my mom had a few dependable always-there party dishes. she'd order these rainbow bread loaves, literally multicolored neons of pink, green, blue, yellow, then we'd grate the canned Kraft cheese and slice the jarred pimiento and mix them all up for pinwheel canapes. she'd also serve chicken-potato salad and my sister and i were assigned the task of peeling and dicing the hot boiled potatoes...
this version might not pass my ma's standards but i made it in the memory of those family parties when cousins and her godchildren and friend's kids would come and we'd have lots of little games in the driveway...ay! to be a child again...
i cut my boiled peeled red potatoes bigger and flake my boiled chicken leg meat chunkier than ma did. she also used boiled carrots instead of raw. i add dijon mustard and these other ingredients, which you may add on to as you wish: sliced red onions, hellman's mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, diced celery, diced or grated carrots, a splash of rice vinegar, salt and pepper.
