Tatara - Poteto - Sarada

This is a recipe for potato salad, Japanese-style, from my friend, Tatara-san.

Potato Salad ingredients:
-4-5 potatoes
-mayonaisse
-1 cucumber
-dash of salt

Garnishes:
-3 boiled eggs
-ham
-apple

1. Peel potatoes, and put in a pot. Fill so the potatoes are just submerged/floating. Boil like crazy.
2. Take out excess water and keep in a cup (you might use it later if the potatoes are too dry). Let the potatoes cool. (In summer, setting them down in front of your fan will help cool them down faster.)
3. Slice your cucumber very thinly. (I use a mandolin, but watch your fingertips!) Put in a bowl with a dash of salt, toss to cover the cucumber evenly, and set aside.
4. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, put in mayo to taste. Squeeze cucumber out over the sink to get rid of excess water, and put in with the potato. Squish with your hands, yay! (Or, if you don't find squishing things with your hands as fun as I do [stay away from handmade gyoza (pot stickers) then], stir with a fork.)
5. Good garnishes: apples sliced incredibly thinly and small go well mixed into the salad if you want a sweeter potato salad. Ham (lunch meat style), sliced thinly, is also delicious. Mashed up boiled eggs go well on top, or with the whites chopped and mixed into the salad and the yolks mashed and sprinkled on top.