A holiday favorite in my family for generations. Shown with optional bacon. Serves one if my sister’s ex is in the room.
- Petit Pois or New Baby Peas – 1 or 2 cans
- Diced Celery – about equal amount to peas
- Black pepper
- Salt (I use pink Himalayan lately) – no more than a pinch or two, really
- Mayonnaise
- Vinegar – white or rice, a teaspoon or so
Optional
- Minced Garlic – a teaspoon or so to taste
- Diced onion or sliced green onion
- Chopped bacon, cooked to a crisp
- Paprika instead of black pepper (adds a slight brown tinge, but doesn’t seem to bother anyone)
- Drain peas thoroughly.
- Put peas and celery in medium mixing bowl.
- Add optional garlic, onion, and/or bacon.
- Stir in mayonnaise sparingly. A tablespoon at a time.
- Stir until mixed evenly. Add a little more mayonnaise if it still looks dry. “Oops, that was too much,” is what I usually say at this time.
- Add vinegar and pepper or paprika a pinch at a time. Add a touch of salt if you think it needs it (takes very little and any bacon usually provides enough saltiness.
- Mix evenly.
- Drain off excess moisture and serve.
I wonder at your use of very little salt. Peas and celery are fairly plain and bland, and salt would wake them up a bit. I’m going to guess that your canned peas are packed in a brine, and this is why you don’t need much/any additional salt.
I’m not advocating for lots of salt, to be clear. I’m not a fan of a whole lot of salt. I haven’t used a salt shaker at the dinner table for several decades. when preparing food I do salt dishes that I make from whole ingredients, because it is necessary. Almost all restaurant food is over salted to my tastes. When I watch a cooking show and one of the judges complains that the dish is ‘bland’ I am pretty much of the opinion that these guys blow out their taste buds with overly salted food constantly, and that’s why they think that normally salted food is too bland for them.
I leave the final seasoning to the diner. I’m not personally fond of a lot of salt, but the Sriracha bottle is never far from hand.
Have either of you tried Chicken Salt?
Also, people who claim that you should partake zero salt are idiots: you need salt, instead of getting rid of all salt, learn moderation
Mum sometimes gets nasty cramp in her feet and legs, and she finds a pinch of salt helps