Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 07:01:14a, Islands meant to say...

> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> TIA!

I do use canola oil, but do agree that it has a "taste" that I don't like
when frying something with a simple or subtle taste. For some things I
prefer corn oil or peanut oil. For fried potatoes I prefer peanut oil.

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I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
and have some other tastier oil that they use?
TIA!

Islands wrote:
> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?


Go to the supermarket and buy the cheap stuff called vegetable oil. It
is soy oil. Or try corn oil, peanut oil. They all work and should
taste fine.


--Lia

Islands wrote:
> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> TIA!
>

I think peanut oil is the best for latkes.

Hello, George!
You wrote on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:21:54 -0500:

G> Islands wrote:
??>> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for
??>> Hanukkah. I virtually never fry foods and last year I
??>> tried frying them in canola oil and I didn't like the way
??>> they tasted or smelled. Family members said they were ok
??>> but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola
??>> oil and have some other tastier oil that they use? TIA!
??>>
G> I think peanut oil is the best for latkes.

It is possible to make quite acceptable latkes, IMHO, with
little oil at all. Here is a recipe that I like.

--------------------------------------------------------
Low Fat Latkes

(from Best of Food & Drink, Holiday 2000)

Makes about 16 pancakes

4 cups (1 L) peeled and grated potatoes
1 cup (250 ml) onion, grated
2 egg whites
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Baking spray (or 2 tab (25ml) vegetable oil)

Preheat oven to 375°F. (190°C) Place oven rack in bottom third
of oven.
Combine potatoes and onions and squeeze out any excess liquid.
Combine with egg whites, salt and pepper in a bowl. Grease or
spray a baking sheet. Drop 2 tab (25ml) of mixture onto tray
and flatten into a 2-inch (5cm) circle, leaving 1/2-inch (1cm)
in between each pancake.
Place in oven and bake for about 10 minutes each side or until
browned and crisped on both sides.

Serve with low fat sour cream and applesauce.
----------------------------------------------------------------
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

"Islands" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> TIA!
>
Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more??
Jack K

Jack Kennedy wrote:

> Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more?

Schmaltz is great if the latkes are an accompaniment for a meat meal,
but if you want them for breakfast and want to serve them with sour
cream, vegetable oil is the way to go.


--Lia

"Jack Kennedy" > wrote

> Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more??

Sounds funny coming from someone calling themselves Kennedy.
Schmaltz, that old Irish favorite. Heh.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Jack Kennedy" > wrote
>
> > Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more??
>
> Sounds funny coming from someone calling themselves Kennedy.
> Schmaltz, that old Irish favorite. Heh.

Probably meant to write SCOTCH. hehe

McSheldoon

Islands wrote:
> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?

Um, you virtually never fry foods, and your oil didn't taste good last
year (except to your TIAD afflicted family), and you expect it to taste
good this year... how friggin' old is that fercocktah oil? Vegetable
oil has no more than a two year shelf life... you obviously have that
same oil for like ten years+, it's rancid... buy fresh oil, and no
larger size than you will use in a year. Anyways, best oil for latkes
or anything potatoes is sunflower oil (even Lays now uses sunflower oil
for their potato chips, and believe it or not it was I who apprised
them).... butter, schmaltz, bacon greeze will work but with those
animal oils you won't taste potato.

Sheldon

On 9 Dec 2006 06:01:14 -0800, "Islands" >
wrote:

>I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
>never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
>didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
>were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
>and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>TIA!

If you don't fry, you're not used to the smell so no oil will smell
very good to you. If you're not allergic, you could try using peanut
oil.

Try that and adding more onions to the latke.

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On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:06:21 -0500, "James Silverton"
<not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:

>Low Fat Latkes
>
>(from Best of Food & Drink, Holiday 2000)
>
>Makes about 16 pancakes
>
>4 cups (1 L) peeled and grated potatoes
>1 cup (250 ml) onion, grated
>2 egg whites
>Salt and freshly ground black pepper
>Baking spray (or 2 tab (25ml) vegetable oil)
>
>Preheat oven to 375°F. (190°C) Place oven rack in bottom third
>of oven.
>Combine potatoes and onions and squeeze out any excess liquid.
>Combine with egg whites, salt and pepper in a bowl. Grease or
>spray a baking sheet. Drop 2 tab (25ml) of mixture onto tray
>and flatten into a 2-inch (5cm) circle, leaving 1/2-inch (1cm)
>in between each pancake.
>Place in oven and bake for about 10 minutes each side or until
>browned and crisped on both sides.


