This was really good. Traditional, but with some extra little kicks (like the Dijon, which I love). Plus, I love that it doesn't make enough to feed an army- my small family doesn't need that much. We still ate it for 3 days in a row. I'll make it again.

Family enjoyed the taste, I however did not cook the potatoes long enough....some were a little hard, not to earth shattering since I made 5 lbs., and they ate half of it!

I found this to be very good. I will save it and use again.

This is my new potato salad recipe!

Great recipe! I used red skinned potatoes, and it was perfect for a bbq.

This was very good. I left out the pickles, just cuz I didn't have any, but it was still awesome.

Truly a classic. Used small red potatoes, cut before cooking. Used white vinegar in the water resulting in nicely firm (but not hard) pieces. Used Duke's mayo (a southern brand) which is a bit tangier than Hellman's. Mixed all the dressing ingredients separately, substituting olive oil for milk. Then dressed the salad. Skipped the pickles. INCREDIBLE. Thank you for the post.

I like a more adventurous potato salad, personally, and over the past few years I've made many potato salads that I have loved. Unfortunately, my husband has always disagreed. This time I went hunting for the perfect potato salad for his less adventurous tastes and found it. It's good, easy to make, and although nothing fabulous, it certainly deserves the name "classic."

I would make this again - but I think I would cut back on the vinegar. I did pour it directly on the potatoes as others suggested so that may be the reason it was so strong. Thanks submitter.

I really didn't care for this recipe. I guess maybe I just prefer the potato/mayo/celery-type salad, but I know that the texture of the sweet pickles (which I VERY finely chopped) was fairly disturbing.

Amazing....couldn't get enough of it!

We like trying new and different recipes. This was great, just the way it was. Ok we had to add a little garlic since my family loves. Thanks for the post. Will be making it a lot this summer for family dinner.

I just made this; exactly as written, except I used dried parsley and Vidalia onions. This has a nice tang to it. It does taste like classic salad that you might get in the deli but, of course, with a homemade boost. I would have liked my potatoes a little softer but I always prefer to err on the side of a little firmer over mushed potatoes. It is very tasty while still a little warm. I will serve it to hubby later and he’s going to love this one. He likes these mustard pickle type potato salads. I always made my potatoes for salad by boiling the cubes I had pre-cut and have never been thrilled at my results. I thought it kind of sped things up but it doesn’t really. Maybe cutting them up first boils some of the flavor out of them. There is something different about the taste of the whole boiled potatoes cut up and mixed with the mayonnaise while still warm.

perfect! This is truly a classic potato salad with the perfect blend of ingredients. Only changes were red onion instead of green out of necessity and I like color. I only had apple cider vinegar and used that instead. An old Sara Molton trick (Sara's secrets Food Network) is to immediately put the vinegar on the potatoes when they are hot and they absorb the flavor. I halved the recipe because I was afraid I would go hog wild. I found the amt. of mayo almost perfect. I added just a dollop of f.f. yogurt for a bit of tang and not add extra fat. My potatoes were red butter potatoes and they were perfect in this. Lovely recipe. I like this and the "summer potato salad" recipe from this site. Thanks for the perfect recipe.

This is really good. Having grown up in the South, this is the potato salad that I remember from potlucks and family get-togethers. Next time, I'll add a bit more mustard to spice it up a little more and some of the pickle juice to give it more of a pickle flavor. Better the next day!

Excellent recipe! My only "carb vice" is bread. I'm not into potatoes, rice or pasta, however, this salad is very good and found myself having seconds. My family is German/Austrian and we normally make our potato salad the European way. I've had "American Potato Salad" many times, but this was just a little different and very enjoyable.