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Post by cakediva on Mar 5, 2017 17:49:56 GMT
So DH and I were away last week, and we missed out on Shrove Tuesday. My kids rose to the challenge and make potato pancakes, regular pancakes and chocolate chip pancakes.
Growing up, my Italian grandmother would make potato pancakes, and we always had syrup with them (as in maple syrup).
My kids are horrified, and insist they should have ketchup with them.
There were leftovers, which I just heated up. DD put cheese in them (ew but ok) so I opted for the ketchup. I'm just not feeling it.
I went back to syrup, and NOW it feels like potato pancakes!
What do you do?
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Post by quiltz on Mar 5, 2017 17:53:08 GMT
How was your trip?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 18:09:10 GMT
Are you talking grated type potato or mashed up to look like a real pancake?
Latka? Applesauce, sour cream, syrup.
Catsup! If I spend over a hour making food and you put catsup on it I probably will go apeshit on you.
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Post by msliz on Mar 5, 2017 18:10:26 GMT
When I make potato pancakes, they have onion in them, and we call them latkes.
Latkes are traditionally eaten with sour cream and/or applesauce (I do both), but I've heard some people eat them with jam (not me).
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Post by cakediva on Mar 5, 2017 18:19:59 GMT
Are you talking grated type potato or mashed up to look like a real pancake? Latka? Applesauce, sour cream, syrup. Catsup! If I spend over a hour making food and you put catsup on it I probably will go apeshit on you. The grated potato/onion/egg/flour kind! |
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Post by cakediva on Mar 5, 2017 18:20:20 GMT
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Post by lindas on Mar 5, 2017 18:27:34 GMT
Sour cream only, anything else is a crime.  |
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Post by gorgeouskid on Mar 5, 2017 18:29:25 GMT
Always apple sauce and sour cream.
If you put ketchup on them, they're hash browns. (IMO)
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 5, 2017 18:33:43 GMT
hash browns = salt only.
Potato pancakes (with onion) = applesauce + sour cream
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Post by georgiabeachbum on Mar 5, 2017 18:45:23 GMT
We always had applesauce with ours. No onions though
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 19:26:22 GMT
sour cream, mustard, horseradish, ketchup (sister not me)
Never heard of putting sweet syrup on them but mom always put onion in them so they were savory instead of a sweet item. We always had them as a side at supper like a substitute for potatoes prepared other ways.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 5, 2017 19:27:08 GMT
Sour cream.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Mar 5, 2017 19:35:13 GMT
Recently had potato pancakes at a restaurant. They had crumbled goat cheese and green onions on top. Served with an apple cider reduction. Fabulous!
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Post by jayfab on Mar 5, 2017 19:38:05 GMT
My mom used the fine grater and did not put onions in them. We always put clear Karo syrup on them. (don't judge lol) I haven't had them in YEARS. Mmmmm, I can practically taste them now.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 5, 2017 19:43:01 GMT
The only way I have potato pancakes is when I make latkes. Potato, onion, egg, and a bit of matzoh meal or flour. I offer applesauce, sour cream, or cinammon sugar. I prefer applesauce on them.
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Post by elaine on Mar 5, 2017 19:51:40 GMT
Are you talking grated type potato or mashed up to look like a real pancake? Latka? Applesauce, sour cream, syrup. Catsup! If I spend over a hour making food and you put catsup on it I probably will go apeshit on you. The grated potato/onion/egg/flour kind! Those are what we call latkes. We eat them with sour cream and applesauce - although I've subbed out cranberry jelly (whole berry kind) for apple sauce before. NEVER syrup - yuck - or ketchup. |
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Post by janeliz on Mar 5, 2017 19:57:46 GMT
Applesauce or sour cream.
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Post by Grom Pea on Mar 5, 2017 21:02:40 GMT
My mom always served it with ketchup or salt but we're Chinese so it's not a traditional food for us. We also made our tacos from an Ortega kit, I'm sure that would offend a few purists too :-)
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Mar 5, 2017 23:21:21 GMT
My mom used the fine grater and did not put onions in them. We always put clear Karo syrup on them. (don't judge lol) I haven't had them in YEARS. Mmmmm, I can practically taste them now. Whenever I take out the bottle of Karo for a recipe, DH likes to reminisce about having it on pancakes in his childhood. But for latkes/potato pancakes, even if they have onion in them (and they should) it's applesauce all the way! |
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 5, 2017 23:29:26 GMT
When I was a kid my mama made potato pancakes...but she made them with smooshed up left over mashed potatoes. She would fry them up in the iron skillet and the edges would be crispy perfect and the insides soft and fluffy like little angel beds.We would eat them with ketchup. I suspect that this was because we poor and used up every single bit of food we had.  |
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Post by dulcemama on Mar 5, 2017 23:30:33 GMT
Just a little butter for me. I've heard of people putting syrup on them but that seems weird to me.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 5, 2017 23:33:38 GMT
Whatever we have to be honest. I could enjoy ketchup or sour cream or nothing. I eat potato pancakes any way I can get them.
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Post by mimima on Mar 5, 2017 23:35:19 GMT
Either applesauce or sour cream. I love potato pancakes
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 5, 2017 23:39:09 GMT
Applesauce
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Post by Jili on Mar 5, 2017 23:40:25 GMT
Sour cream. I know it's traditional but I don't see the appeal of applesauce with potato pancakes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 0:09:51 GMT
I've had them with sour cream topped with apple BUTTER, which is much different than apple sauce and oh, so delicious.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Mar 6, 2017 0:44:00 GMT
We use sour cream at my house. A lot of people around here use ketchup. Some use applesauce. We call them bleenies. They are very popular at the church festivals and fire company block parties around here. There is always a long line.
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Post by kat on Mar 6, 2017 0:51:03 GMT
Whether it is traditional latkes from the deli in Brooklyn (I grew up in Brooklyn Heights, NYC) or the kind my mom made with leftover mashed potatoes with spinach or turnips mixed in, I like butter, salt, and pepper.
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Post by wasil on Mar 6, 2017 1:05:27 GMT
My Dad made latkes and I always had them with a little butter but my siblings ate them with sour cream. We may have had apple sauce but I don't remember.
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Post by flanz on Mar 6, 2017 1:24:03 GMT
love 'em with lots of pepper, sour cream and green onion!~
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