The Other Kind Of German Potato Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 -8 medium potatoes
Marinade
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salad oil
1 -2 onion, chopped
Additions
1 cup mayonnaise
2 large dill pickles, diced
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

Preparation

Cook the potatoes in boiling water; slice and keep warm.
While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the marinade: combine vinegar, sugar, salt & pepper to taste, oil, and onion in a small bowl; stir until sugar dissolves (or you give up).
Pour marinade over warm potatoes; stir to mix; allow to \"work\" for at least several hours (overnight is better) at room temperature.
Just before serving, add mayonnaise, pickles and eggs.
NOTE: My quilting friend pointed out that the pickles and eggs were strictly optional, and even the mayo wasn't \"required.\".