Old Fashioned Potato Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 10 cups red potatoes (or yukon gold potatoes, small to medium, roughly peeled and diced, do not use russet)
• 3/4 cup celery, diced
• 1/3 cup yellow mustard
• 1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
• 1 cup mayonnaise (not miracle whip)
• 2 -3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional)
• 2 teaspoons sea salt (adjust to taste)
• 2 -3 teaspoons course-ground black pepper (adjust to taste)
• paprika, to dust over top
• fresh parsley leaves, to dust over top

Recipe

• 1 bring peeled, diced potatoes to a boil in a large stock pot; cook approximately 5 minutes or until just tender (you don't want mashed potatoes). immediately drain and rinse several times in cold water to stop the cooking process; drain and put into large mixing bowl. add next 7 ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined; adjusting amounts of relish, mayo and mustard to suit your taste. you want it to be creamy, but not too soupy. adjust seasonings and place potato salad in a large, covered storage container; dust top with paprika and parsely leaves if desired. refrigerate several hours before serving.