Halloween Potato Salad Recipe

Hello - picnics are about being outdoors and eating delicious food, but there's always that tiny horror of something crawling into the sandwiches. This is a cheeky Halloween potato salad: a simple, tasty potato salad with chopped chives to suggest mould and crunchy puffed rice standing in for maggots - all perfectly edible and ideal for a bit of harmless gross-out fun at a spooky picnic. For less spooky versions, browse my potato salad recipes.

Maggot Infested Potato Salad

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes (if using already cooked potatoes)

• 1kg/2.2lbs potatoes, peeled and boiled
• 100g/3.5ozs. finely chopped onion
• 150g/5ozs. mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
• 1/4 red onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup puffed rice
• Salt and pepper for seasoning

Step 1 - Cut the potatoes into bite sized pieces. Mix gently with the onion, mayonnaise, chives and onion and season with salt and pepper. Before serving, add puffed rice (this will get soft over time).