Thanks, Jay! That's right up my alley because I don't like to fry -
but I love latkes.

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Thx. Alot of people suggested peanut oil but I don't like the taste of
that either (I don't like oils very much except olive oil, I'm always
buying something different ones then throwing it out and if I like it I
forget what I've bought.) I think I'll either try corn oil or this low
fat recipe. I make oven fries with an olive oil spray instead of french
fries so this should turn out well. I'll give it a shot...
James Silverton wrote:
> Hello, George!
> You wrote on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:21:54 -0500:
>
> G> Islands wrote:
> ??>> I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for
> ??>> Hanukkah. I virtually never fry foods and last year I
> ??>> tried frying them in canola oil and I didn't like the way
> ??>> they tasted or smelled. Family members said they were ok
> ??>> but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola
> ??>> oil and have some other tastier oil that they use? TIA!
> ??>>
> G> I think peanut oil is the best for latkes.
>
> It is possible to make quite acceptable latkes, IMHO, with
> little oil at all. Here is a recipe that I like.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Low Fat Latkes
>
> (from Best of Food & Drink, Holiday 2000)
>
> Makes about 16 pancakes
>
> 4 cups (1 L) peeled and grated potatoes
> 1 cup (250 ml) onion, grated
> 2 egg whites
> Salt and freshly ground black pepper
> Baking spray (or 2 tab (25ml) vegetable oil)
>
> Preheat oven to 375°F. (190°C) Place oven rack in bottom third
> of oven.
> Combine potatoes and onions and squeeze out any excess liquid.
> Combine with egg whites, salt and pepper in a bowl. Grease or
> spray a baking sheet. Drop 2 tab (25ml) of mixture onto tray
> and flatten into a 2-inch (5cm) circle, leaving 1/2-inch (1cm)
> in between each pancake.
> Place in oven and bake for about 10 minutes each side or until
> browned and crisped on both sides.
>
> Serve with low fat sour cream and applesauce.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

Sheldon wrote:
> Islands wrote:
> > I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> > didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> > were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> > and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>
> Um, you virtually never fry foods, and your oil didn't taste good last
> year (except to your TIAD afflicted family), and you expect it to taste
> good this year... how friggin' old is that fercocktah oil? Vegetable
> oil has no more than a two year shelf life... you obviously have that
> same oil for like ten years+, it's rancid... buy fresh oil, and no
> larger size than you will use in a year. Anyways, best oil for latkes
> or anything potatoes is sunflower oil (even Lays now uses sunflower oil
> for their potato chips, and believe it or not it was I who apprised
> them).... butter, schmaltz, bacon greeze will work but with those
> animal oils you won't taste potato.
>
> Sheldon

Just becasue she rarely fries foods doesn't mean she keeps the same
bottle of oil from year to year. We use canola oil for daily cooking
and most baking. For frying latkes, corn oil is my family's
"tradition."

Some oils just don't do well at high heat. I think canola is one of
them. YMMV

maxine in ri

sf wrote:
> On 9 Dec 2006 06:01:14 -0800, "Islands" >
> wrote:
>
> >I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> >never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> >didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> >were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> >and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> >TIA!
>
> If you don't fry, you're not used to the smell so no oil will smell
> very good to you. If you're not allergic, you could try using peanut
> oil.
>
> Try that and adding more onions to the latke.

Oh geeze... now we know how you bathe your latke. hehe

Sheldon

maxine in ri wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Islands wrote:
> > > I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> > > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> > > didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> > > were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> > > and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> >
> > Um, you virtually never fry foods, and your oil didn't taste good last
> > year (except to your TIAD afflicted family), and you expect it to taste
> > good this year... how friggin' old is that fercocktah oil? Vegetable
> > oil has no more than a two year shelf life... you obviously have that
> > same oil for like ten years+, it's rancid... buy fresh oil, and no
> > larger size than you will use in a year. Anyways, best oil for latkes
> > or anything potatoes is sunflower oil (even Lays now uses sunflower oil
> > for their potato chips, and believe it or not it was I who apprised
> > them).... butter, schmaltz, bacon greeze will work but with those
> > animal oils you won't taste potato.
>
> Just becasue she rarely fries foods doesn't mean she keeps the same
> bottle of oil from year to year.

No, I can't prove it 100% but from her post it seems a pretty logical
determination.. and that the Island **** Shnorrer is still taking and
giving nothing, she wouldn't throw anything out.


http://www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm
Shnorror: (shnor-ror) A begger; someone who always looking for a
handout or a free ride; the one who's always in the bathroom when the
check comes; the person who's constantly borrowing but never returning;
someone who's continually sponging off others.

