"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> On 10/8/2015 3:42 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>> Jill, I don't know about calling croquettes diner food. Around here, it
>> was considered
>> an appropriate dish for a proper company dinner. It is pretty much a
>> very thick
>> beurre blanc with protein added, along with herbs, minced onion and diced
>> celery.
>> Our favorite was salmon. My mom formed the croquettes into a cone shape
>> with a
>> rounded top. They hold together best and taste best when they are deep
>> fried.
>> They were really, really good.
>>
>> I have never seen them on a diner menu, and I have been in plenty of
>> diners.
>>
>> N.
>>
>
> My mother used to make both salmon and tuna croquettes. Hers were just as
> you described--cone-shaped and deep fried. I have never made them myself,
> but I used to get them in buffet lines at restaurants. I haven't seen
> them recently.

Your Tater Tots, are Potato Croquettes to us.

Look at this:

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=49401.0

Interesting arguments about it too)

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