German Potato Salad

INGREDIENTS:

4 med size red potatoes (2 lbs)

1 hard boiled egg
4 slices thick Wrights Bacon
1 med onion, chopped (1/2 c)
1 tbs all flour
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp celery seed
2/3 cup water
1/4 cup white vinegar

Scrub potatoes well and boil 20 - 25 min till a tender but not falling apart.  Add egg to the same pot with the potatoes during the last 10 min.  Drain and when cool enough to handle and slice potatoes 1/4 in thick.  

While potatoes cook fry bacon till crisp and remove to paper towels reserving 1 - 2 tbs of drippings and cook onions till translucent but not brown.

Combine flour, sugar, salt, celery seed and stir into the bacon dripping  to make a paste.  Add water and vinegar, simmer and stir until slightly thickened, add and toss potatoes.  Remove to a serving bowl and and garnish with chopped boiled egg to serve. 

I can't think of anything this German Potato Salad wouldn't go with as well as any traditional Potato Salad and it sure is good.  A German friend of my Dad's invited me to a cookout many years ago and it was my first time to ever try it and I fell in love with it.  They served a wonderful Cucumber Salad as well that day and the two dishes complimented each other very well.