Old MacDonald's Potato Box Recipes 

German Potato Salad

Ingredients

2 pounds/908 g potatoes, peeled and sliced (about 5 cups/1.25 liters)
1 tbsp/15 mL Chicken Soup Base
6 slices bacon, diced
1/2 cup/125 mL chopped onion
3 tbsp/45 mL all-purpose flour
3 tbsp/45 mL sugar
2-1/2 tsp/12.5 mL Chicken Soup Base
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Celery Seed
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Black Pepper —Small tin
1/2 cup/125 mL water
1/2 cup/125 mL cider vinegar, more or less to taste

Directions

Place 2 inches/5 cm of water in a medium saucepan; add 1 tbsp/15 mL soup base; bring to a boil. Add potatoes. Heat again to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and cook until potatoes are tender, 10 to 20 minutes; drain. Meanwhile, fry bacon in a skillet until crisp; drain bacon on paper towels. Cook and stir onion in bacon fat until tender. Stir in flour, sugar, remaining soup base, celery seed, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Crumble bacon into hot mixture; add warm potato slices. Cook, stirring gently to coat potato slices, until hot and bubbly. Serve hot.