"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 09:45:38 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > kilikini wrote:
> > > Sorry for the post, but my mom is tossing out my childhood recipes
> > > left and right (God only knows why!), so at least if I post this, I
> > > know that I can always Google it if I need it! And I'll need it in
> > > about 4 weeks. :~)
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Grandma C's German Potato Salad
> > >
> > > Ingredients:
> > >
> > > 2 quarts red potatoes, peeled
> > > 9 slices fried bacon
> > > 1 cup chopped onion
> > > 1/2 tsp. bacon drippings (corrected to 1/2 cup)
> > > 2 Tbl. sugar
> > > 2 Tbl. flour
> > > 2 tsp. salt
> > > 1/8 tsp. pepper
> > > 1/2 tsp. celery seed
> > > 1 cup water
> > > 2/3 cup white or cider vinegar
> > >
> > kili, when we talked yesterday you asked how this compares to my
> > grandmother's version. This is very much like it. (She also made a
mayo
> > version which my dad preferred). In her vinegar version, the potatoes
were
> > still hot, diced (not sliced) and everything was tossed together mixed
in
> > and the potato salad was served hot. She never used cider vinegar.
> >
> My mom made a hot "german" potato salad (once) that I loved and
> adored. She never replicated it - much to my dismay. If she used
> vinegar (which she did) it was cider. Oh, man was that stuff GOOD!
> --

Try this one. It can be served hot or cold, but I always liked it hot.

kili