Richmond Potato Salad

"This is as close to a Richmond institution's potato salad as you can get."
 
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photo by Andi Longmeadow Farm photo by Andi Longmeadow Farm
photo by Andi Longmeadow Farm
Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
5 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • In large bowl, mash egg yolks, incorporate into the mayonnaise. Add mustard, sweet pickle juice, salt, pepper, ground celery seeds and sugar. Add onions, celery and potatoes; mix to desired consistency.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can you substitute sevin for the sugur
     
  2. If it is Richmond, VA. You have to Make it with Duke's Mayonnaise..
     
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Reviews

  1. This is simply, amazing. You can't get much better then this, and I particularly loved the addition of the egg yolks directly into the mayonnaise, and mixing well. This is the best potato salad I have had, or made for that matter, and can't figure out why this was not yet reviewed. I followed exactly, except I chopped up the whites and added them as well. Totally, Bliss-ful in my book. Now, my go-to recipe!! :) Thank you so much!! Tailgating in the Diabetic Forum 2012
     
  2. This is very similar to the recipe my mom always made. She diced sweet gherkins, and used vinegar, sugar and egg yolks mixed in with mayo to coat the potatoes. I switched it up and use the gherkin (pickle juice) instead of the sugar and vinegar. Since we usually had this meal for Easter dinner, we had plenty of hard boiled eggs, so mom would slice them (in rounds) and put them on top of the potato salad, sprinkle a little paprika, and it looked as good as it tasted. Excellent!
     
  3. I know this is late in the game, but I just found this recipe and am anxious to try. I just wondered why a couple of the comments mention sweet relish??? The recipe calls for juice from sweet pickles.
     
  4. Instead of sweet relish and sugar, add dill pickle juice. Awesome!
     
  5. Drop the relish, and we'll have a great potato salad!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Use diced sweet gherkins IN the potato salad, and use the gherkin juice to mix with mayo and other ingredients.
     

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