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Macaroni salad

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Macaroni salad, also called mac salad, is a type of pasta salad served cold and made with cooked elbow macaroni, usually prepared with mayonnaise. It is often served as a side dish to barbecue, fried chicken or other picnic-style dishes, much like potato salad or coleslaw, and is generally made with raw diced onions, dill or sweet pickles and celery, seasoned with salt and pepper, though national and regional variations abound. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Side Dish 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Christmas Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
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New Year Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
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Uses Ingredient

Celery, Ingredients
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Macaroni, Ingredients
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Mayonnaise, Ingredients
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Onion, Ingredients
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1. Macaroni salad (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Macaroni salad is a type of pasta salad also referred to as "mac salad", served cold, made with cooked elbow macaroni and usually prepared with mayonnaise. Much like potato salad or coleslaw in its use, it is often served as a side dish to barbecue, fried chicken, or other picnic-style dishes. Like any dish, national and regional variations abound but generally it is prepared with raw diced onions, dill or sweet pickles and celery and seasoned with salt and pepper.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_salad (dietary-suitability)
    Much like potato salad or coleslaw in its use, it is often served as a side dish to barbecue, fried chicken, or other picnic-style dishes.
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox main_ingredient field: Macaroni, usually mayonnaise, onions, pickles, celery
  • Uses Ingredient: Celery, Infobox main_ingredient field: Macaroni, usually mayonnaise, onions, pickles, celery
  • Uses Ingredient: Mayonnaise, Infobox main_ingredient field: Macaroni, usually mayonnaise, onions, pickles, celery
  • Uses Ingredient: Macaroni, Infobox main_ingredient field: Macaroni, usually mayonnaise, onions, pickles, celery
  • Expresses Tradition: Christmas Feast Traditions, Article body
    It is commonly consumed during holidays such as Christmas and New Year's Day, as well as parties and gatherings.
  • Expresses Tradition: New Year Feast Traditions, Article body
    It is commonly consumed during holidays such as Christmas and New Year's Day, as well as parties and gatherings.
  • In Group: Pasta and Potato Salads, Lead paragraph
    Macaroni salad is a type of pasta salad also referred to as "mac salad", served cold, made with cooked elbow macaroni and usually prepared with mayonnaise.
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