"Wayne" > wrote in message
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> _Traditional_, mayonnaise-based potato salad...what do you put in it?
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> Celery?
> Celery Seed?
> Sweet Pickles or Dill Pickles or both or not at all?
> Stuffed Olives?
> Hardboiled eggs?
> Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip or maybe homemade boiled dressing?
> Sour Cream?
> Mustard?
> Onion or Scallions or not at all?
> Fresh parsley?
> Fresh dill?
> Lots of dressing or just to coat or somewhere in between?
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> What's your favorite? Recipes? I make mine up as I go along. :-)

After a long time of making potato salad many different ways, it's now
become pretty standardized for me. I use russet potatoes boiled in their
skins. I peel and dice them them when they have cooled to a lukewarm stage.
I used to wait until they were completely cooled or refrigerated but I found
that the potatoes absorb more flavor from the other ingredients if you mix
everything while they are still a bit warm.

I add salt, pepper, finely chopped onion, celery, bell pepper, parsley,
celery seed, dried dill weed and a little Heinz relish. The dressing is half
mayonnaise and half sour cream, a bit more than just enough to coat it when
mixed. The optional ingredient is mustard, either dijon or regular, but if I
add any it is a very small amount. My *never* ingredients are eggs and
Miracle Whip.