"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:08:43 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:44:43 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>>notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-03-20, cshenk > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Janet, those are croquettes. I was not posting about croquettes.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Croquettes.
>>>>
>>>> The difference between a croquette and a potato patty is, the
>>>> croquette is allowed to have some actual flavor. Crab cakes, falafel,
>>>> etc, are common examples of croquesttes with flavor. You can call a
>>>> flattened scoop of potatoes (w/ flour?) whatever you desire, they're
>>>> stiil totally flavorless and completely suck. If I wanna eat a
>>>> starch-on-starch hockey puck, I'll take biscuits 'n gravy. 
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>
>>>You can like what you like and that is fine. I am not and never was
>>>talking about croquettes.
>
>
> You said "
> Another is a very southern sort of thing where you mash then add a
> little onion and an egg then make patties fried up to lightly crispy
> (often done in a light batter treatment).
>
> Carol"
>
> That is croquette methodology whether you like it or not. The shape
> doesn't matter. It's the fancy foreign word that bothers you and the
> fact that you said it was a southern thing. Then you said it wasn't
> common in other parts of the USA.
> "There is little cooked in the USA that isnt cooked elsewhere as well.
> The definition here it is not really the same croquette and it's not
> that common in other parts of the USA but may be common in Poland, UK,
> and other such places."
> Then you said that although a southern thing it was possible it wasn't
> known in Tennessee.
> How far are you going to walk this back?
> The only point here is that what you do with mashed potatoes is known
> elsewhere and is not strictly southern.
> Janet US
I would disagree. I used to make croquettes and they were not patties.
Heck, even the chicken ones that I used to buy were not patties. The
cookbooks I have indicate the various shapes you can make them in. Balls,
balls with flattered bottoms (my preference), logs or pyramids. Mine had no
batter but they were rolled in egg and breadcrumbs. Mine were also baked
and not fried.