Why do I roast potatoes instead of boiling them for potato salad? Try this little experiment in your kitchen and you will see why I do that. Boil a cubed potato, then look into the pot of water afterwards. You will see that a lot of the potato leached into the water. The water will have a lot of potato aroma and flavor. The water will look milky and have a higher viscosity than it did before. That is why I don't like to boil my potatoes for potato salad. I prefer to roast them and leave all that potato flavor inside the potato, where it belongs.