Sheldon wrote:
>
> maxine in ri wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>> > Islands wrote:
>> > > I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
>> > > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
>> > > didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
>> > > were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
>> > > and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>> >
>> > Um, you virtually never fry foods, and your oil didn't taste good last
>> > year (except to your TIAD afflicted family), and you expect it to taste
>> > good this year... how friggin' old is that fercocktah oil? Vegetable
>> > oil has no more than a two year shelf life... you obviously have that
>> > same oil for like ten years+, it's rancid... buy fresh oil, and no
>> > larger size than you will use in a year. Anyways, best oil for latkes
>> > or anything potatoes is sunflower oil (even Lays now uses sunflower oil
>> > for their potato chips, and believe it or not it was I who apprised
>> > them).... butter, schmaltz, bacon greeze will work but with those
>> > animal oils you won't taste potato.
>>
>> Just becasue she rarely fries foods doesn't mean she keeps the same
>> bottle of oil from year to year.
>
> No, I can't prove it 100% but from her post it seems a pretty logical
> determination.. and that the Island **** Shnorrer is still taking and
> giving nothing, she wouldn't throw anything out.
>
>
> http://www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm
> Shnorror: (shnor-ror) A begger; someone who always looking for a
> handout or a free ride; the one who's always in the bathroom when the
> check comes; the person who's constantly borrowing but never returning;
> someone who's continually sponging off others.
>

"i can't prove anything but still I will make wild and baseless accusations"?
What the **** is wrong with you? Seriously, what is your diagnosis? What kind
of meds are you supposed to be taking that you keep forgetting? You don't even
see that you have aa problem, do you?

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"Islands" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> TIA!
>

I think I saw 'baked latkes' when looking for corn latke recipes. Might be
an idea to google them.


Jen

The Bubbo **** Two wrote:
>
> "i can't prove anything but still I will make wild and baseless accusations"?

Logical is not baseless or wild.


> What the **** is wrong with you? Seriously, what is your diagnosis? What kind
> of meds are you supposed to be taking that you keep forgetting? You don't even
> see that you have aa problem, do you?

You're the sick one, listen to yourself. You're also a schnorrer, you
never contribute anything other than pot stirring, you're a taker and
never say thank you. You're a **** Two.

Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 03:27:59p, Jen meant to say...

>
> "Islands" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>>I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
>> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
>> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
>> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
>> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>> TIA!
>>
>
> I think I saw 'baked latkes' when looking for corn latke recipes. Might
> be an idea to google them.

IMNSHO, the only good latke is a *fried* latke. Otherwise, it's just a baked
potato cake.

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Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 10:02:39p, meant to say...

> On 10 Dec 2006 00:58:39 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>IMNSHO, the only good latke is a *fried* latke. Otherwise, it's just a
>>baked potato cake.
>
>
> now you're being a wet blanket
>

Rather that than a limp and insipid latke.

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On 10 Dec 2006 00:58:39 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>
>IMNSHO, the only good latke is a *fried* latke. Otherwise, it's just a baked
>potato cake.


now you're being a wet blanket

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Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 11:09:27p, meant to say...

> On 10 Dec 2006 06:13:27 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 10:02:39p, meant to say...
>>
>>> On 10 Dec 2006 00:58:39 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
>>> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>IMNSHO, the only good latke is a *fried* latke. Otherwise, it's just a
>>>>baked potato cake.
>>>
>>>
>>> now you're being a wet blanket
>>>
>>
>>Rather that than a limp and insipid latke.
>
> that's how they turn out? How about at 400-450°?
>

Probably dried out and possibly hard. IMO, proper latkes should have a bit
of oil to them and the distinct crispness of being fried. No method but
frying truly produces that. It's like the difference between really good
french fries and <even good> oven fries. No comparison. Of course, there
must be some people who prefer to bake them, but I hope they don't invite
me.

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On 10 Dec 2006 06:13:27 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Dec 2006 10:02:39p, meant to say...
>
>> On 10 Dec 2006 00:58:39 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
>> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>IMNSHO, the only good latke is a *fried* latke. Otherwise, it's just a
>>>baked potato cake.
>>
>>
>> now you're being a wet blanket
>>
>
>Rather that than a limp and insipid latke.

that's how they turn out? How about at 400-450°?

