Amish Potatoe Salad



 Yes there is a distinct difference between Amish Potato Salad and any other Potato Salad I have ever had, this is the only way we made potato salad at home, my mom always said "that other stuff is no good!" I cant say that I would agree with her, I have had some yummy Potato Salad from "the other side"
 
First of all this stuff is sweeter than most Potato Salad, and it has mustard.....my husband refers to it as the yellow Potato Salad.

The recipe calls for 12 cups potatoes, I usually plan on each medium size potato = 1 cup....so I used 13 potatoes just to be sure.

boil 12 eggs

sauce ingredients, I always use Hellmans (I LOVE Hellmans)but you could use a different brand of mayo.

 

sauce

So easy to peel...notice the thin peels from the potatoes, not much waste :)

 

I don't measure the potatoes after I shred them, I use 12 or 13 medium sized potatoes and call it good!
When it comes to baking you probably want to measure things exactly but when it comes to cooking I usually like ah-its good, most of the times that works :)

 

 I used my salad master to shred the potatoes and the eggs but you could use any gadget, you could even use a old fashioned box grater.....seriously I love my box grater for shredding cheese.

My mother-in-law dices her potatoes but she does it wrong, haha...hope she does not read this blog...wait she's Amish, no worries.

almost to the finish line.....

 

weird but my favorite part of making potato salad is dicing the celery....

 

 

 

 Its a beautiful thing!

Potato Salad

 

ingredients:

 

12 cups cooked & shredded potatoes, (1 med potato = 1 cup)

12 eggs

1 onion, diced

1 1/2 cups celery

3 cups Hellmans mayo

1 1/2 cups white sugar

3 Tlbs. mustard

3 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup vinegar

 

Directions

cook potatoes & eggs, let cool, peel then shred. dice onions & celery,  mix together mayo, sugar, salt, mustard, milk & vinegar.

mix everything together & refrigerate.

 

ENJOY!

Rose