that's clear....but others are reporting homemade not resulting in liquid, so there must be other ways?

small h,
my latest attempt included cooling the potatoes in the fridge after steaming. This had no impact.
Perhaps the brining made the difference?
Can you be more specific about your steps and quantities re cooking/brining/cooling/etc?

hadn't thought of that, but it does sound likely, if not obvious.

that helps.
Thinking I could salt, let sit and then rinse before adding.
???

thanks for all the links! and, one can never have too many potato salad recipes!

I'm not using low fat mayo. I've used several different ones all with the same results.

What is DOTM?

Salt everything? potatoes, radishes, celery, onions?
I'm on a low sodium diet....adding enough salt to get to all the cut-up pieces means a lot of sodium.
And, the sodium content on the packaged salad at the supermarket is high but not particularly high.

I'll try the potato approach.
I'm on a low salt diet so salting shredded cabbage isn't going to work for me.

As for celery....again, perplexed....
Celery sits is the fridge forever and no liquid comes out
When added to potato salad or seafood salad, if it is the culprit, why then does liquid come out? Salt in the other ingredients? I don't add salt!

So, what can I do to minimize the problem?
I'll make sure the potatoes are cool before making.
Of course, I can always drain away the liquid....

This makes sense. But why do commercial versions of the same thing not have water? Additives? Different process? More mayo? ????

Excellent point...and I am a fan on humans' abilities to find the best way to cook foods best.
I'm fully OK with cooking separately and combining, but I'm still wondering if there are fans of cooking them together - and what their reasons are (other than "easier")

How about online cookbook sites?

Great...we're going to be in NY soon. And will return to SanFran at some point in the not-to-distant.
Thanks

I will probably upgrade to Outlook 2016 (someday) but I do want to say, skeptically, that I get somewhere around 30 email newsletters and yours is the only one that doesn't display properly in Outlook 2013.
Up to you if you want to challenge your vendor.
The response sounds suspicious to me, just based on heuristic evidence.

Outlook 2013.
I just checked, using Firefox to go to AOL MAIL and opened it - all fine.

What's going on here? The last time I posted (and all the times before that) the response was overwhelming. I eventually had to turn off notification.
So, I was expecting a flood of responses...but so far only one, from someone who doesn't live at altitude.
maybe this will shake lose some of those uber-posters....