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Default Warn German Potato Salad

On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 10:35:42 -0600, US Janet >
wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:33:43 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:19:32 -0600, US Janet >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Warm German Potato Salad
>>>8 slices of bacon, diced- fry, remove from grease - drain. Keep 4
>>>Tbsp. bacon fat in pan.
>>>Saute until golden 2 large onions, diced.
>>>Add - 4 Tbsp. sugar
>>> 2 Tbsp. flour
>>> 1 tsp. salt
>>>Add - 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 1/2 cups water.
>>>
>>>For the potatoes: Use red potatoes. I use enough raw potatoes to
>>>cover the bottom of my 5-quart pot. Cook in water until a granny fork
>>>just pierces the potatoes. Peel, slice and drop them into the sauce.
>>>Fold in gently.
>>>
>>>Janet US

>>
>>Thanks so much. I had no memory of flour, but that makes perfect sense
>>to create a sauce.
>>
>>Thanks, too, for mentioning a potato choice. The right potato makes
>>all the diff.

>
>You are absolutely right about the potato choice. My daughter called
>me a couple of years ago. She had guests coming and dinner planned
>and she had made the potato salad with the russet potatoes she had on
>hand. She wanted to know what she did wrong because the potato salad
>broke up and turned mushy. I had never specified what potato to her.
>She sent her son off to the store for red potatoes and made a new
>batch and everything turned out fine. I've tried the yellow potatoes
>on this and they also turn too mealy.
>
>Janet US

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