Hot Potato Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 red potatoes, boiled
1/4 lb. bacon
1/2 c. chopped pimento
1 medium onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
4 Tbsp. reserved bacon fat
4 Tbsp. cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. basil

Preparation

Boil
potatoes just until tender.
Cool, peel, chop and set aside.
Fry
bacon until crisp; drain and reserve 4 tablespoons of the
fat.
Crumble
the
bacon
and
mix it with the potatoes, pimento,
onion,
celery, eggs, salt and pepper in a 2-quart casserole.