In this potato salad, there are potatoes. Because somewhere between Rosie the Riveter and the Melania documentary, Brenda’s goddamn potato salad became her one opportunity to leave a mark on civilization. That’s potato salad. I walked into the kitchen and saw Carol scraping potato salad from the Wegmans tub into the bowl she’d soon claim as her own. Q: How long has this potato salad been sitting out?