my mom's potato salad

Name: My Mom's Potato Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 pound(s) potatoes; 1 large onion; 8 large eggs; 1 jar(s) pickles, sweet, dill, or bread n butter; 1/2 jar(s) miracle whip or mayo; 3 tablespoon(s) vinegar; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) milk; 1 tablespoon(s) mustard

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Zelda Hopkins

Webb City, MO

Updated on May 20, 2013

My Mom always made her potato salad this way. It was simple and to the point but it was always good and always better the longer it set. I wanted to share part of my Mother with Cindy and her husband. It was a tribute to my Mother. Hope you like it.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Stove Top

yield Serves 8

Ingredients

5 pounds potatoes
1 large onion
8 large eggs
1 jar pickles, sweet, dill, or bread n butter
1/2 jar miracle whip or mayo
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon mustard

How To Make my mom's potato salad

Step 1

Peel potatoes and boil for approximately 25 minutes. [we used white but you can use your choice] Boil eggs for 5 minutes, let cool then peel. Chop onion and 5 pickles. Mash potatoes and add onion and 6 eggs. Mix together miracle whip, vinegar, sugar, mustard, and milk. Then mix in potato mixture. Add slices of eggs to top for decoration. [taste mixture of dressing to see if it is to your liking, if not adjust to your taste]
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