Comments on Good Stuff NW: Fritter Chronicles: Secular Latkes

Awesome advice, anon. Wish I'd had an Aunt Rut...

2012-01-14T09:16:21.799-08:00

Awesome advice, anon. Wish I'd had an Aunt Ruth to give me cooking advice…and call me Dollface!

I noted your LATKE recipe called for chopped onion...

2012-01-14T09:15:42.767-08:00

I noted your LATKE recipe called for chopped onions. I used to chop ‘em too til my Aunt Ruth took me under her wing as her sous chef and insisted I grate them. Turns out I like the texture better and the latkes fry up faster. Here are a couple other things Aunt Ruth taught me about latkes:
- heap the grated stuff right into a kitchen towel placed in a big sieve. Makes it easier to squeeze out the liquid.
- use peanut oil for frying. It gets a lot hotter than olive oil w/out burning. (Per Aunt Ruth, “sure peanut oil’s not as healthy as olive oil, Dollface, but after all is said and done, the difference is like an inch off the top of Mt. Hood.”)
- to avoid having your house smell like oil for weeks after Chanukkah, fry the latkes using a 2-burner Coleman stove on the front porch. I had a boat load of neighbors “drop by” and volunteer as tasters while I made 10 dozen.
- The benefit of getting latkes made before the holiday (I freeze ‘em on cookie sheets before boxing them up) is that you can reheat them in a 400 degree oven before serving. ‘Course I like my latkes hot and & slightly crispy.

If you want to share your recipe, Tom, I'd lov...

2011-12-30T09:54:06.947-08:00

If you want to share your recipe, Tom, I'd love to try it…you can never have too many latke recipes!

After discovering latkes recently, I realized the ...

2011-12-30T04:26:28.269-08:00

After discovering latkes recently, I realized the worst latke is better than the best hash brown. Frying some up this weekend, latkes that is!

Happy Hanukkah to you! And I agree about the super...

2011-12-20T23:25:25.996-08:00

Happy Hanukkah to you! And I agree about the super treyf…could be a new super hero!

Mmmm, latkes. Happy Hanukkah! (and the idea of sup...

2011-12-20T18:11:41.423-08:00

Mmmm, latkes. Happy Hanukkah! (and the idea of super treyf sweet potato bacon latkes makes me giggle.)