All great cooks that I know don't use a recipe to make most meals in their kitchen. Of course, if one is baking that can be a different story. Exact measurements are important there. My Nanny and my Grandmother made homemade everything. I never saw them use a recipe. Even when making bread it was by feel. My Mama would make the most wonderful meals and I never remember her using a recipe, except when baking cakes. My son and daughter are the same. Grayden's Mother was a wonderful baker. She made the best pies I've ever eaten. I think she had a sweet tooth as I never had a meal at her table without dessert.
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| Grayden's Mother that I called Grandma as our children did! |
I had a bag of potatoes that needed to be eaten and I immediately thought of her Potato Salad. I haven't made this for years. There is no recipe or proportions for her potato salad, but when I make it I am sitting at her table again.
It's a very simple potato salad. It consists of very few items.
Cooked Diced Potatoes
Hard Boiled Eggs Diced
Sweet Pickle Relish---she always used her homemade sweet pickles
Duke's Mayonnaise *
Salt and pepper
That's all it is and it's delicious. I remember her having a big bowl of this salad with ham or fried chicken and her homegrown tomatoes. Today we had it with pork chops that Grayden had grilled. I know there are many different ways to make potato salad with a lot of different additions, but this is so good nothing else is needed.
*Duke's Mayonnaise is a must for this recipe, in my opinion. Of course you can make it with your favorite mayonnaise. I know it's not available all over the country. I need to ship some to my daughter in New England as it's not available there.
Duke's is all about family, from its origins in Eugenia Duke's Greenville, South Carolina kitchen, to Richmond, Virginia's C.F. Sauer family in 1929. Duke's has been uniting families through the meals it enhances for nearly a century. Throughout the years, our recipe has remained the same, providing fans with the same outstanding quality and superior flavor that they expect in every jar.
CF Sauer Source
*Duke's Mayonnaise is a must for this recipe, in my opinion. Of course you can make it with your favorite mayonnaise. I know it's not available all over the country. I need to ship some to my daughter in New England as it's not available there.
Duke's is all about family, from its origins in Eugenia Duke's Greenville, South Carolina kitchen, to Richmond, Virginia's C.F. Sauer family in 1929. Duke's has been uniting families through the meals it enhances for nearly a century. Throughout the years, our recipe has remained the same, providing fans with the same outstanding quality and superior flavor that they expect in every jar.
CF Sauer Source
