Holiday weekend

Well, the first holiday weekend of the summer is almost on us. This weekend will be a busy one for me and mine. Saturday our pool opens and I must bring a breakfast (brunch) dish, and then bring a dish for our dinner bar-b-q for our community events. Sunday we're celebrating with our own family -- all 21 of us -- at one of the local parks. And on Monday we'll be at the pool, I suppose and in the morning there is a service at our flagpole honoring our soldiers and sailors, past and present, then another breakfast! I do love this weekend even though it is a tiring one.

I recall that Memorial Day was a day when we ALWAYS went to Aunt Annie's for an outdoor picnic. I don't recall one single rain-out. The women made the food, and it must have been organized by Aunt Annie as to who would bring what, because there was a table load of food, but no duplicates. Aunt Rita, my mom, sometimes Aunt Fran, if she was up from Tennessee, and the cousins, Grace, Hannah, Mickie, David's wife, Virginia, all contributed to the feast.



My mom always took potato salad and a jello dessert of some kind. There was a wonderful layout of lunch meats and real, good, fresh, Italian bread, so that we could make sandwiches. There was no grill. We didn't need grilled meats.



Mom's potato salad was always a hit. I think she made the best potato salad there ever could be.



Her recipe for a crowd follows:



5 pounds of potatoes, cooked, peeled, and sliced
1 large onion, diced
1/2 dozen eggs -- hard boiled and slices
1 red or green pepper, diced
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
2 T dill pickle juice (sometimes she would use white vinegar or lemon juice)
1 to 2 cups of Hellman's mayonnaise (enough to make it moist after it is stirred)
1/4 cup mustard
a shake of garlic salt
1 T salt



Mix all together making sure all the potatoes are coated with mayonnaise, but not too much mayo. Test this for your own taste. You can use low-fat mayo. It works just as well.

ttfn

ttfn