Wishing you all a Happy Hanukkah – the festival of lights – and has there ever been a better time of year to light some candles? Jeepers, it’s dark!
When I was a little girl, I loved making latkes with my Grandmother Mary. There was never a recipe. Some potato. Some onion. Some egg. Some matzo meal. Some salt and pepper. I would be given the job of grating potatoes on the four sided grater. A terrible task but I did it happily, knowing the hot, salty, crispy potato goodness would soon be served up. When I was a little girl, I could eat dozens of these latkes.
Tonight, we had a delicious dinner of latkes with apple butter (Dennis) and sour cream (Cathy), a radish and celery salad tossed with hazelnut oil and lemon juice, and leftover butternut squash soup.
I could post a recipe for latkes, but really, Melissa Clark says it all on her blog and in her New York Times piece today.
Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days – make latkes one night, even if you’re not Jewish.
Laurel
Yeah, this makes me want to be Jewish… or Polish… or Irish.. WAIT! I’m Irish and I LOVE potatoes! Yummy!
Gail
As an adult girl I can eat dozens of latkes! Happy Chanukah!
Jayne
I just made these latkes! They were delicious- we ate them all in one go, even though I meant to save some!
Chef Mike
I love the way your recipe gets the message across without precise measurements, some cooking just needs to be by feel, great post!