Nothing tastes more like summer then Mom's Potato Salad!

The thing I remember the most

about this salad is the way she

dressed it up and the special bowl she served it in.

She loved to make her food look appetizing

and, oh boy, it was always so delicious.

After I was first married, I tried to

make my potato salad taste like hers.

Even though I used her dressing recipe,

there was something different.

Finally, I figured it out - she sauted the onions

just until soft and transparent....this totally

gave it that "mom" flavour.

Another "trick" I learned from someone who does

a lot of catering and makes a wonderful

potato salad is - quarter the potatoes and

boil till tender - leaving the skins on.

When fork tender, drain and cool slightly.

Peel the potatoes while still warm - the skins

slide right off!!!

No wasted potato and it's so much faster to peel.

Mom’s Potato Salad

This is exactly how she wrote out the recipe:

4 Cups Vinegar (3/4 Cup vinegar and fill rest of cup with water)

4 Cups Boiling Water

4 Eggs – beaten

4 Cups White Sugar

8 Dessert Spoons of Flour

2 tsp. salt

Boil ½ the recipe if you like but it will keep a long time in frig.

Boil until thick – when done add butter (size of an egg).

Cut boiled potatoes as you like them.  Add cold hard boiled eggs, celery, cream, all-purpose seasoning, and prepared mustard.  Add onions – onions may be fried in butter before.  Sauce may be heated before to put on potatoes.  Trim with parsley and carrots on top.

I used 5 lbs. potatoes, 7 hard boiled eggs, 1 sweet onion - sauted, 2 celery sticks finely chopped, parsley, chopped radishes, and 1/2 of the dressing recipe.  Instead of adding cream to the dressing, I added about 1 Cup of mayonnaise, some dillweed, salt and pepper (instead of the all-purpose seasoning), and a generous squirt of prepared mustard.  This makes enough for at least 12-15 people!

Mom always garnished the top of the salad with hard boiled eggs, finely grated carrot, chopped parsley, chopped celery with their tender leaves, and radishes.  Paprika was always sprinkled on the egg slices. I wish I had taken a picture of how she put it together but it sort of resembled this one.

Till next time ..... enjoy the first weekend of summer!