recipe: my mom's potato salad

if there's one thing that tastes like summer, it's my mom's potato salad. i made it earlier this week in preparation for the official start to summer this coming memorial day weekend. here's the "recipe" (in quotation marks because it's just kinda a list of ingredients and the technique for putting it all together)...

step 1: chop a bag of red potatoes into bite-sized pieces, leaving the skin on. rinse and submerge in boiling water until tender, being careful not to overcook or they'll turn to mush.

step 2: while the potatoes are cooking, hard boil four eggs and let cool. once cooled enough to handle, peel and cut with an egg-cutter (or dice as if you were making egg salad).

step 3: also while the potatoes are cooking, chop about four stalks of celery and about half of a medium/small onion. you should have two-thirds celery and one-third onion.

step 4: after the potatoes have cooled, combine all ingredients (potatoes, diced eggs, celery and onion) in a large bowl. add equal parts mayonnaise and sour cream, topping with just a drop of spicy mustard - overall, just enough mayo and sour cream to evenly cover the potatoes. salt and pepper to taste and mix well. serve nice and cold as a delicious side dish.