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Potato Salad

By Brini Maxwell

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Editor's note: This recipe is from Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living. For Maxwell's tips on throwing a summer pool party, click here.

What family reunion would be complete without potato salad? This is my mother's recipe. It's delicious — tasty and tangy, just as potato salad should be.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 10-12 servings

Ingredients

10-12 Red Bliss potatoes, boiled
6 hard-boiled eggs, shelled
3 tablespoons mayonnaise, plus additional if needed
1/2 teaspoon curry powder, plus additional to taste
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1/2 cup black olives
1/2 cup cocktail olives (reserve 1 tablespoon of the brine)

Preparation

  1. Cut the potatoes and eggs into small chunks about a 1/2 inch square. Put them in a bowl with the mayonnaise, curry powder, salt, pepper, olives, and reserved brine and mix until well combined. If you find that the ingredients aren't wet enough, you can add more mayonnaise — everything should hold together nicely. Let stand overnight to give the ingredients a chance to marinate. Taste the next day for seasoning. If necessary, add more curry powder, salt, or pepper.

Reprinted with permission from Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living by Brini Maxwell. © 2005 Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
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