Potato Salad

[tamouse]

The great Garrison Keillor opines that no one should buy potato salad from the store -- everyone should know how to make it. And he's right, potato salad is so dead easy that it can be done by anyone.

Ingredients

• 2 large potatoes, peeled, 1/2 inch cubes


• 2 jumbo eggs, hard boiled*


• 1/4 cup diced celery


• 2 tbsp sweet pickle relish


• 1-2 tbsp yellow mustard


• 4 tbsp mayo or Miracle Whip


• salt & pepper to taste


• a dash of paprika


• a dash of curry powder

Directions

1. boil potatoes until soft but firm (about 20 minutes). Rinse in cool water.


2. mash eggs


3. Drain potatoes (they should be no more than room temperature)


4. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and thoroughly mix together. Cover and refridgerate until ready to use (at least 2 hours).

* I hope someone has told everyone how to hard boil an egg!

Comments

[tameiki]

Your recipe looks yummy and very nearly like the one I use. We prefer a "not sweet" version so instead of using sweet pickle relish, we use the dill pickle relish. Change the curry powder to a heavy dash of dill and you have a whole different flavor :)

Thanks for sharing!

[tamouse]

I have done this with dill relish as well, and even thrown in the dash of either crushed dill seed or dill weed instead of the curry powder. My family's taste tends to favour the sweeter variety so that's what I usually do.

But, yeah!! This is such an easy recipe, it can be a springboard for all kinds of shenanigans. If you're just a beginning cook, this is an easy place to start experimenting! Paprika, pimento, chopped green olives, no eggs, tofu for the adventurous, different kinds of potatoes (blue potato salad, anyone?), red onions, green onions, chili powder, ... -- you can go wild here!

[tameiki]

Okay, now you've done it. You've made me hungry and I just finished eating dinner! Lol.