Judy's Potato Salad

If there is one thing I make every summer, it's my mom's recipe for potato salad. No barbecue is complete without it. I usually make a huge batch and then by the time it's finished I'm tapped out so I don't make it again until the next year. Why don't I just make smaller batches you ask? Because I don't. I make a huge batch or none at all. This recipe is very approximate because I usually just go by how it looks/tastes and adjust as needed. Maybe go easy on the ingredients so that you can always add more. You can't take too much of something away once it's mixed in! So here it is...

5 lb bag of red potatoes
8-10 hard boiled eggs
1-2 cups chopped pickles
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise (I may have added a little more sour cream/mayo, this is approximate. Either way, the amount of the sour cream and mayo are always the same)
2-3 Tablespoons yellow mustard
1/2 cup pickle juice
Salt, pepper, dill to taste

First! Boil the potatoes whole with the skin on. I usually do this the night before or well ahead of time (first thing in the morning if you're serving it in the evening). Once you can poke the potatoes easily with a fork, drain all the water and put the potatoes in a plastic shopping bag to sweat. Let them cool off COMPLETELY in the fridge and once they are cool you will be able to peel the potatoes very easily. The skin just comes right off. My mom gave me that handy little tip and I think she got it from my Grandma Elma if I'm not mistaken. Cut your potatoes into small uniformly sized cubes. One of my friends told me once that she liked my potato salad because all the pieces of potato were the same size. Oh and at some point you'll have to boil your eggs, cool them off, and peel them as well. So cut up all your potatoes, eggs, and pickles and chuck them in a big bowl...

Then add all of your seasonings and other stuff...

And mix it all together...

Voila. Best potato salad ever. I adjusted the ingredients a lot this time around as for whatever reason I couldn't get the flavor right after the initial addition of all the ingredients. So again, the amounts of the ingredients are approximate and you can always adjust to your taste. And thanks again to my awesome mum for letting me in on this recipe. And now all of my faithful readers as well ;)

- A