Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Recipe: Mary's Potato Salad

I make my potato salad a little different than other people do because I like a lot of pickle in it. Ken told me it should be called pickle salad. 


First thing you do is boil 5 lbs of red potatoes until they are soft but not too soft. You want them to stand up to being mixed with the other ingredients. Once boiled, put in cool water for 3-4 minutes and then drain. If you leave them in the water too long they will get mushy. Put the potatoes in the fridge for 2 hours until cool. 

Once completely cooled, take then out and cut into large chunks. Bigger chunks stand up better to being mixed. I cut each potato into 4 or 6 pieces. 


Slice one can of whole black olives and set aside. 

Dice 2 Claussen Kosher Dill pickles and set aside. 

Pour out 1/2 cup of pickle juice from the pickle jar into measuring cup ad set aside. 

You will also need 1/2 cup of mayonnaise. 

Add all of the ingredients to a large pot and mix using a large plastic spoon. 

Of course you can leave out the pickle juice if you don't like it with that much pickle but that's one of the things that I really like bout this recipe. 

Do you have a favorite potato salad recipe? 

15 comments:

  1. I have never had potato salad in my life. Gonna have one this weekend. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  2. I always like the additions (olives, pickles and hard boiled eggs) better than the potatoes.

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    1. I like all those things too but I love potatoes.

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  3. I love potato salad but I've never tried it with those ingredients. It looks and sounds yummy!

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    1. My family loves this recipe. It didn't last long around here.

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  4. I'm a fan of all things potato, so this sounds like a good one to try. I love pickles, too, but they have to be sour. I'm not a fan of kosher or sweet pickles. Great post! Hugs...

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    1. These are sour pickles. I'm not a fan of sweet pickles either.

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  5. Potatoes are one of my most hated foods

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    1. I had to laugh at this because I'm not a fan either, plus I hate pancakes, so we should go out to eat together!

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  6. I don't have a favorite

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  7. Looks like a great recipe:)

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  8. I love pickles, but I never thought of putting more in potato salad. Great idea!

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  9. Potato salad is one I always WANT to eat but just can't usually since mayo is off my list. Olives too. lol I'm such a difficult vegetarian!

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