potato salad
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potato salad
A salad made from boiled potatoes, prepared depending on the region with mayonnaise or a vinegar-and-oil vinaigrette, as well as other ingredients such as onions, cucumbers, or bacon.
Zu den Würstchen gibt es heute selbstgemachten Kartoffelsalat.
Today we're having homemade potato salad with the sausages.
This word is made up of 'Kartoffel' (potato; plural: Kartoffeln) and 'Salat' (salad). So it is literally a salad made from potatoes.
Bringst du bitte den Kartoffelsalat zur Grillparty mit?
Could you please bring the potato salad to the barbecue party?
There are two very well-known ways of preparing it in Germany. In southern Germany, potato salad is often made with vinegar and oil, while in northern Germany preparation with mayonnaise is common.
Zum Schnitzel esse ich am liebsten schwäbischen Kartoffelsalat mit Brühe.
With schnitzel, I like Swabian potato salad with broth best.
Kartoffelsalat (potato salad) is often served as a side dish. Typical phrases are therefore 'Kartoffelsalat zu etwas essen' (to eat potato salad with something) or 'Kartoffelsalat zum Grillen' (potato salad for a barbecue).
An Heiligabend gibt es bei uns traditionell Würstchen mit Kartoffelsalat.
On Christmas Eve, we traditionally have sausages with potato salad.