Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2007

Great classic/base recipe. I was in charge of potato salad and that's when I learned there were sooo many different ways to make it! I made this recipe exactly and it was good, but my husband and I like a bit more flavor so we added lots of pepper and some other ingredients: 1 diced pickle, some fresh dill, and about 1 Tbl. hot sauce (surprisingly the hot sauce really worked); we also left out some yolks, using mostly egg whites. This is a great recipe to either take as is or add you own personal tastes to at the end. I've already been asked to make it again!

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REIVEX

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2007

Best Potato Salad recipe I have come across so far! It reminds me of the recipe my gram used to make when I was little - I couldn't find anything that came close until now Thank you for posting!!

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Tamaralynn

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2007

This recipe is wonderful! The only thing I did different was to add more eggs than it says. Just my preference. My boyfriend loved this! He ate several helpings.

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littlelamb

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2007

good starter but my family is not into celery or bell peppers,so i used only 3 eggs abnd added crispy bacon too.i also used a sweet yellow onion plus a red onion too.add a sqirt of honey mustard to give it tang and sweetness. we loved it,will make it this way again.

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Jhoodee

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Reviewed: Jul. 4, 2007

I could never find a potato salad recipe that I liked so I thought I would try this one. I made it for the 4th of July and it was a big hit. My family said that I am now the designated potato salad maker at family get togethers. The one thing I did add to make it perfect was cut up hard boiled egg. Personally I just couldn't have potato salad without the eggs!

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Emily

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Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2007

This ia a wonderful potato salad recipe. I taste almost like my mother's recipe that I love. I would have given it 5 stars but it lacked the sweet pickles that I love in potato salad. With them added it taste much better.

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Lamar

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Reviewed: Jun. 12, 2007

Success! Finally a perfect potato salad, just right amount of flavour and nice zing of dejon and would have never thought to put sweet pickles in a potato salad but they're wonderful. Made this for a BBQ and there were NO leftovers!

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MISSCANADA

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Home Town: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2007

I think that for every 5 lbs. of potatoes a pound of crisp, fried, crumpled bacon would be great! Maybe then you could eliminate the other salts all together.

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Ms. Whizzy

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Reviewed: May 30, 2007

I have three favorite potato salads from this site but decided to try this one to start the 2007 summer. We loved it and made minimal changes. To make this quickly - first start cooking the eggs - then take out the large bowl that you will be using to serve - I peel and dice the potatoes and rinsed them in that bowl to get out starch - put potatoes in cold water and bring to boil - then lower heat to a slow boil and cook approx. 10 to 15 min. Your eggs will probably be finised by then so cool them down with cold water. Then mix all the ingredients for dressing in the bowl - add the chopped eggs and by then your potatoes are probably ready to add. Very little clean up and no waiting time for things to be done - I added a tablespoon of ground mustard to dressing and only used 2 eggs but that is just a preference. I thought this turned out great and it was fast.

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Aspiring Chef Rita

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Reviewed: May 19, 2007

Just made this today and it turned out wonderful! I only peeled half of the potatoes and left the skins on the other half. I cut each potato in half and then boiled them, took about 15 minutes. Cut them up after boiling and after they cooled. I mixed the celery, eggs, mayo, onion and spices together and then added it to the potatoes. I also added some mustard. I used only red onions...it's just what I had. It's a great simple recipe, so you can add other ingredients if you like. It was very yummy and so easy to make.

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sweetemmy

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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2007

After bringing this dish to my last family gathering, I was informed that I was assigned to potato salad duty from now on! It was a hit with everyone, and it's very easy to make.

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2006

This just didn't do it for me. It wasn't horrible by any means and I still ate it, but it just wasn't what I was looking for. My husband on the other hand had 2 helpings and then was eating it straight from the bowl I had chilled it in. I tried to jazz it up with a little bit of mustard, but it was still missing something. I'll keep looking for a potato salad recipe that suits my taste a little better. Thanks for sharing though.

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Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2006

Excellent the only change I made was instead of celery i chopped up some dill pickles (not a big fan of celery) and sprinkled some paprika on top still great thanks for sharing

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Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2006

Excellent recipe! I eliminate the bell pepper and add granulated garlic to seasoning. The garlic flavor makes the dish! I top with paprika, parsley flakes and halved, hard boiled eggs for presentation.

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JC Perez

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2006

This was great. My mom always tried making her own but it was usualy bland and tasteless so i always bought mine from the store. Since i moved from the states i have had to learn to do things from scratch and cant depend on my local grocer to have the short cut type things i am used to. This salad beat store brands hands down and whats great is you can play around with it and as long as you follow the basics of it you come out with a great dish everytime. Thanks for this recipie

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Debra Moses-Siderer

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2006

Perfect potato salad. I left out the peppers . Took this to a family gathering and received rave reviews. My husband is a potato salad connoisseur and LOVED this salad. Is the only recipe I will use from now on. THANKS!!!

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2006

Excellent! I did squirt in a bit of yellow mustard and subbed radishes for the green peppers.

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MARA61

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2006

This was okay. I added a little bit vinegar and mustard. I think I probably needed more mustard at the end, and next time I won't use the pepper.

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2006

this was very good. The only change I made was to add a little mustard. Thanks for a good recipe.

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Reviewed: Jun. 21, 2006

I made this for the bunco group. Everyone loved it, I thought it was a bit bland myself. Just adding mayo alone makes for a very thick salad. I think the dressing needed to be more liquid-y. I alos didn't have success with boiling whole potatoes, I'd rather cut first then boil. Easy enough for a crowd!

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