I don't know how to make potato salad using 4 or 5 potatoes. When I make it
we always have a crowd & need a lot. So I use about five lb.. potatoes,
peeled & cut up for boiling. I use about 2-3 bunches green onions,(
chopped ) five or six dill pickles, ( chopped ) & about 6-8 boiled eggs (
peeled & chopped, I like large pieces ). About 3/4 cup of mayonnaise and a
half cup mustard, I pour about 2 Tbs. vinegar into this mixture. If you
don't need this much salad, just cut every thing down. You will have to test
your salad to see if it is too dry, ( better to be a little too dry than too
moist ). If it is too dry add more mayonnaise & mustard. Not much you can do
except add more potatoes if you get it too moist. I know this is not a
standard recipe out of a cook book, but it has worked for me and I always
get asked to bring my potato salad to events. I even like to add green
olives to mine. Some like pimentos, I don't. My salad turns out yellow &
tart. Some people make white potato salad, ( I guess they just use
mayonnaise or Miracle Whip only ) . I use real Mayonnaise in mine ( no
Miracle Whip for me, too sweet ). I hope this helps you out. Seems like you
have a lot of different opinions about potato salad. This is just plain
potato salad & good eating. I am trying to give my way of making potato
salad. I had no idea there was so many different ways to make it.

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"sistersu" wrote:

I don't know how to make potato salad using 4 or 5 potatoes. When I make it
we always have a crowd & need a lot. So I use about five lb.

Five pounds would be probably seven to ten large red or yukon gold
potatoes. I have a large russet baking potato in the pantry right now
that will be excellent for twice baked potato for two and is one and a
quarter pounds. I just weighed it.
Everybody makes potato salad for a crowd, even if they regret it later.

leo

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