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Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Jack Kennedy wrote:
>
> > Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more?
>
> Schmaltz is great if the latkes are an accompaniment for a meat meal,
> but if you want them for breakfast and want to serve them with sour
> cream, vegetable oil is the way to go.
>
>
> --Lia

I attempted some authentic liver pate for some older Jewish friends,
using schmaltz.
They tasted, aproved, then asked if I was trying to kill them.

Jen wrote:
> "Islands" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> > didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> > were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> > and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> > TIA!
> >
>
> I think I saw 'baked latkes' when looking for corn latke recipes.

There's no such thing as a corn latke.
If it's baked it's not a latke.
By definition latkes are fried potato pancakes.

Oh pshaw, on Sun 10 Dec 2006 09:50:10a, maxine in ri meant to say...

>
> stark wrote:
>> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> > Jack Kennedy wrote:
>> >
>> > > Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more?
>> >
>> > Schmaltz is great if the latkes are an accompaniment for a meat meal,
>> > but if you want them for breakfast and want to serve them with sour
>> > cream, vegetable oil is the way to go.
>> >
>> >
>> > --Lia
>>
>> I attempted some authentic liver pate for some older Jewish friends,
>> using schmaltz. They tasted, aproved, then asked if I was trying to
>> kill them.
>
> ROTFL! Chopped liver is a heart attack on a cracker no matter how you
> make it. Unless you use fake chopped eggs, fake meat, real onions, and
> fake butter<g>
>
> Oh yeah, and salt. Gotta use fake salt as well<g>.

Isn't chopped liver with schmaltz what bypasses are for?

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stark wrote:
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
> > Jack Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > > Dosen't anyone use SHMALTZ any more?
> >
> > Schmaltz is great if the latkes are an accompaniment for a meat meal,
> > but if you want them for breakfast and want to serve them with sour
> > cream, vegetable oil is the way to go.
> >
> >
> > --Lia
>
> I attempted some authentic liver pate for some older Jewish friends,
> using schmaltz.
> They tasted, aproved, then asked if I was trying to kill them.

ROTFL! Chopped liver is a heart attack on a cracker no matter how you
make it. Unless you use fake chopped eggs, fake meat, real onions, and
fake butter<g>

Oh yeah, and salt. Gotta use fake salt as well<g>.

maxine in ri

On 10 Dec 2006 08:50:10 -0800, "maxine in ri" >
wrote:

>
>stark wrote:
>
>> I attempted some authentic liver pate for some older Jewish friends,
>> using schmaltz.
>> They tasted, aproved, then asked if I was trying to kill them.
>
>ROTFL! Chopped liver is a heart attack on a cracker no matter how you
>make it. Unless you use fake chopped eggs, fake meat, real onions, and
>fake butter<g>
>
>Oh yeah, and salt. Gotta use fake salt as well<g>.
>
and it's soooo goooood!

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Oh pshaw, on Sun 10 Dec 2006 03:41:50p, Jen meant to say...

>
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> ps.com...
>>
>> Jen wrote:
>>> "Islands" > wrote in message
>>> oups.com...
>>> >I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I
>>> >virtually
>>> > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and
>>> > I didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said
>>> > they were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like
>>> > canola oil and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>>> > TIA!
>>> >
>>>
>>> I think I saw 'baked latkes' when looking for corn latke recipes.
>>
>> There's no such thing as a corn latke.
>
> I don't care. I found recipes for the imaginary things, and they were
> good.

While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".

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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
> Jen wrote:
>> "Islands" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> >I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
>> > never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
>> > didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
>> > were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
>> > and have some other tastier oil that they use?
>> > TIA!
>> >
>>
>> I think I saw 'baked latkes' when looking for corn latke recipes.
>
> There's no such thing as a corn latke.

I don't care. I found recipes for the imaginary things, and they were good.


Jen

Oh pshaw, on Sun 10 Dec 2006 04:45:02p, Bob Terwilliger meant to say...

> Wayne wrote:
>
>>>> There's no such thing as a corn latke.
>>>
>>> I don't care. I found recipes for the imaginary things, and they were
>>> good.
>>
>> While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke"
>> simply means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".
>
> Maybe you didn't notice the person to whom Jen was replying. In
> Sheldon's world, there is only ONE way to make latkes. Any other thing
> calling itself a latke is a <insert misogynist/racist slur here>
> *******ization.

Oh, but I did notice. In Sheldon's world there is only one way to do
anything...Sheldon's way, which, of course, makes it wrong most of the
time.


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Wayne wrote:

>>> There's no such thing as a corn latke.
>>
>> I don't care. I found recipes for the imaginary things, and they were
>> good.
>
> While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
> means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".

