I recently made a batch of potato salad, thanks to The Cookery Column Retro with Carol Taylor on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine. This cookery wizard, who shares recipes from around the world, featured coleslaw, potato salad and potato cakes.
It reminded me that I shared the recipe for Mom’s famous potato salad in the last chapter of The Immigrant and the Outlaw, along with how I got talked into making a huge batch of it when Mom couldn’t because of a hip replacement. (The story was first published in the Valley News, October 18, 1996.)
Mom would be disappointed in my recent concoction because I didn’t use any of her “musts,” thinking maybe my Favorite Guy would rave anyway. (He said it needed more relish, which he added to his serving.)
While I’m at it, I’ll share another of Mom’s famous recipes, along with a shortcut that she okayed. Here’s her Caramel-Pecan Cloverleaf Rolls.