![]() You must roast your own red bell pepper, because the kind in the jar just doesn’t taste right. I can tell by the number of portions I ate while test-driving the recipe.Ĭoming mostly from a chef, though, the recipe has its complications. 27, when Brown hosts a massive party in Columbus called PotatoStock. The made-in-Canada side dish will be served again Sept. Then he presided over a public party that handed out Zack’s and Jack’s Potato Salad Canadiana. Lawrence Market learning the potato salad ropes from executive chef Adrian Whitfield. He spent a day at Jack Astor’s restaurant near the St. These are the crucial kitchen lessons that Zack “Danger” Brown (the $55,492 Kickstarter potato salad guy) learned when he jetted here from his Columbus, Ohio home. You can follow the Kickstarter Potato Salad campaign here.Īnd you can keep up-to-date on #Potatostock on Twitter.A good Canadian potato salad must start with Yukon Gold potatoes (developed at the University of Guelph, don’t you know) and be sweetened with our national elixir, maple syrup. Brown acknowledges their concerns, in an interview with Mashable, “I totally understand where they’re coming from … Internet history is littered with people who took a ton of money from the Internet and become villains, betrayed the trust of people online.”īut, Brown assures, “We’re not going to be that.” Some are decrying it, calling it a stunt, and a misuse of Kickstarter. Of course, not everybody sees this as a big bowl of fun. Or, perhaps they will all come to him, at what promises to be the world’s biggest potato salad party.Īnd already bands are offering to play Potatostock: (Other perks, depending on donation level, include Brown saying your name while making the potato salad, and a copy of a planned recipe book.) Just how Brown will get the bite of potato salad to all of those backers is a bridge he will have to burn when he comes to it. It’s true that nearly half of the backers have donated just $1.00 or $2.00, but that still leaves nearly 3000 people expecting to receive a bite of potato salad, and many of them live outside of the United States. In his Kickstarter campaign, Brown has promised everybody who has donated at least $3.00 that he will send them a bite of the Kickstarter Potato Salad. ![]() YOU IN?”Īnd Brown just announced that the Idaho potato association offered to donate all of the potatoes. Hellman’s tweeted to Brown that they want to donate all of the mayo he’ll need, saying “Hey We’re willing to donate ALL the mayo for your potato salad if you use Plus we have a chef in mind to help. Of course, as the Washington Post points out, Brown will need to turn a lot of that over to the tax authorities.Īnd that doesn’t include the donations that are now pouring in to the effort. At the time of the writing of this article, the Potato Salad capaign on Kickstarter had raise $46,958, with 21 days still to go. That may be how it started, but the Kickstarter Potato Salad campaign quickly went viral, and Brown’s $10 goal was exceeded many times over. Your tips via CashApp, Venmo, or Paypal are appreciated! Receipts will come from ISIPP. The Internet Patrol is completely free, and reader-supported.
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