Recipe(tried): Mashed Potato Salad

MASHED POTATO SALAD

We have enjoyed this recipe for many years.

12 to 14 potatoes, peeled, chopped into small cubes
2 cups water
salt to taste
2 tablespoons butter
8 to 10 hard boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
about 1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (you can use a little more to make it creamier, if you want)
cup of chopped green peppers
1 cup of celery chopped
1 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons of prepared mustard
sour cream, to taste (optional)
sweet pickle relish, to taste (optional)

Put potatoes in a pan with about 2 cups of water and add salt to taste. Cover pan and bring to boil. Do not take lid off of potatoes for about 10 minutes (lower heat if necessary to avoid boiling over). Cook until potatoes are soft. Remove cover and boil away the water, do not pour the water off your potatoes, this is where the flavor is.

After your potatoes are boiled dry add 2 tablespoons butter and stir with a wooden spoon. Then add rest of ingredients and stir well. You can also add, if you have the taste for it, some sour cream and sweet pickle relish each or both. Add salt to taste.

After it is stirred up good they are just like a mashed potato salad and delicious.