our mom's potato salad dressing

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Recipe by
Barbara Howard
Columbia, SC

My mom now has Alzheimer, so my sister and I are copying her recipes for the next generation of our family. This is not the exact, but it is a close as I can get it. Mom just dumped ingredients in. I guess that is the sign of a good cook, I always have to measure exactly.

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Ingredients For our mom's potato salad dressing

  • 1/2 c
    milk
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 c
    vinegar
  • 1
    egg
  • 4 Tbsp
    butter
  • 1 Tbsp
    cornstarch
  • 3/4 tsp
    salt
  • 3/4 tsp
    celery seed
  • 1/4 tsp
    dry mustard
  • 1/4 c
    onions, chopped
  • 1/4 c
    mayonnaise

How To Make our mom's potato salad dressing

  • 1
    In saucepan combine butter and cornstarch. Add milk, sugar, vinegar, salt, celery seed, mustard and cook until thick. In a separate bowl, beat an egg well with a fork and gradually add 1/2 of the hot mixture to the egg. Then return to remaining hot mixture and cook a few more minutes. Remove from heat. Add onion and mayonnaise. Add 1 or 2 hard boiled sliced eggs and sweet relish to potatoes. You might have a add a little more mayonnaise.

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