One of my favorite side dish/salad for a picnic, backyard BBQ, pot luck, whatever. The thing about potato salad is that it is so personal to people. Most families have their own recipes that have been in their family for years; great grandma, grandma, mom, and so on. Some like it with just mayo, others with mayo and some mustard and some (yuck) like it with Miracle Whip, and the other ingredients differ too; vinegar or pickle juice, celery, red pepper, olives, paprika or cayenne pepper. etc..

I am so picky when it comes to potato salad. It has to be made the way my wife and mother make it or I won't touch it. I want an honest potato salad with no attempt to make it into some gourmet version or add to much of an ethnic twist to it. Just give me potato salad.

I forgot to mention eggs. It has to have eggs.!!

Potato salad is a great picnic food. And that's one food item that always goes on a picnic with me. At least it's something that everyone I know enjoys, although I do realize there are different tastes in the ingredients that people choose to put in their potato salad.

This is a classic picnic food, but I would rather eat some macaroni salad than potato salad. Just a matter of preference. Often both of these side dishes are present for a larger picnic.

Yes, and without the egg, thank you very much.

Substitute the egg for lots of olives!

When made properly, potato salad can be the best item on a picnic menu. Please, don't ruin the potato salad by putting boiled eggs in it.