Mom's German Potato Salad

Mom's German Potato Salad

Description:
This is another one of the family favorites that is always requested for any event. I have finally mastered it and made it faster to make. With out losing the taste. Now it is requested of me to bring.

Ingredients:

2 to 3 pounds bacon, cut up, and fried till crisp
one small onion diced find or even minced, I mince mine.
5 pounds of potatoes,( my mom uses the red ones, I like to use the larger the better, don't have to peel so many).
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. water
Flour to thicken sauce

Directions:
once bacon is fried, remove it and drain on paper towel,
add minced onion to bacon grease and simmer till onion is clearer, I do this about 5 or 10 minutes, watch closely cause you can burn the onions. then shut off. I then switch this to a large kettle, add vinegar, sugar, water, and flour, quickly mix, so no lumps, cook until thickens, if is isn't thickening add more flour, should be consistency of gravy. then add bacon, and sliced thin potatoes. Mix together, if it seems there is to much sauce add more potatoes, if not enough sauce, then make another batch of sauce. I triple this batch for large groups, sometimes make it even bigger for graduations. I have a egg slicer from pampered chef and I slice my potatoes with it. Just cut the potatoes into sections and slice, one, two, three, and you are done with the darn potatoes. Simmer, or put in crock pot and cook until thick and flavor is in potatoes, I like to make it a day in advance, but not thicken, just let the potatoes and other ingredients mix over night in frig, and then put in Nesco or crock pot and cook slowly all day. Can be done in the oven at 200 all day or until thick. If using Nesco or Crockpot leave the cover slightly open a bit, other wise the steam creates moisture, and it doesn't thicken.

Number Of Servings: 10 to 12, or more depending on how much they eat

Preparation Time:about 1 1/2 hours

I usually triple or quadruple the brine recipe(when I do that I also put 4 to 5 pounds of bacon)