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Lobster Potato Salad

Lobster and potatoes together, sort of screams P.E.I. doesn't it?

Ingredients:

• 2 cups broken cooked lobster meat(may substitute frozen or canned)
• 2 cups cold diced potatoes
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp horseradish
• 1 tsp salt (taste)
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp dry mustard

For garnish

• lettuce
• hard cooked eggs
• pickle fans
• small amount of lobster
  

Instructions:

Put lobster in a bowl.

Add potatoes and onions and toss lightly.

Mix mayonnaise,lemon juice, horseradish, salt pepper, dry mustard, and garlic powder. Pour over lobster mixture. Toss lightly again.

Cover and chill.

Line bowl with lettuce at serving time and pour in salad mixture.

Garnish with lobster claws, egg wedges and pickle fans.

Serves 4-6 but not large portions.

To Make Pickle Fans: Cut small gherkins into thin slices from one end to the other, nearly but not through to the other side. Spread slices into fan shape.

Geraldine Glencross lives in New Haven, and like most Islander sees plenty of visitors through the summer.

One of the ways to make sure everyone has a taste of lobster is to stretch it with a recipe like lobster potato salad.

Geraldine adds a few ingredients to put some zip in this recipe.