Recipe: German Potato Salad (using red potatoes)

German Potato Salad
rec.food.cooking/Ken Knecht (2002)
Makes 3 or 4 cups

My family's German potato salad recipe, as it was made by my mother and her mother.

3 medium red potatoes
1/4 lb. bacon (5 slices) cut into small pieces
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp water
Salt to taste
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1 or 2 hard-boiled eggs (optional)

Cook potatoes with skins. Peel and slice while still warm.

Cook bacon crisp. Remove from pan and add vinegar, water, and onions to bacon grease. Slowly add rounded tsp of flour. Mix well, cook until thickened, pour over sliced potatoes. Then add sliced egg or eggs and mix well.