Grandma's German Potato Salad

Family Salad Recipes

5 slices bacon 3 lbs. new potatoes 3 eggs 1 Tbsp. sugar 1/3 c vinegar salt, pepper to taste 2 Tbsp. water Cornstarch water (cornstarch + splash of cold water) 1/2 c grated onion pinch celery seed

Snip 5 slices of bacon and cook until as crispy as you like it. Don't use no-fat bacon; the bacon's fat forms the base of the dressing. Cook potatoes, hard boil eggs. To bacon, add sugar, vinegar, salt, pepper, water, cornstarch water. Stir until thickened. Slice potatoes and eggs, add onion and pinch of celery seed. Mix in dressing. Great hot or cold. Grandma Shanklin's recipe.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Wednesday August 1st, 2007