POTATO, YAM & SWEET POTATO SALAD

POTATO, YAM & SWEET POTATO SALAD.
This is a great meal to make when it's hot and muggy and you really don't want to cook.  This is what I call chop & boil. Because that is really all you are doing.
Here we go. 
INGREDIENTS:
Side note: If you are one person or not in to making a lot of food All you have to do is cut the yams and sweet potato's in half and instead of using a pound of potato use about 4 or 5. Your choice.
1. 1lb Sweet Potato.......................or 1 Sweet Potato halved.
1. l lb  Yam................................... or 1 Yam halved.
1 lb Potatoes  Your choice..............or 4 to 5 Potatoes.
1 White Onion.................................or half of a onion.
7 Stalks of celery............................or 4 Celery Stalks.
1 Can of Black olives.....................or half of a can.
3 to 4 Tablespoon Mayonnaise.......or 2 to 3 Tablespoons.
 1 Teaspoon Chinese Mustard (Optional)........or your choice.
 4oz jar of Capers (Optional)...........or half of a jar.
A very small handful of Pine nuts. (Optional)  If you don't have pine nuts use Peanuts, Walnuts.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:
Have 1 pot filled with water on high ready for boiling the potatoes and one bowl with ice water in it for cooling the potatoes.

FIRST: CHOP CHOP CHOP.
 CELERY:   Slice them down the middle all the way, and slice those piece down the middle. Don't worry about not being perfect. Then stack all the piece together and cut them into small piece.
ONION: Cut in half and peel off skin.  Dice all the way.  
BLACK OLIVES: You can either cut these into rounds like in the picture above or you can dice them. Your choice.   '
PUT ALL ABOVE IN A BOWL with Capers and Peanuts.

SWEET POTATOES, YAMS, & POTATO'S: Peel.  You want to cut these all the same size. Cut into round disks, then like cutting a pizza quarter them.  They don't have to be perfect just do the best job you can.

SECOND: BOILING AND COOLING POTATOES.
When boiling noodles or potatoes you do not have to have the water at a rolling boil. As soon as you see bubbles forming at the bottom toss the potatoes in. Watch your food.  If begins to boil too much turn it down to Medium  the food will still cook. Poke the potatoes with knife to test for doneness.  Very carefully take one out and cool it and taste it.  If it is crunchy it probably needs to cook more. When you start seeing foam build up on top of the water that is a good indication that they are getting close to being done. Test them again by being careful and taking a bite, not crunchy anymore, soft but not mushy. Just right.
(DO NOT POUR HOT WATER DOWN THE SINK) You will melt your pipes.  
Pour off the water over a sieve into another bowl to cool the water, before you discard it.  
Now put the hot potato's, yams and sweet potatoes into the ice water and add some ice cubes. Leave them for a while until the Potatoes have lost their heat and are cold to the taste.

Mix the cold Potatoes, Yams and Sweet Potatoes with the rest of the chopped ingredients.  Add the Mayonnaise and Mustard and MIX.

ENJOY.