Pork Schnitzel with Warm Potato Salad

Name: Pork Schnitzel with Warm Potato Salad
Ingredients: ½ cup white wine vinegar; 1 ½ tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon thyme leaves; ¼ cup canola oil (plus more for frying); Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 pound small fingerling potatoes; 3 garlic cloves; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 large eggs beaten with of water; 2 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs); 4 ounces boneless pork chops (butterflied and pounded 1/3 inch thick, or eight 2- pork cutlets, lightly pounded); 1 cup flat-leaf parsley (patted thoroughly dry)