Batch Size
Eyeball it — no fixed measurements
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Set your ratio:
- Depending on how much you're making, the ratio is one potato to one egg; if the potato is very large, use 2 eggs.
- All the amounts depend on how much you're making! Most of this is eyeballing — it's how she makes it that makes it so good.
- Boil the night before:
- Boil the potatoes and eggs the night before; if you'd like, you can also dice up the onion so it's quicker to put together.
- Boil potatoes with skins on, then peel.
- Cut potatoes into medium-sized cubes; cut up eggs into smaller pieces too.
- Add onion and eyeball for an equal ratio.
- Next, add the mayo — use a rubber spatula to get it all out of the jar and into the bowl.
- Most times, use the whole jar; if it's a batch for the family, it's more like a jar and a half.
- Mix by hand:
- Here's the kicker — you must mix the ingredients with YOUR HANDS! Don't use a spoon.
- Fold the mixture with your hands so that the potatoes don't become mushy. Put in that love!
- Next, add the salt, pepper, and celery seed.
- Again, it's all about taste and eyeballing it — sprinkle the salt and pepper, then mix it up with your hands, then add the celery seed and mix/add more until most of it is covered.
- Sorry the instructions are vague, but this is how Grandma taught it — no measurements, just specific ingredients, and the big part is mixing/folding with your hands, not a spoon.
- Have fun making it!