Potato Salad

Mom was always surprised when people went crazy for her potato salad because it was so simple. It's just four ingredients, she said just this last 4th of July. But there are a couple of secret things that make it better than just four ingredients. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I know all the tricks. I would love it if people tried the recipe and then left comments about whether or not it worked. Maybe all together we can figure it out.

Mom's Potato Salad

1 Russet Potato per person
2 (or 3) hard-boiled eggs per person
2 pickles per person, reserve the juice in the jar
(Mom's preferred salad pickle is Farman's Original)
Lots of Mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper

• Boil the potatoes whole with the skins on until the centers are tender (it's okay if the outsides are a little overdone, this makes it better). Let them cool, then peel and chop.
• Mix potatoes together with the chopped eggs and pickles, mayo and s&p to taste, and some of the pickle juice. If you find the salad is getting too wet with the pickle juice, try soaking the cooked potatoes overnight in the juice and then draining it off (this was Mom's idea, but she rarely had time to soak anything overnight). As much mayo, salt, pepper, and pickle juice as you can handle will make it most like Mom's.

Let me know how it turns out!

A couple more

Here's a new picture to liven things up, and a couple more entries in the guest book. I've been away for two weeks and it is strange to feel the passage of time, strange to think of her time in the hospital in the past tense. Almost six weeks ago. I still can't think of her in the past tense. I'm already planning her Birthday party. I have a fundraiser in mind, maybe at The Pacific Inn... keep checking the blog over the next months. I'll also post the info (once I get it) about a plaque that is going up at Children's Hospital.

August 24, 2006
	I am so sorry to hear of Sally's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with all the Clark family.
	Steve Newman (Osaka/Japan)

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	August 17, 2006
	I just heard about Sally's death. I have memories of taking care of her younger sisters and brothers , then she would come home and take over . also seeing her at church.
	Sharon McFarland- Wood (Grand Coulee, WA ) kayfraser33@yahoo.com

August 8, 2006
It is such a surprise and a sorrow to hear that Sally passed away! Lil, Hanna, Ben, and Steven too, I don't even know if you remember me, but I remember you fondly, and the chaos and warmth in the House on Mercer, as well as Greenwater and the place on John's Island. Ben- we went fishing out there when you were about 13, and we caught rockfish and a ling cod that was a new creature to us, we were a bit freaked out to see that face looming out of the dark water...

I hadn't seen Sally in a while; once she left the neighborhood and I stopped interpreting on the UW campus, our paths didn't cross as much. She was a gentle woman with a quiet voice and a rich laugh, so ready to engage and to take an interest in the lives of those of us lucky enough to have known her. I know you all gave her much joy and made her proud, and my warmest thoughts are with you. Elizabeth Rothman (Seattle, WA )
erothman2@earthlink.net

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	July 30, 2006
	I can't think of Sally without a big smile on my face and in my heart. The joyful mischief we shared! I'll miss having her in the world, miss the random meetings at U Book Store or on campus, miss the chance to reminisce and share memories of our wonderful years at HNA, and miss the future with her. My thoughts are with her children and family - such a huge loss. But weren't we lucky to have crossed paths in life with the likes of Sally Clark!
	Kathy Rowan Wilson (Seattle, WA ) kathywilson@mac.com