad for the first time for a catering job over Memorial Day. It was the red potato salad from Sam's. I added diced celery, chopped hard boiled eggs, a little dry yellow mustard, a little vinegar, a little horseradish, and some ground black pepper. It was very good!! If you have the time/ingredients to make Keri's beans they will be the hit of the party for sure. __________________ [SIZE="2"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Food! It's the second most important thing to a young man, and the most important to an old one.[/FONT][/SIZE] ______________________________________________ -Brent Smokin Gators BBQ Team Medium Amazin' Blue Spicewine - It's a Swamp Thing UDS Large BGE - Adopted Medium BGE - Adopted Weber 22 inch w/mods Weber SJP Stoker Weber Genesis Silver C Gasser Constant wood lurker FBA CBJ

07-02-2008, 08:36 AM	#13
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	If you get the red potato salad from Costco, you won't have to doctor it. Otherwise, add some yellow mustard, celery seed, cayenne and white pepper (just a little) and some sweet pickle relish. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

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