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Old Fashioned Potato Salad Recipe

Old fashioned potato saladI love homemade potato salad!  It’s one of our Easter meal must have side dishes.  Where as Jason’s grandma Doodle would usually purchase the potato salad for Easter, I always make it from scratch just like my mom made it.  Well, it’s how I remember my mom making it.  Through the years I’ve made changes and additions of my own.  I didn’t even realize it until Mom helped me make it one day!  I guess recipes tend to change over time just like gossip does! 

Ingredients:
6 medium potatoes, boiled
3 hard boiled eggs
3/4 cup real mayonnaise
1/3 cup dill pickle relish
  1 tablespoon mustard
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon Lawry’s season salt
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
salt and pepper to taste
  paprika

Peeling potatoesPeeling the potatoes is a great way to get the kids involved.  I remember peeling lots of potatoes when I was a kid, and it was always a fun job! 

Homemade potato salad ingredientsAssemble ingredients.  Peel and chop potatoes.  I use a grater for the hard boiled eggs.  It’s how Mom always did it. 

Mix potato saladGently fold in all the ingredients except paprika to the chopped potatoes and eggs.  My mom always chops up dill pickle slices.  I admit that I do like the chunkier pickles in the potato salad, but when I weigh the time to chop them verses spooning in dill relish…I go with the relish!  I don’t remember if she used chopped onions, but I love the dried minced onion.  It gives it a great flavor without that chomping into a raw onion experience.  

Old Fashioned Potato SaladSprinkle potato salad with paprika.  Serve and enjoy. 

potato salad

For occasions like Easter I always make it the day before and refrigerate it!

Esther

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11 Comments Filed Under: Food Tagged: cooking

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  1. frieda says

    May 14, 2014 at 9:36 am

    I still make potato salad almost like you do. I chopped the dill pickles back when you were home because I don’t think I knew about dill pickle relish back then, or maybe it was more expensive. I agree that chapped pickles are better, but I use relish for thesame reason you do. I grated the eggs because some of the family don’t like to eat pieces of egg. I use real onion, but I grate that also because I feel the same way you do about chewing raw onions. I don’t think I ever tried dried onions, but will do so next time I make potato salad.

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  2. frieda says

    May 14, 2014 at 9:38 am

    I forgot to say that unlike you, I never measured anything, just put in what looked about right. But I don’t make potato salad very often now and am not as good at judging as I once was. I’ll keep your recipe.

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  3. Emma says

    September 16, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    Finally! The exact same potato salad my mother made and her mother before her (born in 1894, by the way). We called it Southern potato salad and its the absolute best and only one I will tolerate on my holiday table. Thank you for the recipe so that others can recreate it and pass it on in their family.

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    • EstherIrish says

      September 16, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Thank you! You totally made my day! 🙂

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  4. Juanita says

    November 18, 2016 at 12:23 am

    How many does this recipe serve?

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  5. Jane says

    December 12, 2016 at 8:16 am

    This is very good. I will make it again. I had been looking for a better potato salad and now I have found it. Thank you..

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  6. Melanie Dunn says

    September 3, 2018 at 10:20 am

    Funny, but this is exactly how my mom taught ME to make potato salad, too!

    😉

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    • EstherIrish says

      September 4, 2018 at 2:23 pm

      Why am I not surprised??? lol Love it!

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  7. Melanie Dunn says

    September 5, 2018 at 6:02 pm

    LOL!

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  8. Ree Dowdle says

    April 26, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    I make my potato salad the same way, I use dill relish and I use some celery
    seed and the dried onion. It’s a very delicious potato salad.

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    • EstherIrish says

      April 27, 2019 at 4:05 pm

      It is my favorite!! I’ve never added celery seed before. I’ll have to try it.

      Reply

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