Potato salad

[CathyS]

How do you make yours?

Dh wants me to make the potato salad. I have boiled potatoes which will cool overnight and boiled eggs that will cool overnight as well.

[Lady Maverick]

I don't have a recipe. I just add things until the potato salad tastes the way we like it.

Potatoes
Hard-boiled eggs
Dill relish
Sweet relish
miracle whip
mustard
Finely Chopped Onion. DH and I love raw onions but if I'm making potato salad that will be eaten by others then I just add a little ground onion powder.
Finely Chopped Celery

DH prefers potato salad freshly made when it is still warm. He doesn't like it cold. Weird, huh?

[Nancy]

I use mayo instead of miracle whip.
Adding bacon is a hit.
And 1 T. Ranch dressing.

[Harmony]

I don't have a recipe either, I just know how it looks as I add stuff. And the way I make it, this recipe is too late, but here goes.

I cook the potatoes and peel and cut them up. While they're still warm I marinate them in a little french dressing and put them in the refrigerator. After a bit when they're cool I add chopped celery, some bacon pieces, pimento, olives chopped up and the hard boiled eggs chopped up. I use whatever mayo I have on hand but I put some olive oil and some apple vinegar salt and pepper and mix it up into a dressing...if it's a bit sour a pinch or 2 of sugar fixes that. Mix it all up and chill overnight or at least a few hours. It's the way my DMom made it except for the olive oil and vinegar. I read that in a cookbook once. People always ask me what the orange-y color is (from the french dressing) because it's unusual. It keeps the potatoes from getting that "cold potato" taste.

[CathyS]

Hi!

I'm actually making a potato salad right now, so I thought I'd look for the recipe. Much to my surprise, I actually found it! Just waiting for the potatoes to cool down.