Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Sky > wrote:
>
> > What? No chopped celery??!!!! Oh My! <G> My recipe is a little
> > different. I add chopped celery and never use pickles/juice nor dill.
> > I will add poppy seeds and worchestershire sauce along with some tabasco
> > sauce, chili powder and a dash of red pepper. Oh, also a wee bit of
> > lemon juice. I think I'm forgetting something too -- oh, I know - a tad
> > bit of garlic powder (insert choice of garlic) also. Sometimes, for a
> > kick, it's fun to add some curry powder, too. Chopped green onions give
> > a good visual contrast, and taste, too!
>
> My mom may have used poppy seeds. She certainly used them in other
> dishes, but I forgot and use celery seed instead.
>
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>
> Mom's Potato Salad which is close to my memory
>
> 8 large red potatoes (yukons work too)
> 6 eggs
> a bunch of green onions
> a rough pint of mayo
> a half pint of heavy cream
> a tsp of celery seed
> a tbs of Colman's dry mustard to taste
> a teaspoon or more of salt to taste
>
> Boil and cut the potatoes any way you like them in potato salad and put
> them into a bowl to fit them plus a little.
> While you're doing that hardboil the eggs, remove the yolks and chop the
> whites coarsely.
> Cut the green onions into 1/8" rounds, white and green to the end.
> Mash the egg yolks as you would for deviled eggs in a medium bowl.
> Add the heavy cream and mayo and stir until incorporated with the egg
> yolks. Add the dry mustard, celery seed, green onions and egg whites.
> Add the teaspoon of salt and taste. The mixture of everything but
> potatoes should taste over-salty. If it doesn't add another teaspoon of
> salt. This is going to season a lot of potatoes.
> If it does, pour it into the bowl of potato pieces and mix well.
>
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>
> My MIL recipe
>
> 6 medium to large Russet potatoes
> 6 eggs
> 1 16 ounce can olives
> 4 dill pickles from a jar (not halves)
> a pint to a pint and a half mayo
> dollops of yellow mustard to taste
> salt if you need it
>
> Boil and cut the potatoes any way you like them in potato salad and put
> them into a bowl to fit them plus a little.
> While you're doing that hardboil the eggs.
> Coarse chop the olives.
> Coarse chop the pickles.
> Coarse chop the eggs.
> Add all that to the bowl with the potatoes.
> Mix the mayo and mustard together until it's a bit tangy in a small bowl
> until you get the right tang for your taste. Add salt if you think you
> ought to.
> Mix that into the bowl of cooked potatoes.


Interesting recipes, thanks for sharing them. I'd forgotten about
celery seed, too It's just sometimes celery seed can be overwhelming
so it's an ingredient I tend to omit, especially when chop celery is
included.

Sky

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