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Morbius

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15. Yes to the vinegar.
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 12:11 AM
Feb 2025

After boiling the potatoes with the skin on, peel them as soon as you can without hurting yourself. Cut up the potatoes and add a couple to three tablespoons of white vinegar (depending on how much salad you're making) and then let it sit for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile you can prep your other ingredients (for me including hard boiled eggs, celery, and green onions) into a separate bowl while you're waiting for the taters to cool off some.

Another note: do not salt the water while you're boiling the potatoes! Salt brings out moisture. Doing this will result in runny potato salad after a day or so. Salt to taste after you mix in the Miracle Whip.

I really, really wish I could buy decent potato salad. Often the potatoes are too hard, and the dressing is pasty. Yech.

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