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Bacon, vinegar dress up New York Potato Salad

By ELLEN FOLKMAN
Published October 4, 2006

Lorraine Kollman wanted a recipe for New York potato salad, which she said is more like a German potato salad. The potatoes are sliced and do not include eggs or mustard. Diana Fleming shares a recipe that uses vinegar for extra zest. She also likes to use a pound of bacon rather than just six slices.

Eunice Osysko hopes her quick and easy fruitcake recipe is the one Janice Eggers is looking for. Eunice got it from an ad in the November 1979 issue of Family Circle.

For: Lorraine Kollman of Pinellas Park

From: Diana Fleming of Gulfport

Recipe: New York Potato Salad

NEW YORK POTATO SALAD

3 pounds medium potatoes

6 slices bacon

3/4 cup chopped onion

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Dash of pepper

3/4 cup water

1/3 cup vinegar

Wash and pare potatoes. Place in salted water and bring to a boil. Cover tightly and cook 35 to 40 minutes or until tender but not mushy or breaking apart. Drain and set aside.

In large skillet, fry bacon until crisp; remove, reserving some bacon drippings. Cook and stir onion in bacon drippings until tender and golden.

Stir in flour, sugar, salt, celery seed and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring until bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil and stir 1 minute. Crumble bacon. Thinly slice potatoes. Carefully stir bacon and potatoes into hot mixture. Heat through, stirring lightly to coat potato slices. Refrigerate leftovers.

Makes 5 to 6 servings.

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For: Janice Eggers of St. Petersburg

From: Eunice Osysko of Palm Harbor

Recipe: Quick and Easy Fruitcake

QUICK AND EASY FRUITCAKE

3 cups Jiffy baking mix

1 jar (28 ounces) None Such Ready-to-Use Mincemeat

3 eggs

1/3 cup milk

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 cups mixed candied fruit

1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1 tablespoon hot water

Glazed cherries and/or walnuts for garnish, optional

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Generously spray (or grease and lightly flour) a 9- or 10-inch fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, combine baking mix, mincemeat, eggs, milk, oil, candied fruit and nuts; mix well. Turn into prepared pan. Bake 70 to 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Remove to wire rack and cool completely.

In a small bowl, mix together corn syrup and water; brush over cake. Garnish with glazed cherries or walnuts if desired.
  

Recipe requests

Juanita Sisco would like a recipe for Outback's honey mustard dressing. Derek Clark is looking for two recipes from the now-closed Rogers BBQ: one for the barbecue sauce and the other for the barbecue beans. Anita Flowers recently moved here from Virginia and would like a recipe for jambalaya pasta. She used to enjoy it at Sweetwater Tavern in Arlington, Va., and has not been able to find a similar recipe.

You Asked for It is a reader mail column. Send requests to You Asked for It, the St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731, or e-mail them to youaskedforit@knology.net Please put "Recipe request" in the subject line. Be sure to include your full name, city and phone number.

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