macaroni or potato salad, it's a southern thang

Ingredients For macaroni or potato salad, it's a southern thang

• 2

  16 oz. boxes of jumbo macaroni or penne pasta
• 1

  large onion, finely chopped
• 1

  lg. green pepper, chopped kind of small
• 6

  stalks of celery, slit down the middle and chopped
• 1

  dozen hard boiled eggs, minus yolks
• 1

  medium cucumber, seeded and finely chopped
• dressing:
• 2 1/2

  cups mayonnaise
• 1/2

  cup plus 2 tbsp. sweet pickle juice
• 1/2

  cup plus 1 tbsp. yellow mustard
• 3

  tbsp. sweet pickle relish
• 1

  tsp. apple cider vinegar