Potato Salad-the torch has been handed down!

Grandma Smith's Potato Salad

For years this salad was something that my mother was asked to bring to family gatherings, she saw it as a burden but we all loved it so much and no one could make it like her. When she passed away it fell into my hands to try and recreate her salad, at times I come pretty close. Two of my daughters have now also come really close to making "Grandma's Potato Salad" this is Rebecca's latest version. She just made it one day because she was craving it, don't you love it? My mom never used real mayonnaise for this it had to be " Miracle Whip" and she made the dressing by taste rather than by measuring, I have tried to measure it as I have made it so the following recipe reflects that effort.

Grandma Smith’s Potato Salad

16-18 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
1 medium onion, chopped finely
2 ½ c. Miracle Whip
1 tsp. cider vinegar
1 ½ T. sugar
1 ½ T. mustard
6-7 hard boiled eggs
paprika
salt

Peel, cube, and boil potatoes in salted water. (Grandma always boiled the potatoes in their “jackets” and then peeled them and cut them up the day before she assembled the salad.) Boil the eggs and cool them. Chop the onion up finely. Mix the vinegar, Miracle Whip, sugar, and mustard. When the potatoes have cooled cover with the dressing and the onions and mix together well. Quarter and slice all but two of the hard boiled eggs and gently mix into the salad, thinly slice the two remaining eggs and layer across the top of the salad, salt to taste, sprinkle the top with paprika.

(Note the dressing for her salad was made with Miracle Whip only, mayonnaise does not give the same flavor for her “two day salad.” This salad was always requested by the family! for special occasions.)