We love the rustic texture and added nutritional benefit of using skin on steamed potatoes. Not only is it easier to just cut and steam the potatoes, instead of cooking, peeling, cooling and cutting them, but the hot potatoes really soak up the flavors of the dressing if they are tossed together right when they are done cooking! We also find that boiling them can make the potatoes cook unevenly and fall apart into a crumbly texture that isn't ideal for this style of potato salad.