german potato salad

How To Make german potato salad

• Step 1
  Cook potatoes until tender; peel and slice into a large bowl.
• Step 2
  Fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble.
• Step 3
  Add onions and celery to bacon grease and saute for a minutes until softened.
• Step 4
  Add cornstarch and mix well. Add sugar, vinegar and seasonings, bacon and water.
• Step 5
  Bring to a boil and stir until thick.
• Step 6
  Pour over potatoes. Let stand a few minutes to soak up sauce. Potato salad should be served warm.
• Step 7
  My mom's family was English and they don't eat food as sweet, so she would cut the sugar to about 1/8 cup. the region of Germany that my great grandmother was from believed if you used a cup of vinegar you used a cup of sugar. I guess I take after the German side of my family, I like sugar and vinegar in equal amounts. Seems to balance better to me.
• Step 8
  When taking this to potlucks, etc. I put into a crock pot and keep it on warm otherwise the bacon fat in the dressing firms up and makes the salad a bit unpleasant.
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