5 lb. potatoes (cook with skins on, then cool, peel and cut up.)
1/2 lb. bacon strips (brown, but not crisp.)

Mix in a bowl:

1/2 c. white vinegar
3/4 c. sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. water

Stir and add this to bacon and grease, heat slowly until thick. Add 3/4 c. finely chopped onion. Stir these in but do not cook, pour all this over potatoes and let set in refrigerator overnight. Warm next day in a crockpot.