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Almost every American family has its favorite memories of the 4th of July.  Maybe it's fireworks in your hometown, picnics at the beach, a local carnival or maybe a concert in the park.   My memories are mixed.  Yes, happy simpler times, with family and friends -- but mixed with some rather awkward memories from a fat girl who was just a little too old to wear a paper plate hat for 4th of July parades at home with her cousins. Awkward as I might have felt these are still very fond memories of the 4th of July -- hanging out with my cousins, letting our moms and aunts dress us up for a parade, having our own little 4th of July Queen contests, and riding through little almost abandon towns on the back an old convertible -- doing our best queen waves and wearing 60's flowered hats. After our parade there would always be a picnic and the star of the show was always Aunt Margaret's Potato Salad.  As many a recipe, Aunt Margaret didn't write this recipe down -- she kept it in her head.    In the quest to make the perfect potato salad the summer my son was a senior in high school I made 75 pounds.  This is pretty gosh darn close.  It never is quite as good when I only make 5 pounds, which makes no sense at all, but maybe my 6th-grade math skills aren't so good anymore. Tips I remember from helping her make it for weddings: Always use red potatoes, at least 10 pounds, never use mayonnaise, buy the cheap store brand salad dressing (we were poor, no name brands for our family) use the whole quart, a dozen boiled eggs give or take, a couple of chopped onions, add some...