German Grandmother Generic Potato Salad
List of Ingredients
My recipe is a little more generic. My grandmother, who came here from
Germany taught my Mom how to make this. Since they both cook by "feel",
I had to have Mom make it and then measure out everything before she put
it in.
5# potatoes
1# bacon
Cornstarch
Water
Onion
Cook potatoes in the skins, when done, peel right away and slice (this
takes hotpads and paper towels to accomlish). As you slice them put them
back in the original pan, sprinkling raw onion, salt and pepper on them
and putting the lid back on to keep the potatoes hot (cooks the onion
just right). When finished with all those potatoes, let sit for awhile
while you fry up the bacon which has been sliced. Save about 1/4 cup of
the bacon grease, mix the cornstarch and water. Add some water to the
bacon grease, it's a guess and by God thing, then add the cornstarch and
water, cooking and adding cornstarch/water until the mixture comes off
the sides of the pan as you stir. Then pour over the potato/onion
mixture.
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