The potato salad

The potato salad is one of the key symbols of Czech Christmas. Practically no Czech household can do without one on Christmas Eve. So, we wanted to know what a very average Czech Christmas potato salad looks like, or more precisely, what it consists of.

And this is the result:

* We were surprised that potatoes are not in 100% of potato salads. But it is a representative sample and as it is given, so it is written.

The potato salad can tell you a lot about the household

We discovered that the composition of potato salad tells a lot about the household.

For example, if you find pieces of apples in your potato salad, you are most likely in a wealthy household that is also well-insured. In addition, in such a household you can have a good conversation about politics at Christmas Eve dinner because in this household they follow it intensively.

If there is white yoghurt in the potato salad, it’s a clear sign that you are in a household that pays attention to a healthy lifestyle and is quite careful about what it eats and what ingredients it uses.

If you come across celeriac in the salad, you are probably visiting your grandparents (elderly parents), because this vegetable is mainly used by Czechs over 55 y.o. (and especially those over 65 y.o.).

On the contrary, with corn, you immediately know that you are in the household of the young, fresh generation, because those are people under 34 years of age who mainly add corn to the salad.

And one more geographical caveat. For reasons we don't even dare to speculate on, the following applies: The smaller the size of the place of residence, the more pepper and pieces of ham or sausages you will find in the salad.