My Mom's - No Mayo in it has bacon and is PURE 100% GERMAN. SHe got the recipe from my grandmother who has since passed away, god bless her. I have gone to numerious places and asked for german potato salad and got .......Garbage. Hessen House is one, that I was really disapointed with. I figured since they so "proclaim" that they serve German Cusine when its actually some German but with alot of american flavors.
There is not pickles, no tomatoes, nothing of that in it. It has potatoes, bacon, and celery, vinager, salt, sugar, oil in it and a few extra german loving in it
Love German potato salad! Just like you described above and hot.