[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by BarryRX

Thank you so much for posting these recipes.

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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You are very welcome ! We grew up on the potato pancakes; then I made them for my own children.

However, once I enjoyed my Jewish friend/neighbor's "latkes" I was hooked on them as they were lacier & crispier.......plus she made them as "mini" latkes for her Hanukkah parties......constantly frying them up & replenishing the platter all through the evening.....they disappeared as quickly as she put them out......like magic.

So glad she moved to Vermont (via Brooklyn, Long Island, Lansing Michigan) & bought the home we sold to them when we moved to Florida in 1972. When we returned a year later, in 1973, we bought a home right across the street from them !

Great neighbors; great cook. All of her Polish Jewish cooking was very similar to that of my Ukrainian grandmother & mother plus my Polish mother in law's cooking..........nothing like the OLD ETHNIC RECIPES.

Your recipes left out the most important thing in making potato pancakes.
Before mixing everything together, the potatoes MUST be squeezed dry in a towel, until there is no excess water left in them.
Another poster mentioned this.

Also, never use olive oil to fry them. Olive oil cannot take a high heat.
In addition, 6 tablespoons of oil is not nearly enough.

Another problem. You never use corn meal to make latkes.

Lastly, "fried" food is not traditionally eaten on Chanukah!

I suggest to readers that they look up traditional recipes on the Internet or in a "good" cookbook, and not follow those above.
I don't know how many other errors there are in the recipes,
but it would be a shame to waste the ingredients.