mom saler's potatoe salad

(2 RATINGS)
64 Pinches
Carlsbad, NM
Updated on Feb 25, 2010

I have submitted this recipe just as Mom Saler wrote it. She was the best cook in the world. I can just see her now, in her apron and hair net mixing all the ingredients by hand in a big tub..

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Ingredients

  • 5 pounds potatoes
  • - eggs, hard boiled 1 egg for each potatoe
  • - onion to taste
  • 1 teaspoon celery seed
  • - sweet pickles
  • - miracle whip
  • - pickle juice (sweet)
  • - salt to taste

How To Make mom saler's potatoe salad

  • Step 1
    Boil or Microwave potatoes and allow to cool completely. Peel and chop. Boil Eggs and allow to cool completely, peel and chop
  • Step 2
    In Large container, mix potatoes, onions, salt, celery seed, pickles and Miracle Whip
  • Step 3
    Add Pickle Juice to desired consistency. Add chopped eggs.
  • Step 4
    At this point, you may need to add additional salt, pickle juice and/or Miracle Whip. Keep tasting until its right.
  • Step 5
    By the time you finish, you'll have eaten your portion of Potatoe Salad !!! This is still one of my family's favorites

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