Adventures in Latke making.

PrairieMom wrote: Well, I made Latke's tonight. It was a lot of fun to open dialogue with Ben about Jesus, and Jewish people, and life back in the day.
We decided that
1. Mary probably definitely put onions In Jesus's latke's even tho onions are stinky
2. Jewish people are lucky because they have 8 "Christmases"
3. We are unsure if Jesus ate chicken with his Latkes, but if he did, if definitely wasn't honey BBQ chicken
4. We are unsure about the difference between hash browns and Latkes.

Overall a great experience, but they weren't the best thing I ever ate before. Maybe I didn't make them right?
I'll post pics.

Mommy2Isabella replied: SOOOOOO Cute!!

Never had Latke's

gr33n3y3z replied: Latkes are the best yummmmm

CantWait replied: I like them, but can't eat too many. My grandma makes them very very greasy.

Glad you guys got to have a quality chat though.

PrairieMom replied: okay, so here are pics of our Latke process

I had to take a pic of the mix, because I didn't know if I was doing it right. Is this what it is supposed to look like?


These are my finished Latkes , but I have never seen one before, so is this what I was supposed to end up with?



and here is Ben chowing down. Each kid took one bite. thats it. These weren't crowd pleasers for us.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: Looks about right to me
My dad makes these
IMO they are not super yummy so its not anything you did wrong!

lisar replied: They look like hashbrowns.

PrairieMom replied:
yeah. I know. Onion-y hash browns.

cameragirl21 replied: did you use matzoh meal?

coasterqueen replied: Tara, I know nothing about them. But I did want to ask......aren't they fattening????? Frying them??? Is that truly green? Just kidding. I try to stay away from frying anything as it all goes to my hips.

That was great you were able to have such a great conversation with your son, though.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
you should make some and take some pictures, I bet they would look way more appealing. LOL

just kidding Tara, they do look like hasbrowns and yummy~

cameragirl21 replied:
they are VERY good but like Karen said, they are very fattening so I usually only make them for Hannukah. But now that Tara planted that idea in my head, maybe I'll make some, a small batch and share them with the board.

Boo&BugsMom replied: Are Latke's the actual name for a potato pancake?

My mom use to make them all the time growing up, with the onions as well, but always just called them potato pancakes. They look just like the pictures. I personally never liked them, but if they are made differently than a "potato pancake" I might be willing to give them a whirl.

my2girls replied: I like to add shredded zucchini and carrots to mine.
Also use seasoned salt, pepper and garlic powder to the mix , that might make a difference.

Sometimes I use, potatoes , sweet potatoes, carrots and zucchini all together as well.

PrairieMom replied:
flour. I don't have Matzo meal. Where do you even get it?

Kaitlin'smom replied:
there you go and might i request a pool side picture? its cold and I am sick of the snow so with that I might ba abel to dream of being warmer.

CantWait replied:
My grandma also.

Tara looks right to me. Did you use sour cream or apple sauce as a side?

cameragirl21 replied: Tara, you get matzo meal at any grocery store in the ethnic foods section. Idk if flour would be wrong per se, but we always use matzo meal, it does make a difference. I also always add shredded cheddar, which no recipe calls for and you can't taste the cheese but the extra fat makes them yummier and helps them stick together.
I'll make some and post my own recipe, that I simply altered slightly from a Jewish cookbook that uses the traditional recipe from way back in the day and take a pic for you guys. I'll try to do it this weekend, oh, what I go through for you guys, now I have to eat yummy latkes when it's not even Hannukah, sigh....

My3LilMonkeys replied: They look just like homemade potato pancakes which are sooooo good.

jem0622 replied: Very good friends of mine make them, and no matzo meal is used. Just an egg, onion, and potato. It is important that the onion and potato be shred finely. The egg really holds it together...not the flour.

It is messy, but they are oh so good! Just salt them and have the sour cream and applesauce handy.