Maybe you didn't notice the person to whom Jen was replying. In Sheldon's
world, there is only ONE way to make latkes. Any other thing calling itself
a latke is a <insert misogynist/racist slur here> *******ization.

Bob

In article 9>, Wayne
Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
> While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
> means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".
>
>

Which is derived from Greek eladia "little oily thing" which is derived
from elaion "olive oil" and so on and so forth.

It's a mistake to go into the past to determine what a word means,
although it may be an interesting study. What the word means now may be
quite different. In the English-speaking world, I bet that you would be
hard-pressed to find somneone who (assuming that they have an opinion)
would not think that "latke" means a potato pancake.

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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:54:02 GMT, Peter A >
wrote:

>In article 9>, Wayne
>Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
>> While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
>> means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".
>>
>>
>
>Which is derived from Greek eladia "little oily thing" which is derived
>from elaion "olive oil" and so on and so forth.
>
>It's a mistake to go into the past to determine what a word means,
>although it may be an interesting study. What the word means now may be
>quite different. In the English-speaking world, I bet that you would be
>hard-pressed to find somneone who (assuming that they have an opinion)
>would not think that "latke" means a potato pancake.


In the home in which I was raised, my mother made potato latkes,
salmon latkes, cauliflower latkes and matzo meal latkes. We knew what
the word meant.

Boron

Peter A wrote:
> In article 9>, Wayne
> Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
> > While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
> > means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".
> >
> >
>
> Which is derived from Greek eladia "little oily thing" which is derived
> from elaion "olive oil" and so on and so forth.
>
> It's a mistake to go into the past to determine what a word means,
> although it may be an interesting study. What the word means now may be
> quite different. In the English-speaking world, I bet that you would be
> hard-pressed to find somneone who (assuming that they have an opinion)
> would not think that "latke" means a potato pancake.

What else would you expect from the kitchen frauds.

Merriam Webster

lat·ke
noun
Etymology: Yiddish, pancake, from Ukrainian oladka
: POTATO PANCAKE
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potato pancake
noun
: a fried flat cake of grated potato mixed with raw egg and usually
grated onion and spices
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ham·burg·er
noun
Variants: or ham·burg/-"b&rg/
Etymology: German Hamburger of Hamburg, Germany
1 a : ground beef b : a patty of ground beef
2 : a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger in a split typically
round bun
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Next thing some dunce is going to claim a hamburger can consist of
ground lamb/veal/pork/poultry... nope, ONLY BEEF<period>

Sheldon

Peter A wrote:

> In article 9>,
> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
> > While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke"
> > simply means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word
> > "oladka".

Here's what the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://etymonline.com)
says: "pancake made with grated potatoes," 1927, from Yiddish, from
Rus. latka "pastry," lit. "a patch."
>
> Which is derived from Greek eladia "little oily thing" which is
> derived from elaion "olive oil" and so on and so forth.
>
> It's a mistake to go into the past to determine what a word means,
> although it may be an interesting study. What the word means now may
> be quite different. In the English-speaking world, I bet that you
> would be hard-pressed to find somneone who (assuming that they have
> an opinion) would not think that "latke" means a potato pancake.



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potato pancake
noun
: a fried flat cake of grated potato mixed with raw egg and usually
grated onion and spices



But my husband knows these as whitebait, and McDonalds calls them
Hashbrowns. I grew up with them called potato pancakes.


Jen

Hello, Jen!
You wrote on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:34:40 GMT:

J> ---
J> potato pancake
J> noun
J> : a fried flat cake of grated potato mixed with raw egg and
J> usually grated onion and spices

J> But my husband knows these as whitebait, and McDonalds calls
J> them Hashbrowns. I grew up with them called potato
J> pancakes.

It is alleged that Swiss Roesti is very similar (Wikipedia). The
ingredients *are* similar to standard latkes but, in my
experience, Roesti is considerably thicker and less crisp
inside. Good too tho' ! There is quite a range of fried foods
involving similar ingredients and different textures but the
potato pancakes I have had in Scotland are rather different and
I thought whitebait were deep-fried very small fish.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

"Islands" > wrote in message
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>I would like to make latkes (potato pancakes) for Hanukkah. I virtually
> never fry foods and last year I tried frying them in canola oil and I
> didn't like the way they tasted or smelled. Family members said they
> were ok but I couldn't eat them. Does anyone else not like canola oil
> and have some other tastier oil that they use?
> TIA!
>
I hate canola. It smells awful. I prefer sunflower oil but haven't seen
it down here.

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