Just so you know, this makes for a lot of potato salad - cut the recipe if you are not cooking for a large barbecue picnic.
10 small red potatoes 12 slices bacon 1 small onion chopped 4 ribs celery chopped 1 tsp. salt 2 Tbs. butter 2 Tbs. flour 1/2 tsp. dry mustard 1 Tbs. sugar 1 C. beer 1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce 2 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
Peel and cube potatoes, boil until tender, drain. Fry bacon until crisp. Drain well, crumble bacon, and mix with onion, celery, and salt. Set aside. Stir butter and flour in a small saucepan to make a roux. Add mustard and sugar. Slowly stir in beer and Tabasco sauce. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Pour over potato mixture. Sprinkle with parsley. Toss lightly and let stand 1 hour. Add bacon mixture, toss gently.