As always, my mind is turning to what to contribute to the Christmass dinner.
I am thinking a potato salad. Not one of these things that look like white bricks cemented by cum.
Think new season, small, yellow-fleshed waxy potatoes, steamed in jackets until just this side of completely cooked. Cool, toss in butter, sprinkle with paprika. I will make some sort of green salad to put the potatoes on, pour over dressing just before serving. I am thinking of dressing this up with some of the superb WA sardines, either bought already cooked and marinated, or cook the sardines myself with fennel seed or fennel bulb sliced thinly (some of this can go in the green salad too.) Place sardines radiating out from the salad, with a dill gherkin in between.
Now, that's what I call a potato salad! Will need a huge plate to put it all on.