Recipe(tried): The Trick to Making Macaroni Salad - It Works!!!

The Trick to Making Macaroni Salad
Source: Cathy in Texas

This really works. Give it a try, you will be amazed how your salad is the day after. I do it all the time.

elbow macaroni -- cooked/drained/rinse
now see the tip in directions

The trick to macaroni salad is NOT to mix it up right after you cook the macaroni.

If you do, no matter how much you rinse, cool, and drain the macaroni, it will soak up the sauce you put on it, and get sticky after it sits. After you cook your macaroni, rinse it until cool, then put in a bowl with about a cup of water, cover it with shrink wrap, and put it in the frig until the next day, stirring or shaking several times in the meantime to "unstick" the pieces and coat them with the water.

Then you can drain any liquid on the bottom and add other ingredients and the sauce you like. After this "sitting" time, it will remain the consistency you like--slicky instead of sticky.

Copied by Tom Shunick 9/6/2000