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Old 09-30-2010, 06:34 AM
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colleen1978
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Originally Posted by GrammaNan
I got this recipe from AllRecipes.com

Original Recipe Yield 12 servings
Ingredients

9 potatoes, peeled
6 slices bacon
3/4 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup distilled white vinegar
Directions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain, cool and slice thin.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving drippings.
Saute onions in bacon drippings until they are golden-brown.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper. Add to the sauteed onions and cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar, then return to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Carefully stir bacon and sliced potatoes into the vinegar/water mixture, stirring gently until potatoes are heated through
My dad, who is 83, still makes German Potato Salad like this and he learned from his mother! If it's not exactly as you remember tasting, play with the amount of vinegar. This recipe looks very close, but sometimes recipes I find on the internet are sweeter than what dad would make. Dad also makes a dressing similar to this without the potatoes of course, for topping spinach or even watercress and then adding hard cooked eggs! Yum!
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