German Potato Salad

15 small to medium potatoes
1/2 lb. bacon, chopped
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. sugar
1/8  tsp. pepper
1 cup chopped onion
2 large cucumbers

Boil potatoes.  Cook bacon until crisp.  Drain bacon grease.  Combine vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper, and onion.  Stir and warm.  Sprinkle cucumbers with salt.  Then squeeze liquid out of cucumbers.  Toss together sliced potatoes, bacon, cucumbers, and dressing.

This is Carolyn’s recipe which she learned in Germany.  But German potato salad is like all potato salad.  Everyone has their own recipe.  Mike and Kenny’s mother, Esther, makes delicious German potato salad. She uses green pepper rings instead of cucumbers in the above recipe and a whole pound of bacon.  When pouring off the grease, she leaves about 2 or 3 Tbsp. in the pan and adds vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper to the pan, heating until the dressing is warm.  She pours this over the potatoes and then garnishes with green pepper rings and diced onion or chopped green onion.   Both recipes are very good.