Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mom's potato salad. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Drain the potatoes, and place in the refrigerator to cool. This old-fashioned potato salad recipe doesn't have many ingredients, so it isn't as colorful as many that you find nowadays. But Mama made it the way her mother did, and that's the way I still make it today.
Mom's Potato Salad is only one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mom's Potato Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mom's potato salad using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mom's Potato Salad:
- Get 1 tbs Frenchs Mustard
- Take 2 cups Best Foods Mayo
- Make ready 5 lbs potatoes (1/2 sack)
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbs salt
- Prepare 1 tsp ground pepper
- Prepare 1 cup celery, fine chopped
- Get 1/2 cup sweet pickles, fine chopped
- Get 8 Large eggs hard boiled, fine chopped
- Take 1/2 cup green onions (chives), fine chopped
- Take 1/3 tsp paprika
A big bowl with lots of potatoes, celery, onion, egg, and pickles in a coating of mayonnaise and mustard. My mom's potato salad is better than your mom's potato salad. There, I said it and I'm not taking it back! wink Seriously though, my mother has magical abilities in the art of potato salad making. Better yet I love my MOM's potato salad.
Instructions to make Mom's Potato Salad:
- Tools: extra large pot, med mixing bowel, whip, paring knife, chopping knife, extra large server bowl, salad sever spoon.
- Boil peeled potatoes in pot until soft, but not mushy. Check often with a fork. About 50-60 min cook time. Let stand 10 min, drain, set aside 30 min.
- Boil eggs, peel, fine chop six eggs. Add to potatoes, do not stir yet. Fine chop your pickles, celery and onions. Add to potatoes and eggs. Mix all together.
- In a separate small mixing bowel, add your mustard and mayo with salt, pepper, dash of paprika, mix and or whip well. Add to potato salad mix. Mix well. Garnish with two sliced hard boiled eggs, chives, and a dash of paprika. Optional: sliced black olives, fresh purple onion flowers (see pic)
Get outta here with that store bought stuff. I won't touch that with a ten foot pole (my grandmother used to always use that phrase!)! There's just something about moms that is just, well, perfect. So I had her give me her tips and tricks so that I. Mom's Mashed Potato Salad Mom's Mashed Potato Salad.
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