50 Ways To Have Your Potatoes
Thought it would be nice for everyone to share their favorite easy/simple recipes for potatoes. If we can get 50 of them it would be outstanding. 1. Pan fried potatoes. Sliced potatoes with sliced on...
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This recipe was given to me by a coworker in 1987; she stated that it had been in her family for over 200 years, having been passed on to her mother by a grandmother who came to this country from Germany in the early 1900’S.
GERMAN HOT POTATO SALAD
Boil 5 lbs. potatoes until just done (still firm); drain and set aside to cool. Chop and fry till crisp a pound of bacon - use slotted spoon to dip out bacon pieces and set bacon aside saving grease; fry one large onion, chopped, in bacon grease until almost brown. Add: 2 Tablespoons flour and 2 Tablespoons sugar; if mixture is too thin, add equal amounts flour and sugar. Add: 3/4 teaspoon celery seed, salt and pepper to taste, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 cup white vinegar and pour into sauce. If too thin, add cornstarch. Spray glass casserole pan with PAM. Layer sliced potatoes with sauce; sprinkle bacon on top. Bake one hour at 325°F.
For a really hearty dish, I add 2 pounds of Polish Sausage and cover the dish with foil the first 1/2 hour of cooking as it tends to dry out. Also it gets too browned and hard on the top. Before adding the sausage, I slice it and fry until it is lightly browned. Also, at times, I double the sauce amount just because at any given time I prefer it to be moister. Experiment by cutting the recipe in half and making it your way and then write down what tastes best to you!
GERMAN HOT POTATO SALAD
Boil 5 lbs. potatoes until just done (still firm); drain and set aside to cool. Chop and fry till crisp a pound of bacon - use slotted spoon to dip out bacon pieces and set bacon aside saving grease; fry one large onion, chopped, in bacon grease until almost brown. Add: 2 Tablespoons flour and 2 Tablespoons sugar; if mixture is too thin, add equal amounts flour and sugar. Add: 3/4 teaspoon celery seed, salt and pepper to taste, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 cup white vinegar and pour into sauce. If too thin, add cornstarch. Spray glass casserole pan with PAM. Layer sliced potatoes with sauce; sprinkle bacon on top. Bake one hour at 325°F.
For a really hearty dish, I add 2 pounds of Polish Sausage and cover the dish with foil the first 1/2 hour of cooking as it tends to dry out. Also it gets too browned and hard on the top. Before adding the sausage, I slice it and fry until it is lightly browned. Also, at times, I double the sauce amount just because at any given time I prefer it to be moister. Experiment by cutting the recipe in half and making it your way and then write down what tastes best to you!
